Deer Isle—The boys baseball team won two games starting with beating Schenck 8-2 on May 3. Mason Oliver pitched a stellar game, giving up only 2 hits with 11 strikeouts, going the distance. We also committed only two errors to back him up. We led 5-2 into the seventh inning …
Blue Hill—In a competitive field of mostly Class A and B schools, the George Stevens boys pulled out two first place finishes at the Brewer Invitational Relay Carnival on May 8. “Conditions were wicked and we did a great job working together and performed very well,” Coach Erich Reed told …
Deer Isle—The George Stevens ball teams traveled over the Deer Isle-Sedgwick bridge on May 8 to face the Mariners in a season chaotic with cancellations and postponements from rain. On the Island, skies threatened, and even threw down some light rain, but the games went on, with the Eagles baseball …
Deer Isle—The girls tennis team lost their matches this week, beginning with two 4-1 losses to Penobscot Valley on May 6. Jordyn Judkins won both her matches at first single for our points. In the first game, she won 8-2, Marissa Judkins lost 8-2, and we forfeited third singles. In …
The George Stevens Academy boys tennis team is 6-0 after a 3-2 win over Mount Desert Island on May 5 and a 5-0 win over Dexter on May 8. The Eagle girls lost a close 2-3 match, with the MDI team handing them their only loss this season before taking …
Deer Isle—With the rain washing out all the spring sports except track this week, I caught up with runner Brendan Penfold to learn about his running with the George Stevens Academy track team this spring. Penfold placed second, behind GSA senior John Hassett, in the 800 meter and 1600 meter …
Blue Hill—In the only game the George Stevens varsity baseball team could squeeze in the past week in between rainstorms, the Eagles came from behind to win 9-8 in the ninth against the Orono Red Riots (2-2) on their home field on Saturday, April 29. “We did pull out a …
Blue Hill—The Eagles varsity softball team may still be searching for a win—or even a respectable score after suffering double-digit losses in its first four games—but the team is far from defeated. “The players have stayed positive and upbeat, supportive of each other,” Coach Todd Eckenfelder said. In a 22-7 …
Blue Hill—In a small-school meet at Ellsworth on April 27, the George Stevens teams raced ahead of the competition, the girls racking up 209 points with Ellsworth scoring 79 in second place, and the boys winning with 108 points next to Ellsworth’s 97 for second place. Head Coach Erich Reed …
CASTINE—After back-to-back seasons with an 0-15 record, the Maine Maritime Academy women’s lacrosse team went 6-7 on the regular season and earned a playoff game in the North Atlantic Conference playoffs against the University of Maine at Farmington on April 28. The Mariners lost the contest 15-4, but first-year coach …
