Track and field standouts Lorii Hake Fowler and Dom Kone headline the list of eight people who will be inducted into the Bucksport Athletic Hall of Fame.
Robbie Carmichael, Josh Carter, Bain Pollard, James Soper, Karen Leach Wardwell and Hugh Bowden will be recognized for their contributions during ceremonies scheduled for Sept. 26 at 5 p.m. at the high school gym.
The public is invited to attend the ceremony and dinner for $10 per person.
Hake Fowler, from the Class of 1985, was a multiple-time sprint champion. She won four state championships in the 100 and 200 and two as a member of the 4×100 relay team in 1984 and ’85. She also earned five regional titles those same years. Indoors, Hake earned regional crowns in the 60 and 300 meters. She still holds school records for 60 and 300 indoors and the 100 and 200 outdoors.
Kone (2009) excelled in three sports and claimed individual state championships in the 100, 200 and long jump while twice running on a state championship 4×100 relay. He still holds the Class C outdoor state record in the 100 and the school record in the 100 and 200 meters. At Colby College, Kone won a Division III national title in the 60 meters indoors and the 100 outdoors. He is the only Bucksport track athlete to win an individual national collegiate championship.
Carmichael (1975) captained the football, basketball and baseball teams. He was the starting quarterback and cornerback on the 1973 state championship football team and was named an ALl-LTC first-team cornerback and second-team QB as a senior. He went on to play at the University of Maine, starting his senior year at wide receiver.
Carter (2000) was a four-year starter for the wrestling team who finished with 121 career wins. He claimed PVC and Eastern Maine Class C titles and was a state runner-up. He won 2 freestyle wrestling crowns before competing at Mullenburg College in Pennsylvania, where he ranked fifith in career pins.
Leach Wardwell (1973) starred in basketball and softball at Bucksport, then continued her career in those sports at Husson College in Bangor. She was inducted into Husson’s Sports Hall of Fame.
Pollard (1972) played four sports but was best in baseball where he started three years as an outfielder and shortstop. he batted .447 with four home runs as a senior, helping the Bucks to an EM runner-up finish. During the summer he played with an Eastern Maine semipro team in Northeast Harbor. Pollard attended Colby College and was a three-year starter under coach John Winkin. He earned All-America first-team accolades while batting .426 in 1974.
Soper (1955) was one of three brothers who played football concurrently in the early ’50s. He was a two-time All-LTC first-teamer as a junior and senior playing on on teams with non-winning records. He later earned three letters at the University of Maine.
Bowden is being honored as a Special Contributor. He was a sports reporter for almost 30 years, covering Hancock County sports as a writer and photographer for the Ellsworth American. Bowden is now transitioning to the American’s editorial section.