Aroostook League recognizes top winter athletes
Athletes have been named as Aroostook County all-stars for their accomplishments during their sport seasons.
ALL-AROOSTOOK SELECTIONS — The Aroostook League recently announced its All-Aroostook athletes for the 2010-11 winter sports season. Participants in basketball, skiing, swimming and wrestling were eligible for awards.
Erica Hemphill of the Presque Isle swim team
All-Aroostook team sports — soccer, basketball, baseball, softball and tennis — are selected by the coaches, while individual sports — cross country, golf, alpine and Nordic skiing, swimming, wrestlßing and track and field — are selected by criteria established by the Aroostook League.
Athletes are awarded an All-Aroostook certificate.
Emma Bartlett of the Wildcat ski team
Named as All-Aroostook selections for the winter season are:
Class B/C boys basketball: Caribou, Chad Caverhill, Stephen St. Peter and Roland Thibodeau; Fort Kent, Jared Soucy; Hodgdon, Josh Hudson; Houlton, Nick Guiod; Madawaska, Matt Deschenes and Deejay Gendreau; and Presque Isle, Travis Dyer, Alex Tuttle and Oliver Zubrick.
Class B/C girls basketball: Caribou, Alex Massey, Dayna Michaud and Jenna Selander; Fort Kent, Samantha Carapellucci; Hodgdon, Mariah Wiley; Houlton, Taylor Bailey, Marina Cameron and Amanda Fogarty; Madawaska, Erin Dugal; and Presque Isle, Chandler Guerrette, Chelsea Nickerson and Kayla Richards.
Kenneth Tarr (14) of the Ashland boys basketball team
Class D boys basketball: Ashland, Kenneth Tarr; Central Aroostook, Caleb Kelly, Mike McClung and Logan McLaughlin; Easton, Jonah Bacon and Reid Clark; Fort Fairfield, Travis Noyes; Greater Houlton Christian Academy, Micah Wiley; Katahdin, Colton Bivighouse and Brandon Robinson; Southern Aroostook, Cody Robinson; Washburn, Connor Fitzpatrick, Jordan McLaughlin and Mitch Worcester; and Wisdom, Curtis Picard.
Class D girls basketball: Ashland, Whitney Donovan and Brooke Labelle; Central Aroostook, Rachael Grew, Kristen Long and Vicki McIntyre; East Grand, Elisha Farley; Easton, Ariana Babineau and Carla Halvorson; Fort Fairfield, Brooke Beaulieu and Amanda Hotham; Greater Houlton Christian Academy, Destinee Neureuther; Katahdin, Megan Merry; Southern Aroostook, Shelby Hartin and Jasmine Rockwell; Van Buren, Parise Rossignol and Ashlie Wilson; and Washburn, Carmen Bragg and Rebecca Campbell.
Mitchell Worcester (14) of the Washburn boys basketball team
Boys Nordic events: Caribou, Caleb Chapman, Ezra Duplissie-Cyr, D.J. Flynn, Josh Kovach, Kjetil Rossignol, Jesse Sandstrom, Christian Sleeper and Ryan Washington; Fort Kent, Carson Spencer; and Presque Isle, Jesse Rochester and Jonathan Rochester.
Girls Nordic events: Caribou, Chelsea Bard, Katie Plourde, Ashley Richards, Emily Soderberg and Kendra Stephens; Fort Fairfield, Melissa McKenney and Victoria Plourde; and Fort Kent, Vicky Bernard.
Boys Alpine events: Central Aroostook, Logan Brewer, Josh Cook, Taylor Garrison and Spencer Stetson; Caribou, Nolan McDuffie and Dylan Ouellette; Fort Fairfield, Nate McLaughlin; Fort Kent, Ted Martin, Brandon Ouellette and Andrew Paradis; and Presque Isle, Kyle MacCallum.
Melissa McKenney of the Fort Fairfield ski team
Girls Alpine events: Caribou, Regan Buck, Courtney Burby, Lydia Kieffer and Mary Jo Sheehan; Fort Kent, Kayla Davenport, Sam Dubay and Danielle Ouellette; and Presque Isle, Emma Bartlett, Abbie Carrier and Chelsea Carroll.
Boys Alpine/Nordic events: Fort Kent, Logan Doak.
Girls Alpine/Nordic events: Caribou, Laura Collins and Fort Kent, Rudy Martin, Kate Morneault and Roxy Pelletier.
Boys swimming: Caribou, Devon Cote and Darren Newbegin; Limestone/MSSM, Garrick Ellwood, Noah Entwistle; Ethan Maguire and Dominic Upham; Presque Isle, Brock Cassidy, Nate DeWitt, Issac Estey and Andrew Terpening.
Kristen Long of the Central Aroostook girls basketball team
Girls swimming: Caribou, Rilee Elliott and Cintamini Johnson; Presque Isle, Shae Adler, Sara Gilson, Erica Hemphill, Jacqueline Lambert, Sarah McEachern, Erikka Murley, Alecia Palmer and Grace Short.
Ariana Babineau (33) of the Easton girls basketball team
Wrestling: Caribou, Levi Bither, Jason Case, Deion Churchill, Colby Conroy, Lance Jandreau, Jake Maher, Jake Michaud, Michael Selander, Levi Swan and Brendon Wood; Fort Kent, Brandon Hartt, Brenton Levesque, Spencer Levesque, Cody Lozier, Joshua Pelletier, Megan Pelletier and Austin Theriault.