Sports coverage for Deer Isle-Stonington High School Mariners
Deer Isle—The girls basketball team beat Greenville on January 2, 44-24. We got off to a fast start, leading 12-4 after one quarter and 28-8 by the half. We stretched our lead to 40-13 after three quarters, and Coach Randy Shepard was able to put in the younger players in …
Deer Isle—The boys basketball team lost its only game this week, on January 2, to Greenville 47-40. The game started similarly to the first time we played them, but the difference is that we didn’t recover from the first quarter deficit, trailing 17-9 after one quarter and 27-15 at the …
DEER ISLE—The Mariners return to the court on Wednesday, December 30, where the varsity boys and girls teams will face Bangor Christian at home. Girls tip off at 5 p.m., and the boys at 6:30 p.m.
DEER ISLE—The Mariner varsity girls and boys basketball teams faced up to Class C Bucksport on Thursday, December 17, and fell—but the girls redeemed their season with a win against Greenville two days later. Allyson Eaton lead the Mariners with 15 in the 57-36 loss to Bucksport. Ashley Haskell chipped …
Deer Isle—The boys varsity basketball team lost a nail biter to Searsport 44-43 in overtime on December 8. We led 17-13 at the half, but Searsport shot their way back to lead 29-28 after three quarters. After a sloppy fourth quarter, Searsport had the ball with less than a minute …
Deer Isle—The girls basketball team lost to Sumner 49-36 on December 10. We actually led 24-23 at the half, despite almost 20 turnovers. We had a lot of trouble beating the press and half-court trap that Sumner put on us. The difference came about halfway through the third quarter when …
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 …
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 …
Deer Isle—The varsity boys basketball team lost a close match against Searsport on December 8 in overtime, with a final score of 44-43. In their season opener against George Stevens, they also lost, 82-49. The two things that stood out in the first half were too many turnovers and allowing …
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.
