Nick Mayo, a senior at Messalonskee High School in Oakland, Maine, has accepted a full scholarship to Eastern Kentucky University. Most of his extended family lives on the Island. His grandparents, Donna and Marsden Brewer, live in Stonington, as does his great-grandmother Marilyn Hutchinson, an avid basketball fan. His uncle, …
CASTINE—The Maine Maritime Academy Varsity Sailing Team placed seventh out of 10 teams in the Port of Los Angeles Harbor Cup, a Cal Maritime Invitational Intercollegiate Regatta hosted by the Los Angeles Yacht Club. The race brings together 10 top offshore sailing teams to race identical Catalina 37s. Californina Maritime …
Four local varsity basketball players held court at Orono High School on March 3 as part of the Penobscot Valley Conference All Star teams. Deer Isle-Stonington senior Jared Gove and George Stevens Academy senior Kelsey Allen faced off on opposing teams, as did GSA seniors Megan Nowland and Alice Dillon. They joined a …
Orono—Freshman Ava Sealander capped a standout year with top-four finishes at the state swimming championships on February 16. In the 200 yard individual medley, she placed fourth, and took home a third-place finish in the 100 yard butterfly. Sophomore Maya Pelletier placed eighth in the 500 yard freestyle. As a …
Bangor—The Eagles faced #7 Orono in the Eastern Maine Class C boys quarterfinals on February 18 at the Cross Insurance Center and never quite got up, falling 68-57. Senior Kelsey Allen led GSA scoring with 21 points, freshman Taylor Schildroth contributed 10 and junior Nick Szwez scored nine. Allen opened …
Bangor—The boys and girls varsity swim teams finished a respectable seventh for the girls and ninth for the boys out of 15 high schools competing at the Penobscot Valley Conference meet at Husson College on February 6 and 7. While the team scores landed them in the middle of the …
Sometimes it all comes down to the last seconds of play. That was the case when the George Stevens Academy varsity girls faced the eighth-ranked Mattanawcook team on February 10 in Lincoln. At stake was a trip to the Cross Center for the Class C tournament quarterfinals. The ninth-ranked Eagles …
Freshman Ava Sealander races to a second-place finish in the 200 medley at Husson College on February 7.
Castine—Seven months into his new role as head mens basketball coach at Maine Maritime Academy, David Muchnick is looking to the future. The team is now 2-17 this year, with a win at home on January 24 against Johnson State during the academy’s annual alumni basketball weekend. But the win-loss …
The Mariners hosted George Stevens Academy on February 3 in a game postponed twice in the final week of regular season play, and secured a 43-41 win in the final seconds of the game. Trailing by one with less than one minute on the clock, the Mariners scored and …
