MMA community cheers on the Mariners for Homecoming Football team struggles against MIT

Eying the options

CASTINE—After scoring the first touchdown of the game to take a 7-0 lead over Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the Maine Maritime Academy Mariners football team only found the end zone once more during the game on Saturday, September 24. The team went on to lose the game, 13-30, but the …

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New volleyball program to take the court at George Stevens Academy

The GSA varsity volleyball team

BLUE HILL—The George Stevens Academy athletics department has added a new varsity sport to its fall roster with the addition of a volleyball team. The team, which currently consists of about 13 players, will compete in Class B North, as volleyball teams in the state only play within two classes, …

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Hassett, Penfold punch a one-two finish at Ellsworth Invitational

John Hassett leads the start

ELLSWORTH—The Ellsworth Invitational on September 3 opened the 2016 cross country varsity season for George Steven Academy and Deer Isle-Stonington, with GSA senior John Hassett taking first and DI-S junior Brendan Penfold second in the three-mile race. Hassett started strong and kept the pace for his 16:13.12 win  out of the 74-man field, …

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GSA baseball team faces #2 Houlton for Class C North title

BLUE HILL—The top-ranked George Stevens Academy varsity baseball team will play for the nerthern regional title tomorrow, June 14, at Mansfield Stadium in Bangor, after rolling through the quarterfinals, 8-1 over Dexter, and semifinals, 3-1 over Mattanawcook—the only team that managed a win against George Stevens this season. The fight for the regional …

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Eagles softball ends season with 9 inning thriller

  BLUE HILL—In a game that pushed both George Stevens Academy and Dexter into two extra innings, the Eagles lost their playoff bid 9-7 on June 8 in a preliminary playoff game on home field. “They did such a great job and fought hard,” Coach Stormi Wentworth said after the …

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Lady Eagles tennis ends season at regionals

ORONO—The George Stevens Academy girls tennis team lost a hard-fought 1-4 contest to Mattanawcook Academy in the Class C North girls tennis regional championship Tuesday, June 7 at the University of Maine. Both doubles teams dropped their match to Mattanawcook Academy, as Hunter Morris and Tatianna Haggestad lost 6-3, 6-0 …

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Eagles softball to play prelim playoff against Dexter

BLUE HILL—The George Stevens Academy softball team will face #10 Dexter tomorrow, June 8, at home at 3 p.m. The Eagles edged a 7-6 win against Dexter late in May after a 5-3 loss earlier in the month. “We’re very capable of beating this team. We beat them at home last …

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GSA boys tennis team to play for 7th straight Eastern Class C title match

BLUE HILL—Perennial powerhouse in the east, George Stevens Academy Eagles varsity tennis team will face the #2 Orono Red Riots tomorrow for the Class C Eastern championship and a chance to swing for a state title—and an answer to Orono’s 3-1 win over the Eagles on May 25, their last regular season …

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Eagles girls tennis team will play for Class C Eastern title

BLUE HILL—The George Stevens Academy  girls varsity tennis team, a steady force in the Class C east and ranked second will both play for the regional championship tomorrow, June 7, after squeezing out 3-2 wins in the quarter- and semifinal matches in Blue Hill. They stand at 12-2 heading into the regional title …

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GSA Eagles over Ellsworth, all around

BLUE HILL—Quick bats and strong base running led the George Stevens Academy Lady Eagles softball team to a 6-3 victory over the Ellsworth Lady Eagles Thursday, May 19, while the George Stevens Academy baseball team held off a late Ellsworth run in the seventh inning to take a 3-2 win. …

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