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Mariner gold ball hopes foiled at regionals

GSA upended in semifinal overtime thriller

Mariners fall 50-48 to Easton in semifinal thriller

Lady Mariners dominant over Katahdin, into Class D North championship

Second half surge lifts Eagles over Fort Fairfield

Mariner gold ball hopes foiled at regionals

BANGOR – The Deer Isle-Stonington girls basketball team never let up until the final buzzer, but the top-seeded Southern Aroostook Warriors were too much for...

GSA upended in semifinal overtime thriller

BANGOR – The George Stevens Academy boys basketball team’s post-season run was ended in a 58-60 overtime thriller against the No. 1-ranked Central Aroostook Panthers...

Mariners fall 50-48 to Easton in semifinal thriller

BANGOR—In a semifinal game up against #6 Easton, the Deer Isle-Stonington Mariners came back from a sluggish first half for a nail-biter finish. Unfortunately, the...

Lady Mariners dominant over Katahdin, into Class D North championship

BANGOR—The Lady Mariners gave an outstanding performance in their semifinal match up against #3 Katahdin February 20 at the Cross insurance Center in Bangor, running...

Second half surge lifts Eagles over Fort Fairfield

BANGOR – The George Stevens Academy Eagles used a 41-point second half to upend the Fort Fairfield Tigers 67-39 in a Class C quarterfinal contest...

GSA runners qualify for states at regional meet

Blue Hill—The George Stevens Academy boys cross-country team took second place at the 2018 Class C North Regional championship behind Orono High School on Saturday, October 20, in Belfast, while four runners on the girls side finished in the top 30 and qualified for the state championship individually. Caden Mattson …

Fall season ends at DISHS

Deer Isle—The girls soccer team won their last game, beating Washington Academy 4-3 on October 16, just past the deadline for last week’s paper. Finally, a game with much to write about, and I could only put in a couple sentences. The offense finally took off, with first half goals …

GSA boys soccer team ousted in wild quarterfinal

Blue Hill—After playing 80 minutes of regulation, two 15 minute overtimes and going through three rounds of a penalty kick shoot out on October 23, the George Stevens Academy boys soccer team had to take to the field the very next day to replay their Class C North quarterfinal matchup …

Zentz hits high note at states

Senior Percy Zentz finished an outstanding high school golf career as runner up in the Maine State Class C Individual Golf championships October 13 at Natanis Golf Course in Vassalboro. Zentz shot a four-over-par 76, one stroke below the two winners, who tied at 75.

GSA cross-country teams take second at PVCs

Caden Mattson, Andrew Szwez and Ian Renwick

Presque Isle—The girls varsity cross-country team placed second at the Penobscot Valley Conference Cross Country Championships October 13 in Presque Isle, with Grace Broughton, Lanny Zentz, Oshi Ragot and Susannah Jakub sweeping 13th through 16th place, and Jenna Eldridge placing 22nd. Those 68 total points edged them ahead of Houlton, …

GSA girls team makes late jump in standings

Blue Hill—The George Stevens Academy girls soccer team has made a jump in the Class C North standings, right in time for playoffs. The Eagles went from eighth place to fifth this week, after recording ties against Houlton and Orono, two teams ranked higher than them in the regular season. …

Latest Scores

Deer Isle-Stonington

Girls soccer (2-10-2)

10/16 v. Washington Academy, W 4-3
10/12 v. Bangor Christian, L 0-6

Boys soccer (0-14)

10/12 v. Bangor Christian, L 0-5
10/10 v. GSA, L 0-9

Cross Country

10/13 PVC Championship, UMaine Presque Isle. Henry Penfold, 22nd, 20:27.6.

George Stevens Academy

Girls soccer (5-5-4)

10/16 v. Orono, T 2-2
10/13 v. Houlton, T 1-1

Boys soccer (9-5)

10/13 v. Houlton, L 0-1
10/12 v. Orono, W 2-1
10/10 v. DISHS, W 9-0

Volleyball (6-8)

10/10 v. Calais, L 1-3

Cross Country

10/13 PVC Championship, UMaine Presque Isle. Boys, 40 points, 2nd of 9 teams. Caden Mattson, 3rd place, 18:19; Andrew Szwez, 10th place, 19:16.4; Ian Renwick, 11th, 19:23.4. Girls, 86 points, 2nd of 5 teams. Grace Broughton 13th, 23:49.6; Lanny Zentz, 14th, 23:52.3; Oshi Ragot, 15th, 23:59.1.

Golf

10/13 Maine State Individual Championship, Natanis Golf Course, Vassalboro, Percy Zentz: 2nd place, 4 over par 76.

GSA volleyball team on track for postseason

Blue Hill—With time and dedication comes experience, and, after going winless over the last two seasons, the George Stevens Academy volleyball team is finally benefiting from hard work. After losing the first match of the season against Brewer, the team recorded six wins in a season that has them in …

Mariner soccer: boys wrap up season, girls look to edge into play offs

Deer Isle—The girls soccer team won 4-3 over Washington Academy October 16, putting them in 12th place in the Heal Point Standings. If they hold onto that ranking, they are in the playoffs and will face the #10 team in the prelims Friday. That victory followed two losses, to Bangor …

GSA boys soccer team beats Orono, falls to Houlton

Blue Hill—The Eagles kept the pressure on the Orono Red Riots during their penultimate match of the regular season October 12, and walked off the field with a 2-1 win, payback for an earlier 5-2 loss to the third-ranked team. Orono scored its first and only goal midway through the …