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By Ernie Clark, Bangor Daily News Staff Not even the most iconic of Maine’s winter experiences — high school basketball — can escape the scourge of COVID-19.

By Matt LaRoche I did not grow up in a hunting family, so I had to hone my hunting skills on my own and by reading books and magazines.

By Ernie Clark, Bangor Daily News Staff Team-based practices and intrasquad scrimmages for moderate and high-risk interscholastic winter sports in Maine, which were scheduled to begin on Dec.

DEXTER — Play will ultimately be decided by the Maine Principals’ Association, the state CDC and office of Gov.

By John Holyoke, Bangor Daily News Outdoors Editor My deer season ended quietly on Saturday afternoon, Nov.

By Ernie Clark, Bangor Daily News Staff The recent surge in COVID-19 cases throughout the Northeast has prompted officials in several states to reconsider starting dates for their potential winter high school sports seasons.

Remote learning week set for early January MILO — Penquis Valley High School basketball players and cheering team members will start the 2020-21 season on Monday, Dec.

By John Holyoke, Bangor Daily News Outdoors Editor The 2021 Eastern Maine Sportsmen’s Show in Orono, a major fundraiser for the Penobscot County Conservation Association, has been canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the club announced Monday, Nov.

The Bangor Region YMCA is excited to be one of the six local YMCAs to receive a $10,000 charitable donation from Versant Power, part of Versant Power’s larger commitment of $60,000 to area YMCA locations.

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By Tim Caverly Early on Saturday, Nov.

By John Holyoke, Bangor Daily News Outdoors Editor Over the past few weeks, Judy Camuso, commissioner of the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife, has been spending as much time as possible in the woods, deer hunting.

By Christopher Burns, Bangor Daily News Staff Katahdin’s rough-hewn features have long lured Mainers and people from around the world to the fierce mountaintop.

By Aislinn Sarnacki, Bangor Daily News Staff Winter holidays are filled with delicious meals, desserts and sugary drinks, and often all that indulging can take a toll on our physical health.

Dexter Regional High School senior Peyton Grant has been selected to the Maine Soccer Coaches Northern Maine State Team.

By Larry Mahoney, Bangor Daily News Staff No gold basketballs will be handed out in Maine at the conclusion of the 2020-21 winter season, if one is eventually held.

By Ernie Clark, Bangor Daily News Staff If a high school wrestling season is to be held this winter, it won’t follow its traditional schedule thanks to COVID-19.