Mount Desert Island—The GSA boys and girls varsity swim teams raced Mount Desert Island December 12. Without having swimmers compete in all events, the Class B Eagles have difficulty competing for points but still shine in individual events. Ava Sealander placed first in the 100 yard butterfly, and Maya Pelletier …
Deer Isle—The Mariner cheerleaders are back in action, seeking a return to the Augusta Civic Center for the state championships. And they have more than doubled their squad, to nine members. “They are looking fantastic,” Coach Kim Yurchick recently said. Three girls have returned, Ali Eaton, Shaylee Bray and Riley …
Blue Hill—The George Stevens Academy varsity swim team opened its 2015-16 season against Ellsworth on December 4. Now three years old as a competitive team, this is the first year the team is competing independently, instead of with Ellsworth at dual meets. “We figured it was about time. Ellsworth has …
Deer Isle—The girls basketball got run over by George Stevens Academy 55-15 on December 4. The key words for this game were turnovers and inexperience. There is no way to sugar coat it. We weren’t prepared for an intense defensive press and we couldn’t get anything going. This group is …
A busy week in varsity basketball saw the Mariner varsity boys score their first win on December, a close 53-52 over Shead, by way of a Krisford Melanio three-pointer with 6 seconds left. It was a close game all the way, said our Mariner columnist Jack Scott. The boys are 1-3 for the …
Blue Hill—The Lady Eagles hosted the Mariners on Friday—and ran its second annual Toys for Tots drive, collecting wrapped and unwrapped toys, and cash donations, to be distributed to children throughout the area.
The Deer Isle Stonington Mariners and George Steven Academy Eagles opened the 2015-16 season with a double face-off: the Lady Eagles hosted the Mariners for a win on Friday, while the GSA boys rolled over the Mariners boys in Deer Isle on Saturday. The Lady Eagles came out strong, jumping to a …
Blue Hill—With two scrimmages and two exhibition games to gauge strengths and weaknesses, the George Stevens Academy varsity boys basketball team opens its season on Saturday, December 5, in Deer Isle against the Deer Isle-Stonington Mariners. The team scrimmaged against John Bapst and Orono on November 25, with the Eagles …
The 2015-16 Eagles varsity team. Photo by Anne Berleant
Front row, from left: Steven Wang, Will Entwisle, Beckett Slayton, Taylor Schildroth, Tyler Snow. Back row, from left: student assistant Ethan Snow, Coach Dwayne Carter, Jarrod Chase, Dakota Chipman, Khalede Clark, Nickolas Szwez, Max Mattson, Khemani Peasley, Stefan Simmons, Assistant Coach Matt Mattson. Not pictured: Jacob Keenan.
Blue Hill—The George Stevens Academy varsity girls basketball team returns as host for a Toys for Tots game Friday night, while facing off against the Deer Isle-Stonington Lady Mariners in the season opener for both teams. The game begins at 7 p.m. at GSA, where toys, or money to buy …
