By Pete Warner, Bangor Daily News Staff Mentorship and generosity were instrumental in a memorable youth day hunt for 10-year-old Gabe Picard of Pittsfield.

OLD TOWN – The Dexter Regional High School boys track team scored 54 points to place third among a field of five teams during a Penobscot Valley Conference meet at Old Town High School on May 7.

ORONO – The Foxcroft Academy boys outdoor track and field team finished with a score of 104.

GUILFORD – The Piscataquis County Boxing Club at Friends of Community FItness, 31 High Street, will be starting soon.

DEXTER – Foxcroft Academy took advantage of having baserunners in every inning by scoring in each of the first three innings for a 5-3 victory at Dexter Regional High School in an interclass baseball game on Monday afternoon.

By Pete Warner, Bangor Daily News Staff If you’ve driven along country roads past open fields or even down I-95 during the last few weeks, you’ve probably noticed: wild turkeys are again strutting their stuff.

Registration has opened for the 2022 Maine Woods Rambler, an off-road adventure ride scheduled for Sept.

By Fisheries Resource Technician Stephen Seeback Where to fish: Mud season is in full swing in the northern part of the Moosehead Lake Region, although waning south of Greenville.

DOVER-FOXCROFT – The Foxcroft Academy boys and girls track team both finished in first place at a home meet on April 29.

Four of the area’s high school outdoor track and field teams began the 2022 season this past week.

More than 68 paddlers competed in 38 canoes and kayaks for the 48th annual Piscataquis River Race on Saturday.

By Ernie Clark, Bangor Daily News Staff Andrew Shorey, who guided the Dexter Regional High School football team to its first state championship since 1987 last fall, has stepped down as the Tigers’ head coach after seven seasons.

BUCKSPORT – The Penquis Valley High School outdoor track and field team began the 2022 season with a Penobscot Valley Conference meet at Bucksport High School on April 15.

By Ernie Clark, Bangor Daily News Staff The dawn of a new spring sports season for Maine high school teams brings with it some lingering accommodations for the presence of COVID-19 as well as some scheduling changes for the regional and state championship games in baseball and softball.

By Ernie Clark, Bangor Daily News Staff When efforts began more than a decade ago to rebuild Bangor’s Cameron Stadium, organizers envisioned the finished product not only as a modernized competitive and recreational resource for the city’s residents, but as an economic driver for the region through hosting regional and state championship events.

By Pete Warner, Bangor Daily News Staff If you’re lucky, you might soon have the chance to harvest at least two deer in Maine.

By Ernie Clark, Bangor Daily News Staff A tentative schedule for the 2022 11-player high school football season that might include some interstate competition was presented to the Maine Principals’ Association’s football committee on April 12.

By Ernie Clark, Bangor Daily News Staff There could be some notable newcomers to eight-player football come the start of preseason practices in August.