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 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.

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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.

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.

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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.

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.