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George Stevens Academy Eagles

Post-season Scrapbook

Track, page 1

Boys and Girls

Eastern Maine

Class C Tennis Champs,

pages 2 and 3

Baseball, page 4

Penobscot Bay PressCommunity Information Services

Special Pullout Section to The Weekly Packet

June 14, 2012

The track team held its own in post-season play. From left, coach Churchill, Devon Oppedisano, Bigo Shen, coach Erich Reed, RiverPlouffe Vogel, coach Plohr, Ben Plohr, Amanda Moir, Nicole Bakeman, Paul Ferreira, Philip Sheehan, Madison Cole, Johnson Chen,Alexander Szewz. Not pictured are Alice Dillon, Sam Stahnke, and Liana Arquette. Photo courtesy of George Stevens Academy

River Plouffe Vogel runs to a second placefinish in the boys 1600 meter race, withSam Stanhke behind for a third-placefinish, at the Hancock County champi-onship track and field meet at BucksportHigh School on May 18. The two seniors,with Philip Sheehan and senior Ben Plohr,also set a school record in the 4x800 relaythis season. Photo by Franklin Brown

GSA track team has good showing in post seasonBy FAITH DeAMBROSE

The track team had a strong season,working well together and staying healthy,said Coach Erich Reed.

The teams had very competitive showingsat the PVC meet with a fourth place for boysand sixth place for girls. GSA took homefour gold medals and “placed well overall,”said Reed.

PVC All Conference honors were won byRiver Plouffe Vogel (800m, 1600m) BenPlohr (300 hurdles) Sam Stahnke (3200m),Liana Arquette (Shot Put, Javelin) and LillyCousins, Charcy Ye, Hannah Maiden, andJoan Liu (4x800 relay).

School records were set by Baxter Forrest(1600 RW), Ben Plohr (300 hurdles), LianaArquette (shot put), and Philip Sheehan, Sam

Stahnke, River Plouffe Vogel, and Ben Plohr(4x800 relay).

Both teams performed well at the Statemeet on June 2. Amanda Moir, MadisonCole, Alice Dillon, Nicole Bakeman werequite impressive in the 4x800 relay with a4th place finish, said Reed, with a time of10:45.13.

Overall the boys placed ninth in States and

the girls placed 18th, representing an excel-lent showing for us, said Reed.

The senior athletes on the team: MeganStaples, Liana Arquette, Amanda Moir,Nicole Bakeman, Inji Hwang, River PlouffeVogel, and Ben Plohr gave stellar perform-ances and leadership to the team, said Reed.

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The GSA Eagles boys and girls tennis teams secured the Class C Eastern Maine trophy—again. From left, Johnny Xue, Jasper Adam, Nicholas Dillon, Edward Lameyer,Alexander Heilner, Roy Xu, Jason Gao, Yi Zhang, Maggie Keating, Magdalene Theoharidis, Charlotte Reiter, Ramsay Williamson, Grace Bugbee and Sotherd Steer.

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Boys and girls win Class C Eastern MaineBoth narrowly fall toWayneflete at states

By ANNE BERLEANTMost of the GSA boys and girls tennis

teams accomplishments this season could befollowed by the word ‘again.’

The boys team won the Class C regionalchampionship—again. This is the ninth timethey’ve brought home the trophy in 11 years,this time shutting out the Madawaska Owls 5-0.

And the girls team won the Class Cregional championship—again, repeatingtheir 2011 performance. This year they hadthe pleasure of closing out the season’s top-ranked team, the Van Buren Crusaders, 5-0.

The girls played top-form tennis throughoutthe post-season, losing only one match againstCalais in the quarterfinals and one matchagainst Mattanawcook in the semis.

All three singles players—Sotherd Steer,Charlotte Reiter and Maddie Theoharidis—swept their opponents in the quarters andsemis, as did doubles team Grace Bugbeeand Ramsay Williamson.

“We’ve got a good mix of veterans,” saidgirls Coach Tim Farrar, in a “very competi-tive season.”

Against Van Buren in the finals, senior

Maddie Theoharidis dropped just one gamein the third singles match, rolling overNatasha Bourgoin 6-1, 6-0. The seconddoubles team of sophomore Maggie Keatingand junior Ye Zhang followed suit with a 6-2, 6-4 win over Chantal Rioux and FelishaBouchard.

Clinching the regional title in secondsingles, sophomore Charlotte Reiter defeatedParise Rossignol 6-1. 6-3.

The last two match wins were pure gravyas seniors Ramsay Williamson and GraceBugbee squeezed out a first doubles, two-setwin, 6-4, 7-5 over Courtney Parent andChantal Deveau, followed by GSA’s topgirls singles player Sotherd Steer over HaleyLizoitte 6-4, 6-0.

On the boys side, the team rolled into post-season play with a 14-2 record.

“[I’m] pretty confident,” Jasper Adam,GSA’s number two singles player saidbefore facing quarterfinal play on May 31 atthe Bangor Tennis Club.

That could describe the whole team, too. Adam and number three singles player Alex

Heilner dropped only two games each inmatches against Fort Kent in the quarters andHoulton in the semis. Number one singlesplayer Johnny Xue won both his matches intwo sets, following up his strong showing at

the state singles championship May 25-26,where he made it to the round of 16.

In doubles play, the Eagles also out-playedtheir opponents, not giving up a set in thequarters or semis. Jason Gao’s forehandstrength was on display against Fort Kent,with partner Roy Xu handling much of theplay at net.

By the time the boys faced Madawaska inthe regional finals, they were on a roll.

Second doubles team Nick Dillon and EdLameyer cruised to a 6-2, 6-2 win over EthanWetmore and Sam Dechaine, while Jason Gaoand Roy Xu took the first set 6-1 against GregFancher and Aaron Thibeault and then battledto a 6-4 second set finish for the match win.

In singles play, Alex Heilner easily heldoff Mat Deschesnes at third singles at 6-2, 6-1, securing the regional win for the Eagles.

Second singles player Jasper Adamcruised to a 6-1, 6-0 win over Jake Goudreauand first singles player Johnny Xue defeatedIan Lee 6-1, 6-4.

With the regional wins in their pockets, theboys and girls teams headed to the stateswith Wayneflete Flyers on the opposite sideof the nets—again. Last year the boys lost 3-2 and the girls 4-1 to the Flyers.

In this year’s matches, “both teams put ascare in Wayneflete early on in the competi-

tion,” boys coach Larry Gray said, beforethey fell to the Flyers.

The boys lost 5-0, giving Wayneflete aneasier time this year, with Jasper Adamsqueezing out one set in a tie-breaker againstIsaac Salas, before losing the match 6-7(3),6-1, 6-0. Both doubles team lost in three-setbattles, but Johnny Xue and Alex Heilnerweren’t able to take a set from their oppo-nents in singles play.

The girls battled but ultimately fell 3-2 tothe Wayneflete team. They lost their openingdoubles match when Maggie Keating and YeZhang fell 6-2, 6-1 to Abby Cough andSophie Raffel, followed by singles defeatsby Maggie Thoeharidis and Sotherd Steer,both in two sets.

First doubles team Grace Bugbee andRamsey Williams came back from a first-setloss to defeat Phoebe Syva and HanaeMiyake 2-6, 6-4, 6-0, and in the third singlesmatch, Charlotte Reiter prevailed 10-8 in adeciding super-tiebreaker after splitting thefirst two sets with opponent Emily Trafton.

With seniors Sotherd Steer and JohnnyXue named Penobscot Valley ConferenceClass C Players of the Year, and “a numberof players selected to the PVC all-starteams,” Gray said this was “a great year forboth tennis teams.”

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Jasper Adam at the states. Photo by Abe Ziner

Sotherd Steer serves in a regular season match against Orono. Photo by Franklin Brown Alex Heilner in regular season play in a match against Orono. Photo by Franklin Brown

The road to the title—girlsPrelim: Eagles vs. Penquis Patriots 5-0Quarterfinals: Eagles vs. Calais Blue Devils 4-1Semifinals: Eagles vs. Mattanawcook Lynx 4-1Finals: Eagles vs. Van Buren Crusaders 5-0Highlight: Senior Sotherd Steer named PVC Class Cplayer of the year.

The road to the title—boysQuarterfinals: Eagles vs. Fort Kent Warriors 5-0Semifinals: Eagles vs. Houlton Shiretowners 4-1Finals: Eagles vs. Madawaska Owls 5-0Highlight: Senior Johnny Xue named PVC Class Cplayer of the year.


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Senior Ben Olivari makes the tag-out on a player during regular season play. Photos by Franklin Brown

Senior Schuyler Van der Eb pitches a strike-out in a regular season game.

Gavin Rogers tries to steal a base but makes it back just in time in a regular seasongame.

Ben Eley scores a run for GSA during regular season play.

Baseball team shuts out Stearns; loses to top seed Orono in quarterfinal

By JESSICA BROPHYLast year, the George Stevens Academy

baseball team made it to the playoffs but lostin the preliminary game to Stearns HighSchool, finishing fifth overall.

This year, the team faced Stearns again inthe preliminary playoff on Tuesday, June 5,with a substantially different outcome.

The Eagles shut down eighth-placeStearns 7-0, with Schuyler Van der Ebpitching a no-hitter into the sixth and

William Ricker closing in the seventh for atwo-hit shutout.

Offensively, Gavin Rogers had a big gameand singled, drove in a pair of runs andscored twice. Cooper Smallidge had a singleand an RBI and also scored. Ben Olivarisingled and scored a run.

The Eagles then headed to the regionalquarterfinals to face top seed Orono onThursday, June 7.

Coach Dan Kane said the team put in a

solid effort against the best pitcher in theleague. Orono topped GSA 10-0.

“We had a hard time getting going onhim,” said Kane of Orono’s pitcher. BenOlivari singled twice.

Overall, Kane thought the season was anexcellent one.

“We had a lot of new faces on the team,and they stepped up and represented them-selves and the school well,” said Kane.

The team’s defensive skills were “key for

us,” added Kane. “We had one of thestronger teams defensively.”

Part of the team’s success was excellentleadership on the part of seniors SchuylerVan der Eb and Ben Olivari, said Kane.

Theirs will be big shoes to fill next year, asthe two represent the number 1 and number2 pitchers on the team. Kane feels the talentis already there on the team.

“It was a really successful season,” saidKane. “I’m looking forward to next year.”


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