Sports

2 years ago

St. Peter captures Hoop Shoot state title

Sawyer St. Peter of Caribou connected on 22 of 25 free throw attempts Sunday, January 28 to earn first place in the boys’ 8-9 year-old division at the Maine Elks Association Hoop Shoot state free throw contest held at Lawrence Junior High School.

2 years ago

County youth dominate at Hoop Shoot district contest 

BANGOR, Maine — Aroostook County had a banner day at the Elks Hoop Shoot Northern District Championships Sunday, Jan. 14. Representatives of Presque Isle Elks Lodge 1954 and Houlton Elks Lodge 835 swept their divisions at the foul shooting competition held at the James F. Doughty School. Youth from the Bangor and Millinocket Elks lodges […]

2 years ago

Hodgdon girls win defensive battle over Houlton

By Joseph Cyr, Special to The County HOULTON, Maine – A battle between cross-town rivals turned into an exciting, defensive matchup Wednesday evening as the Hodgdon girls basketball team journeyed to Houlton. And when the dust had settled, Hodgdon emerged victorious, 31-28. Hodgdon’s Anna Oliver and Houlton’s Amelia Callnan were the offensive standouts on the […]

2 years ago

Houlton repeats as Aroostook Cheering champs

Held at Caribou High School, in front of a large audience, squads from Presque Isle, Central Aroostook, Fort Fairfield, Caribou and Houlton competed for the coveted title.

2 years ago

Karate students achieve belt levels

Martial arts students from the Presque Isle and Caribou branches of Graves Institute of Self Defense recently underwent testing for higher belt levels in the style of Ketsugo.