Penquis Valley High School junior Cymeria Robshaw won a pair of jumps and came in third in the 100 at the 2018 Class C Outdoor Track and Field Championships on June 2 at Massabesic High School in Waterboro.

The Caribou High School Vikings boys tennis team forged into the regional championship with dominating performances in the semifinals. The Caribou squad rolled to an easy victories on Saturday, with the matches being played at the Caribou High School tennis courts on a cool and windy day. The No. 2 seeded Caribou boys stopped Foxcroft Academy by a 5-0 score.

The Center Coffee House held its fourth annual Jacked Up 5K on the morning of June 2 along approximately 3.1 miles of side streets and trails through town.

On Saturday, June 9 the Piscataquis Chamber of Commerce will host a grand opening celebration for one of the county’s newest businesses Gym Dad Ironworks, owned and operated by Anthony Levensalor and his father Thomas.

It is 56.1 miles between Medford and Greenville. During the past two springs, Mike Cabral has made that commute as the co-head coach of the Greenville High School softball team.

Grade 9 students from the region were among those taking part in the 2018 Penobscot Valley Conference Frosh Outdoor Track and Field Championships on May 29 at Cameron Stadium.

The Ponies defeated the Wildcats, 3-2, to advance to the Class B North quarterfinals at second seed John Bapst.

Penquis Valley High School junior Cymeria Robshaw and Greenville High School junior Ben Baldwin both won a pair of events at the 2018 Penobscot Valley Conference Small School Outdoor Track and Field Championships on May 26 at Caribou High School.

Greenville Schools are well into their baseball and softball seasons, and not only are the teams performing well on the field, but they’ve been doing a lot to promote their special cause this year – suicide awareness.

Sophomore javelin thrower Daniel Rihtnesberg and junior jumper Hyatt Smith would combine to place in the top four in four events for Foxcroft Academy at the 2018 Penobscot Valley Conference Large School Outdoor Track and Field Championship on Friday, May 25 at the Brewer Community School.

Eighteen months ago, Dover-Foxcroft resident Sarah Matulis walked into The Outlet, a mixed martial arts training center in Dexter, looking for ... well, an outlet.

A number of area athletes took part in the Penobscot Valley Conference JV outdoor track and field championship May 23 at the Brewer Community School.

Athletes from both SeDoMoCha Middle School in Dover-Foxcroft and Piscataquis Community Elementary School of Guilford brought home medals in the sprints at the 2018 Almquist Middle School Championships held May 21 at the University of Maine.

Ten entrants took part in the Three Rivers Kiwanis Club of Milo/Brownville’s annual Sebec River Canoe Race on May 19. Paddlers put their craft in the water in Sebec Village and they raced down river to near the boat docks in downtown Milo.

The area’s track and field teams all had final meets before this coming weekend’s postseason competitions.

The third annual Moose Mainea 5K and 10K road races, to benefit Destination Moosehead Lake, were held Saturday, May 19.

Seems like everyone is pulling out dams these days. It certainly makes sense in areas where anadromous fish species have been prevented from accessing important spawning and nursery habitat. These fish have been severely impacted by dams with no fishways.

All you salmon slayers, save the date. The Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife is partnering with Natural Resource Education Center at Moosehead (NREC) to organize the first Chesuncook Lake Salmon Derby on Memorial Weekend this year.