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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...

Baseball team ‘plagued’ by errors at 0-5

The boys baseball team lost to Searsport 12-2. Ethan Shepard pitched the game for us, but we were dominated by the Searsport pitcher and only managed two hits. We didn’t play so poorly except for the third inning when we gave up six runs. Searsport hit the ball hard and …

Eagles record stellar so far

Sports; DIS; GSA; ball; tag; out; 051415; DIS; Deer IsleStonington High School; Eagles; GSA; George Stevens Academy; Mariners; baseball; dishs; game; high school; school; sport; sports; team Mariner catcher Mason Oliver tags out Eagle Tim Cousins at home plate. Photo by Franklin Brown

Mariner catcher Mason Oliver tags out Eagle Tim Cousins at home plate. Photo by Franklin Brown

The Eagles are 9-1 after an 11-5 win over Orono on May 18.

Sports; DIS; GSA; ball; harrison; vinall; 051415; DIS; Deer IsleStonington High School; Eagles; GSA; George Stevens Academy; Mariners; baseball; dishs; game; high school; school; sport; sports; team The Eagles’ Harrison Vinall tries to slide home. Photo by Franklin Brown

The Eagles’ Harrison Vinall tries to slide home. Photo by Franklin Brown

Eagles host Downeast Invitational this weekend

From left, crew Erik Bailey and skipper Adam Witham race at Marblehead. Photo by Claudio Van Duijn

High school teams from across Maine and New England will race in Penobscot Bay when GSA hosts the annual Downeast Invitational Regatta on Saturday and Sunday, May 9 and 10. Using the Maine Maritime Academy waterfront and its fleet of C420 sailboats, two-person crews will tack and turn in Smith Cove. An awards ceremony will follow the action on Sunday, including the Modisette trophy, dedicated to Jim Modisette, the man who started the event in 2000, and given to the top finisher from Maine. Above, from left, crew Erik Bailey and skipper Adam Witham, from a race in Marblehead, Massachusetts earlier this season.

Mariners 7th inning surge too little to quell Eagles

Blue Hill—A strong start by the George Stevens Academy softball team steered them to a 12-9 win over the Deer Isle-Stonington Mariners on May 11, but for moments at the top of the seventh, nothing looked certain. Powered by strong hitting from Morgan Shepard, Ally Eaton and Jessamine Gove, the …

Eagles on top

The GSA boys team is 8-0, perched on top of the Class C rankings, while at 7-1, the girls have the best record in their class. The perennial powerhouses went 5-0, 5-0 over DIS on May 6 and 5-0 boys, 4-1 girls on May 12. [SME_gallery ids=’Bv5RNJ9,cH2hB36′ size=’MediumURL’ columns=’1′ caption='{SMUGMUGCAPTION}’ …

Mariner girls tennis at 2-5

The girls tennis team has lost a couple close matches, as well as having to forfeit a few positions with their small numbers. Sometimes the forfeits happen when the match results are out of reach. We should improve our results in the second half of the season and with some …

Game, set, match

Photo by Franklin Brown

The GSA Eagles won 5-0 over the DIS Mariners in boys and girls team matches on May 6.

Mariners tennis lose, win, lose

The girls tennis team lost a close match to Orono on April 28, having to forfeit the second doubles. We started well, with Allison Cormier at first single wining 9-7, at second singles, Jordyn Judkins won 8-5, and at third singles Justine Rhys lost 8-2. In the doubles, Allison Eaton/Jess …

Eagles track wins big

Walker Ellsworth jumps 18’2” for a second place finish. Photo by Franklin Brown

The Eagles boys and girls track teams took home first place wins at a seven-school meet at Ellsworth on May 1.

DIS boys 0-2 in early season

Deer Isle—The boys baseball team lost its opener to Schenck 6-0 on April 25. Ethan Shepard pitched the entire game, getting eight strikeouts, and after giving up three runs in the first, only three runs in the rest of the game. The Schenck pitcher dominated us as we only got …