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 …
ELLSWORTH — Ellsworth’s Landon St. Peter won the consolation bracket in the 106-pound division at Saturday’s All-State wrestling championships at Nokomis High School in Newport. St. Peter began the tournament with a win over Calvin Peck of Nokomis in the quarterfinals. After falling to Bonny Eagle’s Colby Frost in the semifinals, he bounced back with …
ELLSWORTH — Ellsworth freshman Landon St. Peter won an individual state title in the 106-pound weight class with at Saturday’s Class B wrestling championships in Wells. St. Peter began the day with a win over Monmouth Academy’s Leo Wilson in the quarterfinals before recording an overtime victory over Vinny DeRoche of Mountain Valley. In the …
ELLSWORTH — The Ellsworth and Bucksport wrestling teams finished third and fifth, respectively, at Saturday’s Penobscot Valley Conference championships in Howland. Ellsworth had three individual winners in the tournament to finish behind Foxcroft and Mattanawcook Academy with 128 points. Logan Lord (138 pounds) Peyton Cole (145 pounds), and Chris Barnes (190 pounds) provided the Eagles …
ELLSWORTH — The Ellsworth and Bucksport wrestling teams finished sixth and 10th, respectively, at Saturday’s Class B North wrestling championships at Mount View High School in Thorndike. Senior Chris Barnes was the star of the day for Ellsworth with a victory in the 195-pound division. Barnes defeated Medomak Valley’s Amos Hinckley to win the bracket. …
