Blue HIll—Their winning streak might be broken but the George Stevens Academy varsity boys basketball team sits firm at the top of the Class C Northern rankings, with one game left in the regular season. Ellsworth broke GSA’s unbeaten record in a February 2 thriller before a packed Ellsworth house …
Deer Isle—The girls basketball team lost to Bangor Christian 37-31 on January 29. After playing so well in recent games, we played our worst game in this frustrating loss. We had too many unforced turnovers and couldn’t buy a basket. It is almost like we play to the level of …
Blue Hill—The George Stevens Academy girls varsity basketball team is on roll, crushing Lee Academy 66-24 on January 29 and Penquis 61-27 on February 1, for a 13-4 record. (The team faced Searsport on February 3, but the score was not available by press time.) Of their four losses, two …
Blue Hill—The unbeaten George Stevens Academy varsity boys basketball team continued its winning streak with a 66-38 drubbing over Sumner on January 23, and a 62-51 in over Lee Academy five days later, as it closes in on the end of regular season play. The team had won 14 straight …
Deer Isle—The girls basketball team lost to Searsport 54-43 on January 20. We played in a panic mode in the first quarter where we had 11 turnovers and no points. What offense we had was totally out of sync. In the second quarter, we cut our turnovers in half, caused …
Deer Isle—The boys basketball team lost to Machias 61-47 on January 22, arguably playing their best game of the season. Machias is tall and quick, but we took it right to them, making them turn the ball over many times in the first quarter to lead 16-11 after one quarter. …
BLUE HILL—In a match up of the current top two teams, George Stevens Academy showed why they are undefeated this season, using a strong defense to edge past the Golden Bucks for a 38-34 victory. “It was the battle to see who would be number one at this point,” Coach Dwayne Carter …
The George Stevens Academy Eagles host Deer Isle-Stonington Mariners on January 8, 2016. Video by Franklin Brown
Deer Isle—The boys basketball team lost on January 8 to George Stevens Academy 59-42. This was a much better game than the thumping we took at the beginning of the season. In that game we lost by 33 points and trailed by 28 points at the half. We trailed 22-13 …
Castine—Maine Maritime Academy hosted the Husson University Eagles on January 9 to a packed house, but with both the men’s and women’s teams coming up short at the buzzer. Trailing throughout the game, the Mariner women scored eight unanswered points to open up the final quarter, cutting Husson’s lead to …
