Nickerson scores goal in Senior Bowl contest
Presque Isle’s Ben Nickerson notched a goal Nov. 16 in the Maine Soccer Coaches 20th annual Senior Bowl, held at Hampden Academy.
The East dropped a 5-2 decision to the West in the boys’ contest. In the girls’ game, the East captured a 6-5 win.
Seniors who were selected to the MSC’s Eastern Maine soccer teams were eligible to play in the matches.
Presque Isle part of 9-team hockey tourney
The seventh annual Holiday Face-Off High School Hockey Tournament will be held Friday and Saturday at Sawyer Arena in Bangor.
The event features Class A and B squads from throughout Eastern Maine and one team, Yarmouth, representing the West.
The Presque Isle Wildcats are one of the entrants in the tourney, sponsored by the John Bapst Hockey Boosters. Games will be played from 2:30-6 p.m, on the first day and from 8 a.m.-7:40 p.m. Saturday.
Other teams taking part are the Bangor JVs and varsity, Brewer, Camden Hills, Houlton, Old Town/Orono and the host Crusaders.
Admission is $5 per person per day. A warm room and refreshments are available. Complete game schedules can be found online at www.johnbapst.org.
Season tickets on sale
General admission season tickets for Presque Isle High School basketball and hockey are now on sale at the Presque Isle High School athletics office. The office is open from 8 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Monday through Friday. Call 764-6507 for more information.
Online auction proceeds go to MWSC athletes
The Maine Winter Sports Center online auction ends Friday, Nov. 28 and there are once-in-a-lifetime items like the night with NHL Hall of Famer Ray Bourque. It starts with dinner at his restaurant in Boston’s North End and finishes with a Bruins game at his luxury suite at the TD Garden.
There is also $25,000 worth of leadership and talent development consulting from internationally-respected Osprey Leadership Consulting, as well as a biathlon fantasy camp at the 10th Mountain Center in Fort Kent, which offers a chance to get coaching from members of the Olympic Development Team staff and athletes, a catered lunch and two nights at the Inn of Acadia, northern Maine’s newest luxury inn.
There are also pieces of apparel, beautiful art, gear and vacations up for auction. All of the proceeds will support the Olympic Development Team athletes. The Maine Winter Sports Center has the funding to support the athlete’s racing and training in North America, but they are a truly gifted team and a number of them will certainly qualify for World Championships, World Junior Championships and World Cups in biathlon or cross country skiing. Please help ensure that if they qualify, they can attend.
Go to biddingowl.com/Auction for more information.
Turkey Trot 5K
The starting gun will sound at 10 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 29 for the 2014 Caribou Turkey Trot, which will begin and end at Caribou High School.
Registration for the five-kilometer race gets under way at 8:30 a.m. and walkers will begin at 9:45 a.m. Registration will take place in the ski building at Caribou High School. The race fee is $13, with proceeds benefiting both Caribou High School athletics and the Youth Running Initiative through the Aroostook Musterds Running Club.
The traditional turkey awards will be given to the top age group award winners in the following categories: under 14, 15-19, 20-29, 30-39, 40-49, 50-59, 60-69 and 70 and over, as well as the overall male and female.
The post-race meal will be the delicious traditional turkey-topped pizza. Families are strongly encouraged to attend this year’s race.
A long sleeve T-shirt will be available to the first 90 runners to register.
