Graham Pearsall had sampled the Boston Marathon before, jumping in a few years back to accompany his high school track coach for the last 10 miles of the world’s most historic road race.

BDN file photo Foxcroft Academy senior Hunter Smith was honored by the Bangor Daily News by receiving Honorable Mention recognition on the 61st BDN All-Maine Schoolboy Basketball Team.

WINSLOW — The Foxcroft Academy outdoor track and field team began the 2016 season by taking part in a three-team meet against Kennebec Valley Athletic Conference member schools Winslow and Spruce Mountain of Jay on April 15.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — The 44th annual Piscataquis River Race, sponsored by the Kiwanis Club of Dover-Foxcroft, is scheduled for Saturday, April 23.

PITTSBURGH — Don Boyer, a resident of Dover-Foxcroft and a 2013 graduate of Foxcroft Academy, was a member of the Carnegie Mellon University men’s indoor track and field team for the 2015-16 season.

schedule subject to change Thursday, April 21—BASEBALL: Dexter at Central (Corinth) 4:30 p.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — Foxcroft Academy boasts a rich athletic history in some sports, football, wrestling and field hockey chief among them.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — The 44th annual Piscataquis River Race, sponsored by the Kiwanis Club of Dover-Foxcroft, is scheduled for Saturday, April 23.

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.