Deer Isle—The Deer Isle-Stonington girls basketball team easily beat Machias 44-14 on January 19. Because Machias does not have a strong team this year, we totally outmatch them and it becomes an opportunity for all the less-experienced players to get time on the floor. It becomes more of a teaching …
Deer Isle—The girls basketball team beat Searsport on January 10 in another close game, 45-44. We had this game, then we gave it away, and finally we stole it back for the win. We were up by 19 points early in the second half, when Katie Hutchinson fouled out. We …
Deer Isle—The boys basketball team collected a big win beating Searsport 54-46 on January 10. The first half was a very low scoring affair with the halftime score 16-12 in favor of us. Searsport seemed to use a game plan of jacking up 3-pointers, which surprised me. Lucky for us, …
Deer Isle—The girls beat Bangor Christian 54-37 on January 5 in a game similar to last week’s victory over Highview Christian: After a slow start, we built the lead by the half, and more after that. We trailed 11-9 after the first quarter but the offense caught fire in the …
Deer Isle—The boys earned a hard-fought victory against Bangor Christian 41-35 on January 5. BC plays a quick aggressive defense. We kept it close and led 22-19 at the half. We stretched our lead to 9 points after three quarters and looked like we were going to cruise home leading …
BLUE HILL and DEER ISLE—On Friday in Blue Hill, George Stevens Academy junior Taylor Schildroth led the Eagles to a 97-69 win over previously undefeated Lee Academy (5-1). The Eagles jumped out to a 33-10 lead behind Schildroth’s 27 first quarter points, as he poured in a game and career high …
Deer Isle— The girls basketball team beat Highview Christian 41-40 on December 20 in another game where we lost a big lead to make for end-of-game drama. We were up by 13 points near the end of the third quarter, but Highview closed it to 8 by the end of …
Deer Isle—The boys basketball team beat Highview Christian easily 63-29 on December 20. We led after one quarter 17-2 and never looked back after that. Highview had no answer for Ethan Shepard and Mason Oliver inside and they wreaked havoc there. Most all the players got to play in this …
DEER ISLE—The Deer Isle-Stonington Lady Mariners varsity basketball team notched their first victory in a close game beating Searsport 38-37 on December 13, and their second, against Highview Christian, by the same one-point margin, 41-40, on December 20, after Orly Vaughn made a steal to seal the win. In the …
Deer Isle—The girls basketball team lost its opener to George Stevens 55-23 on December 9. We struggled with our offense in the first half and trailed 28-8 at the half. It was not surprising that this young team will have to work on offense as the season progresses. The two …
