The Aroostook League has announced its All-Aroostook team for the spring sports season.
Staff photo/Kevin Sjoberg
Caribou’s pitcher-catcher combination of Emily Staples, left, and Kristin Plante earned a berth on the All-Aroostook Class B-C softball team.
In team sports such as baseball, softball and tennis, All-Aroostook players are selected by the league coaches. For track and field, selections are made based on criteria established by the league.
Athletes are awards an All-Aroostook certificate at their spring sports awards assemblies.
The following are the 2012 choices:
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| jMavor Photography photo Caleb Chapman gets ready to hand the baton off to teammate Taylor Thibodeau at the recent Class B state track and field meet. Both Viking athletes were named to the All-Aroostook team. |
Class B and C baseball: Chad Caverhill, Caleb Chapman, Matt Curry, Matt Milliard and Dean Walker, all of Caribou; Brandon Hartt and Charlie Nadeau, both of Fort Kent; Jimmy Fitzpatrick, Hunter Hanning, Daniel Howe, Gage Hunt and Isaiah Straubel, all of Houlton; Dylan Wetmore of Madawaska; and Ryley Norton, Saul Nunez, Jacob Player, Jonah Stephenson and Wilder York, all of Presque Isle.
Class D baseball: Royce MacDonald of Ashland; Dan Brewer, Ross Grass and Brendan York, all of Central Aroostook; Austin Bernier and Landon Towle, both of Fort Fairfield; Ethan Holmes, Adam Little and Deyrell Vargas, all of Greater Houlton Christian Academy; Nick Lunn and Tyler Sherman, both of Hodgdon; Bill Livezey and Jesse McNally, both of Katahdin; Chris Bernier of Limestone-MSSM; Trent Cullinan, Joe Frazier, Will McGary and Dylan Porter, all of Southern Aroostook; Marc LaJoie and Naomi Maldonado, both of Van Buren; Nick Bragg and Jordan McLaughlin, both of Washburn; and Corey Paradis of Wisdom.
Class B and C softball: Jordyn Doucette, Jamie Martin, Rebecca McDougal, Kristin Plante and Emily Staples, all of Caribou; Michela Desjardins of Fort Kent; Marina Cameron, Ashley Drew, Makala Folsom and Megan Hannigan, all of Houlton; Shannon Blanchette, Nicole Cyr and Amanda Nadeau, all of Madawaska; and Laurin Ackerson, Karlee Bernier, Liza Buck, Courtney Colligan and Jordi Legassie, all of Presque Isle.
Class D softball: Brooke LaBelle and Anna Paradis, both of Ashland; Rachael Grew, Whitney Klein and Victoria McIntyre, all of Central Aroostook; Kaitlyn Beaudoin and Shaunna Beaudoin, both of East Grand; Emily Blaisdell, Sydney Churchill, Rebekah Pelkey and Abbey Player, all of Fort Fairfield; Maya Gardiner and Alicia Rockwell, both of Hodgdon; Bailey McNally, Megan Merry and Ashley Randall, all of Katahdin; Kelsee Albert, Amanda Allen, Melissa Cantafio, Stephanie Leighton and Daniele Pelkey, all of Limestone-MSSM; Olivia Raymond and Kaitlyn Sommers, both of Souther Aroostook; and Ashley Beaulieu of Wisdom.
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| Staff photo/Kevin Sjoberg Limestone-MSSM’s Melissa Cantafio, right, receives congratulations from a teammate after blasting a home run in the team’s playoff game against Fort Fairfield. Cantafio was an All-Aroostook selection for Class D. |
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| Staff photo/Kevin Sjoberg Caribou’s Carlee Pinette was named to the All-Aroostook tennis team. Pinette was the No. 1 singles player for the Vikings, who reached the Eastern Maine Class B finals this past spring. |
Track events – boys: Caleb Chapman, Cody Charette, Lucas Kinney, Derik Michaud, Nick Pucci, Jesse Sandstrom and Taylor Thibodeau, all of Caribou; Johnny Theriault of Fort Fairfield; and Gabe Player and Devin Schinhofen, both of Presque Isle.
Field events – boys: Andrew Lewis and Jacob Wortman, both of Fort Fairfield; and Scott Delong and Trey Stewart, both of Presque Isle.
Track and field events – boys: Sean Barbosa, Ron Lund and Brendan Wood, all of Caribou; Caleb Daigle of Fort Fairfield; Grier Osterman of Limestone-MSSM; and Mitchell Ayotte, Sam Clukey, Matt Eager and Logan Good, all of Presque Isle.
Fort Fairfield’s Lewis was awarded the Emery Plourde Track Champion Award as the boys’ top point getter at the Aroostook League Championships.
Track events – girls: Mackenzie Deveau, Nerissa Larrabee, Robyn Larrabee and Alissa Randolph, all of Caribou; Nicole Giberson and Janae Libby, both of Fort Fairfield; Megan Pelletier of Fort Kent, Samantha Simonds of Presque Isle and Carsyn Koch of Washburn.
Field events – girls: Hannah Hebert and Sam Murchison, both of Caribou; and Logan Bubar, Katy Donovan and Whitney McNamee, all of Fort Fairfield.
Track and field events – girls: Mackenzie Belyea, Sarah Doak, Katie Plourde, Sarae Sager, Olivia Sleeper, Paige Small and Morgan Swan, all of Caribou; Samantha Carapellucci of Fort Kent and Erica Hemphill of Presque Isle.
The Howard Lello Track Champion Award, which is presented annually to the girls’ top scorer at the Aroostook League Championships, went to Olivia Sleeper of Caribou.
Tennis singles – boys: Michael Marquis of Caribou, Alex Chasse of Fort Kent; Lucas Anderson and Zach Harvey, both of Houlton; Ian Lee of Madawaska, Connor Shaw of Presque Isle and Eric Laplante of Van Buren.
Tennis doubles – boys: Zachary Gorence and Cameron Hill of Caribou, Boo Prescott and Adam Labbe of Fort Kent, Josh Sullivan and Ethan Nickerson of Houlton, Gregoire Faucher and Aaron Thibeault of Madawaska, Drew Barrett and Chris Carroll of Presque Isle and Forrest Bouchard and Jordan Banks of Van Buren.
Tennis singles – girls: Carlee Pinette and Ashley Richards, both of Caribou; Roxy Pelletier of Fort Kent, Emily Collins of Madawaska, Dani Woolland of Presque Isle and Haley Lizotte of Van Buren.
Tennis doubles – girls: Alexa Massey and Erin Patton of Caribou, Lauren Doak and Amelia Guimond of Fort Kent, Roxy Levesque and Sarah Ringuette of Madawaska and Courtney Parent and Chantal Rioux of Van Buren.
