On May 3 Michael Niles, 13 of Charleston, finished 19th out of a field 201 in the Erin’s Run 5K in Bangor.

    The Foxcroft Academy boys track and field team was in action at home on May 2, and the Ponies used the home advantage by finishing in first place out of a field of seven teams with a score of 125 points.

FIRST DAY LUCK Contributed photo  Mike Joslyn of Dover-Foxcroft shot this big ole tom on the first day of turkey hunting season.

    Wednesday, May 7—BASEBALL: Dexter vs.

 Heal Point standingsthrough May 5 B East baseball     8.

TAG, YOU’RE OUT Observer photo/Stuart Hedstrom Dexter Regional High School junior Brandon Young is tagged out by Penquis Valley High School sophomore Dylan Nickerson in front of home plate during the bottom of the second inning of a May 2 game in Dexter.

By Stuart Hedstrom  Staff Writer     DOVER-FOXCROFT — Rain forecast for Saturday caused a scheduled date between the softball teams of Foxcroft Academy and Mount Desert Island High School to be moved up a day to April 25, with the Ponies and Trojans taking advantage of the great day for a ball game by playing two.

Game twoMDI 13, Foxcroft 6MDI      110       092     0     —    13FA        001       023     0     —      6     FA (2-2): Johnson 3-3 rbi run; Bickford 2-3 2 rbi; Higgins 2-4 run.

Game oneMDI 4, Foxcroft 2MDI      300        000   0     —    4FA      000      002       0     —    2     FA (2-1): Bickford 2-2 run; Richard 1-3 run.

    DOVER-FOXCROFT — At Foxcroft Academy Brittany Adkins pitched a complete game, while striking out seven batters, as the Ponies defeated Piscataquis Community High School, 7-0, on April 22.

By Mike LangeStaff Writer     DOVER-FOXCROFT — The weather wasn’t the greatest for the 42nd annual Kiwanis Piscataquis Canoe Race as cloudy skies and occasional raindrops blanketed the Penquis region.

    Gary Larson, 69 of Dover-Foxcroft, ran in the 85th annual Patriots’ Day 5-Miler on April 21 in Portland.

    April 24: Foxcroft baseball won vs.

Class 1 Open Speed Challenge1.

    The Foxcroft Academy boys outdoor track and field team began the 2014 season by taking part in an 8-team meet at Bucksport on April 25.

RED SOX SPEAKER Photo courtesy of Dover-Foxcroft Kiwanis Shea Hillenbrand was the recent speaker at the Dover-Foxcroft Kiwanis Club’s weekly meeting at Foxcroft Academy.

    Wednesday, April 30—BASEBALL: Dexter vs.

    DOVER-FOXCROFT — The 42nd annual Piscataquis River Race, sponsored by the Kiwanis Club of Dover-Foxcroft, is scheduled to run Saturday, April 26.