Penobscot Bay Press SPORTS – Page 70 – Deer Isle-Stonington High School and George Stevens Academy varsity sports, with Maine Maritime Academy athletics.

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 finishes fourth in Great Harbor Regatta

Sailing downwind

BLUE HILL—The George Stevens Academy sailing team captured a fourth-place finish out of 13 teams at the Great Harbor Regatta Saturday, May 28, on Mount Desert Island. The team was only four points away from third place and 13 points away from second, according to head coach Bill Neufeld. “[It] …

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Eagle track teams shine at PVC championships

800 meter realy hand off

Blue Hill—The Eagle girls track team scored a second-place victory at the May 28 Penobscot Valley Conference championships, scoring 79.5 points, a far stretch behind winner Orono’s 237, who swept nearly every event. One exception was the javelin throw, where Morgan Dauk, the 2015 event winner, threw 112 feet, 9 …

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Latest scores

Latest scores

George Stevens Academy

Baseball:

v. Mattanawcook, June 1: Not available
v. Bucksport, May 26: W 4-1

Softball:

v. Mattanawcook, June 1: Not available
v. Bucksport, May 26: L 11-1

Boys Tennis:

v. Piscatquis, play-off quarterfinal,
June 1: not available
v. Orono, May 25: L 3-1

Girls Tennis:

v. Orono, May 25: W 3-2

Track:

Penobscot Valley Conference Championships, May 28, Foxcroft Academy: girls, 79.5 points, 2nd; boys, 60 points, 4th.

Deer Isle-Stonington

Baseball:

v. Sumner, May 30: L 14-7
v. Katahdin, May 28, doubleheader: L 12-10; W 13-9
v. Searsport, May 26: L 16-5

Softball:

v. Sumner, May 30: L 6-0
v. Katahdin, May 28, doubleheader: L 13-1; W 14-0
v. Searsport, May 26, doubleheader: L 7-6; L 16-7

Boys Tennis Playoff Preliminary Match:

v. #13 Washington Academy, May 31: L 5-0

Girls Tennis Playoff Preliminary Match:

v. #7 Orono, June 1: Score not available

Track:

Penobscot Valley Conference Championships, May 23, Dover-Foxcroft: Brendan Penfold, 2nd place, 3200 meter run.

DIS baseball team gets win but misses playoff cut

Mariner Coach Hale

Deer Isle—The boys baseball team lost to Searsport 16-5 on May 26. Searsport is the top team in Western Maine Class D and they hit the ball well. Because of upcoming games, we pitched three pitchers for a couple innings each to have everyone available on the weekend. Searsport jumped …

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Inexperience takes toll on Mariner softball season

Deer Isle—The girls softball team lost both games of a double header to Searsport on May 26, 7-6 and 16-7. In the first game, Natalie Knowlton pitched a good game with 13 strikeouts and only 3 walks. We had one bad inning, giving up 4 runs in the second, which …

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Coach Dan Kane named to Baseball Hall of Fame

GSA baseball coach Dan Kane

BLUE HILL—Longtime George Stevens Academy baseball coach Dan Kane can now add Maine Baseball Hall of Fame inductee to his list of achievements, which also includes former Ellsworth High School baseball standout and alumni of the University of Maine Black Bear baseball team. Kane has coached the Eagles baseball team …

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Deer Isle-Stonington softball team in search of a win

Mariner catch

Deer Isle—The girls softball team lost to Bangor Christian 14-7 on May 18. Natalie Knowlton pitched well with 9 strikeouts and only 3 walks, but Bangor Christian hit the ball hard and found the gaps as we only had 3 errors. They jumped on us for 8 runs in the …

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DIS Mariner tennis teams in playoff picture

Mariner Justine Rhys

Deer Isle—The girls tennis team lost to George Stevens 4-1 on May 18. We played several close matches and won one, a big improvement. In the singles, Jordyn Judkins lost 8-5 to Erin Niehoff, Justine Rhys lost 8-3 to Lindsay Nevins, and Jess Trainor lost 8-2 to Tatiana Heggestaad. In …

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GSA gives one-two punch at county track meet

110 hurdles winner

Mount Desert Island—The Eagles scored deep and wide at the Hancock County Track Championships on May 20, notching over a dozen wins in events while the girls brought home the team win. The boys team was edged out of first place, scoring 200 to winner MDI’s 210 total points. The …

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Eagles top the rankings for tennis

Eagle Beowulf Urban

Blue Hill—The George Stevens Academy boys varsity tennis team is top ranked heading into the season-ending Class C tournament, with only Mattanawcook, at 11-0, boasting a better season record. Their quarterfinal will be played at home, on June 2. While Mattanawcook holds the better record, in Heal Tournament Points they …

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