CARIBOU, Maine — Caribou High School sports participants were honored on June 6, 2016 for their efforts on the baseball and softball diamond, tennis courts and track this spring.
End-of-the-year awards were also handed out and Eileen Patton was named Outstanding Senior Female Athlete, while Michael Hunter won the Outstanding Senior Male Athlete award. Patton participated all four years in soccer, skiing and track and field, while Hunter played soccer and baseball for four years and basketball for two years.
Donovan Savage and Maria Espinosa received the Jack Gardiner Memorial Scholarship, which takes athleticism, citizenship and leadership into account, while Riley McDuffie and Jenna Boucher were recipients of the Paul Soucie Award, which is for athletes best demonstrating fair play, hard work, commitment and leadership.
All three awards are voted on by the CHS coaching staff.
Four athletes received the Dwight P. Hunter Athletic Achievement Award, given to seniors who participate in fall, winter and spring sports for all four years of their high school career. They were McDuffie, Patton, Elijah Verhoff and Jenna Boucher.
Letter sweaters went to athletes earning three letters in one sport and a combination of three in others, or those earning a total of seven letters. Recipients were Kendra Furber, Michael Hunter, Chathu Karunasiri, Rachel Soucy, Tyler Dombroski, Austin Scott, Ethan Plourde and Gabe Massey.
Spring athletes were recognized as follows:
Boys varsity track (coach Roy Alden): junior varsity letters: Camden Dumont, Shane Furber, Aaron Macek, Liam McMillon, Calvin Mokler, Josh Verhoff and Friedrich Wilcox; varsity letters: Josh Ashton, Devon Fuller, Caleb Libby, Brandon Manter, Caleb Trombley, Austin Brown, David Hunter, Gabe Massey and Riley McDuffie; plaques: Nick Alfaro, Matt Caron, Evan Desmond, Apollo Grondin, Cory Jandreau, Lance Lagasse, Evan Michaud and Nic Sleeper; trophies: Bryce Coffin, Riley McDuffie, Chathu Karunasiri and Lukas Lagasse; and jackets: Caleb Hunter, Tsion McLeod, Richard Newland and Elijah Verhoff.
Girls varsity track (coach Alden): JV letters: Mickayla Ellis, Abigail Espling, Sam Fortin, Caragan Haney, Erin Jandreau, Maren Moir, Abigail Parks, Olivia Picard, Marisa Michaud and Nickole Landeen; varsity letters: Emily Austin, Olivia Austin, Joeline Damboise, Brianna Reece, Alexis Rodriguez, Ashley Violette, Willow Whitten, Sheridan Blackstone, Ashley Conroy and Jessica Limary; plaques: Meagan Dube, Jojo Fields, Sarae Greenier, Erin Kashian and Rachel Ring; trophies: Emma Belyea, Maria Espinosa, Kendra Furber, Johnna Grant and Madeline Gudde; and jackets: Eileen Patton (already had received in soccer).
Varsity baseball (coach Jim Thibodeau): certificates: Josh Quist and Matt Nadeau; letters: managers Crissy Corbin and Sierra Ouellette, Noah Hixon, Dan Randolph and Carter Moir; plaques: Justin Ouellette, Camden Huck, Spencer McDuffie, Noah Frost, Jacob Burby and Gunnar Bondeson; trophies: Michael Hunter and Tyler Dombroski; and jacket: Mason Huck.
Junior varsity baseball (coach James Chandler): letters: Stewart Curtis, Jacob Ouellette, Wyatt Taggett, Branden Masse, Darren Hall, Tharen Hand, Brennan Poitras, Carson Michaud, Hunter Jackson, Alexander Ezzy, Alexander Hyde, Ghent Durepo, Cameron Doody, Jacob Soucy, Logan Lusardi and Hunter Lindsey.
Boys varsity tennis (coach John Habeeb): certificate: Kyle Boucher; letters: Bailey Griffeth and Gabriel Rand; plaques: Seth Beidelman, Alec Cyr and Emerson Duplissie-Cyr; trophies: Austin Scott and Austin Cheplic; and jacket: Ethan Plourde.
Girls varsity tennis (coaches Habeeb and Sarah Lajoie): certificates: Heaven Melanson and Samantha Tourk; letters: Kyra Thibeault and Hailey Holmquist; plaques: Gabrielle Marquis, Ashley Matlock, Danielle Hanson and Ciara Richards; and trophy: Conner Spencer.
Varsity softball (coach Ryan Deprey): letters: Kaytlin Waldemarson, Holly McDougal, Searra Herbert and Katie Clark; plaques: Jaelynn Doody, Hope Shea, Kaitlyn Nadeau and manager Zoe Gerakaris; trophies: Megan Thornton, Rachel Soucy, Maddie Doucette and Adrianna Bither; and jacket: Jenna Boucher (already had received in basketball).
Junior varsity softball (coach Stephanie Hill): letters: Tabitha Saucier, Taylor Devoe, Paige O’Bar, SaLena Greenier, Hailey White, Karlee Willett, Tiahna Cyr, Susan Lewis, Brooke DeMerchant, Moriah Connolly, Lariah Longley, Riley McNeal, Casey Dobson and Candace Lane.
Most Valuable Players: G. Marquis (girls varsity tennis); Cyr (boys varsity tennis); M. Huck (varsity baseball); Soucy (varsity softball); Soucy (junior varsity baseball): White (junior varsity softball); Karunasiri (boys varsity track and field); and Patton (girls varsity track and field).
