Brendan Penfold takes first at Seacoast Invitational

Deer Isle-Stonington's Brendan Penfold

Sullivan—The cross country team went to the Seacoast Invitational and Brendan Penfold was the top runner of the meet with a time of 17:57, which now becomes the course and meet record, as this is a newly made course. Brendan’s rival John Hassett was not there, though George Stevens did …

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DIS girls soccer team improving Still searching for a win

Deer Isle—The girls soccer team lost to Schenck 2-0 in a September 22 game where we played much stronger than the first game with them. We had several offensive opportunities and held their offense to fewer shots. We have been able to add some eighth graders to our ranks. Just …

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Mariners score first win in overtime Scott’s Sports Spot

Deer Isle—The varsity boys soccer team won its first game in dramatic fashion by beating Schenck 2-1 in overtime on September 24. We avenged an earlier loss to them by playing much more as a team than we have so far. Both teams played pretty even, and Coach Joe Stinson …

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Mariners enter four varsity runners at cross-country meet Scott's Sports Spot

Deer Isle—The cross country team competed at Searsport with six other schools on a difficult 1.5 mile course that is run twice to make 3 miles. Brendan Penfold ran second to George Steven’s John Hassett. Ian Cust coming in 44th, Benjamin Penfold 48th, and Trevor Cochrane 50th of 57 runners. …

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Eighth graders drafted for girls varsity soccer team

DEER ISLE—The girls soccer team at Deer Isle-Stonington High School is getting players from an unlikely source, as low female enrollment numbers this year have left only 40 students eligible for the soccer and cross-country teams, according to athletic director Chris Talbot. Because of this, 8th grade students at Deer …

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Lady Mariners play with 10 Scott’s Sports Spot

The 2016 Deer Isle-Stonington varsity girls soccer team

Deer Isle—The girls soccer team lost to George Stevens 11-0 on September 7. Coach Elissa Haskell was trying different combinations against a strong team. We are definitely a better team than what the score ended up. Sadie Rice was in goal and did well considering the amount of hard shots …

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Penfold strong in early cross-country season Scott's Sport Spot

Cross country winners

Deer Isle—The cross country team at present consists of three freshmen, Benjamin Penfold, Ian Cust and Trevor Cochrane, and juniors Brendan Penfold and Soozin Cha. The three freshmen have just started racing and have run in the JV races; Cha has yet to compete. Brendan Penfold has been running all …

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