Deer Isle—The girls softball team has only 12 players to start the season, but many of them have experience on successful teams from the past. Longtime Coach Terry Siebert feels we have the leadership and talent to carry us into the playoffs again this year. The three seniors are also …
The Eagles began their season with back-to-back wins, against Dexter at home, on April 25 and at Sumner on April 29. Here’s the break-down. The boys rolled over their opponents 5-0 for both matches. In first singles, Tate Yoder won 8-2 in matches on both days. In second singles, Nate Boechat …
On Thursday, April 2, retired athletic director Matt Larsen was honored at the 44th Maine Interscholastic Athletic Administrator’s Association Spring Conference at the Samoset. Larsen who retired this fall after 30 years of service received the Robert Boucher 7th Player Distinguished Service Award. The spirit of the award is to …
CASTLETON, VERMONT – Maine Maritime Academy’s women’s lacrosse team won their first game—ever—with a 6-5 win over Green Mountain College on March 27 at Spartan Stadium in Castleton, Vermont. Six different players scored in their first North Atlantic Conference (NAC) victory of the season as members of the first women’s lacrosse team in the history of …
Nick Mayo, a senior at Messalonskee High School in Oakland, Maine, has accepted a full scholarship to Eastern Kentucky University. Most of his extended family lives on the Island. His grandparents, Donna and Marsden Brewer, live in Stonington, as does his great-grandmother Marilyn Hutchinson, an avid basketball fan. His uncle, …
CASTINE—The Maine Maritime Academy Varsity Sailing Team placed seventh out of 10 teams in the Port of Los Angeles Harbor Cup, a Cal Maritime Invitational Intercollegiate Regatta hosted by the Los Angeles Yacht Club. The race brings together 10 top offshore sailing teams to race identical Catalina 37s. Californina Maritime …
Four local varsity basketball players held court at Orono High School on March 3 as part of the Penobscot Valley Conference All Star teams. Deer Isle-Stonington senior Jared Gove and George Stevens Academy senior Kelsey Allen faced off on opposing teams, as did GSA seniors Megan Nowland and Alice Dillon. They joined a …
DEER ISLE—A penny may be only 1 cent on its own, but with a whole bunch of them you can go shopping. And that is just what the Mariners cheerleaders did with their donated pennies. In December the cheering squad was invited to a meeting of the Island’s Eastern Star …
When longtime coach Darren Eaton stepped down last year, it was not surprising to have Randy Shepard become the girls basketball head coach. He had assisted Coach Eaton for two years. He also played basketball for the Mariners under Coach Joe Mesi, graduating in 1988 on a team that lost …
Orono—Freshman Ava Sealander capped a standout year with top-four finishes at the state swimming championships on February 16. In the 200 yard individual medley, she placed fourth, and took home a third-place finish in the 100 yard butterfly. Sophomore Maya Pelletier placed eighth in the 500 yard freestyle. As a …
