BUCKSPORT — The area’s three high school wrestling teams were among those competing in the Bucksport (High School) Invitational Classic on Jan.

ORONO — The Foxcroft Academy girls and boys indoor track and field teams each finished eighth in a field of eight schools at a Penobscot Valley Conference/Eastern Maine Indoor Track League meet on Jan.

Photo courtesy of KC’s Country Store YOUTH DEER CONTEST WINNER — Madison Gilbert, 14 of Parkman, is the winner of the 2016 youth deer contest at KC’s Country Store in Parkman.

BANGOR — Penquis Valley High School School and University of Maine star Wally Russell, who also coached in the area for more than two decades, is among 19 inductees who will be part of the fourth induction class of the Maine Basketball Hall of Fame.

GUILFORD — While the four teams from Piscataquis Community High School and Greenville High School competed intensely on the court, the two programs worked as one during the fourth annual “Fill the Gym For Childhood Cancer” event to benefit the Aliza Jean Family Cancer Foundation (http://www.

ORONO — The Foxcroft Academy boys and girls indoor track and field teams each finished eighth in a field of eight schools at a Penobscot Valley Conference/Eastern Maine Indoor Track League meet on Jan.

BANGOR — The Foxcroft Academy swim team took to the pool at Husson University on Jan.

GUILFORD — Trailing 31-21 in the third quarter, Piscataquis Community High School used an 11-0 run to get back into a Jan.

ORONO — The Foxcroft Academy boys indoor track and field team finished seventh in a field of eight schools at a Penobscot Valley Conference/Eastern Maine Indoor Track League meet on Jan.

DEXTER — A 10-0 run to open the game and shutout effort for the entire second quarter helped the Dexter Regional High School boys roll to a 52-21 victory over Stearns High School of Millinocket during a Class C North contest on Jan.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — Concussions are not just a problem for professional athletes; it’s not just a college sports thing either.

BANGOR — The Forest Society of Maine has teamed up with the Appalachian Mountain Club and the Open Space Institute to acquire and conserve 4,358 acres of forestland surrounding Silver Lake and 12 miles of the West Branch of the Pleasant River.

ORONO — Both the Foxcroft Academy boys and girls indoor track and field teams finished fifth in a field of five schools during a Penobscot Valley Conference/Eastern Maine Indoor Track League meet on Jan.

Contributed photo CATCH OF THE OPENING DAY — Justin Limoges of Dexter caught this record breaking salmon Jan.

DOVER-FOXCROFT, Maine — Tim Brewer is game planning for a lot of unfamiliar opponents this winter, his first as head coach of the Houlton High School boys basketball team.

It’s time to kick 2016 out the door and start a new year.

DOVER-FOXCROFT, Maine — After struggling to fend off Foxcroft Academy’s formidable front line for more than a half Thursday afternoon, the Houlton girls basketball team turned up the intensity and surged past the Ponies 60-47.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — After coming back from a 19-point deficit in the second quarter and trailing by 15 to start the third, the Foxcroft girls were able to tie the score at 39 points apiece early in the final eight minutes of a Dec.