Deer Isle—After graduating nine seniors last year, this year’s team is young and with only 12 players. The team is anchored by nine sophomores, most of whom have experience under Coach Joe Stinson last year. This year they are the heart of the team. The juniors are Collin Cochrane at …
Deer Isle—The boys baseball team won their preliminary playoff game against Greater Houlton Christian Academy 6-0 on June 6. Mason Oliver pitched a gem, giving up just 2 hits and no walks. We played well in the field and had several timely hits to drive in runs. This was probably …
Deer Isle—The girls softball team lost their preliminary playoff game to Stearns 12-6 on June 5. Coach Darian Gove mentioned that we really suffered from too many walks and hit batters, especially in the bottom of the first inning when we gave up 7 runs. We did battle back to …
Deer Isle—In his fourth year as the Deer Isle-Stonington High School head tennis coach, Mark Churchill says the game is less about winning and losing and more about playing for the love of it. “We’re a small school, and we have some talent and a lot of these kids can …
Deer Isle—The boys baseball team beat a much improved Machias team 9-8 on May 26. They pitched their ace pitcher and hit the ball much better as we traded the lead back and forth until we scored 2 runs in the top of the seventh and held them in the …
Deer Isle—Ever since he started high school, Brendan Penfold has been running. He became a dominating cross-country runner in his senior year. He has also run along with the George Stevens track team as a team of one. He has done this for three years, but he is standing out …
Blue Hill—The George Stevens Academy and Deer Isle-Stonington High School tennis teams closed out their seasons against each other on Wednesday, May 23, with the Eagles coming out with the 5-0 win in both contests. The matches got under way on time despite lingering rain clouds and puddled courts. The …
Deer Isle—The girls softball team won a wild game with Schenck, 24-23 on May 22. Schenck scored 10 runs in the first inning and it didn’t look good. We battled back to trail 17-14 after 5 innings but then Schenck scored 5 runs to lead 22-14. We rallied for 9 …
Deer Isle—The boys baseball team actually beat Schenck 9-5 on May 22, but due to a miscalculation of the pitch count on one of our pitchers, we had to forfeit the game. Coach Scott Oliver took full responsibility for the inadvertent mistake and felt terrible that he cost the kids …
Deer Isle—The girls softball team beat Sumner 11-9 on May 16 to avenge an earlier loss. We gave up 5 runs in the second inning but battled back to lead 8-7 after 4 innings, holding on to the lead from then on in. Katie Hutchinson pitched well with Sumner getting …
