Soccer officials’ clinic
The Northern Maine Board of Approved Soccer Officials will sponsor a clinic for prospective soccer officials on Saturday, Aug. 1 from 8:30 a.m. until mid-afternoon in the ski building at the Caribou High School athletic complex.
Contact Bob Stedt at 896-5501 or email rstedt@maine.rr.com for more information.
Girls’ summer basketball
Caribou High School will host a girls’ summer basketball clinic for grades 3-8 Aug. 3-7 at the CHS gymnasium.
Grades 3-5 will meet from 1:45-3:15 p.m. and grades 6-8 from 3:15-4:45 p.m. Contact Ryan Deprey at rdeprey@rsu39.org for more information.
Spud race rescheduled for Sunday
The Northern Maine Street Stock 100, which was postponed July 26 due to rain, will be made up this Sunday, Aug. 2 as part of a full Spud Speedway race card beginning at 1:30 p.m.
Track manager John Albert said the payouts for the race, which will feature a purse of over $5,000, will start at $1,500 for first place, with the top 10 earning cash prizes. He said it is an Ikey Dorr qualifier, meaning the winner pre-qualifies for the feature event at Speedway 95 in Hermon — the Ikey Dorr Memorial Race set for Oct. 4.
In addition to the feature race, pro stocks, Northern Lights, Enduro and go-karts will also compete during the afternoon.
The pits open at 9 a.m. and the grandstand at noon. Ticket prices are $10.
10-12 baseball finals slated today
Caribou will meet Presque Isle in the championship game of the 10-12 year-old Northern Maine Community Recreation Association baseball tournament, set for this morning at 10 a.m. at the Robert P. White Little League Field in Caribou.
Caribou defeated Fort Fairfield in Monday’s quarterfinal, 12-4, before stopping Mapleton in the semis that afternoon, 9-4. Presque Isle’s path to the finals included a first-round win over Van Buren by a score of 8-0 and a dramatic 7-4 extra-inning victory over Mars Hill in the semifinals.
Spencer Soucy of Caribou and Chance Bragan of Presque Isle had three-run homers in their team’s semifinal contests. Also in the Presque Isle-Mars Hill game, PI’s Breygan Mahan made a huge diving catch and ripped an RBI double to send it into extra innings. Riley Roderick also homered for PI.
On Thursday, the NMCRA junior girls softball tournament will take place at Presque Isle.
Boys’ soccer tryouts
Caribou High School will hold tryouts for boys’ soccer beginning Monday, Aug. 3 from 6-8 p.m. at the CHS soccer field.
Tryouts will continue throughout the remainder of the week (through Aug. 7) from 6-8 p.m. Any boy entering grades 9-12 is invited to try out, but prospective players need to have a current physical on file with the school nurse’s office.
Local team competes in distance relay
A team consisting of five runners from the region competed in the Down East Sunrise Trial Relay, held Saturday and Sunday. The six-person team placed fourth out of 24 teams.
The race is 102 miles in length, beginning in Ellsworth and finishing up in Eastport. It is run overnight on ATV trails. Most teams had eight runners who did two legs each, but the local squad’s six participants did three legs each.
The County Crows team members were Adam Murchison from Presque Isle, Thomas Beckum, Dillon Beckum, Lucas Kenny, Josh Kovach, all of Caribou; and Melissa Ossanna of Bar Harbor. The team averaged 7 minutes and 24 seconds per mile the entire 102 miles.
