ELLSWORTH — Below are times and dates for preliminary baseball and softball games to be played tomorrow, June 5, and Tuesday, June 6. Road teams are listed first. Quarterfinal matchups will be posted after all preliminaries have concluded. Monday, June 5 Baseball, Class B North: (12) Medomak Valley (8-8) vs. (5) Ellsworth (11-5), 4 p.m. …
ELLSWORTH — The George Stevens Academy baseball and Bucksport softball teams have earned first-round byes in the Class C North playoffs. Despite GSA (13-3) losing its final game of the season against Central, the Eagles still edged 14-2 Houlton by four points in the Heal standings. The Eagles will face the winner of Washington Academy …
BUCKSPORT — The Bucksport softball team is one win away from completing an undefeated regular season after a 17-3 home win against Sumner on Wednesday. Bucksport (15-0) has completed regular seasons twice since moving from Class B to Class C following the 2011 season. The Golden Bucks also went undefeated in the playoffs in those …
BUCKSPORT — Madysen Robichaud saw the perfect pitch, and it was all her team needed. In the first inning of a scoreless game between Bucksport and Mount Desert Island on Tuesday, Robichaud was down in the count. MDI pitcher Lindsey McEachern was on top of her game and appeared headed for one of her many …
It’s now mid-May, and the spring sports season should be in full swing. Graduation is just around the corner, and with the summer months nearing, most teams should be easing toward playoff time. Instead, local baseball and softball teams find themselves in a pinch. Inclement weather has led to numerous postponements around the state, and …
ELLSWORTH — Inclement weather throughout the state of Maine has forced the Maine Principals’ Association to extend the 2017 baseball and softball regular seasons by two days. Originally, the last playable date for regular season games was May 31. Under the MPA’s newest decree, teams now have until June 2 to complete their 16-game slates. …
ELLSWORTH — It wasn’t a strikeout or an extra-base hit that got the Ellsworth softball team going — in fact, it wasn’t even one that scored a run — but the Eagles still got just what they needed. With Ellsworth trailing 1-0 in the third inning of Thursday’s game against John Bapst, freshman Trinity Montigny …
BLUE HILL — The Bucksport and George Stevens Academy softball and baseball teams split games on a rainy afternoon Wednesday. Darian Jellison scored the first run of the game for Bucksport on a Madysen Robichaud RBI double in the first inning. Kate Saunders struck out all three Eagles she faced in the bottom of the …
DEER ISLE — On one of the few days in late April that had weather nice enough to actually play a game of softball in Downeast Maine, Deer Isle-Stonington played one that never seemed to end. In what was the first game as head coach Deer Isle-Stonington’s Darian Gove and the second for Bangor Christian’s Dale Overlock, …
ELLSWORTH — The Maine Principals’ Association finalized its reclassification proposal last Thursday, and three volleyball teams in the area are on the move. Bucksport, George Stevens Academy and Sumner will move from Class B to the newly created Class C in the sport. Joining them will be Washington Academy, Machias, Jonesport-Beals, Lee Academy, Calais, Narraguagus, …
