BAR HARBOR — No matter the sport, teams all over the world are taught to play until the final seconds tick off the clock. In its regular season finale this year, the Mount Desert Island High School junior varsity boys’ basketball team showed why. On Feb. 7, MDI and Ellsworth took to the floor at …
MOUNT DESERT — Busy streets, packed gymnasiums and a huge influx of visitors to all corners of Mount Desert Island over the weekend could only mean one thing: Great Harbor Shootout weekend was here. This year’s tournament brought teams from throughout the state to Mount Desert Elementary School, the MDI YMCA, MDI High School, Pemetic …
SOUTHWEST HARBOR — With the varsity season now in the rearview mirror, Mount Desert Island is set to host another edition of one of Maine’s biggest basketball tournaments. This year’s edition of the Great Harbor Shootout will begin Friday, March 15, and conclude with the championship games Sunday, March 17. The tournament is a fundraiser …
BAR HARBOR — The Mount Desert Island High School indoor track team brought its 2018-19 season to a close Saturday when five athletes competed at the New England championships at Reggie Lewis Track and Athletic Center in Boston. Junior Zoe Olson (girls’ 1,000-meter run) and senior Gilbert Isaacs (boys’ shot put) competed individually for MDI, …
PORTLAND — It was a spirited effort, but the return of high school basketball’s Gold Ball return to Mount Desert Island must wait. The MDI High School girls’ team the season as Class B runner-up Saturday with a 43-30 loss to Gray-New Gloucester at Cross Insurance Arena in Portland. The game marked the end for …
BANGOR — Celebrating on the Cross Insurance Center floor, there weren’t enough nets for the Mount Desert Island seniors to show off. With ladders placed beneath both baskets, the Trojans’ Maddy Candage and Julia Watras took part in the famous cutting of the nets that follows every regional and state championship basketball game. When the …
BANGOR — Against all odds, the Trojans found a way. It could’ve been the end for Mount Desert Island girls’ basketball team when one of its senior leaders, Maddy Candage, fouled out of the game; it could’ve been the end when, numerous times, the opposing Winslow Black Raiders went to the free-throw line with a …
By Glenn Jordan, Portland Press Herald and Mike Mandell, mmandell@mdislander.com ORONO — The Mount Desert Island High School boys swim and dive team won the Class B state championships at the University of Maine Saturday, earning the team title for the second year in a row. Two days later, the Trojan girls finished third of 21 teams …
BANGOR — The Mount Desert Island High School girls’ basketball team’s senior class has won plenty of games over the years, but life at the Cross Insurance Center hasn’t been nearly as kind to the Trojans. Three years ago, this year’s seniors were freshman when the second-ranked Trojans were upset by Hermon in the Class …
BANGOR — This time, it wasn’t meant to be. The Mount Desert Island High School boys’ basketball team saw its 2018-19 season come to an end Friday with a 71-48 loss to Ellsworth at the Cross Insurance Center in Bangor. The loss snapped the Trojans’ six-game winning streak in the rivalry. Ellsworth got out to a …
