Lady Eagles: young, athletic, enthusiastic

The George Stevens Academy 2016-17 Girls Varsity Basketball Team

Blue Hill —Mixing experience and new faces, the George Stevens varsity girls basketball team starts out the season with two strong forwards, senior Morgan Dauk and junior Mazie Smallidge, but minus two seasoned guards. “We lost seven players last year,” Coach Bill Case said Monday, December 6, with the Eagles …

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GSA girls team, Hassett win Class C state titles Cross-country champions

Senior John Hassett

Belfast—The George Stevens Academy girls brought home the state title in cross country on Saturday, November 5, fulfilling what no Eagles girls team has done since at least 1975, when the Maine Press Association began recording girls’ titles, and probably a few decades before then. The team also qualified for …

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DISHS soccer, with a South American flavor

Arthur Peixoto works for the ball against Searsport. Photo by jack Scott

DEER ISLE—The Deer Isle-Stonington High School boys soccer team got a hint of South American culture this season, as two of its players were exchange students from Brazil and Bolivia. Arthur Peixoto of Brazil is a senior at the school this year, while Rodri Cespedes of Bolivia is a member …

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Senior captain leads MMA volleyball team to conference championship

Tournament MVP

CASTINE—It was standing room only inside Smith Gymnasium Saturday, November 5, as the Maine Maritime Academy volleyball team defeated Colby-Sawyer College of New London, New Hampshire, for the North Atlantic Conference championship. Hundreds of students and fans packed the stands to cheer on the Mariners, who clinched their first NAC …

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Eagle girls win Northern Class C cross country title Boys come in second, Hassett repeats as Class C champion

BELFAST—The George Stevens Academy girls’ cross-country team edged out Orono by one point to bring home the Northern Regional Class C Cross Country title on October 27 at Troy Howard Middle School in Belfast.  Eliza Broughton (20:06.66), Mary Richardson  (20:16.94) and Zeya Lorio (20:18.37) punched in a 2-3-4 finish that placed …

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Playoff run ends for Lady Eagles

ORONO—The playoff run for the George Stevens Academy girls soccer team ended Wednesday, October 26 in a 5-1 loss against the Orono Lady Red Riots in Orono. The Class C North eight seed was looking for redemption against first-place Orono, as the team had lost that match up in all …

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Eagles upset #1 Orono for semifinal berth Schildroth’s ‘hat trick’ leads to 3-0 win

BLUE HILL—In a thrilling display of prowess and execution, the George Stevens Academy varsity boys soccer team dug deep to upset the Orono Red Riots 3-0 in the Class C playoff quarterfinals on October 25. The Eagles were 0-2 against the Red Riots heading into the match. “We knew we …

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Eagles boys and girls advance to face Orono in QFs

BLUE HILL—Both  George Stevens Academy varsity soccer teams easily advanced through their preliminary playoff games, the boys winning 2-0 over Limestone Community School/Maine School of Science and Mathematics on Friday, October 21, and the girls 3-2 over Washington Academy the next afternoon. The real challenge lies ahead,  as both teams …

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