Sports in brief . . .
April vacation pool hours
The Presque Isle Indoor Pool will have special general swim hours during the April school vacation week April 20-23.
Hours are Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday from 1-2:45 p.m. and Friday and Saturday from 7-8:45 p.m.
The pool will be closed Easter Sunday.
Athletes of the week
The Presque Isle Varsity Club and Big Cheese Pizza have announced Evan Waddell and Liza Buck have been selected as athletes of the week for the week of April 4-9.
Waddell pitched two solid innings and had two hits in the varsity baseball team’s pre-season game against Waterville. Buck had three hits, including a home run, to lead the varsity softball team past Waterville.
Free climbing night offered
The University of Maine at Presque Isle will host a free women’s climbing night on April 20 from 6-8 p.m. at Gentile Hall. This event is free thanks to the sponsorship of Cary Medical Center’s Healthy You program. Members of the community are invited to come in and enjoy climbing on UMPI’s 37-foot climbing wall.
For more information, contact Kim McCrea at 768-9401.
Codrey steps down
from CA coaching jobs
Rodney Codrey has resigned from his varsity girls basketball and softball coaching positions at Central Aroostook High School, according to Ryan Guerrette, the school’s athletic director.
Codrey had coached in the program for 11 years, including stints as a JV basketball coach and varsity baseball coach.
Under Codrey, the Panthers girls basketball team had reached the Eastern Maine Class D finals in 2010 and was a consistent tournament team during his tenure. Last year’s softball team went 10-6 and placed fifth in the final EM D standings before losing in the quarterfinals.
UMPI player gains Sunrise pitching honor
The University of Maine at Presque Isle’s Dylan Worster, a freshman from Howland, was honored as the Sunrise Conference pitcher of the week for April 4-10 after tossing a shutout against Lesley University April 8.
He fanned five batters and allowed just four hits and one walk in a nine-inning, 5-0 complete-game shutout for the Owls.
Legends scholarships offered
The Northern Region of the Maine Sports Legends is once again awarding $500 scholarships to one male and one female from the Aroostook County area, and local students are encouraged to begin the application process as the deadline is May 10.
The Maine Sports Legends is a state-wide organization dedicated to honoring outstanding scholar-athletes who have met the prescribed standards in academics, has participated in their school’s varsity athletic programs along with possessing good character, completed community and civic involvement and shows strong leadership ability.
This scholarship will be awarded solely on the basis of the student’s credentials and shall be made without regard to financial need. There will be eight $500 scholarships awarded state-wide. In addition, two $1,000 scholarships will be awarded to the top male and female chosen by a committee the day of the banquet from the eight state-wide scholar-athletes.
McCain Foods of Easton and Katahdin Trust Company have been major scholarship donors and many other local businesses and individuals in Aroostook County have provided various financial donations to the scholarship program over the past years. Businesses which would like to discuss being a scholarship donor or give a financial donation, which will be acknowledged in the annual Maine Sports Legends banquet program booklet and be distributed state-wide, should contact Robert White at 498-2796 or Sue Lougee at 762-1741.
For more information on the scholarship applications, call Lynwood McHatten at 435-8297 or Dwight Hunter at 498-6604.
