Deer Isle—The girls soccer team lost to Searsport 3-1 on September 4. Searsport scored 2 goals in the first half, including one from a penalty kick. Lily Gray scored unassisted in the second half. Kaylee Morey played in goal the first half and Katie Hutchinson was there in the second …
Blue Hill—What’s the best way to start the season? By winning, of course. The Eagles varsity boys soccer team, who won their opener against Dexter, kept up the momentum with a string of victories in their second week, beating Bucksport 9-1, Searsport 2-0 and Ellsworth 3-0 in a string of …
Deer Isle—Cross country coach Mary Penfold has three runners at the present. They have been training for a couple weeks at this point to build their conditioning. Because they hadn’t been running during the summer, she feels that it will be conditioning now and then trying to find personal success …
Deer Isle—The Deer Isle-Stonington High School athletic teams are now under the direction of new athletic director Betsy Woodward. Formerly a special education teacher at the elementary school for eight and a half years, Woodward also served as the school’s athletic director. When she took over as physical education teacher …
Blue Hill—The George Stevens Academy golf team may be younger this year than last, but with first-place team finishes in two of their last three matches, the golfers are hoping for another successful season. Senior Percy Zentz has been “very strong” again this season, said coach Dwayne Carter, and has …
Blue Hill—The GSA boys soccer team began its season with a win, beating Dexter on the road in a high scoring 6-3 match on September 1, that saw 15 saves at the net. With core 2017 senior players gone, pre-season scrimmages against Belfast and Brewer helped the team settle in …
Deer Isle—The girls have big numbers with a good experience this year and are poised to atone for the winless season last year. We did manage 5 ties, but we struggled to put the ball in the net. Though this will be a challenge this year as well, we will …
Blue Hill—The George Stevens Academy girls soccer team is looking to bounce back from a 3-8-3 record and an early exit from the post season with a loss to Narraguagus in the prelims last year. The Eagles suffered a 4-0 loss against Dexter High School on August 31, as coach …
Castine—Maine Maritime Academy junior Maggie MacMahon took to the volleyball court for preseason last week, the same as she has done since starting her career as a Mariner. The difference this year is that she was spiking balls just eight days after donating bone marrow at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute …
From clear skies and brisk winds to patchy fog and high gusts, racing on Penobscot Bay tested captains and crews over three days of wooden boat regattas. “We had a little bit of everything,” Vela captain Havilah Hawkins said, racing in the Eggemoggin Reach Regatta, the culminating race on August …
