Five Foxcroft Academy boys and one Piscataquis Community High School girl took part in the 2020 Class B indoor track and field championships on Feb. 15 at Bates College.

Feb. 15: All of our trails have been groomed and are in great shape. Unfortunately last night our track truck broke down and appears to be unrepairable for the rest of the season. We will continue to groom with our trail sleds and drags.

This story isn’t specifically about this year’s high school basketball tournament, but it does involve a championship trophy. Not mine, mind you.

Jody Grant’s Dexter club is relentless defensively, allowing just 29.4 points per game against a tough schedule. The Tigers also are patient offensively and have a top-notch point-producer in Grant’s daughter, Peyton.

One number shines beyond all others within the Class C North field this year  — 33.8. That’s the average points allowed by the Dexter Tigers, which should leave coach Peter Murray’s club in good stead as it bids for the team’s first regional title since 2005.

Maine Central Institute of Pittsfield earned a spot in the Class B North boys quarterfinals on Wednesday night with a 75-69 victory over Foxcroft Academy in Pittsfield.

The broadcasts began Tuesday night with seven preliminary round games. The games can be seen by going to https://www.whou.live/.

The Houlton Shiretowners earned their way into the Class B North quarterfinals by virtue of a 56-41 victory over Foxcroft Academy on Tuesday night, Feb. 11.

Seventh-seeded Narraguagus High School easily defeated No. 10 Piscataquis Community High School 64-31 Tuesday, Feb. 11 during a Class C North preliminary tournament game to advance to the quarterfinals.

The co-main event provided the biggest surprise of the night when veteran Jesse Erickson of Central Maine Jiu-Jitsu in Auburn upset previously undefeated Josh Harvey -- who is a graduate of Dexter Regional High School -- with a first-round armbar.

Foxcroft Academy junior Logan Martin had a hand in 16 of his team’s 18 points during the 2020 Penobscot Valley Conference/Eastern Maine Indoor Track League Small School Championship on Saturday, Feb. 8 at the University of Maine.

All of our trails have been groomed before and after our eight inches of snow on Friday. We will be out again tonight after the weekend traffic and will get out during the week. We finally had enough snow to groom the rough three miles of CCC Road.

The Foxcroft Academy girls picked up 29 points to place eighth among 10 teams at  the 2020 Penobscot Valley Conference Swimming and Diving Championships on Feb. 8 at the University of Maine. The Ponies finished just ahead of the 28 points for George Stevens Academy of Blue Hill and the six points for 10th-place Searsport District High School.

Cheering teams from Dexter Regional High School and Penquis Valley High School each took part in state championships competitions on Saturday, Feb. 8 at the Augusta Civic Center, two weeks after earning berths at the respective qualifiers.

It looks like Mother Nature is taking the high school basketball season to overtime. Thursday’s snowstorm and even messier weather on Friday means numerous regular-season finales aren’t likely to be played until Saturday, leaving some tournament fates hanging in the balance.

When Jesse Erickson weighs in for Saturday night’s NEF 42 mixed martial arts bout against undefeated Josh Harvey -- a Dexter Regional High School graduate -- at Merrill Auditorium in Portland, he won’t be giving away nearly the poundage he did for one of his most recent athletic competitions.

With a smattering of regular-season finales still to be played, the jockeying for position continues in the high school girls basketball Heal Points standings. That said, the top seeds in four of the five North classes have been established.

The forecast of an impending snowstorm on Thursday and Friday has led the Maine Principals’ Association to alter the starting times for the cheerleading and wrestling regional championship events scheduled for Saturday.