The Brewer High School girls will be gunning for their third straight conference title at Cameron Stadium in Bangor Saturday at the Penobscot Valley Conference Championship meet.

Rod White’s Old Town boys will be trying to start a string of their own as they are primed to defend their 1992 team title.

Judging from the results of the regular season meets so far this season, the favorites in this meet could be the 1992 runnersup: the Old Town girls and Bangor boys.

Old Town’s girls will be led by a fleet of talented upperclassmen including seniors Jessica Sidell (high jump) and Amy Volock (triple jump). Both girls are defending champs in their events.

Others to watch are Nikki Hayes in the 100-meter hurdles, 100 and 200 dash; Debbie Godsoe in the 400; Nicole Stevens in the 1600; Sherri Sanborn in the javelin; and Becky West in the shot put.

The Rams’ talent is spread out fairly evenly with top athletes in almost every area: sprinting, jumping, distance running (Heather Arsenault), and throwing (Sara Parker, Elsa Wheelock).

The teams with the best chance to beat the Old Town girls are Brewer and Bangor. The Rams lost to the Indians by only two points at a meet in late April and the Witches have come on of late.

Also, don’t count out Hampden. Dave King’s girls haven’t dominated as they have in past years, but are still a potent upset threat.

Bangor’s main challenger for the boys’ PVC title – Old Town – is loaded with returning champions.

Back for a crack at a second straight championship are John L’Heureux in the discus, Wayne Keeran in the 300 hurdles, and Dereck Treadwell in the 800.

L’Heureux is also a favorite to win the shot put and Keeran could take the 200 as well.

Although Old Town cannot match Bangor’s sheer numbers, the Indians are capable of putting up a lot of points with quality performances by their top athletes.

The Bangor boys can smother teams with their depth. The Rams have a big team and are loaded with talent in almost every event, especially the sprint races.

Josh Mishou and Mike Baude have excelled in the high jump and 200, respectively. Mishou is also the defending champ in both the 100 and 200. Baude should also contend for first in the 100.

Other defending champs from Bangor are Ben Conrad in the pole vault and Scott Butterfield in the 3200 (two-mile).

“It’s always hard to tell what records might fall, but I think Conrad has a real shot at breaking the pole vault record (13 feet, 2 1/2 inches – which he set last year),” said Carol Quimby, meet director.

Son Thai is another of Gary Capehart’s Ram weapons. He’s a favorite in the 110 and 300 hurdles.

Orono’s Ethan Wardwell is seeded first in both the long and triple jumps.

Boys dark horse teams are Mount Desert Island, which beat Bangor this week, and Brewer.

“There are probably three or four teams who could win the girls meet,” said Quimby. “But if I had to pick someone in the boys meet, I’d say Old Town or Bangor.”

The meet will begin with the official start of field events at 10 a.m. Running events will follow at 10:30 a.m. The final heats of most events will begin around 12:30 p.m.

An additional team – Sumner of East Sullivan – will swell the ranks of teams represented at the meet this year to 12. Admission for the public is $3 for adults and $2 for students.