Winslow Black Raiders Northern Maine champions. Front, from left to right, Isaac Lambrecht, Sam Lambrecht, Spencer Miranda, Ben Smith, Jack Morneault, Isaac Burbank, Michael Wildes and Daylon Carpenter. Back, Coach Aaron Wolfe, Jacob Soucy, Bryce Hillier, Alex Swierca, Max Spaulding, Matt Phillips, Joshua Vachon, Jonah Fedorovich, Jake Warn, Jake Lapierre, Nick Tinere, Austin Soucy and Coach Jarrod Carnrick.
Winslow rec youth basketball team member Braden Rodrigue, right, and Fairfield PAL team member MJ Gensen battle for the ball in a recent game.
Members of the Winslow Rev grades 1-2 girls basketball team got into the holiday spirit at a recent photo shoot. From left to right, Emma Fales, Tenley Nadeau, Julia Ortins and Kera Bilodeau.
The Winslow High School varsity boys hockey team gathered on November 20 and participated in their annual food drive to help support the St. John Food Pantry. This has become an annual tradition for the team. Five crates of nonperishable foods and countless bags of bottles and cans were donated by local residents.
From left to right Colby Nadeau, Garrett Pooler, Dimitrios Bailis, Shawn Rooney, Thomas Tibbets, Ben Grenier, Kyle Gurney, Logan Denis, Cody Ivey, Austin Soucy, Jake Soucy and Nick West. Absent from photo are Tyler Martin and Jared Lambert.
Above, members of Huard’s Sport Karate team captured 2016 state championship titles on December 3 at the SMART Rating Championships. Front row, from left to right, Theresa Lamanteer, Austin Lizotte, Abby Dudley and Traci Lamanteer. Back, Tyler Bard and Kayle Anderson.
Above, Mikayla Achorn, right, also a member of the team is pictured with Sensei Mark Huard. She captured titles in both forms and fighting. Photos courtesy of Mark Huard, owner Central Maine Photography
Maine Skirmish Grappling Tournament Sumo wrestling champions, held recently in Winslow.
Photo by Central Maine Photography
Waterville, above, and Winslow police departments honor guards participated in the Veterans Day parade in Waterville on November 11.
Photos by Mark Huard, owner Central Maine Photography
The following area students have been named to the dean’s list at the University of New Hampshire, in Durham, New Hampshire.
Kelly McCormac, of South China; Michaela Hinckley-Gordon, of Benton; Kellie Bolduc and Luke Violette, both of Waterville; Sarah Wildes, of Winslow; Myrilla Hartkopf, of Albion; Andrew Marden, of Bingham, Maxwell Kenney and Kyle McLain, both of Fairfield; Adam Bovie and Rebecca Grenier, both of Vassalboro.
The Winslow travel soccer club U13 boys competed in the 2016 Crossroads Challenge Tournament in Gray over Columbus Day weekend. They finished runners-up, falling to the South Portland Strikers, 3-2, in the finals.
On Sunday, November 6, the Maine Skirmish Grappling Tournament returns to Winslow High School, in Winslow.
The Skirmish is a one of kind event featuring top martial artists from all over New England. Beautiful, large, USA custom made gold, silver, and bronze medals will be awarded to top competitor’s at this year’s highly anticipated event.
The competition kicks off in the morning with kids Sumo, a tradition that’s always exciting and fun. Sumo will award nine grand champions all in separate age categories.
The grappling events start next, featuring Jiujitsu, judo, sambo, wrestling and submission fighting techniques throughout the day. You get to see some pretty awesome throws and takedowns at this combative tourney as well as masterful submissions like armlocks, and crafty foot locks too.
The evening will feature four championship title belt matches crowning the best of the best. The King of the Skirmish, an absolute free weight men’s fighting division will cap a great day of competitive martial arts action right her in central Maine.
The event is sponsored my Huard’s Martial Arts of Winslow. For more information please contact Huard’s Martial Arts at 873-0407.