BUCKFIELD — Buckfield rebounded from a 15-12 loss to Vinalhaven/North Haven in a Game 1 of a softball doubleheader Saturday, but the Bucks returned the favor with a 13-6 victory in Game 2. In Game 1, Buckfield’s Alexis Bennett had three hits in a slugfest that featured 26 hits. The Bucks returned the favor in […]
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Tourney roundup: Boothbay suffocates Carrabec; Vinalhaven girls, Islesboro boys win
AUGUSTA — The girls’ basketball team from Boothbay used its defensive game to stymie Carrabec 32-17 in Monday’s Class C South quarterfinal. The Seahawks averaged just 25 points per game against this season. After an early exit last year, Boothbay made sure history didn’t repeat. The Seahawks jumped out to an early 9-2 lead in […]
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Ralph I. Tinker
1939 – 2015 AUBURN — Ralph Irving Tinker, 76, of Washington Plantation died peacefully on Sunday, Oct. 4, with his family and his beloved dog by his side at the Hospice House in Auburn. He was born June 10, 1939, in Vinalhaven. On Oct. 12, 1974, he married Deborah Pease. They made their home in […]
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Theodore Courtland Johanson
1937 – 2015 VINALHAVEN — Theodore Courtland Johanson died on Friday, June 5, in Vinalhaven. Ted was born in Lynn, Mass., on Oct. 24, 1937, to Helmer C. Johanson and Ernestine Haines. He grew up with his sister, Patricia, in Swampscott, Mass. He loved life on the ocean and began hauling lobster traps at a […]
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Island games: Challenging to be an outlier
VINALHAVEN — Tim Kane has been around athletics all his life, but nothing compares with the sporting life on an island school. “There’s things you deal with that you don’t normally deal with at mainland schools,” said Kane, who is in his first year as Vinalhaven’s principal. “But it’s enlightening and it’s fun. It’s a […]
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Island games: Not all away games are created equal for East-West Conference teams
First up for the Buckfield Junior/Senior High School baseball team, a three-plus-hour rollick across the winding, pothole-dotted back roads of Maine. Then, a ferry. After loading the vessel, the team makes the final leg — a 75-minute ride — over western Penobscot Bay’s following seas and rolling waves to one of Maine’s largest and most […]
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H.S. girls’ basketball: Richmond returns to regional final with win over Vinalhaven
AUGUSTA — It was supposed to be another building year for Richmond. After years of dominating the East-West Conference and Western D, the Bobcats were expecting to work on development this winter. Little did the they know they were ahead of schedule. “There was a new coach, we’re very young, we don’t start a single […]
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H.S. basketball tournament notebook: Magnusson enjoys return to tourney
AUGUSTA — Before taking the court Tuesday night, there was probably a lot of nervous energy in the locker room of the Dirigo girls’ basketball team. Much of that excitement and anticipation may have been coming from Coach Karen Magnusson. Though Magnusson has been part of plenty of tournament games as a player and a […]
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H.S. girls’ basketball: Vinalhaven rallies to oust top-seeded Pine Tree
AUGUSTA — Sandy Nelson has been preaching the possibility of a big upset to her team for weeks, but nothing convinced her squad more than watching it actually happen Monday. Her Vinalhaven girls’ basketball team watched No. 8 Maranacook stun No. 1 Boothbay in a Western C boys’ quarterfinal. “I’ve told the kids before, I’ve […]
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H.S. girls’ basketball: Vinalhaven rallies past Buckfield
BUCKFIELD — Determination quickly trumped hesitation. When Vinalhaven’s Ashley Davis-Oakes was told she was being switched to guard Buckfield’s Naudia Wesley in the fourth quarter Tuesday, the senior was a bit anxious. “The look on my face was really a look of shock,” Davis-Oakes said. “You can’t really say anything. You’ve got to do it. […]