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...That's how things have always been done in Ellsworth, one neighbor counting on another. Ellsworth is the shire town of Hancock County, some two-thirds up the Maine coast, and gateway to the summer resorts of Bar Harbor. For more than 200 years, the town has hugged the Union River, which spills out into Union River Bay and eventually the bold Atlantic. The town was named for Oliver Ellsworth, an early Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. Folks here are friendly. They can't help themselves. But Down Easters draw a line between outsiders -- "people from away" -- and locals...
...Back at Hancock J.C., before he could be appointed football coach, he had to be hired as a phys-ed teacher. And he sees himself as a teacher again. One with a master's in education, earned at Cal Poly...
...next three spots in the Duluth poll are occupied by Lake Superior (12-3-3), Harvard (6-1) and St. Lawrence (8-2). But the Hancock poll has Harvard ranked seventh, Lake Superior ranked fifth and St. Lawrence fourth...
...wait, there's more. The Duluth poll decided that the Crimson's loss to Colgate didn't hurt Harvard's ranking. Colgate is three spots away from Bill Cleary's icemen. The Hancock poll ranked the Red Raiders sixth, one notch ahead of the Crimson...
...same goes for providence (6-3-3). The Friars got some respect in the Duluth poll, as it tied for the final slot with Denver (9-7), but couldn't even break the Hancock poll...