The Snowdogs, Aroostook County’s Special Olympics basketball team, began its season just after the new year and will see it come to a close the weekend of March 22-24 at the state tournament in the Portland area.
Winter All-Aroostook teams have been selected by the Aroostook League and recipients were or will be recognized at their schools’ athletic awards assemblies.
The Presque Isle hockey team displayed plenty of resiliency in its semifinal match against Kennebec, scoring twice in the final 8 minutes and 18 seconds of regulation to force overtime.
The annual Aroostook League Senior All-Star Basketball Game will be held at Caribou High School on Wednesday, March 6, with the girls’ game starting at 5:30 p.m. and the boys’ game at 7 p.m.
On Feb. 8, Presque Isle senior captain Thomas Patenaude thought his hockey season may have come to an end during the first shift of a home game against Hampden Academy.
With a shortage of officials throughout Aroostook County, individuals interested in umpiring softball or baseball games at the middle school and high school level are encouraged to attend clinics being offered in March, with the opportunity to work in games as early as this spring.
Griffin Guerrette was not in the starting lineup to begin the season for the University of Maine at Presque Isle Owls.
Girls’ wrestling is officially on the map in Maine and Caribou’s Chloe Kirschmann has the distinction of being one of the first state champions.
The Houlton Shiretowners overcame foul trouble by their leading scorer and relied on a relentless man-to-man defense to force numerous turnovers and poor shooting Friday afternoon to triumph over Sumner of East Sullivan 60-34 in the Class C North semifinals at the Cross Insurance Center.
The 39th annual Maine McDonald’s High School Senior All-Star basketball games are set for Saturday, March 9, at Newman Gymnasium on the Husson University campus, and several Aroostook County players have been chosen to compete.
