Observer photo/Stuart Hedstrom  (Pictured to the right) Front, from left, Jessi Breton, Erika Chadbourne, Kiara Prescott, Jenna Clukey and Shayla Bickmore.

Observer photo/Stuart Hedstrom Front, from left, Kellen Strout, Kimmy Hanson and Amber Lewis.

Observer photo/Stuart Hedstrom Front, from left, Kohei Kotani, Liam Casey and Todd Zhou.

Observer photo/Mike Lange Front, from left, Abbey Jordan, Dana Webber, Macie Melvin, Christine May, Michaela White, Shayna Fogg, Sarah Vigue, Cayla Wyman and Jordyn Jubinville.

Observer photo/Stuart Hedstrom Front, from left, Clayton Preble, Peter Bishop, Colin Beckett, Michael Vachon, Edward Witham and Jacob White.

Observer photo/Mike Lange Front, from left, Mackenzie Redimarker, Shelby Ward, Brooke Noyes, Erin Welsh, Charlotte Aucoin and Tanya Spaulding.

Observer photo/Stuart Hedstrom Front, from left, Spencer Adkins, Tyler Soctomah, Brian Moulton, Nick Easler, Mitchell Nuite, Brandon Leavitt, Bryce Gilbert, Dillow Drew, Braydon Desmarais, Kyle Kain and Cameron Kane.

Observer photo/Stuart Hedstrom Front, from left, Jenny Sanborn, Jade Lamb, Alex Speed, Haylee Patterson, Courtney Deane, Erin Speed and Bailey Lemieux.

Observer photo/Mike Lange Front, from left, Evan Bjork, Trevor Richards, Nick Foley, Robert Mello, Parker Richards, Noah Pratt and Kyle Kinaszczuk.

Observer photo/Stuart Hedstrom Front, from left, Selena Sibert, Kelsey Robinson, Rachael Baker, Megan Witham, Rebecca Peirce, RyAnne Young, Casey Larrabee and Kayle Harmon.

Observer photo/Mike Lange Front, from left, Bryce Sweet, Kyle Emerson, Andrew Carlow, Aaron Perkins, Matthew Richards and Caleb Smith.

By Stuart Hedstrom  Staff Writer     DOVER-FOXCROFT — The Foxcroft Academy boys cross country team enjoyed some home cooking with a Sept.

    Wednesday, Sept.

Observer photo/Mike Lange     CLOSE ENCOUNTER — Foxcroft Academy’s Kendra Ewer (10) tangles with a PCHS player while teammate Emily Sprecher (20) and Alex Speed (1) of PCHS also get in the play.

Team depth propels cross country to first outright win in six years    Competing on its home course for the first and only time this season on Friday afternoon, the boys’ cross country team did not disappoint, outlasting Hermon, Central, John Bapst, and Lee Academy to capture the school’s first meet victory since 2008.

Observer photo/Stuart Hedstrom Foxcroft Academy’s Ryan Cary fends off Tristan French of Piscataquis Community High School during a primetime game at Oakes Field in Dover-Foxcroft on Thursday, Sept.

   In the Moosehead Lake Region, it’s prime time for fishing.

By Stuart Hedstrom  Staff Writer     DOVER-FOXCROFT — Late in the first quarter, Foxcroft Academy found itself trailing 8-7 following  a high shotgun snap into the end zone for a safety during a Sept.