Baseball team shows improvement in latest games

Deer Isle—The boys baseball team lost to Bangor Christian 16-4 on May 5. Myles Brown and Tobey Snow split the pitching duties. We had a couple innings with poor defense and gave Bangor Christian as many as six outs. This not only helps our opponents but also is discouraging to …

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Latest Scores

Latest Scores Deer Isle-Stonington Softball (4-1) 5/8 v. Bangor Christian, not available 5/6 v. GSA, W 34-14 5/3 v. Machias, W 28-2, W 28-0 (doubleheader) 5/1 v. Schenck, W 9-7 Baseball (0-4) 5/8 v. Bangor Christian, not available 5/6 v. GSA, L 0-7 5/3 v. Machias, L 0-1, L 0-9 …

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Mariners roll through first games of season

Deer Isle—The girls softball team christened their reconditioned softball field with a come from behind win to beat Schenck 9-7 on May 1. We trailed 5-1 after three innings on a few walks and hits by Schenck. Pitcher Taylor Hardy settled down and we tightened up our defense. We scored …

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Players avoid injury in packed tennis week

Blue Hill/Deer Isle—The struggle to get tennis matches in during a rainy first two weeks of the season resulted in a packed schedule that saw both George Stevens Academy and Deer Isle-Stonington High School tennis teams play almost half their seasons in a week and a half. The Mariners played …

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Mariners still looking for groove on the diamond

Deer Isle—The boys baseball team lost to Schenck 13-2 on May 1. We played three strong innings, trailing only 1-0, when everything fell apart, walks, fielding errors, mental errors just compounded into a disaster inning. We only managed one hit by Myles Brown. Coleman Brown pitched a good game up …

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GSA girls, boys track teams finish top 10

Brewer—The George Stevens Academy girls and boys track teams finished in the middle of the pack in the final team standings at the Brewer Invitational Relay Carnival on May 4. The girls came in eighth place, while the boys finished sixth, in a field that featured athletes from Class A, …

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Greater confidence, resiliency key to GSA softball team

BLUE HILL—More assurance in the field and the ability to shake off a failed play or an at-bat is what the George Stevens Academy softball team needs, according to Coach Todd Eckenfelder. “We need to do a better job at being more confident in games, in the field.” He assessed …

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GSA baseball team jumps out to hot season start Undefeated through three games

Blue Hill—Rain and poor conditions have led to scheduling conflicts throughout the state during the early weeks of the spring sports season, but it has not deterred the George Stevens Academy baseball team from starting a perfect 3-0. With wins over Mattanawcook Academy (4-0), Orono (3-1) and Dexter (11-4), the …

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Mariners, Eagles face off in tennis doubleheader

Deer Isle—The Deer Isle-Stonington Mariner girls and boys tennis teams hosted the George Stevens Academy Eagles in a doubleheader on Tuesday, April 30. Both GSA teams came away with the team victories. On the girls side, the Eagles took two 5-0 victories to improve to a 2-1 season record through …

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GSA junior an unorthodox sort of baseball player Female takes the diamond

Blue Hill—It has long been the understanding that male athletes participate in baseball, while female athletes take to the softball field during the spring sports season. A junior from George Stevens Academy has been shaking that up since her elementary school days. Vanessa Sherwood, who plays catcher and in the …

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