CARIBOU, Maine — Caribou High School sports participants were honored on May 30 for their efforts on the baseball and softball diamond, tennis courts and track this spring.
Special end-of-the-year awards also were handed out, with Madison Doucette named outstanding senior female athlete and Bryce Coffin the outstanding senior male athlete. Doucette participated all four years in soccer, basketball and softball, while Coffin was involved in cross country running, Nordic skiing and track and field.
Madeline Gudde and Coffin received the Jack Gardiner Memorial Scholarship, which takes athleticism, citizenship and leadership into account, while Megan Thornton, Lance Lagasse and Coffin were all 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.
Five 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 Kendra Furber, Doucette, Gudde, Rachel Soucy and Thornton.
Coffin and Furber also received the U.S. Army Reserve National Scholar-Athlete Award.
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 Coffin, Erin Kashian, Ashley Matlock, Evan Michaud, Cory Jandreau and Danielle Hanson.
Spring athletes were recognized as follows:
Boys varsity track (coach Roy Alden): junior varsity letters: Marcus Daigle, Ethan Holmquist, Mason Smith and Spencer Soucy; varsity letters: Chandler Bell, Kyle Boucher, Caleb Brown, Shane Furber, Martin Heald, Michael Kashian, Maxwell Lister, Aaron Macek, Dylan Marrero, Liam McMillon, Calvin Mokler, John O’Meara, Chris Parent, Nathan Pitre, Andre Rossignol and Josh Verhoff; plaques: Austin Brown, Devon Fuller, Brandon Manter and Caleb Trombley; trophies: Nick Alfaro, Evan Desmond, Apollo Grondin, Cory Jandreau, Lance Lagasse, Evan Michaud and Nic Sleeper; and jacket: Bryce Coffin.
Girls varsity track (coach Alden): junior varsity letters: Danielle Cyr, Caragan Haney, Anya O’Meara, MacKenna Smith and Trinity St. Peter; varsity letters: Monica McLaughlin, Mariah Mink, Maren Moir, Abby Parks, Olivia Picard, Katrina Salch, Hope Shea, Kim Susi, Megan Thornton, Paige Espling, Emma Stewart, Abigail Wimmer and manager Abbey Violette; plaques: Emily Austin, Olivia Austin, Abigail Espling, Brianna Reece, Alexis Rodriguez, Ashley Violette, Willow Whitten, Sheridan Blackstone, Ashley Conroy and Jessica Limary; trophies: Meagan Dube, Jojo Fields, Sarae Greenier, Erin Kashian and Rachel Ring; and jackets: Emma Belyea and Johnna Grant (already received in another sport), Kendra Furber and Madeline Gudde.
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- Bryce Coffin was named the outstanding male athlete at Caribou High School. The awards ceremony took place May 30. (Contributed/Dave Allen Graphics)
Varsity baseball (coach Dan Umphrey): certificates: Darren Hall and Ghent Durepo; letters: manager Molly McCrossin, Josh Quist, Alex Ezzy, Sebastian Marquis, Brennan Poitras, Zach Whitten and Josh Soucy; plaques: Noah Hixon, Dan Randolph, Carter Moir and manager Crissy Corbin; and trophies: Camden Huck, Spencer McDuffie and Noah Frost.
Junior varsity baseball (coach Scott Hunter): certificates: Jacob Bolen and Bryant Hayes; letters: Cullin Caverhill, Jay Belanger, Carson Michaud, Hunter Lindsey, Jacob Berkoski, Jacob Ouellette, Alexander Hyde, Owen Martin, Hayden Hunter, Logan Lusardi, Wyatt Taggett, Branden Masse and manager Jonathan Campbell.
Boys varsity tennis (coach John Habeeb): letters: Parker Deprey and Aidan Plante; plaques: Bailey Griffeth and Gabriel Rand; and trophies: Seth Beidelman, Alec Cyr and Emerson Duplissie-Cyr.
Girls varsity tennis (coaches Habeeb and Sarah LaJoie): certificates: Abbie Allen, Kyra Thibeault and Samantha Tourk; letters: Kelly Nicklaus, Maddie Stratton and manager Shelby Barnes; plaque: Hailey Holmquist; trophies: Gabrielle Marquis, Ashley Matlock, Danielle Hanson and Ciara Richards; and jacket: Conner Spencer.
Varsity softball (coach Kayla Richards): certificates: Emilee Lothrop, Abbi Robbins and Alya Theriault; letters: Emily Adler, Heather DeMerchant, Taylor Devoe, Victoria Leavitt, Riley McNeal, Alexis Parks and Taylor Skidgel; plaques: Kaytlin Waldemarson, Holly McDougal and Katie Clark; trophies: Jaelynn Doody and Searra Herbert; and jackets: Rachel Soucy and Maddie Doucette (both already received in another sport).
Junior varsity softball (coach Stephanie Hill): letters: Katie Tardif, Destiny Soucie, Susan Lewis, Hanah White, Brooke DeMerchant, Cassidy Stevens, Destiny Skidgel, Moriah Connolly, Candace Lane, Tiahna Cyr and Alexis Bruso.
Most Valuable Players: Marquis (girls varsity tennis); Cyr (boys varsity tennis); Huck (varsity baseball); Soucy (varsity softball); Taggett (junior varsity baseball): Bruso (junior varsity softball); Michaud (boys varsity track and field); and Espling (girls varsity track and field).
