Mariner baseball team posts wins over Schenck, Machias Scott's Sports Spot

Starting pitcher

Deer Isle—The boys baseball team won two games starting with beating Schenck 8-2 on May 3. Mason Oliver pitched a stellar game, giving up only 2 hits with 11 strikeouts, going the distance. We also committed only two errors to back him up. We led 5-2 into the seventh inning …

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Eagles get mixed results against Mariners Baseball wins, softball loses

Deer Isle—The George Stevens ball teams traveled over the Deer Isle-Sedgwick bridge on May 8 to face the Mariners in a season chaotic with cancellations and postponements from rain. On the Island, skies threatened, and even threw down some light rain, but the games went on, with the Eagles baseball …

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GSA baseball team jumps to 2-0 season start

Senior Gage Clapp

Blue Hill—The Eagles varsity baseball team opened its season showing why it captured the Class C North regional title win in 2016—a tight infield and an astute eye at bat. In the team’s home opener against Sumner on April 18, the Eagles sprinted to a 4-1 lead after one inning, …

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Spring training

Abby Stinson

Abby Stinson warms up her pitching arm on the Deer Isle-Stonington softball field. Photo by Anne Berleant

The Deer Isle-Stonington Mariners take advantage of warm weather on April 14 to warm up their skills on the playing field. Above is Abby Stinson. With the season opener a home game against Bangor Christian on April 24, the teams are practicing throughout vacation week. First pitch for both games is at 4 p.m.

The Eagles’ road to the regional title

Eagle Tyler Snow

Senior Tyler Brenton strides across home plate in a 3-2 win over Washington Academy on May 13. The Eagles took an early lead that day, with Tyler Snow singling twice with one RBI. With Beckett Slayton pitching 11 strikeouts, Washington Academy didn’t score until the sixth inning. After the win, …

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Winners in the North, Eagles fight for state title Fall 3-2 to Sacopee Valley

Eagle on the field

Blue Hill—Nothing is certain in a ballgame until the last pitch is thrown and the last bat swung. Didn’t the Eagles prove that at Mansfield Stadium on June 16, capturing a clutch, seventh-inning victory over Houlton, a team they had not faced during the regular season? The win earned them …

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Eagles dig in to bring home Class C North title

On to States

BANGOR—A walkoff single in the bottom of the seventh inning clinched the Northern Class title for the George Stevens Academy Eagles. “It was one of the uglier wins we’ve had,” said Head Coach Dan Kane after the game. Beckett Slayton ripped the game-winning single through the infield to score Tyler …

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GSA baseball team faces #2 Houlton for Class C North title

BLUE HILL—The top-ranked George Stevens Academy varsity baseball team will play for the nerthern regional title tomorrow, June 14, at Mansfield Stadium in Bangor, after rolling through the quarterfinals, 8-1 over Dexter, and semifinals, 3-1 over Mattanawcook—the only team that managed a win against George Stevens this season. The fight for the regional …

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GSA Eagles wait to find out quarterfinal foe

BLUE HILL—As playoffs approach for the high school spring sports season, the George Stevens Academy baseball team is riding a 15-1 first-place record after the regular season. The Eagles dominated the Class C North division during the regular season, however teams who qualify for a birth in the playoffs can …

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