GUILFORD — Friends of Community Fitness held its 11th annual Fitness 5K, as part of the Piscataquis River Festival, on the morning of July 30 with the following results (this year entrants ran the course in the opposite direction against traffic); 1.

A $20,000 grant from the Maine Outdoor Heritage Fund (MOHF) awarded to the Maine Appalachian Trail Club (MATC) is helping fund critically-needed trail improvements along a popular stretch of the Appalachian Trail.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — Four members of the Rowell’s Navigators American Legion baseball team received postseason recognition for their performances this past season.

OLD TOWN — The Foxcroft Youth Track team took part in the fourth USATF-Maine Group D meet of the summer season on July 28 at Old Town High School.

Contributed photo Participants in last month’s Monson Summer Fest Slate Man Mini Triathlon were, from left, Cliff, Chloe and Suzanne Olson, Jeff Killam, Sue Killam, Gretchen Peters, Tom Cronkite and Aaron Suomi.

  GUILFORD — The annual parent/coach meeting for PCHS and PCMS sports teams will be Thursday, Aug.

The Three Rivers Kiwanis held its annual Sebec River Canoe/Kayak Race on Saturday, July 23 with paddlers starting near the Reading Room in Sebec Village and ending at Veterans Park in Milo.

schedule subject to change Thursday, Aug.

You’d never know it by looking at the thermometer, but the change of seasons already has begun for many high school athletes.

Observer photo/Stuart Hedstrom Nine craft were paddled by canoeists and kayakers from below the dam in Sebec Village along the Sebec River to near the boat landing in Milo during the Three Rivers Kiwanis’ annual Sebec River Canoe and Kayak Race on July 23.

OLD TOWN — The Foxcroft Youth Track team took part in the third USATF-Maine Group D meet of the summer season on July 21 at Old Town High School.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — In conjunction with Foxcroft Academy’s Alumni Weekend and the Dover-Foxcroft Shiretown Homecoming, the 20th annual Pony Pride will be open to all and run at 8 a.

AUGUSTA — Maine’s high school basketball state championship games will continue to be televised around the state and streamed around the world for the next three years, according to an agreement announced last week by the Maine Principals’ Association.

MILO — Tradewinds CITGO Market is one of 23 stations in New England that has installed a Boston Red Sox “Spirit Pump” to help raise funds for the Boston Red Sox Foundation.

FARMINGTON — Abby Burdin, a resident of Guilford and graduate of Piscataquis Community High School, was a senior pitcher on the University of Maine-Farmington softball team this past season.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — Children from the ages of 3-10 can take part in the Piscataquis Regional YMCA’s annual Pony Trot 1K on Saturday, Aug.

schedule subject to change Thursday, July 28—TRACK: Foxcroft Youth Track at USATF-Maine Group D meet 2 p.

The Sports OBSERVERBy Ernie Clark DEXTER — Peter Murray has been the picture of stability on the sidelines as the boys varsity basketball coach at Dexter Regional High School for the past 23 years.