By Stuart Hedstrom Foxcroft Academy girls 83, Ellsworth 79, (Sumner/Narraguagus exhib.

BANGOR — The Dexter varsity cheerleading squad used a fifth-place finish at Saturday’s Class C North competition meet at the Cross Insurance Center to advance to the upcoming state championships.

 Observer photo/Kevin Sjoberg  Wally Moon of Ellsworth controls his opponent, Matt Simpson of Dexter, in the semifinals of Saturday’s tournament held in Caribou.

 Observer photo/Kevin Sjoberg Zach Caron of the Foxcroft Academy Ponies controls his match against Ellsworth’s Peyton Cole during Saturday’s tournament held in Caribou.

Observer photo/Stuart Hedstrom FILL THE GYM — Current and past Foxcroft Academy wrestlers gathered for a pre-match ceremony on Jan.

schedule subject to change Thursday, Jan.

WATERVILLE — Crystal Cunningham, of Dexter and a graduate of Dexter Regional High School, was a senior on this fall’s field hockey team at Thomas College.

BANGOR — Alex Speed, a resident of Guilford and graduate of Piscataquis Community High School, continued her soccer career as a freshman on the Husson University women’s soccer team during the 2015 season.

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BASKETBALLHeal Point standingsthrough Jan.

By Ernie ClarkStaff Writer DEXTER — The Dexter boys basketball season began the winter with perhaps more questions than definitive answers.

Bangor boys 134, Foxcroft Academy 19  200 Yard Medley Relay: 1, Bangor ‘C’ (Brendan Martin, Colby Prouty, Collin MacMillan, Sam Carlson), 1:48.

By Ernie ClarkStaff Writer DEXTER — Things were not looking good for the Dexter boys basketball team Thursday, Jan.

Moosehead region: There’s not much ice, even in the Moosehead area.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — There’s a certain amount of consistency involved in coaching any high school team to continued success.

By Ernie ClarkStaff Writer The Foxcroft Academy wrestling team capped off a stellar pre-conference portion of their schedule Saturday by emerging as the top Maine finisher and third overall at the Spartan Invitational Tournament hosted by Sanford High School.

By Ernie ClarkStaff Writer DOVER-FOXCROFT — Derek Shorey’s chance to compete on a nationally televised mixed martial arts card didn’t turn out the way he had hoped.

ORONO — The Foxcroft Academy boys more than doubled the point total of runner-up Mattanawcook Academy of Lincoln to finish first out of five schools at a Jan.