Bangor, PCHS, MA, Old Town win titles > Carter, Galipeau individual champs

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The boys teams from Bangor High School and Piscataquis Community High School of Guilford, and the girls from Old Town and Mattanawcook Academy of Lincoln won conference championships in cross country action Saturday.

At the Penobscot Valley Conference championship meet at Hermon, the Bangor boys finished 22 points ahead of George Stevens Academy from Blue Hill. Bangor won the large-school title and GSA the small-school title.

Dan Carter from George Stevens set a course record in the boys race with a time of 16 minutes, 18 seconds over the three-mile course. He won the small school individual title and runnerup Joe Dana of Old Town (16:22) won the large-school title.

One of the premeet favorites, Dereck Treadwell of Old Town, was not able to run after spraining his ankle the previous night.

Treadwell’s absence severely hampered Old Town’s chances of repeating as conference champ.

“That’s the trouble with our team, knock one top guy off and that’s what can happen,” said Dana Maxim, Old Town’s coach.

In the girls meet, the Old Town girls finished first overall with 56 points and won the large-school trophy. The Bucksport Golden Bucks were second with 79 and took small-school honors.

“They’ve been running well all year, and it’s a very young group, too,” said Maxim. “I was very pleased with their performance.”

Individually, GSA’s Catherine Galipeau ran the three-mile course in 19 minutes, 25 seconds – a course record. The junior runner finished three seconds ahead of Bangor’s Heather Arsenault, who won the large-school individual title.

At the Penquis League championships in East Corinth, the Piscataquis boys scored 42 points and beat Mattanawcook Academy by 13 to win the meet.

“Teamwise, our boys were the best I’ve seen them this year,” said Bob Emrich, the PCHS coach. “Our top five runners placed in the top 14 places.”

James Emrich ran the 2.9-mile course in a meet-record time of 15:33, eight seconds ahead of runnerup J.J. Reith of Mattanawcook.

In the girls team meet, Mattanawcook beat Stearns of Millinocket by 11 points for the league title.

Individually, MA’s Kim Rideout turned in a time of 20:01 to beat teammate Kara LaChance by 17 seconds.

AT HERMON, Saturday PVC Championship (3 miles)

Bangor boys 59 (overall and large school champ), George Stevens Academy 81 (small school champ), Hampden 88, John Bapst 119, Old Town 120, Ellsworth 148, Brewer 182, Sumner 233, Mount Desert Island 235, Nokomis 236, Bucksport 242, Hermon 249

Dan Carter* (GSA) 16:18 (COURSE RECORD); Joe Dana* (OT) 16:22; Scott Butterfield (Ba) 16:24; Jon Kunz (HA) 16:42; Paul Howard (HA) 16:44; Bryan Graham (GSA) 16:45; Chad McDonald (He) 17:10; Andy Watkins (Ba) 17:16; Perry LeBreton (Br) 17:22; Bruce Goodwin (Bu) 17:23; Jeremy Colson (Ba) 17:25; Troy Johnson (OT) 17:31; Eddie Sanborn (Ba) 17:32; Andy Seeger (GSA) 17:34; Jason York (Se) 17:41; Wes Tate (Ell) 17:43; Ron Lamie (HA) 17:44; Hunter Smith (JB) 17:49; Scott Cormier (OT) 17:53; Casey Dexter (JB) 17:54; Tracy Comeau (OT) 17:54; Dagen Heavrin (GSA) 17:55; Dana Bellows (Ell) 17:56; Adam Fisher (Br) 17:59; Luke Leavitt (Ba) 18:01

*Carter also won small-school individual championship. Dana won large-school title.

Old Town girls 56, Bucksport 79, Bangor 100, George Stevens 106, Brewer 130, Sumner 148, Nokomis 172, (tie) John Bapst 175 and Ellsworth 175, MDI 229

*Catherine Galipeau (GSA) 19:25 (COURSE RECORD); *Heather Arsenault (Ba) 19:28; Kristine Guaraldo (Br) 20:07; Maltie Lord (Bu) 20:12; Jennifer Parady (OT) 20:20; Katie Burns (GSA) 20:30; Trina Smith (OT) 20:30.6; Rona Lolar (JB) 20:34; Hannah Parsons (Bu) 20:35; Melissa Crouse (OT) 20:46; Denise Harmon (Su) 20:54; Mali Dana (OT) 21:17; Jessie Girvin (Nok) 21:22; Courtney Parker (Ba) 21:24; Jessica Ackley (Bu) 21:29; Melissa Piari (Bu) 21:31; Jennifer Zani (Br) 21:33; Jessica Nicholls (MDI) 21:44; Jessica Benner (Ell) 21:49; Lorraine Graham (GSA) 21:55; Sara Patton (Ell) 22:00; Amy Johnston (OT) 22:04; Jessica Black (Nok) 22:09; Abby Seward (Su) 22:16; Eryn Leavitt (HA) 22:18

*Galipeau also won small-school individual championship. Arsenault won large-school title. Junior varsity meets

John Bapst boys 23, Bangor 55, Brewer 69, Hampden 73

Tom Miragliuolo (JB) 18:56; Nick Trazaskos (Ba) 18:57; Dan Kearney (JB) 19:03; David Foster (JB) 19:06; Mike Plympton (HA) 19:24

Bangor girls 15, other teams did not field full teams

Alicia Hughes (Ba) 23:40; Julie Redding (OT) 23:49; Sarah Leavitt (Ba) 24:05; Katelyn O’Donnell (JB) 24:28; Amy Woodbury (Ba) 24:47

AT EAST CORINTH, Saturday Penquis League Championship (2.9 miles)

Piscataquis boys 42, Mattanawcook Academy 55, Stearns 83, Foxcroft Acad. 95, Schenck 114, Central-East Corinth 133, Greenville 158, Maine Central Institute 210, Penobscot Valley 219, Penquis (no score)

James Emrich (PC) 15:33 (COURSE RECORD), J.J. Reith (MA) 15:41, Marcus Worster (MA) 15:58, Jason Rowe (FA) 16:07, Ryan Monahan (St) 16:16, Aaron Stupakenicz (PC) 16:28, Rick McIntyre (St) 16:33, Tim Caldwell (FA) 16:37, Aaron Curran (PC) 16:37, Jay Beveridge (Cen) 16:47, Adam Landry (Sch) 16:50, Jim Berry (PC) 16:56, David Havencamp (FA) 17:11, John Larson (PC) 17:16, Peter Fortine (MA) 17:26, Billy Crocker (MA) 17:28, Eric Bean (Cen) 17:34, Robert Powers (Sch) 17:36, Reid Kinney (Penq) 17:42, Mike Butterfield (MA) 17:53, Josh Damon (Sch) 18:00, Ralph Sprague (St) 18:02, Lee Dudley (PV) 18:02, Jason Howe (St) 18:14, Chris Oster (Cen) 18:14, Les Frey (Green) 18:20

Mattanawcook girls 37, Stearns 48, PCHS 70, Penquis 96, Foxcroft 116, Greenville 151, PVHS, MCI, Central-EC

Kim Rideout (MA) 20:01, Kara LaChance (MA) 20:18, Suzie Lomaler (St) 20:24, Christine Willey (MA) 20:25, Ellen Caldwell (FA) 20:33, Crystal Ball (PC) 20:42, Trish Wedge (St) 20:48, Jen Auger (PC) 20:52, Amy Kimball (FA) 20:56, Laura Cyr (St) 21:02, Eleda Wacker (PC) 21:03, Jess Bay (MA) 21:05, Laurie Dubois (St) 21:14, Bethany Lavigne (Penq) 21:23, Shelby Hafford (Sch) 21:30, Cara Moir (St) 21:39, Michelle Nash (PV) 21:50, Alyson Carey (Penq) 22:01, Jill Russell (Penq) 22:02, Karen Bay (MA) 22:08, Annabel Bradford (Green) 22:09, Sonya Stone (MA) 22:10, Amy Page (PC) 22:10, Shannon Clifford (MA) 22:21, Tara Hayes (Penq) 22:28