Sports in brief . . .
The sixth annual Girls “County” Basketball Shootout is slated for Friday and Saturday, July 23-24 in Fort Fairfield.
Local teams playing include Caribou, Central Aroostook, Washburn, Fort Kent, Madawaska, Southern Aroostook, Limestone, Easton and host Fort Fairfield.
Games will be held at Fort Fairfield High School and the community center beginning Friday at noon. Admission is $5 per person and $3 per student, which is good for all games on both days.
Motorcycle club to hold
Make-A-Wish raffle
The United Vets Motorcycle Club will hold its annual “Make-A-Wish” Raffle Run on Sunday, July 25, starting at Travelers’ Truckstop in Houlton at 8 a.m. and ending at the Caribou American Legion for a spaghetti feed and raffle at 3 p.m.
All proceeds will go to help grant a wish for a child from Aroostook County. For more information, call 532-3030.
All players interested in participating in the 2010 Junior Huskies (seventh and eighth grades) and Peewee Huskies (fifth and sixth grades) Aroostook Football teams will be meeting (along with their parents) on Tuesday, July 27, at 6:30 p.m. in the Weiden Gym on the UMPI campus in Presque Isle.
Parents will have a chance to meet the coaches and ask questions. Players will receive registration packets and raffle tickets (in order to be able to earn the registration fee of $150 for the Juniors and $100 for the Peewees.
For more information, contact Stu Wyckoff at 764-7651 or Dan Bagley at 551-3545.
