Tyler Eastman is receiving interest from colleges for his football skills, but his track and field resume is growing, too.

The Old Town High senior shattered the 20-year-old Eastern Maine Indoor Track League record in the boys shot put during the opening meet of the 2004-05 season Monday.

Eastman’s second of six attempts traveled 52 feet, 11 inches, one inch beyond the previous record of 52-10 set by Joe Trefethen of Orono in 1984.

Eastman opened the competition with a throw of 51-41/2, followed by his record throw. His third attempt went 52-0, with his final three throws each measuring 50-6, according to meet results.

The 6-foot-5, 305-pound Eastman, a fullback and defensive lineman on the Old Town football team this fall, was the runner-up at last spring’s Class B outdoor state championships in the shot put with a best of 50- 31/4.

Eastman was one of two Old Town standouts to establish a league record on opening night of the EMITL season.

Distance runner Cassie Hintz broke her own record in the girls’ two-mile run, with her time of 10 minutes, 50.92 seconds eclipsing her previous EMITL mark of 10:55.98 set last season.

Hintz already holds the state record for the distance of 10:48.49, which she set while winning the 2004 Class B championship.

The junior also is the reigning Class B cross country champion, as well as the defending champ in the Class B outdoor track two-mile run.

Bucks tame Tiger Invitational

The Bucksport High wrestling team picked up a solid dose of momentum over the weekend by winning the 11-team Tiger Invitational meet at Gardiner.

“The kids are excited,” said Bucksport coach Joel Pelletier. “I think the kids surprised themselves down there. It was a confidence booster.”

The Golden Bucks were tied for the lead after the opening round of competition, then increased their lead with each subsequent round.

Of the 14 Bucksport wrestlers, 12 placed among the top four in their divisions and four – Shane Sullivan at 125 pounds, Joel Milan (145), Elmore Adams (152) and Adam Tweedie (189) – won an individual titles.

“Every year we fare well there, and we thought we’d do well this year, but we didn’t think we would have a spread of 40 points,” Pelletier said.

Bucksport was one of two Class C schools at the meet, which also featured such Class A programs as Westbrook, Mt. Blue of Farmington, Cony of Augusta and Gardiner. The Golden Bucks finished with 212 points, with Mt. Blue second with 172.

Bucksport’s team is a mix of veterans and newcomers. Tweedie, a junior, has moved up two weight classes after winning a Class C state title at 160 last February.

Seniors Adams (140 last year) and Derek Conner (152) were both state runners-up last season, while additional senior leadership comes from Milan, Sullivan, Chris Woodard (135) and Joel Allen (125).

Younger contributors on the 28-member squad include sophomores Luke Herling (103) and Matt Gray (171) and freshmen Booky Nesin (112), Jon Pelletier (119), Cameron Wadleigh (130) and Andrew Wescott (275).

One other newcomer of note is 171-pound John Harvey, a senior who previously played basketball during the winter but was one of the key members of Bucksport’s Class C state championship football team this fall.

Bucksport placed third in Eastern C and fifth at the Class C state wrestling championships a year ago, and the goals are higher this season, despite a recent 49-21 loss to defending state champion Foxcroft Academy.

“The boys really thought we’d do better than that,” said Pelletier. “But it’s definitely a goal to beat Foxcroft.”

Bradford lights up new gym

Ask Brock Bradford what he thinks of the new Calvary Chapel gymnasium, and he’ll undoubtedly extol its virtues as a shooter’s paradise.

That’s because the Sabers’ junior point guard christened the new facility with a school-record performance that may stand for a while, a 49-point outburst in a recent 92-75 victory against Greater Houlton Christian Academy.

And it was an old-fashioned 49, with just one 3-point field goal. Bradford made 17 field goals overall, and shot 14 of 16 from the free-throw line.

“Most of his shots came from inside the top of the key and the free-throw line extended,” said Calvary Chapel coach Ross Bradford, Brock’s dad.

Brock also dished out eight assists and grabbed five rebounds.

“The penetration seems to set up a lot of things for us, either myself or my teammates,” he said.

Bradford played nearly all of the game, in part because two of the other most veteran Sabers back from the 2004 Class D state championship team – Mike Astle and Bryan Miller – were sidelined by injuries suffered during the game.

He scored 12 points in the first quarter, 13 in the second period, 10 in the third quarter and 14 in the fourth period for the Sabers.

“I don’t think I missed a lot of shots, but it wasn’t like I was making every shot,” said Brock Bradford. “I don’t really think much about the shots I make, I think more about the shots I missed and thought I should have made.”

The output was a career best for Bradford, who recalled scoring 36 points in a game as an eighth-grader and 32 points as a freshman on the Calvary Chapel varsity against Islesboro.

Bradford followed his 49-point performance up with 40 points in a win at Shead of Eastport on Saturday. Through three games this season, he is averaging 38.3 points per game.