Soccer registration
Registrations are being accepted for the Presque Isle Recreation and Parks Department soccer program for grades Pre-K through sixth.
Separate divisions are offered for Pre-K and kindergarten, grades 1-2, 3-4 and 5-6. Registration, which ends Aug. 13, must be done in person at the William Haskell Community Center. Call 764-2545 for more information.
Season tickets on sale at PIHS
Presque Isle High School soccer season tickets will be available to purchase in the SAD 1 athletics office beginning Aug. 4. The cost is $35. Office hours are 7:30 a.m.-3 p.m., Monday through Friday. For more information, call 764-6507.
Middle school-age football players wanted
Aroostook Football’s middle school program is in need of more players if it is to compete in a league this fall.
According to head coach Jon Frederick, only four players have registered for the seventh- and eighth-grade team, which is open to players throughout central Aroostook County and is part of an 8 vs. 8 league that also includes teams from Houlton, Millinocket and Madawaska. He said a minimum of 12 players are needed to field a team.
Last year’s squad went undefeated, but 14 of the team’s 19 players have moved onto the high school division. Two others have moved away and two have decided to play on a school sports team this fall.
The season is scheduled to begin Aug. 19 and Frederick is hoping he can generate enough interest well before that date. The team practices Tuesdays and Thursday evenings and Saturday mornings. Games, which take place Saturdays, begin Sept. 13 and are held at Caribou’s Sincock Field.
He added that the middle school program is designed to teach the fundamentals of football and prepare players for the high school level.
“Aroostook Football is based on life values and our time is devoted to not only creating football players, but solid young men,” Frederick said, noting that the organization last year implemented USA Football’s Heads Up Tackling program, which stresses sound tackling fundamentals that reduce helmet impacts during tackling and helps prevent concussions.
Registration information may be obtained at www.aroostookfootball.org. Contact Frederick by email at aresvonolympia@gmail.com or by calling 762-6177 for further information.
Rec tourneys rescheduled
Rain forced the postponement of Northern Maine Community Recreation Association championship tournaments scheduled Monday and Tuesday.
The 10-12 year-old baseball tournament slated for Monday in Caribou will now be played today. Six teams will participate in the single-elimination event, with Presque Isle playing Mapleton and Caribou taking on Fort Fairfield at 10 a.m. at the Caribou Little League complex. At noon, Madawaska will play the Presque Isle-Mapleton winner and Mars Hill the Caribou-Fort Fairfield winner, with the championship set for 2 p.m.
The 9-12 softball tourney, which was originally to be held Tuesday in Presque Isle, will now be played Friday at Presque Isle High School. Caribou and Presque Isle will play at 8:30 a.m., while Washburn and Mars Hill meet at 10 a.m. Ashland will take on the Caribou-Presque Isle winner at 11:30 a.m. and Fort Fairfield meets up against the Washburn-Mars Hill winner at 1 p.m. The championship game is scheduled for 2:45 p.m.
The doubles tennis tournament is on as scheduled today at 9 a.m. in Caribou, while the 13-15 baseball semifinals will be played Thursday at 1:15 p.m. at the pool field and Pine Street Field in Presque Isle. The championship game in that division is set for Monday at 6 p.m. at the pool field.
