Foxcroft Academy senior Emily Mikoud successfully defended her state championship in the discus by winning the event at the 2017 Class B championship on June 3 at Yarmouth High School

Sophomore Cymeria Robshaw captured the 100-meter title during Monday’s 2017 Penobscot Valley Conference (PVC) Small School Track & Field Championship to help the Penquis Valley High School girls earn fifth-place honors among a field of 13 schools recording points at the competition held at Foxcroft Academy.

The Foxcroft Academy outdoor track and field teams took part in the Penobscot Valley Conference (PVC) Large School Championship on May 27 at Mount Desert Island High School. The Pony boys finished with a score of 28 points to place seventh among 10 schools, and the girls from Foxcroft came in ninth in a field of 10 teams with 16 points.

Jamie Russell has amassed over 340 victories in 32 seasons coaching boys high school basketball at Central High School of Corinth, Penobscot Valley High School in Howland and, most recently, Piscataquis Community High School in Guilford. Now he will try his hand at coaching a girls basketball team. On May 22 Russell was approved by the RSU 64 Board of Directors as the coach at Central.

The area’s high school outdoor track and field teams recently took part in the final meets of the 2017 regular season, with four squads traveling to the University of Maine on May 18.

A trio of pitchers combined on a two-hitter for Dexter Regional High School during a May 17 Class C North contest vs. neighboring Piscataquis Community High School. While the hit count was low, the visiting Pirates did draw 14 walks but the team ended up stranding 13 runners -- three times leaving the bases loaded -- as Dexter won 12-2 in five innings.

The Husson University women's basketball program recently received a commitments from Megan Peach, who will join the program from Dexter Regional High School.

FA’s Mikoud breaks school discus record

Stephanie Smith, who has coached the Foxcroft Academy field hockey team to 51 victories in four seasons including the 2013 Class C state championship, is directing the Ponies’ softball program this spring for the first time.

Foxcroft Academy sophomore right-hander Makenzie Beaudry admitted that rain can cause problems for her. But Beaudry overcame a brief rain delay to toss a no-hitter and senior second baseman Abbi Bourget scored the winning run on an error in the seventh inning as the Ponies edged Ellsworth 3-2 on May 10 in a Class B North softball game.

Piscataquis Community High School held off a seventh inning rally bid by visiting Penquis Valley High School during a Class C North softball game on May 5 between the two regional rivals.

St. Michael’s College senior Monica Miles of Dover-Foxcroft was among 10 Purple Knight students recognized with major awards on May 4 at the athletic department's 70th annual Block 'M' Awards dinner.

Keegan Coover and Madison Coover each bagged a pair of turkeys first thing on the morning of Youth Spring Wild Turkey Hunting Day

No one could blame Billy Brock for a slow start on the mound , given brisk late-afternoon conditions that reminded the high school baseball fans gathered at Foxcroft Academy about the concept of wind chill. Brock eventually found that feeling in his pitching hand midway through Foxcroft’s Class B North encounter against previously undefeated John Bapst, retiring 10 of 11 batters he faced at one point to help coach Nick Miller’s club secure a 5-2 victory.

The 11th annual Three Rivers Kiwanis Sebec River Canoe and Kayak Race is being held on Saturday, May 20. Paddlers compete in nine racing and recreational classes for canoes and kayaks.

Seven runs, six of which came with two outs, in the home half of the third inning helped Dexter Regional High School break open an April 28 Class C North baseball contest vs. regional rival Penquis Valley High School. The Tigers would finish with a baker’s dozen run total on the scoreboard to win 13-4.

All of the area's five high school track programs were in action last week.

Lawrence G. Holmquist of Monson has bequeathed $20,000 to Piscataquis Community High School to establish two $1,000 student/athlete scholarships to be awarded annually.