Sports briefs

Sign ups for 3-4 grade boys and girls AYBL announced
    Aroostook Youth Basketball League (AYBL) is an organization committed to providing competitive basketball opportunities for youth in grades 3-8, serving as a feeder program for high school basketball teams.  
    Youth who play will have an opportunity to play on a team, including a 10-14 game schedule, playing games at home and away in towns like Presque Isle, Caribou, Madawaska, and Fort Kent.  
    If you are a girl or boy in the third or fourth grade and you are interested in playing, please e-mail Marty Bouchard at mabouchard@msln.net by December 1. You may also call 538-6465. The season runs from about December 13 until March 28, 2009.
    The signups for grades 7-8 will be at a later time.
Hodgdon Recreation Department to start hoop
    The Hodgdon Recreation Department will be starting a Peewee Basketball Program this year, with the cooperation of Mill Pond School, for youth in grades 1-6.
    The season is scheduled to begin on December 6. Sign up forms have been distributed through Mill Pond School, with registration deadline being December 1. Children will have weekly practices and games on Saturday, with players in grades 1-3 performing at a halftime of a boy’s and girl’s varsity game.
    Coaches and sponsors are still needed. For more information, call Gerald “Moose” Karnes at 532-9623 or Mill Pond School at 532-9228.
Rifle and Pistol Club to meet
    The Houlton Rifle and Pistol Club will have their semi-annual potluck supper on December 7 at the range, starting at 6 p.m.
    All members and their spouses or significant others are invited to attend.
    Following the supper, there will be a short monthly meeting, and the opportunity to register for the Winter Shoot, a 16-week event culminating with awards at the spring potluck supper.
    The meeting will be followed by recreational target practice.