CARIBOU, Maine — Student-athletes from Caribou High School were recently recognized for their accomplishments this past winter. The following is a recap of the various awards presented March 3.
Letter sweaters, awarded to athletes with six varsity letters — three letters in one sport and three in others — or a total of seven varsity letters, were presented to Eileen Patton, Morgan Outing, Lauren Chapman and Bria Judd.
Most Valuable Players — Nordic ski, Riley McDuffie and Sarah Doak; alpine ski, Scott Bray and Maria Espinosa; boys’ varsity basketball, Dayne Savage; boys’ JV basketball, Zachary Wright; girls’ varsity basketball, Judd; girls’ junior varsity basketball, Ashley Matlock; varsity swimming, Austin Scott and Courtney Cote; and wrestling, Dustin DeMerchant.
Varsity cheering (coach Brandi Makepeace-Cote) — letters, Julia Harris, Heather Lamothe, Kirsten Haney, Johnna Grant, Mickayla Ellis, Margeaux Beaulieu, Paige O’Bar, Adessa Judd, Kara Madore, Crysta Whitmore, Rachel Davis, Adrienna Damboise and Sheridan Blackstone; plaques, Mallory Patterson, Hannah McDonald and Emma Theriault; trophies, Irene Thibodeau and Hilary Jalbert; and jackets, Mariella Marte and Karina Patterson.
Nordic skiing (coach PJ Gorneault) — JV letters, Seth Beidelman, Rieley Bossie, Caleb Brown, Evan Desmond, Chathu Karunasiri, Noah Margeson, Emeron Duplissie-Cyr, Richard Newland, Josh Quist, Nic Sleeper, Mitchell St. Peter, Kyleigh DeMerchant, Kendra Furber, Nerissa Larrabee, Anya O’Meara and Rachel Ring; varsity letters, Dylan Coty, Dustin Coty, Alec Cyr, Dan Randolph, Bryce Coffin, Jojo Fields, Elise Gudde, Erin Kashian and Ciara Richards; plaques, Lukas Lagasse, Elijah Verhoff, Caleb Willett, Madeline Gudde, Patton and Kaitlyn Ring; trophies, Riley McDuffie and Chapman; jackets, Michael Marquis and Sarah Doak.
Alpine skiing (coach Marie Beckum) — letters, Scott Bray, Andrew Russell, Lane Moir, Camden Dumont, Maria Espinosa, Maura Freme, Ciara Richards, Jojo Fields, Camryn Langille and manager Evan Burgay.
Varsity swimming (coach Erin Tateishi-Ouellette) — letters, Kyra Thibeault, Adrianna Bither, Stewart Curtis, Dominic Judd and manager Moriah Connolly; plaque, Madison Yakel; trophies, Scott, Cote, Olivia Engstrom and Laura Doucette.
Boys’ junior varsity basketball (coach Shawn Manter) — certificates, Hunter Lindsey, Carter Moir, Matthew Nadeau and Dylan Laforge; and letters, Bailey Griffeth, Lance Lagasse, Noah Rosado, Caleb Trombley, Nicolas Alfaro, Brandon Manter, Wright and managers Corinne Corbin and Heaven Melanson.
Boys’ varsity basketball (coaches Chris Casavant and Bill Casavant) — certificates, Gunnar Bondeson, Jordan Bevins, Gabe Massey and manager Chris Adams; letters, Ricky Sheldon, Dustin Bouchard, Austin Griffeth, Nate Wall, Tim Dassow and Taylor Thibodeau and managers Kerrigan Manter, Madison Doody and Mollie Cummings; plaque, Colby Holdsworth; trophy, Donovan Savage; and jacket, Dayne Savage.
Girls’ junior varsity basketball (coach Andrew Kirby) — certificates, Jessica Limary and Briannah Becker; and letters, Abigail Parks, Zoe Gerakaris, Matlock, Casey Dobson, Sarah Levesque, Sara Boyer, Kaitlyn Nadeau, Raylee Shaw, Katelyn Clark, Jaelynn Doody, Hallie Caron and managers Sam Fortin and Sarah Berube.
Girls’ varsity basketball (coaches Ryan Deprey and Charles Harris) — certificate, Jenna Boucher; letters, Danielle Hanson, Searra Herbert, Gabrielle Marquis, Hope Shea, Simona Amerio and manager Megan Thornton; plaques, Maddie Doucette, Rachel Soucy, Sam Lizotte, Outing and managers Molly Adams and Maggie Cyr; trophy, Bria Judd.
Varsity wrestling (coaches Chico Hernandez, Robert Jandreau and Matt Manter) — letters, Cory Jandreau, Alton Pelletier, Jarred Jordan, Evan Michaud and manager Brook DeMerchant; plaque, Eric Simon; trophies, Dustin DeMerchant and Axios Gerakaris.