BUCKSPORT — Before his opponent even had the chance to react, David Gross had made history. On Saturday afternoon, the Bucksport wrestling team traveled to Morse High School in Bath for the team’s final dual meet away from home this season. Facing the host team in one of several head-to-head contests, the Golden Bucks were …
ELLSWORTH — Two local wrestlers earned wins in Saturday’s Skowhegan Invitational with Ellsworth’s Logan Lord placing first in the 138-pound weight class and Bucksport’s David Gross winning at 285 pounds. After starting the day with a bye, Lord got his first win when he pinned Ellsworth teammate Everett Huckins in the quarterfinals. Lord then took …
BUCKSPORT — Competing at full strength, the Bucksport High School wrestling team took first place Saturday at a wrestling tournament in Calais. The Golden Bucks brought a total of 16 wrestlers to the tournament and sent seven of them to championship bouts. Junior David Gross, who was competing in official matches for the first time …
ELLSWORTH — Local high school wrestlers enjoyed strong dual meets and tournaments throughout the state as the 2018 portion of the season concluded over the weekend. Competing in the Maine Central Institute Winter Classic in Pittsfield, Bucksport’s Travis Hutchinson earned a win the 120-pound class. The Golden Bucks got second-place finishes from Kaleb Nightingale (126 …
ELLSWORTH — Ellsworth High School senior Logan Lord earned a place in wrestling team lore last Thursday when he earned his 100th career win at Foxcroft Academy. The feat came when Lord won via decision against Foxcroft’s Jacob Diamond in the 145-pound bout. The Eagles were competing in a dual meet against Foxcroft, Bucksport and …
BUCKSPORT — The wrestling regular season began Saturday with Bucksport hosting its own tournament and Ellsworth and Mount Desert Island competing in Belfast. Bucksport hosted schools from across the state in this year’s Ryan Detour Memorial Tournament. It marked the first time the tournament, which has been held in Detour’s honor every year since his …
ELLSWORTH — The biggest competition in town over the weekend was held not on a field, in a gym or on a track. Instead, it took place inside a much more unusual setting just a stone’s throw from downtown. If there was even space to move anywhere from the bar area to the tables and …
BLUE HILL — With the winter sports regular season set to begin next week, teams across Hancock County are gearing up with preseason games, scrimmages, meets and tournaments. Local basketball teams opened play against teams from different classification levels all over the state to prepare. Among the cross-class showdowns were Tuesday’s contests, which pitted Mount …
BAR HARBOR — Bunky Dow never got rid of the wrestling gear in the Mount Desert Island High School sports closet. With the winter season less than a month away, he’s about to bring it back out again. No current athletes at MDI have ever worn the team’s dark-green singlets and headgear, but that doesn’t …
BUCKSPORT — For the past three years, coaching on the Bucksport wrestling team has been a team effort. Come next season, that team will have a new leader. Since the start of the 2015-16 season, Bucksport has operated using a four-man coaching staff led by a former state heavyweight champion, Dan Ormsby. Although Ormsby will …
BUCKSPORT — The Bucksport Middle School wrestling team claimed second place at Saturday’s Pine Tree Wrestling League championships in Skowhegan. Bucksport finished the event with 119 points, just shy of Mattanawcook Junior High School’s 120.5. The team sent five wrestlers to championship bouts and crowned two state champions. Kaleb Nightingale (117 pounds) and Jaxon Gross …
BUCKSPORT — The Bucksport Middle School wrestling team was crowned regional champion Saturday with a first-place finish at the Pine Tree Wrestling League’s Eastern Maine championships at Bucksport High School. Bucksport produced three individual champions with Cameron Rich (145 pounds), Jaxon Gross (195 pounds) and Jacob Coghill (240 pounds) all earning individual wins. Kaleb Nightingale …
