Eagle girls soccer team starting to show improvement

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Blue Hill—The George Stevens Academy girls soccer team has started to find its stride, according to coach Steve Bemiss, with two wins in the past week against Ellsworth and Deer Isle-Stonington High School. The team now has three wins on the season to go along with a tie and four …

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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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New athletic director comes with high sports IQ Woodward takes on role

The new athletic director

Deer Isle—The Deer Isle-Stonington High School athletic teams are now under the direction of new athletic director Betsy Woodward. Formerly a special education teacher at the elementary school for eight and a half years, Woodward also served as the school’s athletic director. When she took over as physical education teacher …

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Eagle boys soccer starts season with win over Dexter

2018 GSA boys soccer team

Blue Hill—The GSA boys soccer team began its season with a win, beating Dexter on the road in a high scoring 6-3 match on September 1, that saw 15 saves at the net.  With core 2017 senior players gone, pre-season scrimmages against Belfast and Brewer helped the team settle in …

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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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