Katahdin boys blast past Wisdom, girls fall short
The Katahdin boys and girls basketball teams played host to Wisdom Thursday, Dec. 22.
The Katahdin boys and girls basketball teams played host to Wisdom Thursday, Dec. 22.
Local high school basketball squads have been busy in the week before Christmas break.
A last-minute scramble netted the visiting Hawks a 58-55 victory over Fort Kent.
The Fort Kent boys were handed their first loss of the basketball season Dec. 27 when Caribou defeated them
Caribou’s girls varsity basketball team hopes to make major gains over last season with most of its young team members returning to play.
After winning back-to-back Class B state titles in 2019 and 2020 and then an Aroostook League title during the 2020-21 season, which was abbreviated due to COVID-19, the Viking boys went into rebuild mode last year.
Mike Hartford has what he calls “an interesting mix” of players on his roster as he enters his seventh season as the Beavers’ head coach.
Crystal Hobbs takes over as head coach for Ron Ericson and inherits a Washburn girls basketball squad that has four sophomores and a freshman in the mix for starting roles.
The Houlton Lodge of Elks No. 835 held its annual Hoop Shoot foul shooting contest Saturday, Dec. 10 at the Houlton Recreation Department. This year’s event saw a smaller than normal group of contestants, but it was enough to hold the competition.
The Fort Fairfield girls varsity basketball team is made up of many fresh faces to rollout for the Class C season.