Sports briefs
Hockey group to host dinner-auction
Presque Isle Youth Hockey will host its annual Carbo Night Dinner and Auction on Thursday, Dec. 8 at the K of C Hall in Presque Isle beginning at 5 p.m.
The dinner will feature spaghetti, salad, garlic bread and dessert, and is being held to honor the 2016-17 Presque Isle High School hockey team.
Tickets are $5 each. The dinner is followed by an auction of donated items from many businesses, which provides a great opportunity to do some holiday shopping. All proceeds will benefit youth hockey.
Boys’ all-tourney team announced
The all-tournament team was selected Saturday at the Central Aroostook Boys’ Preseason Basketball Tournament.
Players named to the team were Quintin Thompson and McCall Turner, both of Washburn; Jake Flewelling of Easton and Ben Thomas of Central Aroostook.
Basketball clinic slated at university
Head coach Traci Halvorson and the University of Maine at Presque Isle women’s team will hold a basketball clinic for girls in grades 5-12 Saturday, Dec. 10 from 8 a.m.-1 p.m. at Wieden Gymnasium on the UMPI campus.
The fee is $25 and pizza will be served with Owl team members following the clinic. Contact Traci Halvorson at 768-0066 for a registration form as the clinic is limited to the first 40 girls to sign up.
