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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...

Eagles host Downeast Regatta May 14-15

Light winds stifled the 2015 Downeast Regatta. Photo by Franklin Brown

Castine—For some up-close, live-action sailing, spectators can crowd the Maine Maritime Academy float in Castine Harbor as high school sailing teams from across Maine and New England compete in 10 races on Saturday and then, again, on Sunday in the annual Downeast Regatta. The racing is at its best under …

Upcoming games close to home

Upcoming games close to home

Baseball/Softball

Fri., May 13: GSA v Washington Academy, 4:30 p.m.
Sat., May 14: DISHS v Sumner, 11 a.m.
Mon., May 16: DISHS v Jonesport-Beals, 4 p.m.
Mon., May 16: GSA @ Orono, 4:30 p.m.
Wed., May 19: DISHS @ Bangor Christian, 3:30 p.m.
Thu., May 19: GSA v Ellsworth, 4:30 p.m.

Tennis

Thu., May 12: DISHS @ Sumner, 3:30 p.m.
Mon, May 16: GSA v Dexter, 4 p.m.
Wed., May 18: DISHS v GSA, 4 p.m.

Track

Fri., May 13: GSA @ Bangor, 3:30 p.m.
Tue., May 17: GSA @ Bucksport, 3:30 p.m.

Sailing

Fri./Sat., May 13-14: Downeast Regatta, 9 a.m., Castine
Wed. May 18: GSA v MDI, 4 p.m., Castine

DIS girls capture season’s first softball win

Deer Isle—The girls got their first win on May 6, beating Jonesport 17-5. We jumped out with nine runs in the first inning and we benefited from 24 walks overall by Jonesport pitches. We hit the ball better with the slower pitching. Natalie Knowlton pitched well with seven strikeouts and …

Mariner boys shut out Machias for first win

Deer Isle—The boys baseball team beat Machias 10-0 in 5 innings on April 27, behind the stellar pitching of Ethan Shepard. Ethan gave up only one hit with nine strikeouts and no walks. We backed him up at the plate with 10 hits as this was our game all the …

Eagle tennis teams grab early wins

Blue Hill—Both the George Stevens Academy girls and boys varsity tennis teams have done nothing but win—so far. In opening matches against the young team of Deer Isle-Stonington, and then the Lee Academy Pandas, the boys didn’t drop a set. The girls won 5-0 against the Mariners and 3-2 against …

DIS boys tennis team wins double-header, girls lose

Deer Isle—The boys tennis team won two games against Penobscot Valley 3-2 and 3-2 on April 29. Both games included several very closely contested matches. In the first game singles, Cameron Wendell lost 8-6, Devron Emrick won 8-3, and Brantly Emrick lost 8-8 (7-5). In the doubles, Marvin Merritt/Justin Eaton …

MMA announces 2016-17 basketball recruits

CASTINE—Maine Maritime Academy men’s basketball announced its 2016-17 Mariner basketball recruits on May 3, with a strong showing from Maine high schools. Bucksport’s Riley MacLeod, who helped drive his team to the 2016 Northern Regional finals in February, joins Hampden Academy seniors Brendan McIntyre and Conar Moore, who have committed …

Mariner girls fall to Machias in opener

Deer Isle—The girls softball team lost to Machias 6-1 on April 27. I felt we played a good game for our first game this season and having such a young team. Considering that only two or three of these girls saw any major time in the field last year, it …

Eagle track team shines at MDI meet

Mount Desert Island—The Eagle boys team topped two events and placed second in five of the 17 events at the MDI track meet on April 30, driving the team to a third-place overall finish behind Mount Desert Island and Caribou. Junior Erik Taylor-Lash won the 1600 meter race walk with …

GSA sails to sixth-place finish

BLUE HILL—The George Stevens Academy sailing team finished sixth overall out of 10 teams from Maine and Vermont at the sixth annual Breakwater Blast Regatta in Rockland Sunday, May 1. Fourteen boats were on the start line, the most ever for the event, and 12 races were completed in a …