Several Presque Isle athletes gain conference recognition

12 years ago

The Penobscot Valley Conference has announced its all-conference teams for the fall sports season, and several Presque Isle athletes are included.

    Mike Boone and Josh Gordon, both of the Wildcats, made the Class B boys’ all-conference squad in golf. Representing other league schools were Colby Snell of Foxcroft Academy, Liam Porter and Tyler Thayer, both of Hermon; Joe Archambault and Colby Kohn, both of John Bapst; Dayne Savage of Caribou, Kyle Lamson of Mount Desert Island and Cole Daniel of Old Town.
PI’s Jenna Hallett highlighted the girls’ all-conference team and was joined by Sydnie Howard of Bucksport, Katie Pelletier of Caribou, Tori Jordan of Mattanawcook Academy and Rica Warren of Searsport.
The Class B girls’ soccer all-conference teams were also announced. Making the first team was Presque Isle’s Taylor Williams. Others selected were Caribou’s Sarah Doak and Bria Judd, along with Emily Berry and Kaiti Kinney, both of Ellsworth; Kaitlin Saulter, Claire Peterson and Maddie Page, all of Hermon; Opal Curless and Hannah Shaw, both of MDI; and Brittany Cousins of Old Town.
Hannah Graham of Presque Isle made the girls’ second team. She was joined by Delaney Williams and Maddie Doucette, both of Caribou; Nicole Robichaud, Karah Hussey and Lauren Martin, all of Old Town; Katey Curtis of Ellsworth, Shelby O’Neil of MDI, Maegan True of John Bapst and Mollie Roy and Amanda Allen, both of Hermon.
Todd Albert of Caribou was the choice for coach of the year and Berry was selected as player of the year.

On the boys’ side, first-team choices included Ben Nickerson and Devin Schinhofen, both of Presque Isle. Others on the first team are Steven Mahon, Jack Weeks, Ben Haslam and Jeff Weeks, all of Ellsworth; Kameron Manter, Matt Milliard and Breen Blackstone, all of Caribou; Garvey Melmed of Old Town and Justin Gagnon of John Bapst.
Wildcat players Cody Lyford, Ansu Morrow and Tyler Seeley made the second team along with Brian Dunn and C.J. Moody, both of Old Town; Cody Herbert and Michael Hunter, both of Caribou; Angus Ferguson of John Bapst, Ryan Bender of MDI and Timothy Verrill and Jacob Applebee, both of Hermon.
Nickerson shared player of the year honors with Milliard. Mark Graffam of Old Town was voted coach of the year.

Representing Presque Isle on the senior all-academic soccer team are Carly Bell, Danielle Allen, Aaron Kofstad and Lyford.
In cross country, the girls’ large school second team included Presque Isle runner Emily Colligan. Making it onto the first team were MDI’s Lydia Dacorte, Caroline Driscoll, Isabel Erickson, Waylon Henggeler and Maggie Painter, along with Amanda Boyd of John Bapst and Aleta Looker of Ellsworth.
Other second-teamers were Kaitlin Berube of Hermon, Jessica Cole of John Bapst, Nerissa Larrabee of Caribou and Olivia Erickson, Emma Strong and Erin White, all of MDI.
The Wildcat trio of Dustin Drabek, Trevor Levesque and Saul Nunez made the boys’ large school second team. The first team consisted of Brayden Beardsley, Dan Curts, Cooper Holmes, Frank King and Robert Looker, all of Ellsworth; Jordan Harris of MDI and Connor Wagner of John Bapst.
The remainder of the second team included Austin Comeau of Old Town, Samuel Southwick and Matt Spear, both of John Bapst; and Lucas Kinney of Caribou.
PI runners on the PVC senior all-academic team are Drabek, Saul Nunez, Frank Nunez, Alex Hemphill, Bonnie Corey and Shannon Sweeney.