Sports in brief . . .

Golfers competed in state tourney
    Three Presque Isle High School golfers competed in the State High School Golf Championships at Natanis Golf Club in Vassalboro Saturday.
    They had qualified at the PVC Regional Qualifying Tournament held earlier this month at JaTo Highlands in Lincoln.     At Natanis, Travis Dyer led the Wildcat contingent with a 93. Jon Humphrey came in with a 97 and Jordan Hallett carded a 100.
Soccer academy to tour Italy in April, 2009
    Plans are now finalized for the Dutch Soccer Academy’s April 2009 tour of Italy.
    The tour will be held April 16-24, 2009. The cost is $2,800, which includes round trip air fare from Boston to Rome, bus transportation from Aroostook County to Boston, hotel accommodations, two meals daily, sight seeing tours, tickets to a professional match, three friendly matches with Italian teams, professional training with a licensed Italian instructor and a DSA uniform and training jacket.
    Those interested should download a player information form off the DSA website (www.dutchsocceracademy.com) and send it to DSA Euro Tours, 99 Lynn Drive, Caribou, ME 04736 along with a $100 serious intent deposit.
    The remainder of the payment schedule is as follows: payment one, $600, due Oct. 30; payment two, $700, due Dec. 10; payment three, $700, due Feb. 10, 2009; and payment four, $700, due March 15, 2009.
    In the event that too many students sign up, preference will be given to DSA students and upperclassmen.
    A complete tour itinerary is also available to view on the DSA website. Contact Robbie or Tammy Krul at 492-1147 for more information.
Athletes of the week
    Kayla Legassie and Jordan Hallett were named Presque Isle High School’s athletes of the week for the Sept. 15-Oct. 13 period.
    Legassie scored nine goals in a two-week stretch of games during harvest break as the Lady Wildcat soccer team won all of its matches.
    Hallett shot an 86 at the PVC Regional Qualifying Tournament to earn a berth in the individual state tourney and help his team earn a position in the team state tourney.
Watson notches first hole-in-one
    George Watson of Presque Isle scored the first hole-in-one of his career and the fifth at Presque Isle Country Club in 2008.
    Watson achieved the feat on Sunday on the 114-yard 16th hole, using a pitching wedge. Witnesses were Larry Rouse, Jerry Bard and John Murphy.
Sports History
    As part of Presque Isle’s sesquicentennial celebrations in 2009, The Star Herald will run photographs and stories about the history of sports in the town. Any readers with stories, photographs or information in relation to Presque Isle sports should email starherald@nepublish.com.
Falcons fall to NHTI in Yankee championship
    The Northern Maine Community College men’s soccer team saw its season come to an end Saturday, as the Falcons fell to New Hampshire Technical Institute, 4-0, in the Yankee Small College Conference title game played in Concord, N.H.
    NHTI, which finished undefeated in conference play, scored four minutes into the contest and took a 2-0 lead at intermission before connecting on a pair of penalty kicks in the second half to account for the final margin of victory.
    Despite the loss, fourth-year coach Robbie Krul said he was “proud of the way his team competed” against a very talented NHTI squad, which earned a berth in the national tournament in Michigan next month.
    NMCC finished with a 5-4 conference record, beating Vermont Technical College in the semifinals last Tuesday to reach the finals.