By Bill PearsonStaff Writer     MILO — Moments after Penquis Valley won the State Class C basketball championship, coach Tony Hamlin’s thoughts started to turn toward whether there’d ever be a better time to exit the stage on his 31-year coaching career.

Former University of Maine men’s basketball coach Thomas “Skip” Chappelle, left, shares a moment with the captain of his 1973-74 team Tony Hamlin before the March 2 Class C State Championship game in Bangor.

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The Closs C State Championship game had a distinct Piscataquis County flavor.

    Beginning this month, Results Physical Therapy and Wellness Center will be donating 10 percent of all new members’ first month’s gym membership to the EMMC Champion the Cure Challenge.

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    BOSTON — Foxcroft Academy sophomore Fern Morrison and senior Donnie Boyer competed against the finest track athletes in all of New England at the 26th annual New England Interscholastic Indoor Track & Field Championships on March 2 at the Reggie Lewis Track & Athletic Center.

Casey Jordan selected to academic team     A trio of basketball players from the region have been chosen by the Maine Association of Basketball Coaches to take part in the 2013 Maine McDonald’s Senior All-Star Games on Saturday, March 9 at Husson University in Bangor.

Penquis boys Assistant Coach Jason Mills presents Tony Hamlin a basketball commemorating his 400th victory as a varsity basketball coach.

    NEW YORK — University of Southern Maine sophomore Emily Panciera, a resident of Monson and 2011 graduate of Foxcroft Academy, was part of two relay teams during the ECAC Div.

    DOVER-FOXCROFT — Five members of the Foxcroft Academy swim team received postseason recognition by being named to the Penobscot Valley Conference (PVC) All-Star Team.

    DOVER-FOXCROFT — Foxcroft Academy was well represented on the list of Big East Conference award winners.

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By Bill PearsonStaff Writer      BANGOR — The Penquis Valley Patriots saw a 13-point fourth quarter lead trimmed to one with 37.

    BANGOR — Husson University junior Mariah Arno, a resident of Dover-Foxcroft and member of the Husson field hockey team, was one of the university’s 12 student-athletes selected to the North Atlantic Conference (NAC) 2012 Fall All-Academic Team.

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Penquis guard Cody Larrabee swings the nets in celebration following the Patriots’ 61-54 victory over Boothbay Region High School on March 2 in the Class C championship game.