Fort Fairfield hosts girls

18 years ago

The annual Aroostook County Pee Wee Girls’ Basketball Single Elimination Tournament was hosted by the Fort Fairfield Parks and Recreation Department recently. Eight teams traveled to the Fort Fairfield Community Center from throughout Aroostook County.
  The Caribou girls pulled out the championship title, successfully defending their 2006 crown. Other participating teams included Washburn, Mars Hill, Ashland, Fort Fairfield, Madawaska, Limestone and Presque Isle. All girls participating were in grades 6 and under.
The tournament began at 9 a.m. Saturday morning and ended with the championship game being played at 3:30pm between the Caribou Vikings and the Ashland Hornets. The Vikings went on to win the championship game by a score of 36-6.
Other game scores saw Fort Fairfield defeat Mars Hill 28-12; Caribou defeat Washburn, 27-8; Ashland defeat Presque Isle 20-18 in overtime; Madawaska defeat Limestone 14-12 in overtime; and Caribou defeat Fort Fairfield 25-15.
Making the all-tournament team were Emily Blaisdell from Fort Fairfield, Lindsey Lavoie from Madawaska, Gabby Cyr and Kayla Cote from Ashland and Rebecca McDougal and Alexa Massey from Caribou.
Congratulations to all of the teams, coaches, and fans for a great tournament and the exhibition of great sportsmanship by all of those involved from the players to the fans.  This made for a very successful tournament.  Thanks to all involved.