Rotary Club tourney to benefit Megan’s Fund
The Presque Isle Rotary Club will hold its second annual three-person golf scramble on Saturday, Sept. 15 at Presque Isle Country Club. Proceeds will benefit the Megan Bradstreet Emergency Pediatric Transport Fund. The cost is $120 per team. A shotgun start will be held at 10 a.m., with golfers needing to check in no later than 9 a.m. Cash prizes will got to the top men’s and women’s teams in both gross and net. There will also be a hole-in-one prize, a putting contest and closest to the pin contests.
For more information, contact Steve St. Pierre at 764-9423, Steve Gallant at 764-6611, extension 211, or Tim Poitras at 764-3171.
Athletes of the week
Presque Isle High School student-athletes Scott Wilson and Kayla Legassie were named Varsity Club/Big Cheese Pizza athletes of the week for Aug. 27-Sept. 3.
Wilson’s strong defensive play led the Wildcat boys soccer team to a 2-0 win over John Bapst Sept. 1. Legassie scored three goals and assisted on another as the PI girls beat Fort Kent and tied Caribou and John Bapst.
Student-athletes selected as athletes of the week receive a large one-item pizza, courtesy of Big Cheese Pizza.
Presque Isle JV girls off to undefeated start
The Presque Isle junior varsity girls soccer team is off to an undefeated start to its regular season with wins against Madawaska, Houlton, Caribou, Fort Kent and John Bapst. The team has posted five wins against no losses in the early going and have outscored its opponents by a margin of 25-1.
Last Wednesday, the Wildcats travelled to Madawaska and claimed an 8-1 victory over the Owls. Scoring goals in the win were Jenna Stephenson, Shae Adler, Deidre Dicker, Lindsay Michaud, Jordyn Kinney and Casey Carson. Goalkeeper Rilee Currie collected one save among the four shots she faced in the victory.
The Wildcats’ previous game had a closer scoreline, but similar results. While hosting John Bapst Sept. 1, the girls raced out to a 2-0 lead in the first 26 minutes and never looked back. With only 10 minutes gone in the contest, Stephenson took a one-time shot off a pass from Mackenzie Pinette to beat the keeper and open the scoring. The only other goal of the game came from a corner kick taken by Chelsea Lynds which midfielder Shae Adler promptly delivered to the back of the net with a quick volley from the top of the penalty area. Currie posted her fourth shutout of the season during the contest, again saving one of four shots.
Basketball officiating school offered at PIHS
IAABO (International Association of Approved Basketball Officials) Board 150, which serves Aroostook County, will offer an officiating school for new officials beginning Oct. 1 at Presque Isle High School from 7-9 p.m.
The class fee is $40. For more information, contact Harry Orser at 425-4451 or visit the board web site at www.iaabo150.org.
Spud Speedway results
Another afternoon of racing took place at Spud Speedway in Caribou Sunday, with competitions held in five divisions.
In the Young Guns race, Kyle Gagnon of Caribou was first, followed by Chase Chandler of Crouseville and Keith Thibeau II of Fort Fairfield.
Charly-Rae Chandler prevailed in the Powder Puff event, with Sheana Caron of Caribou and Lisa LeVasseur of Van Buren taking second and third, respectively.
The Northern Lights A Division went to Jason Forbes of Castle Hill. Caribou’s Bob Anderson was second and Wayne Fox Jr., also of Caribou, ended up third.
In the Northern Lights B Division, Paul Caron of Caribou was the winner, with Jake Rodrigue of Woodland the runner-up and Jeff St. Peter of Caribou third.
Eric Argraves of Castle Hill took the checkered flag in the Street Stocks race. Jeff Willette of Presque Isle was second and Dana York of Fort Fairfield third.
Golf Classic at PICC to be held Sept. 22
The 10th annual Presque Isle Area Chamber of Commerce Golf Classic will be held Saturday, Sept. 22 at Presque Isle Country Club.
Registration for the three-person scramble event begins at 9 a.m., with a shotgun start at 10 a.m.
The entry fee is $120 per team, plus $10 per mulligan. Each team must have a minimum handicap of 30. Only the first 36 teams will be accepted. A cash prize of $10,000 will be awarded to the first golfer with a hole-in-one.
For more information or to register a team, call the chamber office at 764-6561, e-mail piacc@mfx.net or call Jim Carter at 764-1217.
Fat Tire Festival slated Sept. 21-22
The Nordic Heritage Sport Club in Presque Isle will host a Fat Tire Mountain Bike Festival Sept. 21-22. The event organizers plan to expand this traditionally one-day event to a two-day family mountain biking extravaganza.
The festival will kick off on Friday, Sept. 21 with a citizen’s mountain bike biathlon. Participants will be able to learn to shoot starting at 4 p.m. (rifles are provided) and the races will begin at 5 p.m. All ages and levels of bikers are welcome to join in the fun. There will be an obstacle course set up for kids, and race participants and spectators can partake in a spaghetti supper following the race.
Saturday, Sept. 22 will bring more family mountain biking events, with a kid’s fun race at 10 a.m. followed by eight-mile and 16-mile cross country mountain bike race options. For those more interested in speed events, there will be a downhill mountain bike race in the afternoon. There will be a lunchtime barbeque for participants and race spectators. The cost is $15 for adults and $5 for kids and includes race entry, meal and race T-shirt for the first 70 registrants.
For more information about this or other events at NHSC, please call 762-6972.
CCA to hold golf event at Limestone CC
Cornerstone Christian Academy is holding its first Cornerstone Classic Golf Tournament on Saturday, Sept. 22 at Limestone Country Club.
The tournament has a three-person scramble format and is open to amateur golfers of all skill levels. The event begins with an 8:30 a.m. shotgun start. The entry fee is $75 per team. Individuals can also register for $25 and be placed on a team.
Prizes will be awarded to the top net teams, as well as closest to the pin and longest drive. There will also be a major prize offered for the first hole-in-one.
Only the first 40 teams will be accepted. Proceeds will benefit the CCA Scholarship Fund.
To receive a registration form, or for more information on the tourney, contact CCA at 768-6222 or Allen Lafaver at 760-8014.
Hall of Fame banquet
The University of Maine at Presque Isle Owl Athletic Hall of Fame will induct three new members on Saturday, Sept. 22, in a ceremony during Homecoming weekend. The reception for the event will begin at 5 p.m., with dinner at 5:30 p.m., followed by the induction ceremonies. All will take place at the Campus Center and all are welcome.
The 2007 inductees include Keli (Daigle) Marston, Class of 1998: Robert Karcher, class of 1992 and John Dakin, Class of 1962.
Reservations for the dinner and induction ceremonies are being accepted through the university’s Athletic Department at 768-9506 or by emailing an RSVP at levesque@umpi.maine.edu. The cost of the event is $10 a person. Tickets may also be purchased at the door.
