BANGOR—The Deer Isle-Stonington cheerleaders performed their routine of dance, cheers, tumbling and stunts at the Class D state championships Saturday, February 10 for a sixth place finish with 44.7 points, just 0.2 points shy of tying for fifth place. Central Aroostook, winners of the northern championship, brought home the state …
Deer Isle—Deer Isle-Stonington girls basketball coach Randy Shepard was honored as Coach of the Year among girls Class D North by the Maine Association of Basketball Coaches. “I was shocked,” Shepard said after he was notified that he had been recognized by his fellow coaches last week to receive the …
Deer Isle—The Mariner varsity basketball team ended its regular season undefeated at 16-0 after posting a 39-31 win over Searsport Monday night. Now comes the hard part: waiting to play their first tournament game. “In the past, the toughest part of going to the tourney is the time off,” Coach …
Blue Hill—It happens twice a year, at the season’s start and again as it winds to an end. The two neighboring basketball teams take their turn hosting a game, bringing together fans, parents and players from across the peninsula and island in a family affair of high school basketball. Friends, …
By Alicia Allen Deer Isle—The Mariners ended a string of three basketball games in six days by pulling out a 58-57 win over Bangor Christian January 29. It was senior night, and emotions were a little high beforehand as the team will be losing eight seniors this year. However, they …
By Alicia Allen Editor’s note: Columnist Jack Scott is on vacation and will return February 15. Deer Isle—The Mariners brought home a very exciting 37-35 win over the Greenville Lakers January 24. They survived a very sluggish first half where they scored only 6 points to trail 20-6. Coach Randy …
BANGOR—Performing with professionalism and style at the Class D North championships, the Mariner cheerleaders placed fifth with 42.5 points out of a possible 100, qualifying them for the state championships February 10 in Bangor. “I am so excited that the first year back on the competition circuit we could …
Deer Isle—A 2013 Deer Isle-Stonington graduate and captain of the cheerleading squad that took home the Class D state title that year, Amber Jones returned this year as coach. She is quick to give credit to her own high school coach, Kim Larsen, who led the program for 30 years. …
Deer Isle—The girls basketball team has been idle for over a week. We are still undefeated at 12-0 and are currently in third place. Even by winning the rest of our games, we most likely will not get into first place, and I can’t see us moving any lower than …
Deer Isle—The girls basketball team beat Bangor Christian 37-22 on January 10. We started out flat and led 19-14 at the half. We came out with more energy in the third period with some steals and better rebounding. We didn’t play as well as we can, but we did get …
