DOVER-FOXCROFT — Opening day is a special time each year for any baseball player whether the venue is a Little League field or a major league stadium.

Observer photo/Stuart Hedstrom GETTING READY TO RACE — Entrants in the Dover-Foxcroft Kiwanis Club’s 44th annual Piscataquis River Race get ready for the start on the morning of April 23 near King Cummings Park in Guilford.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — A total of 96 racers across 65 boats made the near 10-mile journey from King Cummings Park in Guilford to the finish line across West Main Street from Foxcroft Academy in the Dover-Foxcroft Kiwanis Club’s 44th annual Piscataquis River Race on April 23.

schedule subject to change Wednesday, April 27—BASEBALL: Dexter vs.

By Ernie ClarkStaff Writer LEWISTON — Young’s MMA of Bangor teammates Josh Harvey and Aaron Lacey both made successful professional debuts during New England Fights’ NEF 22 mixed martial arts and boxing show in front of an estimated 3,000 combat sports fans at the Androscoggin Bank Colise on Saturday.

The Dexter girls track team finished sixth of 10 teams at Brewer with a score of 26 points on April 21.

April 18: Greenville baseball lost at Searsport 11-1.

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.