Three area senior football players and one cheering team member from the region have been selected to participate in the 2016 Maine Shrine Lobster Bowl Classic, which is scheduled for Saturday, July 16 at Biddeford High School’s Waterhouse Field.

WILLIMANTIC — On March 19 the Big Pine Gun Club hosted its second annual youth biathlon competition.

Thoughts of an early spring have disappeared in the Moosehead region.

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DEXTER — Dexter Regional High School junior center Megan Peach was honored by the Bangor Daily News by receiving Honorable Mention recognition on the 40th BDN All-Maine Schoolgirl Basketball Team.

schedule subject to change Wednesday, April 13—PRESEASON BASEBALL: Dexter vs.

DEXTER — Brighton Sawyer has been training in mixed martial arts for about five months.

PORTLAND — The Foxcroft Youth Wrestling and SeDoMoCha Middle School teams competed in the Marshwood New Englands Youth Wrestling Championships this past Saturday at the Cross Insurance Arena.

BANGOR — The 36th annual Maine McDonald’s High School Senior All-Star Basketball Games raised a record-setting $38,740 for Ronald McDonald House Charities of Maine.

schedule subject to change Saturday, April 9—PRESEASON BASEBALL: Dexter at Searsport noon.

GREENVILLE — Experienced fly fishing anglers and beginners alike can enjoy guided fly fishing excursions and improve a variety of angling skills at the Appalachian Mountain Club’s (AMC’s) Maine Wilderness Lodges in the Moosehead/100-Mile Wilderness region this spring.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — Veteran members of the Foxcroft Academy baseball team noticed a few changes as they arrived for the first full preseason practice of the spring Monday.

By Pete WarnerBDN Staff Isaiah Bess made Maine proud on March 23 as the talented guard from LaGrange and his Stonehill College teammates traveled to Frisco, Texas, where the fifth-seeded Skyhawks (24-8) faced fourth-seeded West Liberty University of West Virginia (30-3) in the NCAA Div.

By Ernie ClarkBDN Staff DEXTER — Mixed martial arts have established a strong foothold in central and eastern Maine, with such popular gyms as Young’s MMA in Bangor and Team Irish MMA Fitness Academy in Brewer producing many of the state’s top combatants.

PITTSFIELD — The SeDoMoCha Middle School wrestling team traveled to Warsaw Middle School on Wednesday, March 23 to compete in the Penquis League Championship.

HOWLAND — The Foxcroft Youth Wrestling and SeDoMoCha Middle School teams competed at the Hitchborn Youth Wrestling Tournament at Penobscot Valley High School on March 26.

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schedule subject to change Saturday, April 2—WRESTLING: New England youth championship at Cross Insurance Arena (Portland).