Five alumni will be inducted into the Lake Region Athletic Hall of Fame this Friday, Sept. 21 at the high school.

The new inductees will be honored in a 5:45 p.m. ceremony in the high school auditorium. A social gathering will be held in the gymnasium beginning at 5 p.m. The public is invited. The inductees will also be recognized during halftime of the Homecoming football game between Lake Region and Marshwood (7 p.m. start).

The new inductees include:

Sandy Kolbrock, a standout field hockey player, alpine skier and track & field athlete for the Lakers from 1970 to 1973.

Chris Whitney, a standout basketball player and track & field athlete (who set school records in the 100-yard dash and the high jump) from 1978 to 1981.

Kevin Hancock, a standout basketball player from 1980 to 1984 at LRHS and a captain for the Bowdoin College team. He later was the head coach at Bridgton Academy, was a driving force behind Academy’s Third Century Fund to build a new Humanities center, and remains very active in local sports.

Brian Clement, a standout three-sport athlete from 1982 to 1986 (a starting point guard on the state champion 1985 basketball team and state champion in the 800 meters).

Kenneth Whitney, a standout boys’ basketball coach from 1981 to 1992 and a teacher at LRHS from 1981 to 2003.

(Full biographies of the inductees will appear in next week’s edition.)

Current Hall of Fame members include: Linda Whitney, Tom Clough, Cindy Fagan, Wanda Ward-McLean, Gary Speed, Lee-Lee Morrison, Matt Hancock, Arlene Hudson, Erich Reed, Tia Theriault, David Kilborn, Debbie Libby and Arthur Kilborn Jr.