Sports in brief …
Tiger practices to begin next week
The dates and times for the beginning of the fall sports season at Fort Fairfield Middle High School have been announced and are as follows:
Girls’ varsity soccer, July 29 from 7-9 a.m. Contact Kerrie Alley at kalley@msad20.org for more information.
Boys’ varsity soccer, July 29 from 6-8 p.m. Contact John Ala at jala@msad20.org for more information.
Middle school boys’ soccer, July 31 from 4-6 p.m. Contact Todd Alley at talley@msad20.org for more information.
Middle school girls’ soccer, July 30 from 8-9:30 a.m. Contact Emily Ala at eala@msad20.org for more information.
All athletes must have a current physical to begin practice.
Fall tryout schedule set for SAD 1 athletics
Tryout dates have been set for those interested in trying out for a sports team at Presque Isle High School this fall.
Girls’ soccer tryouts will take place Tuesday and Wednesday, July 30 and 31, at the Johnson Athletic Complex beginning at 4 p.m. Boys’ tryouts are set for those same days at 6 p.m.
Cross country begins Aug. 12 at 5 p.m., golf Aug. 19 at 3:15 p.m. and fall cheering Aug. 19 at 6 p.m.
For more information, contact the athletic office at 764-6507.
Portage Hills to host annual tournament
The annual Pratico-Siliski Golf Tournament will be held Saturday at Portage Hills Country Club.
The 18-hole tournament is a four-person scramble, with registration set for 8:30-9:30 a.m. and a shotgun start taking place at 10 a.m. Teams will be drawn at random. The fee is $40 for PHCC members and $50 for all others. There will be a hole-in-one prize of a new vehicle, sponsored by a local dealership.
For more information, call 435-8221.
Soccer officials’ clinic to be held Aug. 3 in Caribou
The Northern Maine Board of Approved Soccer Officials will conduct a clinic for prospective soccer officials Saturday, Aug. 3 at 9 a.m. in the ski building at the Caribou High School athletic complex.
Bob Stedt, NMBASO rules interpreter, will be the clinician.
Anybody 18 years of age or older who is interested in officiating the game of soccer this fall on the middle school and junior varsity levels in Aroostook County is urged to attend.
There is a $35 fee for the clinic. Pre-registration is recommended.
Call Stedt at 896-5501 or 896-5514 or e-mail him at rstedt@maine.rr.com for more information or to pre-register for the clinic.
Any-deer permit application deadline
The Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife is now accepting applications for the 2013 any-deer (Antlerless) permit lottery.
Paper applications must be postmarked by Friday, July 26. Online applications are due by 11:59 p.m. on Aug. 15 and can be found by visiting www.mefishwildlife.com.
Residents applying to hunt on their own land without a license and applicants with a legal residence outside the U.S. or Canada must use the paper application and may not apply for an any-deer permit online.
It is free to apply for the any-deer permit lottery. The lottery drawing will be held on Sept. 9 and results will be posted on the department’s website after 2 p.m.
A total of 46,710 any-deer permits will be issued in these 16 wildlife management districts: 3, 6, 7, 12, 13, 15-17, 20-26 and 29. It is bucks-only in all other wildlife management districts.
Deer hunting season (firearms) begins with youth deer hunting day on Oct. 26. Youth hunters may take a buck statewide or an antlerless deer only in the wildlife management districts where any-deer permits will be issued this fall. Maine resident-only day will be held on Nov. 2. Deer hunting season (firearms) runs from Nov. 4 to Nov. 30.
For more information on deer hunting in Maine, visit www.mefishwildlife.com.
