Canoe and kayak race scheduled for Saturday
The third annual Aroostook River 30-Mile Canoe and Kayak Race will be held Saturday, May 8 beginning at the boat landing in Ashland at 8 a.m. and ending at the boat landing in Presque Isle.
The registration fee is $20 per person in advance or $30 the day of the race. The first 50 to register will receive a T-shirt. Trophies and other great prizes will be awarded to the top finishers. All proceeds from the race will benefit North Star Search and Rescue.
A breakfast will be offered at the Aroostook River Fish and Game Club in Ashland from 6-9 a.m. the morning of the race. The cost is $5 per person.
For more information, or to request a registration form, contact Lisa Michaud at rmichaud42@roadrunner.com or call 764-3866.
The Presque Isle Indoor Pool will host an American Red Cross lifeguard class on May 16 and 23 and June 6 from 8 a.m. until 6 p.m. Participants must be 15 years of age or older and able to swim 300 yards, doing a front crawl with good rhythmic breathing and breaststroke.
Pre-registration is required for the class. For more information, call the indoor pool for more information at 764-2564.
Saturday is the planned opening day, weather permitting, for golf at Portage Hills Country Club.
Memberships should be paid in full prior to playing. For more information, call the clubhouse at 435-8221 or Bill Nemer at 227-8228.
It’s time for area senior scholar-athletes to apply for the annual Maine Sports Legends Northern Region scholarship.
The Maine Sports Legends is a state-wide organization dedicated to honoring outstanding scholar-athletes who have meet the prescribed standards in academics, has participated in their school’s varsity athletic programs along with possessing good character, completed community and civic involvement and demonstrating strong leadership ability.
This scholarship of $500 is awarded to one male and female from the Aroostook area and will be awarded solely on the student’s credentials and shall be made without regard to financial need. Eight $500 scholarships will be awarded state-wide – two for each region of the state.
In addition, two $1,000 scholarships will be awarded to the top male and female chosen by a committee the day of the banquet from the eight state-wide scholarship recipients.
Last year, both Northern Region scholar-athletes, Jesse Stephens of Caribou High School and Sarah Porter of Presque Isle High School, were chosen to receive the additional $1,000 scholarships, bringing their total to $1,500.
Applications are available at all Aroostook County high school guidance offices and the deadline to apply is May 10. For more information, contact Lynwood McHatten at 435-8297 or Dwight Hunter at 498-6604.
The Varsity Club and Big Cheese Pizza are pleased to congratulate Brennen Shaw and Kailee Ireland for being selected as athletes of the week for April 12-24.
Shaw had 10 hits and seven RBI and collected 21 strikeouts over 12 innings pitched to help the varsity baseball team to an exhibition win over Noble and a regular season victory over Old Town.
Ireland helped the girls varsity tennis team by beating her Ellsworth opponent, 8-2, in a singles match.
Student-athletes selected as athletes of the week receive a large one-item pizza, courtesy of Big Cheese Pizza.
Corey Harding, a junior pitcher-outfielder for the University of Maine at Presque Isle baseball team, received player of the week honors in the Sunrise Conference for the week ending April 25.
Harding helped lead the Owls to a 4-2 week, including a four-game sweep of SUNY-Canton to claim the second seed in the conference tournament. The Plymouth native batted .400 for the week with six RBIs, six runs, three doubles and a home run. He went 2 for 4 with a home run and four RBIs in an 8-4 win over the Roos and doubled twice in another 5-2 win. In addition to his work at the plate, Corey picked up a save in the first game of the weekend and then scattered nine hits over seven innings with three walks and three strikeouts in a 7-6 win in the final game of the series.
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 boys and girls camps will be limited to the first 150 applicants and will be held at the Fort Fairfield High School gym. The camp will run from 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m. each day, Monday through Friday. The camp has a registration fee of $110 and includes camp instruction, meals, awards, a T-shirt and a basketball, as well as the ending “family barbecue” awards night.
Players will be grouped by age and ability into three divisions: high school, college and NBA/WNBA and will have eight indoor and outdoor courts available to use. The high school division will use shorter baskets and smaller balls, while the college and NBA/WNBA divisions will use regulation baskets and balls. Each player will have an opportunity to develop his or her basketball skills through drills, games, films and lectures while offering a competitive and fun atmosphere. Each team will play two games a day with all championship competition to be decided on Friday.
Awards will be given on Friday afternoon after the “family barbecue,” which is free to parents and family of camp participants. Registration forms are available online at www.msad20.org as well as at area recreation centers. For more information, contact Gardner at 472-3271 or 473-4055.
The Houlton Softball Association is also gearing up for its fifth annual ‘Beat The Heat’ men’s softball tournament, tentatively scheduled for June 4-6.
This will be a double-elimination tournament with prizes, a homerun contest, food, drinks and a lot of fun. Players do not have to be in the Houlton league to participate in the tournament.
The entry fee is $170, and T-shirts are awarded to the champions. Last year’s tournament featured all local teams, including a team from Calais, as well as teams from Augusta and Presque Isle.
Any team interested in participating in the tournament, call Clyde Warman at 521-6319.
