Mariner boys drop pair of tight games Scott's Sports Spot

Fighting for possession

Deer Isle— The boys soccer team lost a bewildering game at Jonesport 4-0 on September 18. Jonesport has always been prone to have rabid fans, but this seemed to go to another level of verbal insults, and from players also. Best to let this go as we suffered several yellow …

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DISHS boys soccer team works through struggles Scott's Sports Spot

Gaining control of the ball

Deer Isle—The boys soccer team lost to Searsport 10-0 on Saturday, September 15. We didn’t give up a goal for almost 25 minutes into the first half, but then Searsport scored 4 goals before the half. Searsport was able to either penetrate the defense or get a clear shot with …

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DISHS X-Country team small but mighty Scott's Sports Spot

2018 DISHS X-Country running team

Deer Isle—Cross country coach Mary Penfold has three runners at the present. They have been training for a couple weeks at this point to build their conditioning. Because they hadn’t been running during the summer, she feels that it will be conditioning now and then trying to find personal success …

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Mariner girls soccer team features experience Scott's Sports Spot

2018 DISHS girls soccer team

Deer Isle—The girls have big numbers with a good experience this year and are poised to atone for the winless season last year. We did manage 5 ties, but we struggled to put the ball in the net. Though this will be a challenge this year as well, we will …

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2018 season a rebuilding year for Mariner soccer team Scott's Sports Spot

2018 DISHS boys soccer team

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 …

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DISHS baseball team shut out in quarterfinals Scott's Sports Spot

DISHS’ Toby Snow

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 …

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