The awards just keep on pouring in for the Skowhegan Area High School field hockey program.
On Monday, the National Field Hockey Coaches Association announced that two Indians had earned all-region honors among players from northern New England.
The honorees were junior Haley Carter and sophomore Maliea Kelso.
The two Skowhegan players were two of only three players from Maine included on the list. They are joined by Marshwood of South Berwick senior Hannah Costin.
Thirteen players from northern New England were selected.
Carter and Kelso helped lead coach Paula Doughty’s club to the program’s 17th Class A state championship this fall. Kelso scored a goal in the Indians’ 2-1 state championship win over Massabesic of Waterboro.
In addition, Doughty picked up her 500th victory this season.
TA quarterback is Gatorade Player
Thornton Academy senior Michael Laverriere has been named the 2016 Maine Gatorade Football Player of the Year.
Laverriere, who also is a semifinalist for the James J. Fitzpatrick Trophy given to the state’s top senior football player and sportsman, helped lead the Trojans into the Class A South semifinals.
The quarterback-safety rushed for 1,384 yards last fall, good for 8.8 yards per carry, while scoring 20 touchdowns on the ground.
He also accumulated 813 yards passing and threw for seven touchdowns while completing 49 of 86 passes.
On defense, Laverriere contributed 63 tackles, including five for a loss, and picked off three passes.
Laverriere ranks in the top 10 percent of his senior class with a 3.5 grade-point average.
Biddeford track coach dies
A high school track and field coach at Biddeford High School died on Sunday afternoon after finishing a workout, according to reports.
Will Fulford, 29, who also coached cross country at the school, suffered an apparent cardiac arrest after his run, according to a Portland Press Herald report.
Fulford had been running on a treadmill at the University of New England, the report said, and had been training with his wife, Ashley Potvin-Fulford.
She is the head coach of the Biddeford girls hockey team and also coaches the women’s rugby team at UNE.
