The Penobscot Valley Conference recently announced their all-conference teams for the fall sports season, and several student-athletes and coaches from both Caribou and Presque Isle were recognized for their achievements.
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TODD ALBERT was named coach of the year for Class B in the Penobscot Valley Conference. Albert’s Caribou girls soccer team finished first in the division and went on to win the Eastern Maine championship.
Making the boys’ first team in cross country for large schools in the PVC were Caribou’s Christian Sleeper, D.J. Flynn, Caleb Chapman, Jesse Sandstrom and Ryan Washington and Presque Isle’s Matt Eager. They were joined by Ellsworth’s Dan Curts, Blake Pattengale and Neal Anderson and John Bapst’s Alex Beals.
On the second team were Caribou’s Kjetil Rossignol and Jake Michaud and Presque Isle’s Logan Thibeau. Others were Mount Desert Island’s Sam Swann, Ellsworth’s Stephen Kirby, Kody Holmes and and Brayden Beardsley; and John Bapst’s Connor Wagner and Matt Spear.
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OLIVIA SLEEPER was chosen by the Penobscot Valley Conference coaches as a first-team all-conference selection. The sophomore was one of five members of the Caribou Vikings to be recognized on one of the two teams or receiving honorable mention.
Members of the girls’ first team were Caribou’s Mackenzie Belyea and Presque Isle’s Alecia Palmer. Others were Old Town’s Dacie Manion; John Bapst’s Adrienne Carmack, Mary Carmack and Amanda Lalime; Ellsworth’s Aleta Looker and Brianne Dunn; and MDI’s Olivia Erickson and Malia Demers.
The second team included Caribou’s Mary Jo Sheehan and Dayna Michaud; Presque Isle’s Emily Wright; MDI’s Nora Hubbell, Maggie Painter, Kailyn Russell and Paige Klausky; John Bapst’s Maggie Bryan and Laura Donovan; and Ellsworth’s Jamie Ford.
In golf, those named to the Class B team were Caribou’s Ben Wyman and Presque Isle’s Travis Dyer and Evan Waddell, along with Ellsworth’s Greg Martin and Nick Richies, Foxcroft Academy’s Zach Evans and Colby Snell, John Bapst’s Josh McEwen, Hermon’s Tyler Fournier and Old Town’s Sam Peabody.
Selected to the Class B girls soccer first team were Caribou’s Morgan Swan, Jenna Selander and Olivia Sleeper and Presque Isle’s Kayla Richards and Chelsea Nickerson. Also on the elite squad were Ellsworth’s Cristin Wright, Old Town’s Katie Deschaine and Micayla Hussey, MDI’s Jamie McKay, Bucksport’s Mindy Pye and Hermon’s Jessica Allen.
Making the second team were Caribou’s Jamie Martin and Presque Isle’s Chandler Guerrette and Megan Ireland, along with Old Town’s Annie Cashon and Ashley England, Mattanawcook’s Brittany Libbey, Ellsworth’s Taylor White, MDI’s Courtney Sullivan, Hermon’s Amanda Allen, Bucksport’s Sadie Wight and John Bapst’s Victoria Miller.
Honorable mention choices were Caribou’s Paige Small, Hermon’s Kaitlin Saulter and MDI’s Annika Sampson.
Jenna Selander of Caribou was named player of the year and Caribou’s Todd Albert shared coach of the year honors with Hermon’s Stori Shaw.
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BEN WYMAN was a top-10 finisher at the Penobscot Valley Conference championship golf tournament held at JaTo Highlands in Lincoln Sept. 30. The result was a berth on the first team in the PVC.
Earning berths on the Class B boys soccer first team were Caribou’s Chad Caverhill and Presque Isle’s Josh Allen and Isaac LaJoie. Other conference players selected were Ellsworth’s Jordan Carter, Andrew Austin, Mike Curtis, Josh Bean and Cote Card; Old Town’s Jake Leitheiser; Hermon’s Kevin Frederick and MDI’s Ben Steel.
Named to the second team were Presque Isle’s Andrew Legassie, Wilder York and Brandon Bonville, along with John Bapst’s Adam Strang and Rickey Jones, Old Town’s Jared Winchenbach, Hermon’s Braddock Deabay, Justin McHugh and Taylor Gross; MDI’s Sam Burr and Ellsworth’s Kyle Haslam.
Those given honorable mention were Bucksport’s Matt Swazey, Mattanawcook’s Patrick Kites and MDI’s Nick Shaw.
Presque Isle’s Josh Allen shared player of the year honors with Ellsworth’s Andrew Austin, while Brian Higgins of Ellsworth was the choice for coach of the year.
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JENNA SELANDER of the Eastern Maine champion Caribou Vikings took player of the year honors and headed up the all-conference first team.
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MACKENZIE BELYEA of the Caribou Vikings was named to the Penobscot Valley Conference girls cross country first team by placing among the top 10 at the PVC Championships held in Bangor Oct. 16.
