Sports

RUTLAND, VT– Freshmen Samantha Carapellucci scored a career high 24 points to lead the UMaine-Fort Kent women’s basketball team over the College of Saint Joseph 71-59 Sunday afternoon in Rutland, Vermont. UMFK next played at Vermont Technical College Monday at 5 p.m.

AROOSTOOK COUNTY– Getting out on a pair of skis and enjoying our beautiful Aroostook County winter is easier than ever for youth because of a unique partnership between TAMC, Bigrock Mountain and the Nordic Heritage Sport Club.

FORT KENT - On a cold and blustery day on Jan. 5, racers from seven Aroostook County high schools, Fort Kent, Madawaska, St.

ST. JOHN VALLEY- The last couple of weeks of December were busy for high school athletes in the St. John Valley.

In Fort Kent, the Warriors wrestling team matched up against Caribou on Dec. 20 losing by a close 42-36.

SOLDIER HOLLOW, UT/ Aroostook County—After another day of less than stellar performance at the U.S. National Cross-Country Skiing Championships, Maine Winter Sports Center's Welly Ramsey of New Sharon, Maine is putting it all behind him and looking forward to the 30km classic on Sunday. 

SOLDIER HOLLOW, UT/ Aroostook County - Against the strongest domestic sprint field ever assembled in the U.S., Maine Winter Sport Center's Hilary McNamee of Fort Fairfield came up two seconds short on the morning of Jan. 2, at the U.S. National Cross-Country Skiing Championships. Following the morning qualifier for the 1.4km classic sprint, officials ranked McNamee 38th, just over two seconds away from the top 30 who move on to the afternoon rounds.

FORT KENT– With an impressive top three-finish in races over the weekend of Dec. 15, Maine Winter Sports Center biathlete Katrina Howe is moving on to bigger races and more intense competition.  She has become one of seven top biathletes competing internationally for the U.S.

FORT KENT- The 2013 Bengal Basketball Cubs Winter Basketball Clinic is open to grades pre-K – 3 and will run on select Saturdays from 9:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. at the UMFK Sports Center. The dates will be Dec. 29, Jan. 12, 19, 26 and Feb. 2, 9 & 23. The clinic rates are $15 per session or $90 for all 7 sessions (savings of $15). The clinic staff will feature UMFK College men’s & women’s coaches and players.

MADAWASKA - In lieu of the recent financial crisis that has been troubling Madawaska and the Madawaska School Department since early 2012, the school committee voted on Monday to start charging an admission fee at the school's basketball games.

Though the committee was originally split regarding their opinions on charging for game admission, they ultimately voted in favor of it, instituting a start date of Dec. 18.

ST. JOHN VALLEY- Valley high school winter sports spring to life again as the basketball teams and wrestling team experience their first games and matches of the year.