Basketball players wanted for tour
WALPOLE, Mass. — The New England Colonials International Basketball Club has reserved places on its April 2016 basketball tour to Austria and Germany for qualified Maine high school players.
The Colonials Ambassadors team will select 10 New England players (grades 10 and 11) for a 10-day basketball tour that will take the team to Vienna, Innsbruck, Nuremberg and Berlin over the 2016 April school vacation.
This tour is sponsored by the New England Colonials International Basketball Club.
Founded in 1980, the club is a non-profit, volunteerrun program that has as its central purpose the support and encouragement of international friendship and understanding between New England student/athletes and their peers around the world.
Over the years, a number of Maine high school students have traveled and played with the Colonials.
The team’s 2016 roster will be completed by early October. There are no tryouts, with the club relying on personal interviews and school references.
For additional information, call ( 508) 734- 5660, or send an email to necolonials@aol.com. To learn more about the club, visit the website at www.NewEngland- Colonials.net.
Morse JV football downs Mt. Ararat, 26-12
TOPSHAM — The Morse High School jayvee football team opened its 2015 season with a 26-12 victory over Mt. Ararat on Monday.
The Shipbuilders had difficulty against the Eagles defense in the early going, but Parker Onorato changed that with a 50-yard scamper along the left sideline for a touchdown.
A long pass from Tommy Warren to Max Reed allowed Morse to take control.
Both teams battled evenly in the second half. Onorato retur ned a kickof f for a score, while Mt. Ararat punched in a score on a tough run in the fourth quarter.
Wiscasset’s Hefler scores hole-in-one
BATH — Wiscasset High School golfer Grant Hefler started his season off on the right foot on Friday, scoring a rare holein one on a par-4.
On the 325-yard fifth hole at Bath Golf Club, Hefler’s drive found the green and the cup, giving him a double-eagle.
Hefler, along with Wolverines teammate Daren Wood, are the lone golfers for Wiscasset this season.
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