Caribou boys win twice
The Caribou Middle School boys’ soccer team bested Fort Fairfield and Fort Kent in games played last week.
In a 7-3 victory over the Tigers Aug. 17, Ethan Holdsworth scored three goals and assisted on another, while Parker Deprey had a pair of goals and Alex Bouchard and Cullin Caverhill one each for the winners. Sawyer Deprey, Jacob Berkoski, Riley Bouchard and Corey Herbert had strong field games for Caribou.
On Thursday, Holdsworth had the game’s only goal with five minutes to play in regulation as Caribou blanked Fort Kent, 1-0. Benoit Levesque assisted on the winning goal. Alex Bouchard, Tiernan Barbosa, Berkoski and goalie Jacob Paul turned in strong defensive efforts in the win.
CMS girls now at 2-1
The CMS girls defeated Madawaska and Fort Fairfield by a combined 13-3 margin to open the season, but dropped a decision to Fort Kent Thursday.
Emily Adler has six of the team’s goals to lead the offense through three matches. Kimmy Susi has three goals and an assist.
McKenna Smith and Sage Dubay have shared the goalkeeping chores. They played well in net against FK, while Maddie Stratton stood out on defense as the sweeper back.
Labor Day road race approaching
The annual Caribou Labor Day Road Race will be held Sept. 7 at Caribou High School, beginning with the walkers setting off at 10:30 a.m. and then the runners at 11 a.m.
The walkers will use a five-kilometer course, while the runners will do an 8K. Contact Chris Smith at christopher.smith@maine.edu for more information.
Viking Run set for Sept. 7
The annual Aroostook Saving and Loan Viking Run will be held at the Caribou High School track on Labor Day Monday Sept. 7 at 9 a.m.
Registration for the 10 separate children’s races begins at 8 a.m. Runners from age 2 through the eighth grade are encouraged to attend. Pre-K and kindergarten runners compete in a quarter-mile run. The first-, second-, third- and fourth-graders in a half-mile run and fifth-, sixth-, seventh-, and eighth-graders in a one-mile run.
There will be trophies for the top thee male and female finishers in each race. Ribbons and T-shirts will be awarded to all the young athletes who take part.
The event is sponsored by Aroostook County Federal Savings and Loan and the Caribou High School cross country running team.
Weeks hired, McGough resigns
Marc Weeks has been hired as the new varsity golf coach at Caribou. He replaces Shawn Savage, who recently stepped down from the post. Weeks is a 1983 graduate of Caribou High School and returned to the area recently after retiring from the United States Navy.
Also in RSU 39, Eric McGough resigned after two seasons as the coach of the Limestone Eagles’ varsity baseball team. McGough coached the team to a runner-up finish in Eastern Maine Class D in 2014. A change in jobs led to McGough’s resignation, according to Limestone Community School Athletic Director Ralph Fantasia.
Spud Speedway results
Seven classes raced at Spud Speedway in Caribou Sunday afternoon, with the next event being the season finale Sept. 13 beginning at 1:30 p.m. Extended lap races and a demolition derby will be featured that day.
Placing first in the most recent competition were Gage Theriault of Limestone in kids karts, Bryan Searles of Presque Isle in junior karts, Damian Theriault of Caribou in senior champ karts, Logan Johnson of Washburn in Enduro, Glenn Rasmussen of New Denmark, New Brunswick in pro stocks, Jeff Willette of Presque Isle in street stocks and Shawn Dewley of Presque Isle in Northern Lights.
PI boys, Madawaska girls win at round robin tourney
The Presque Isle boys scored a 2-0 victory over Fort Fairfield and the Madawaska girls blanked Ashland, 1-0, in the championship round of the Presque Isle Invitational Round-Robin Soccer Tournament, held Aug. 15 at the SAD 1 Athletic Complex.
Other schools competing were Fort Kent, Madawaska, Van Buren and Caribou.
Washburn honored by Maine basketball hall
Ron Ericson, principal and athletic director at Washburn District High School, recently learned that a period of Washburn basketball history is being recognized with a display at the Maine Basketball Hall of Fame, located at the Cross Insurance Center in Bangor.
The gold balls the team won from 1985-90 are being displayed at the shrine. The Beavers won four girls’ state titles and two boys’ state titles during that six-year period.
“This was a glorious time where our teams together reached the [Eastern Maine] finals for three consecutive years,” Ericson said.
