SULLIVAN — While construction of the new Charles M. Sumner Learning Campus is incomplete and issues have been raised about the sprinkler system, the timeline will have little to no additional impact on the athletics program, according to Assistant Principal Rick Dube. “We had a plan going in as to how we would manage the …
BLUE HILL — After missing out on a real fall season a year ago, Hancock County’s female athletes didn’t disappoint in 2021. Between record-setting campaigns and championship runs, it was an autumn to remember for girls’ sports locally. The Ellsworth American and Mount Desert Islander have selected one Player of the Year for each girls’ …
CASTINE — Two Maine Maritime Academy teams are set to participate in NCAA Tournament play after securing conference tourney wins over the weekend. MMA’s women’s soccer and volleyball teams concluded North Atlantic Conference play Saturday with wins in their respective conference championship contests. The women’s soccer team defeated Cazenovia College 2-0, and the volleyball team …
BLUE HILL — Two Hancock County volleyball players have split Penobscot Valley Conference Player of the Year honors. George Stevens Academy’s Evelyn Dagan and Mount Desert Island’s Addy Boyce were announced Friday as PVC Co-Players of the Year. The two were also named All-PVC selections after leading their teams to deep playoff runs. Dagan, a …
BREWER — An outstanding season for the George Stevens Academy volleyball team has come to an end with a state runner-up finish. GSA fell to a three-set defeat in Saturday’s Class C championship match against Washington Academy at Brewer High School. The loss came just two days after the Eagles clinched a berth in the …
BLUE HILL — Four Hancock County volleyball teams notched wins to begin the playoffs with two of those squads now just one victory away from state championship match appearances. Ellsworth, Mount Desert Island and Sumner earned victories over the weekend in their respective prelim matches. MDI and George Stevens Academy, the latter of which had …
ELLSWORTH — The volleyball regular season is over, and the postseason is set to begin this weekend. Hancock County’s five volleyball teams are set to participate in the upcoming playoffs. Ellsworth and Mount Desert Island will compete in the Class B field, and Bucksport, George Stevens Academy and Sumner will take part in Class C. …
BAR HARBOR — A tough loss last week left Corey Papadopoli knowing exactly where his team needed to improve. Following a four-set Senior Night defeat last Thursday against Hampden Academy, Papadopoli, head coach of the Mount Desert Island volleyball team, had one major takeaway: Although the Trojans played hard in the four-set loss, there were …
ELLSWORTH — Two local volleyball teams earned crucial wins in the standings with victories over the past week. Ellsworth avenged a winter/spring season-ending loss with a three-set victory over Hampden Academy in Thursday’s match at Ellsworth High School. George Stevens Academy rebounded from a tough loss last Tuesday against Mount Desert Island with victories Thursday …
ELLSWORTH — The Ellsworth volleyball team is now 2-2 on the season after two wins and a loss against one of the state’s top teams. Ellsworth claimed its first win of the season with a weekend victory against Nokomis and followed it up Monday with a win over Narraguagus. The Eagles then fell to defeat …
ELLSWORTH — This is the season the George Stevens Academy volleyball team has been waiting for. For a few years now, GSA has been developing its young volleyball program with the goal of building one of the state’s premier small-school teams. After a 13-3 season in 2019 and an undefeated winter/spring intersession season earlier this …
ELLSWORTH — Of all the sports dealt unusual hands at Ellsworth High School last year, volleyball might have been turned upside-down the most. Plenty of volleyball was played at Ellsworth and other schools offering the sport, which was played on a limited basis outdoors in the fall before a competitive season was held in March …
