Presque Isle athletes make PVC all-star squads
The Penobscot Valley Conference all-conference teams were announced recently, with Presque Isle well represented on the elite squads. The complete list of all-conference choices are as follows:
Girls Class B tennis
First team singles: Carlee Pinette, Caribou; Mea Clark, Mount Desert Island; and Julia Christie, MDI; first team doubles: Alexa Massey-Erin Patton, Caribou; Jessica Toothaker-Rachel Ball, Ellsworth.
Second team singles: Audrey Cliff, Hermon; Ashley Harding, Ellsworth; and Jessica Allen, Hermon second team doubles: Sarah Shelton-Olivia Mora, Ellsworth; Madeline Cook-Caroline Brown, MDI.
Honorable mention: Ashley Richards, Caribou; and Ina Maloney, Ellsworth.
Player of the year: Clark; coach of the year: John Habeeb, Caribou.
All-academic: Katie Keaton and Carlee Pinette, Caribou; Bethany Beckwith, Chelsey Carroll and Dani Woolland, Presque Isle; Kelsey Johns, Kristen Krueger and Katie Ward, John Bapst.
Boys Class B tennis
First team singles: Tyler Small, Ellsworth; Connor Shaw, Presque Isle; and Wei Yan Huang, Washington Academy; first team doubles: Brandon Albee-Dustin Murphy, Ellsworth; Andrew Dalton-Caleb Cough, MDI.
Second team singles: Charlie Volkwein, John Bapst; Dillon Toothaker, Ellsworth; and Jacob Reynolds, Hermon; second team doubles: Alec Toothaker-Tyler Toothaker, Ellsworth; Trevor Gomes-Tyler Kelly, Hermon.
Honorable mention: Colby Bombero, Foxcroft Academy; and Tyler Beardsley, Ellsworth
Player of the year: Small; coach of the year: Brian Higgins, Ellsworth.
All-academic: Quinn Graves, Presque Isle; and Volkwein.
Girls Class A/B track and field
First team: 100-meter, 200-meter and 400-meter dash: Teal Jackson, Brewer; 800-meter run and 1,600-meter run: Aleta Looker, Ellsworth; 3,200-meter run: Maggie Painter, Mount Desert Island; 1,600-meter racewalk: Paige Small, Caribou; 100-meter high hurdles and 300-meter low hurdles: Denae Johnson, Bangor; 4 X 100-meter relay: Bangor; 4X400-meter relay: Old Town; 4X800-meter relay: MDI; high jump and long jump: Grace MacLean, Bangor; pole vault: Ally Vanidestine, Bangor; triple jump: Tiffany Gray, Bangor; shot put: Morgan Swan, Caribou; discus: Ashley Flint, Bangor; javelin: Erin Jeter, Hampden.
Second team: 100-meter dash: Tia Jackson, Old Town; and Vanidestine; 200-meter dash: Jackson and Johnson; 400-meter dash: Kaitlin Saulter, Hermon; and Kelsey Maxim, Old Town; 800-meter run: Maxim and Isabel Erickson, MDI; 1,600-meter run: Sarah Doak, Caribou; Kylee Parker, Hampden; 3,200-meter run: Nora Hubbell, MDI; Caroline Driscoll, MDI; 1,600-meter racewalk: Amanda Bennett, Presque Isle; Rowan Bost, Brewer; 100-meter high hurdles and 300-meter low hurdles: Grace MacLean, Bangor; Alexa Dufour, Old Town; 4 X 100-meter relay: Hermon and Old Town; 4 X 400-meter relay: Caribou (Katie Plourde, Mackenzie Deveau, Doak and Olivia Sleeper) and Bangor; 4 X 800-meter relay: Caribou (Sleeper, Mackenzie Belyea, Doak and Plourde) and Hampden; high jump: Jackson; Gioia Iacopini, Hermon; pole vault: Courtney Lizotte, Bangor; Morgan Johnson, Bangor; long jump, Tiffany Gray, Bangor; Jackson; triple jump: Idy Arce, Hampden; Bailey Burr, MDI; shot put: Candace Doughty, Brewer; Ali King, Old Town; discus, Brooke Beck, Bangor; King; javelin, Tori Huntley, Ellsworth; Sam Murchison, Caribou.
Boys Class A/B track and field
MATT EAGER of the Wildcat track and field team earned a berth on the PVC all-conference second team for the 1,600 and 3,200-meter runs.
First team: 100-meter dash: Logan Good, Presque Isle; 200-meter dash and 110-meter hurdles: Andrew Toothaker, Hampden; 400-meter dash and 800-meter run: David Correale, Bangor; 1,600-meter run: Jonathan Stanhope, Bangor; 3,200-meter run: Dan Curts, Ellsworth; 1,600-meter racewalk: Josh Kovach, Caribou;; 300-meter intermediate hurdles: Spencer Valley, Brewer; 4 X 100-meter relay: Brewer; 4 X 400-meter relay: Bangor; 4 X 800-meter relay: Bangor; high jump: Jefferson Adams, Hampden; pole vault: Joseph Hayden, Brewer; long jump: Anthony Jackson, Brewer; triple jump: Cam Blood, Hampden; shot put: Jayson Burke, MDI; discus: Peter Wilcox, Old Town; javelin: Jeremy Kelsey, Hampden.
Second team: 100-meter dash: Blood; Tyler White, Brewer; 200-meter dash: Nick Pucci, Caribou; Jack Weeks, Ellsworth; 400-meter dash: Trey Williams, Brewer; Peter Manuel Bangor; 800-meter run: Williams, Stanhope; 1,600-meter run: Matt Eager, Presque Isle; Drew VanSteenberghe, Old Town; 3,200-meter run: Eager; Caleb Chapman, Caribou; 1,600-meter racewalk: Mitchell St. Peter, Caribou; Austin Griffeth, Caribou; 110-meter high hurdles: Brendan Wood, Caribou; Valley; 300-meter intermediate hurdles: Toothaker; Dominic Martin, Bangor; 4 X 100-meter relay: Ellsworth, Hampden; 4 X 400-meter relay: Brewer, MDI; 4 X 800-meter relay: Ellsworth, Caribou (Chapman, Jesse Sandstrom, Taylor Thibodeau and Sean Barbosa); high jump: Mitchell Ayotte, Presque Isle; Ozzy Degnan, Bangor; pole vault: Conor Patrick, Hampden; Garrett Johnson, Bangor; long jump: Blood, Ayotte; triple jump: Chris Clemons, MDI; Brendan Wood, Caribou; shot put: Scott Murray, Bangor; Tyler Grindle, Bangor; discus: John Chen, Hampden; Murray; javelin: Ethan Harris, Old Town; Rye Powell, Bangor.
Class B baseball
RYLEY NORTON of the Presque Isle Wildcats made the Penobscot Valley Conference first team for Class B baseball.
First team: Max Andrews, John Bapst; Ryan Rebar, Foxcroft; Caleb MacDonald, MDI; Cameron Archer, Old Town; Ben Walls, MDI; Ryley Norton, Presque Isle; Sean O’Donnell, John Bapst; Braddock Deabay, Hermon; Jonah Stephenson, Presque Isle.
Second team: Kyle Haslam, Ellsworth; Will Perkins, Hermon; Cody Coiley, Foxcroft; Saul Nunez, Presque Isle; Hunter Law, Foxcroft; Tyler Varney, Washington Academy; Jared Cox, Hermon; Kevin Fredrick, Hermon; Chad Caverhill, Caribou.
Player of the year: Andrews; pitcher of the year: Rebar; coach of the year: Tim Olore, Presque Isle; team champion: Presque Isle; team runner-up: John Bapst.
Class B softball
First team: Megan Cousins, Old Town; Emily Staples, Caribou; Abby Burgess, Hermon; Kendra Hayward, Old Town; Jamie Martin, Caribou; Shaniah Haskell, Hermon; Ashley Leighton, Ellsworth; Sami Schultz, Hermon; Shelby O’Neal, MDI.
Second team: Ashley Abbott, Old Town; Kristin Plante, Caribou; Hannah Shaw, MDI; Cristin Wright, Ellsworth; Courtney Colligan, Presque Isle; Rylee Walker, John Bapst; Shannon Graves, Hermon; Samantha Milton, Old Town; Kassidy Seeley, Washington Academy.
Player of the year: Cousins; pitcher of the year: Staples; coaches of the year: Ryan Deprey, Caribou; and Jenn Plourde, Old Town; team champion: Hermon; team runner-up: Caribou.