Two days before Memorial Day and the annual mid-morning parade through downtown Dover-Foxcroft, American Legion Post 29 will honor the service and sacrifice of veterans with the inaugural five kilometer (3.1 miles) Warrior Race & Fun Run at 9 a.m. on Saturday, May 26.

Trailing 4-2 to start the seventh inning of an April 27 Class C North softball contest, Penquis Valley High School nearly came back after scoring a run and then loading the bases with one out. A pitching change for the host Dexter Regional High School worked to perfection as Tiger freshman Avery Herrick recorded a strikeout and induced a ground ball out as the team held on for a 4-3 win and its first victory of the young season.

The Maine Baseball Hall of Fame will welcome its new members during its 48th annual induction ceremony and banquet scheduled for Sunday, July 22, at the Holiday Inn By the Bay in Portland. Dave Gaw of Guilford, who was selected last year but was unable to attend, also will be inducted.

Due to unsafe water levels on the Piscataquis River with a lot of debris flowing in the water, the 2018 Dover-Foxcroft Kiwanis Piscataquis River Race has been postponed from April 28 to Saturday, May 26. Plans are for the 46th annual event to also start at 10 a.m. on the new date -- with registration beforehand -- as paddlers will travel from King Cummings Park in Guilford down to Dover-Foxcroft across the West Main Street from Foxcroft Academy.

The Dexter Regional High School girls track team placed third in a field of five schools with a score of 33 points during an April 26 meet at Ellsworth High School.

With Maine’s American Legion baseball ranks continuing to be thinned by the popularity of regional travel baseball programs, state American Legion baseball officials have held frequent planning sessions in an effort to adapt to the sport’s changing summer landscape.

After a trip to the Class B North semifinals last year, a veteran Ellsworth High School baseball team again is showing the characteristics of a contender early this spring. Coach Dan Curtis’ club rode the two-hit pitching of junior right-hander Conner Wagstaff and an offense that produced all of its runs with two outs to a 7-0 victory over Foxcroft Academy in a Penobscot Valley Conference matchup Saturday, April 28.

The 2018 outdoor track and field season began last week for the area’s high school teams.

Attention: Due to unsafe water levels on the Piscataquis with a lot of debris flowing through the 2018 Kiwanis River Race has been postponed to Saturday, May 26. Safety is a big priority for the Kiwanis Club; this is a family race and we don't want anyone to get hurt.

Ice fishing is a Maine tradition that goes back centuries. But as temperatures have climbed in recent decades, the ice is melting earlier and earlier on most of the state’s lakes, and that’s carving into the ice fishing season.

Cub Scout Pack 61 held its annual Pinewood Derby on March 10 at the Grace Bible Church in Sangerville.

The Foxcroft Youth and SeDoMoCha Middle School wrestling teams traveled to the Cross Insurance Arena over the weekend to compete at the Marshwood New England tournament. Over a 1,000 wrestlers from all six New England states participated in this event.

The Dexter Municipal Golf Course will celebrate its 50th anniversary during the 2018 golf season according to Jim Costedio, the course manager.

Piscataquis Community High School senior Bryce Gilbert, a 6-0 guard for the Pirates, is a Third Team selection on the 63rd Bangor Daily News All-Maine Schoolboy Basketball Team. The honor places Gilbert among the top 15 players across the state of Maine in all five classes.

A pair of area senior football players have been selected to participate in the 2018 Maine Shrine Lobster Bowl Classic, which is scheduled for Saturday, July 21 at Thornton Academy in Saco. Chosen for the East team -- made up of high school seniors from Classes A, B, C, and D -- is Dexter Regional High School’s Tyler Beem and Reggie Johnston of Foxcroft.

Back in 2003, the Bangor Daily News’ marketing gurus were looking for a way to introduce their new outdoor columnist -- me -- to our readers.

The Foxcroft Youth and SeDoMoCha Middle School wrestling teams attended the Pirate Wrestling Tournament held at Piscataquis Community High School March 31.

The Greenville High School boys basketball team traveled to Augusta on March 28 to receive a Legislative Sentiment recognizing the Lakers winning the 2018 Class D championship. During the visit the students met with their state legislators Sen. Paul Davis, R-Sangerville and Rep. Paul Stearns, R-Guilford.