Greenville High School athletes have grit and determination, that’s for sure! And, this school near the shores of Moosehead Lake has long been known as the little school with the big heart. That attitude has been the foundation for their sports programs for years. It’s what garnered Greenville softball the win over Penobscot Valley last June, making them Class D champions.

Dexter Regional High School, Foxcroft Academy and Piscataquis Community High School are all well represented on the Penobscot Valley Conference (PVC) Wrestling All-Conference Team.

Hampden-Bangor advanced to the North regional in unified basketball with a 44-36 semifinal win over Foxcroft Academy on Tuesday, March 12.

If you keep your ear to the tracks regarding fishing in Maine, then you’ve probably heard about the Inland Fisheries & Wildlife Department’s proposal to change rules pertaining to the use of live fish as bait in the north country. We’ve publicized the changes with a couple press releases and have held two public meetings to gather public input.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — The Foxcroft Youth and SeDoMoCha Middle School wrestling teams hosted the annual youth tournament Saturday, March 9 at Foxcroft Academy.

On Saturday, March 9 before the Foxcroft Youth Wrestling Tournament a special ceremony took place. Josh Pelletier, a 2006 graduate of Foxcroft Academy, had his singlet retired in front of a packed gymnasium. Pelletier is the second Pony wrestler to receive the honor -- four-time state champion Jerod Rideout was the first.

Cymeria Robshaw is one of those high school kids who makes the most of every opportunity she is presented. And when such opportunities aren’t readily apparent, she seeks them out.

As a senior in 2017, Stearns lost to Dexter 47-44 in the Class C semifinals. Current Husson teammate Megan Peach was the star on that Dexter team.

Local resident Wendy Weiger is planning an exciting adventure this month. She is embarking on a hike on the relatively new American Discovery Trail (ADT). This trail system of 6,800 miles is, according to the ADT website, “a new breed of national trail — part city, part small town, part forest, part mountains, part desert — all in one trail.” It stretches from the east coast at Cape Henlopen State Park in Delaware to Pt. Reyes National Seashore in California.

A number of players from the region earned postseason recognition from the Penobscot Valley Conference. Peyton Grant of Dexter Regional High School is one of five girls named to the Class C First Team.

Rico Portalatin of Milo said weather conditions ahead of the Can-Am Crown International Sled Dog Races had him concerned, but he was relieved and pleased when he encountered the trail conditions while competing in the Willard Jalbert Jr. Can-Am Crown 100.

Pirate Rec of Guilford hosted the 2019 Penquis Rec Basketball League championship games last month. The league includes teams from Greenville, Guilford, Dover-Foxcroft, Milo, Howland, Corinth, Dexter, Corinna, Newport, Hartland, Pittsfield and Etna/Dixmont with over 400 players participating this season.

Penquis Valley High School senior Cymeria Robshaw is the second best girls high school long jumper in New England as she finished in second place at the 32nd annual New England Interscholastic Indoor Track & Field Championships on March 2 at Roxbury Community College’s Reggie Lewis Track & Athletic Center.

For the 17th straight year, I’m happy to share with you, our BDN readers, these magic words: Our “Win a Drift Boat Contest” is open. Feel free to start entering to win a prize you’ll never forget. Begun in 2003 as a promotion by our marketing folks to help introduce the BDN’s new outdoors columnist (me) to the public, this contest was unveiled at an outdoors expo and was an instant hit.

The Southern Aroostook girls basketball team returned every starter off last year’s state Class D championship team and it certainly showed on Saturday afternoon, March 2. The experienced Warriors of Dyer Brook reeled off a 14-0 run in the first quarter to build an 11-point lead and pulled away for an impressive 55-30 victory over a hardworking Greenville team while winning a second straight state title for the first time in school history.

There will be plenty of room on the bench for the Greenville High School girls basketball team for Saturday’s 2:05 p.m. state Class D championship game in Bangor against defending champ Southern Aroostook of Dyer Brook. That’s because the Lakers have only eight players on the roster.

Gage Stone’s wrestling postseason didn’t get off to a great start, but it’s on a much higher trajectory these days. The junior from Dexter Regional High School is set to leave Thursday for Providence, Rhode Island, the site of this weekend’s New England interscholastic championships.

For the second year in a row, Dexter Regional High School sophomores Peyton Grant and Avery Herrick were honored for their play during the high school basketball tournament at the Cross Insurance Center in Bangor by being chosen as two of five players on the 2019 Bangor Daily News All-Tourney Team for Class C North.