AUGUSTA — Skowhegan High School is no stranger to the Maine field hockey spotlight, and its players are no stranger to the game, no to opposing coaches.

Sunday, for the second time in three seasons, one of the Indians’ top performers was named the best Maine has to offer.

The Maine Field Hockey Association named Skowhegan’s Allison Lancaster this year’s recipient of the Miss Maine Field Hockey Award at their annual banquet, where the organization also doled out All State and All-Academic Awards, as well as recognized three new inductees into the organization’s hall of fame.

Lancaster was the Indians’ captain in 2013, scoring 20 goals and adding 24 assists as a midfielder for the high-powered Class A champions. In four years, Lancaster tallied an impressive 43 goals and 52 assists from a position that isn’t always about scoring goals. Lancaster was also this KVAC player of the year this season, has played extensively on festival and travel teams, and will ply her trade next season for Providence College.

The MFHA also inducted three new members into its hall of fame Sunday — former Thornton Academy standout Lisa DeFrancesco, former Hall-Dale coach Ellen Vickers and recently-retired Belfast coach Allen Holmes.

A 1985 graduate of Thornton Academy, DeFrancesco was a three-year all-state player and went on to play on the Olympic ‘B’ team and also at Northeastern University in Boston. She was an NFHCA Regional All-American for the Huskies, and won the Wendy Pooler Award for dedication to her team.

Vickers coached at Hall-Dale from 1981-2005, racking up 297 wins against only 80 losses and 25 ties. The Bulldogs won eight conference championships, six regional crowns and two state titles under her tutelage, and he teams appeared in a regional final 10 times in 24 seasons, and recorded four unbeaten regular seasons.

Holmes, the patriarch of Belfast field hockey, retired in 2012 after serving as the team’s only head coach from the program’s inception in 1973. In 40 seasons, Holmes had only one losing season — his first. He is one of three Maine field hockey coaches to reach 400 career wins, and his 432 victories is in the top 10 across the country. He has led the Lions to 13 regional titles and seven state crowns.

Krista Chase, the organization’s immediate past president, was awarded the MFHA President’s Award for her dedication to the organization and the sport.

The Sun Journal was awarded the MFHA media award for its continued coverage and promotion of the sport.