BRHS winter athletes, coaches honored at awards night
George Conant of the Maine Association of Basketball Coaches, right, presents I.J. Pinkham with a trophy for winning over 600 games and surpassing all Maine high school boys basketball coaches in victories. Photos by KEVIN BURNHAM/Boothbay Register
Girls basketball plaque winners, from left, Kate Friant, Most Improved; Hannah Morley, Most Valuable; Alexis Welch, Coaches Award.
Boys Nordic skiing plaque winners, from left, Liam Conlin, Coaches Award; Duncan Drapeau, Most Improved; Joe Paolillo, Most Valuable.
Boys basketball plaque winners, from left, Nick Gorey, Most Defensive; Carter Babcock, Most Improved; Daniel Drummond, Coaches Award; Abel Bryer, Most Valuable.
Swimming plaque winners, from left, Samantha Carter, Coaches Award; Evy Case, Most Valuable.
Cheerleading plaque winners, from left, Tali Gosselin, Coaches Award; Kayla Lewis, Most Improved; Emma Rideout, Most Valuable.
Girls Nordic skiing plaque winners, from left, Angela Machon, Coaches Award; Meghan Oakes, Most Improved; Summer Chamberlin, Most Valuable.
Wrestling plaque winners, from left, Draco Peaslee, Most Valuable; Cameron Crocker, Most Improved; Nick Labonte, Coaches Award.
State Representative Stephanie Hawke presents a sentiment from the state legislature to Coach I.J. Pinkham.
State Representative Stephanie Hawke presents a sentiment from the state legislature to the Lady Seahawk basketball team.
George Conant of the Maine Association of Basketball Coaches, right, presents I.J. Pinkham with a trophy for winning over 600 games and surpassing all Maine high school boys basketball coaches in victories. Photos by KEVIN BURNHAM/Boothbay Register
Girls basketball plaque winners, from left, Kate Friant, Most Improved; Hannah Morley, Most Valuable; Alexis Welch, Coaches Award.
Boys Nordic skiing plaque winners, from left, Liam Conlin, Coaches Award; Duncan Drapeau, Most Improved; Joe Paolillo, Most Valuable.
Boys basketball plaque winners, from left, Nick Gorey, Most Defensive; Carter Babcock, Most Improved; Daniel Drummond, Coaches Award; Abel Bryer, Most Valuable.
Swimming plaque winners, from left, Samantha Carter, Coaches Award; Evy Case, Most Valuable.
Cheerleading plaque winners, from left, Tali Gosselin, Coaches Award; Kayla Lewis, Most Improved; Emma Rideout, Most Valuable.
Girls Nordic skiing plaque winners, from left, Angela Machon, Coaches Award; Meghan Oakes, Most Improved; Summer Chamberlin, Most Valuable.
Wrestling plaque winners, from left, Draco Peaslee, Most Valuable; Cameron Crocker, Most Improved; Nick Labonte, Coaches Award.
State Representative Stephanie Hawke presents a sentiment from the state legislature to Coach I.J. Pinkham.
State Representative Stephanie Hawke presents a sentiment from the state legislature to the Lady Seahawk basketball team.
Special awards presented to Seahawk boys basketball coach I.J. Pinkham and the 20-2 Boothbay Region High School girls basketball team were the highlights of the annual Winter Sports Awards banquet on Tuesday, March 8.
State Representative Stephanie Hawke, who is also a local school committee member, presented sentiments from the state legislature to the girls basketball team for a successful season and for being state runner-up, and to Coach Pinkham for garnering the most victories of any high school boys basketball coach in the history of the state and for being inducted into the Maine Basketball Hall of Fame.
Pinkham was also presented with a trophy from George Conant, executive secretary of the Maine Association of Basketball Coaches for the past 25 years, in recognition of Pinkham’s reaching the 600-win plateau and for becoming the state’s most successful boys high school basketball coach in terms of wins. Conant, a former girls basketball coach at Dirigo, Greely and Falmouth, said he had first met Pinkham when he taught and coached at Buckfield, before Pinkham moved to Boothbay, where he has coached for 40 years. Pinkham also served as secretary for the Maine Association of Basketball Coaches several years.
Prior to Hawke’s presentations, BRHS Athletic Director Allan Crocker spoke about the accomplishments of each winter sports team – j.v. and varsity girls basketball, j.v. and varsity boys basketball, girls swimming (no boys participated this year), wrestling and boys and girls Nordic skiing.
Crocker also highlighted the accomplishments of several individual athletes and their post-season recognition. The athletes include:
Swimming: Emma Pearce – qualified for the state meet in the 200-yard and 500-yard freestyle; Evy Case – qualified in the state meet in 7 of 8 events (50, 100 and 200 free, 100 butterfly, 100 backstroke, 100 breaststroke and 200 IM) and placed 16th in the 200 IM at the state meet.
Wrestling: Nick Labonte – placed 4th in the Mid-State League meet; Draco Peaslee – placed 4th in the Mid-State League meet; Cameron Crocker – placed 4th in the Class B regional meet and is the first BRHS wrestler to compete in the Class B state meet.
Nordic: Angela Machon - MVC academic all-star; Gabe Purin - MVC academic all-star; Summer Chamberlin – MVC second team all-star; Blake Erhard - MVC second-team all-star; Joe Paolillo - MVC first team all-star (classic event) and second-team all-star (freestyle event).
Boys basketball: Kyle Ames - MVC honorable mention all-star; Nick Gorey - MVC honorable mention all-star; Jacob Leonard - MVC second team all-star; Abel Bryer - MVC first-team all-star and chosen as a McDonald’s Senior all-star.
Girls basketball: Kate Friant - MVC honorable mention all-star; Faith Blethen - MVC first team all-star; Page Brown - MVC first team all-star, MVC Player of the Year, and Outstanding Player in the South Class C tournament; Hannah Morley - MVC honorable mention all-star, MVC academic all-star and chosen as a McDonald’s Senior all-star.
Each coach spoke about their season and presented plaques to individuals.
Crocker thanked several groups for their support of the teams and players throughout the season, especially the Boosters Club which helped supply the beverages and desserts for the banquet, and concluded the evening by presenting a plant to Trish Grover, who “puts in countless hours and generally stays under the radar. She is like another mother to our entire girls basketball team. I know my own daughter still talks about how great this person is and I am sure that will remain true for years to come.”
And Bar Clarke brought home the Boosters Club’s Seahawk bench (courtesy of Larry Brown and Jim Roberge) as the club’s raffle winner.
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