MMA community cheers on the Mariners for Homecoming Football team struggles against MIT

Eying the options

CASTINE—After scoring the first touchdown of the game to take a 7-0 lead over Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the Maine Maritime Academy Mariners football team only found the end zone once more during the game on Saturday, September 24. The team went on to lose the game, 13-30, but the …

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‘High expectations’ for GSA boys soccer at mid-season

John Larson controls the ball. Photo by Tate Yoder

Blue Hill—They may have fallen 7-0 when faced with the speed of the Washington Academy Raiders at homecoming game on Saturday, September 26, but the George Stevens Academy boys varsity soccer team is doing just fine, Coach Mark Ensworth said from the practice field sideline on Monday. “The season’s going …

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Mariners score first win in overtime Scott’s Sports Spot

Deer Isle—The varsity boys soccer team won its first game in dramatic fashion by beating Schenck 2-1 in overtime on September 24. We avenged an earlier loss to them by playing much more as a team than we have so far. Both teams played pretty even, and Coach Joe Stinson …

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Eagles cross country lands one-two finish at Searsport

Tyler Varnum

Blue Hill—The George Stevens Academy boys team took first place, and the girls second, at a varsity cross country meet on September 16 in Searsport. The boys won by three points over Mount Desert Island after shutting out the top scoring spots, while the girls were edged out by one …

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Eighth graders drafted for girls varsity soccer team

DEER ISLE—The girls soccer team at Deer Isle-Stonington High School is getting players from an unlikely source, as low female enrollment numbers this year have left only 40 students eligible for the soccer and cross-country teams, according to athletic director Chris Talbot. Because of this, 8th grade students at Deer …

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