Sports coverage for George Stevens Academy Eagles
The GSA Eagles rolled over the Mariners on December 17 at Deer Isle, jumping ahead to a quick lead and never letting go. Kelsey Allen led with 17 points, while Jarrod Chase scored 16. Jared Gove paced the Mariners with 9 for a final score of 77-32. The Mariners are 2-4 after …
Morgan Dauk goes head -to-head against Buckspsort. Photo by Franklin Brown
Way to open the season! The GSA varsity Lady Eagles overpowered the Bucksport Golden Bucks at home on Thursday, December 11, jumping ahead in the first minutes of the game and never looking back. Megan Nowland, Morgan Dauk and Alice Dillon led socring for a final 50-42 win.
The boys are three games in and three games down after a 80-60 loss on Wednesday, December 10 to Washington Academy at home.
In its second year competing at the varsity level, the George Stevens Academy Eagles swim team is a mix of veterans and inexperienced swimmers. “We’ve only had seven practices so we’re still feeling our way,” said Coach Don Driscoll. “We have a lot of freshmen who have never been involved …
Playing Orono at home on December 5, the Eagles rallied to a fourth-quarter lead over the Red Riots only to see it slip away in the final minutes of the game. Freshman Taylor Schildroth led with 22 points, scoring two of four three-pointers late in the first half to cut …
The GSA varsity boys went head-to-head with Orono on December 5 at home and almost came out on top. A lead going into the fourth quarter slipped away with three minutes left. The final score: 64-56. Taylor Schildroth led with 22 points, Kelsey Allen, above, and Nick Szwez, scored 10. Below, Coach Dwayne …
Photo by Franklin Brown
The Eagles varsity swim team held its first meet at the Ellsworth Down East Family YMCA on Friday, December 5. Above, Alyssa Chesney swims the women’s 100 yard breast stroke. Find out more on the season ahead for the GSA team, along with a team photo, schedule and roster, in this week’s sports section in The Weekly Packet and Island Ad-Vantages.
A core of returning players and a coach now in his second year leading the team may equal more wins on the court for the Eagle girls this season. “We have a lot of [players] back,” said Coach Bill Case, who took on the role of head coach last year, …
The George Stevens Academy boys varsity team brings a strong core of returning players with new faces fresh from the junior squad. “We have a good mix of young and old,” Coach Dwayne Carter said of his squad, which regularly goes deep in the season-ending tournament but fell in the …
BLUE HILL — At the Penobscot Valley Conference meet in Bucksport on October 18, sophomore John Hassett took first in a field of 100 runners from 13 schools. The Eagles girls and boys teams placed second among small schools, behind powerhouse Orono. Freshman Eliza Broughton placed ninth overall and fifth …
BLUE HILL — The George Stevens Academy varsity golf team was honored with the Eastern Maine Class C Sportsmanship Award at the state championships at Natannis Golf course in Vassalboro. “This is a great honor, as it is voted on by all the coaches in eastern Maine,” said Coach Dwayne Carter. …
