Deer Isle—Two years after returning home, 2003 Deer Isle-Stonington High School graduate and softball standout Hollan Oliver has taken charge of her former team as the Mariners’ new coach this softball season. Oliver is co-coaching with Caroline Goddard, a California transplant with ties to the same college softball program as …
Deer Isle—In just her second year coaching the Deer Isle-Stonington cheerleaders, Amber Jones was honored as Coach of the Year in Class D cheering by the Penobscot Valley Conference, in Lincoln on January 19. Thirty-two schools are conference members across all four classes. “I was very surprised,” Jones said. “I’ve …
Deer Isle—When the Deer Isle-Stonington High School boys basketball team takes the floor for the first game of the regular season next week, they will do it under the direction of new head coach Don Allen. Allen was hired for the position after resigning last season from a four-year stint …
Blue Hill/Island—While the regular season for winter sports does not kick off until next week, athletic directors at both George Stevens Academy and Deer Isle-Stonington High School have been busy for weeks, coordinating game and bus schedules, practice times and more to get ready for the season. “The first task …
Blue Hill—Erich Reed, who rebuilt the George Stevens Academy track and cross country teams in the last seven years, finished his final season as coach this spring. Under his direction, student-athletes broke multiple school records, won first-place medals in individual events at Penobscot Valley Conference and state championships, and brought …
Deer Isle—In his fourth year as the Deer Isle-Stonington High School head tennis coach, Mark Churchill says the game is less about winning and losing and more about playing for the love of it. “We’re a small school, and we have some talent and a lot of these kids can …
Blue Hill—George Stevens Academy baseball coach Dan Kane hit his 30th year at the helm of the program this year. With multiple regional championships under his belt, and a couple state championships to go along with them, Kane’s teams have had a level of success to rival that of the …
Deer Isle—The Deer Isle-Stonington High School baseball team is under new direction this year, as Scott Oliver has taken over for longtime coach Randy Shepard. This is Oliver’s first stint as a varsity level head coach, and he said it has taken him some time to adjust to the role. …
Deer Isle—A 2013 Deer Isle-Stonington graduate and captain of the cheerleading squad that took home the Class D state title that year, Amber Jones returned this year as coach. She is quick to give credit to her own high school coach, Kim Larsen, who led the program for 30 years. …
Blue Hill—Fans of the George Stevens Academy boys basketball team over the last decade will be hard pressed to remember a time before head coach Dwayne Carter and assistant/JV coach Matt Mattson were without each other on the sidelines. The duo has become a coaching force in recent years, winning …
