Sports in brief . . .
The Presque Isle High School Varsity Club and Big Cheese Pizza have honored Steven Ford and Kelsey Park as athletes of the week for the week of April 5-10.
Ford had a very good offensive weekend for the varsity baseball team in a pre-season doubleheader against Waterville. He had four hits, including two triples and two singles and drove in thee runs.
Park was recently elected captain of the varsity softball team and embraced the leadership role both on and off the field this past week.
The University of Maine at Presque Isle’s Outdoor Adventure Program International (OAPI) is offering an outdoor rock climbing at Acadia National Park Saturday, May 8. Get outside and climb real rock with a certified rock climbing guide. No experience is required. The group will leave Gentile Hall at 5:30 a.m. and return by 10 p.m. Cost for UMPI students is $30; $40 for non-students. Registration deadline is Monday, May 3.
The rain date is Sunday, May 9. For more information, contact Amanda Morin at 768-9401.
The Meduxnekeag River Canoe Race has a category fitting to every paddler’s ability — novice to advanced — and will be held Saturday, May 1.
The Houlton race has a variety of categories, and a paddler will be placed in a division to race against other paddlers of equal ability and similar equipment.
Paddlers will strike out at 10 a.m. from the Wellington residence on the Station Road in New Limerick and finish the eight-mile whitewater course at the boat landing under the Highland Avenue bridge.
Registration for the Meduxnekeag River race will be from 8-9:30 a.m. at the Wellingtons, with a race briefing at 9:30 a.m. and the race begins at 10 a.m. Cost is $15 adult and $10 youth.
Pre-register by April 29 and get a free T-shirt. All proceeds will benefit Dollars for Scholars.
For more information, call Peter Blood at 532-2577 or e-mail cibpgb@myfairpoint.net.
The dates for this year’s “Tiger” Basketball Camp have been set and are June 21-25 for the boys and June 28-July 2 for the girls.
The camp, under the direction of Larry Gardner, is open to boys and girls presently in grades one through eight.
The camp will run from 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m. each day, Monday through Friday, at Fort Fairfield High School. The registration fee is $110 and includes camp instruction, meals, awards, a T-shirt and a basketball, as well as the ending “family barbecue” awards night.
For more information, contact Larry Gardner at 472-3271 or 473-4055.
