BAR HARBOR — In its final showing of the season, Mount Desert Island’s top youth baseball team delivered a resilient performance. For nearly two full days, the Acadian Little League 11-12 All Stars played with their backs against the wall. Yet a busy schedule and a scorcher of a weekend that saw temperatures reach the …
BAR HARBOR — Brent Barker’s goal for the Mount Desert Island High School junior varsity baseball team was to end the year with a team that was ready to take the next step. As head coach of both the varsity girls’ basketball team and the junior varsity baseball team, Barker knows what it takes to …
BAR HARBOR — The Mount Desert Island High School varsity baseball team fell to Gardiner 4-1 Friday afternoon, ending the season for the Trojans, who went 11-5 in the regular season. MDI defeated Caribou at home Thursday in a preliminary playoff game. “It stings,” Head Coach Andy Pooler said after Friday’s game. “The seven seniors …
BAR HARBOR — Three MDI baseball players and two softball players received All-Penobscot Valley Conference selections last Thursday. MDI seniors Alden Fournier and Matt Perconti were named first-team All-PVC selections. The two were the No. 1 and No. 2 pitchers for MDI this year, with regular season ERAs of 1.25 and 1.30, respectively. Fellow senior …
BAR HARBOR — Rain forced delayed starts to the playoffs for the Mount Desert Island High School baseball and softball teams. The teams were scheduled to play their respective preliminary games Monday and Tuesday. After last Tuesday’s loss to Ellsworth, the MDI baseball team (11-5) missed out on the No. 2 seed and subsequent bye …
ELLSWORTH — The Mount Desert Island High School varsity baseball team fell 8-3 to Ellsworth Tuesday in the final game of the regular season. The win for Ellsworth brought the rivals to 1-1 after MDI gave the Eagles their only loss of the season last month. It has been a great season for Hancock County’s …
BAR HARBOR — The Mount Desert Island High School baseball team earned a big 10-4 win against George Stevens Academy on Friday to stop a two-game losing streak and maintain its place near the top of Class B North. Alden Fournier pitched for the Trojans and recorded 10 strikeouts in six innings of work to …
TRENTON — A University of Maine baseball alumnus is set to be inducted into the Maine Baseball Hall of Fame later this summer. Jim Cameron of Trenton led the University of Maine in pitching (6-1) and hitting (.319) in 1970. He was selected to the All-Yankee Conference team twice. The hall of fame will welcome …
BAR HARBOR — The Mount Desert Island High School baseball team stayed in third place in Class B North this week with 12 games down and six to go. Against Foxcroft last Thursday, MDI earned its third straight win with a 2-1 triumph over the visiting Ponies. It was the second straight nail-biter between the …
EAST MACHIAS — The Mount Desert Island High School baseball team finished its four-game road stand with a 9-0 victory over Washington Academy on Tuesday to improve to 6-2 on the season. Matt Perconti and Andrew Kennedy combined to hold Washington Academy (1-5) to just one hit on the evening. Kennedy also had two singles …
