Butch Shaw winners named
Four area soccer players are among the recipients of this year’s Butch Shaw award, given by the Northern Maine Board of Approved Soccer Officials to an Aroostook County player in classes B, C and D who shows outstanding ability and exemplifies the characteristics of respect and sportsmanship.
Ben Nickerson of Presque Isle won for Class B boys, while Cameron Bragg shared the Class D boys’ honor with Cody Halvorson of Easton. Ian Lee of Madawaska captured the Class C award.
Mackenzie Worcester of Washburn was the co-winner for Class D girls along with Van Buren’s Parise Rossignol. Sarah Doak of Caribou was the Class B recipient, while Samantha Nadeau of Madawaska captured the Class C honor.
The award is named for Clyde “Butch” Shaw, who was a well-respected varsity basketball and baseball coach at Presque Isle High School and a long-time soccer official. He passed away in October 1985 after a short but courageous battle with leukemia.
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SOCCER EXCELLENCE — Mackenzie Worcester of the Washburn Beavers. top, and Ben Nickerson of the Presque Isle Wildcats, below, were recently named winners of the Butch Shaw Award, which honors the top soccer players in Aroostook County.
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