By Aislinn Sarnacki In the shade of stunted spruce trees, mounds of snow slowly melted in the warmth of late May.

Photo courtesy of Eric Ogden Photography FOXCROFT BASEBALL — Front, from left, Kristopher (Ryan) McLellan, Griffin Caruso, Donnie Poole, Jack Day, Jack Caruso, Cole McCorrison, Minh Truong, and Aiden Harvey.

By Larry Mahoney, Bangor Daily News Staff ORONO — The University of Maine’s new softball facility will host two North Regional high school softball championship games later this month.

Photo courtesy of Eric Ogden Photography PENQUIS BASEBALL — Front, from left, Wyatt Romero, Michael Coburn, Kooper Badger, William Hemenway, and Austin Gallant.

HAMPDEN — Foxcroft Academy’s Aiden Bryant and Landon Smith each won a pair of events at the 2023 Penobscot Valley Conference freshmen outdoor track & field championships on May 30 at Hampden Academy.

BREWER — The Foxcroft Academy boys finished the day with a score of 62 points to place third among a field of 15 point-scoring teams at the 2023 Penobscot Valley Conference Small School Outdoor Track and Championship at the Brewer Community School on Saturday, May 27.

By Larry Mahoney, Bangor Daily News Staff If you are trailing late in a basketball game, one way to climb back into the game is by fouling the opposing players and hoping they miss their foul shots.

BREWER — Athletes representing the area’s high schools took part in the 2023 Penobscot Valley Conference junior varsity outdoor track and field championship meet on Wednesday, May 24 at the Brewer Community School.

OLD TOWN — The Piscataquis Community Middle School, Ridge View Community School, and SeDoMoCha Middle School outdoor track and field teams concluded the 2023 season on Monday, May 22 at the Almquist Middle School Invitational at Old Town High School.

CARRABASSETT VALLEY — More than a half dozen residents from and with ties to the region took part in the 2023 Sugarloaf Marathon and 15K on Sunday, May 14.

GREENVILLE — Northern Light CA Dean Hospital announces its beloved Bike and Boat fundraiser is now open for registration.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — The Foxcroft Academy boys outdoor track and field team closed out the regular season by edging John Bapst Memorial High School of Bangor by 1.

MILO — The Dexter Regional High School baseball team scored at least three runs in each of the team’s trips to the plate during a Class C North contest at Penquis Valley High School on May 19.

OLD TOWN — The Greenville High School boys track and field team concluded the regular season by placing third among a half dozen teams during a Penobscot Valley Conference meet at Old Town High School on May 20.

ORONO — The Dexter Regional High School girls outdoor track and field team finished with a score of 36 points to place third among a field of five teams during the Tigers’ last regular season Penobscot Valley Conference meet on May 19 at Orono High School.

By Adam Robinson, Bangor Daily News Staff Toby Nelson has stepped down as the head coach of the Foxcroft Academy boys basketball team after four years in the position.

After three years, the Three Rivers Kiwanis Foundation of Milo/Brownville held its annual Sebec River Canoe/Kayak Race on Saturday, May 13.

By Pete Warner, Bangor Daily News Staff A bill designed to ban more types of lead fishing equipment to reduce further health threats to Maine loons got key approval from the Committee on Inland Fisheries and Wildlife on May 17.