BAR HARBOR — A preseason scrimmage against took on Fryeburg Academy on Saturday was the first varsity game action in nine months for the Mount Desert Island High School varsity boys basketball team, who followed up a state championship in 2017 with a run to the Northern Maine title game last year. Then on Tuesday, …
BAR HARBOR — Winter sports practices and tryouts begin Monday at Mount Desert Island High School. This year a freshman girls’ basketball team will be added to the offerings. For the varsity basketball teams, preseason play begins at home Saturday of Thanksgiving weekend. The girls are set to host George Stevens Academy at 11 a.m. …
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 …
