DISHS runners show improvement Scott's Sports Spot

Freshmen competition

Deer Isle—The cross-country team went to the Festival of Champions in Belfast on September 29, where over 1,750 runners from this country and Canada come to race. Under ideal weather conditions, all of our runners performed well, improving over their previous best times. The biggest improvement has been Ariel Larrabee, …

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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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DISHS girls soccer team gets first win Scott's Sports Spot

Making moves

Deer Isle—The girls soccer team lost to Searsport 3-1 on September 4. Searsport scored 2 goals in the first half, including one from a penalty kick. Lily Gray scored unassisted in the second half. Kaylee Morey played in goal the first half and Katie Hutchinson was there in the second …

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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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