By Pete Warner, Bangor Daily News Staff Until recently, Eric Emerich of Garland had never been ice fishing.

By Ryan McLaughlin BANGOR — One thing Dexter girls basketball coach Jody Grant has prided himself on during his long tenure with the Tigers is tenacious player-to-player defense.

By Ryan McLaughlin BANGOR — Preseason prognostications didn’t expect much out of the Fort Kent boys basketball team.

By Larry Mahoney, Bangor Daily News Staff BANGOR — The Dexter Regional High School girls basketball team trailed by as many as 13 points in the first half but stormed back to take an 11-point lead before holding off Central High School of Corinth 56-51 in their Class C North semifinal at the Cross Insurance Center in Bangor on Friday afternoon, Feb.

SHIRLEY — After losing our trail sled to fire we now have a replacement Expedition.

By Larry Mahoney, Bangor Daily News Staff Brittany McAllister is in her first season coaching basketball.

WELLS — A pair of wrestlers from the region finished in second place in their respective weight classes at the 2023 girls state championship on Feb.

WATERVILLE — The Foxcroft Academy girls swim team scored 20 points to tie for 16th place at the 2023 Class B championship on Feb.

AUGUSTA — The second-seeded boys from Upper Kennebec Valley High School of Bingham defeated No.

By Emily Burnham, Bangor Daily News Staff Ten years ago, the last squeaking sneakers, swishing baskets and roaring crowds could be heard echoing into the rafters of the Bangor Auditorium.

By Larry Mahoney, Bangor Daily News Staff BANGOR — The top-seeded Dexter High School girls basketball team received an important 3-pointer at the buzzer from Abby Corson to end the first half and outscored eight seed Fort Kent 14-2 in the third quarter en route to 47-27 victory in their Class C North quarterfinal at the Cross Insurance Center in Bangor on Tuesday.

By Larry Mahoney, Bangor Daily News Staff Thursday’s high school tournament games at the Cross Insurance Center in Bangor and the Cross Insurance Arena in Portland have been postponed due to the pending snowstorm, according to the Maine Principals’ Association.

The Maine Association of Basketball Coaches recently announced that a pair of Dexter Regional High School senior high school basketball players will be taking part in the 2022 Maine McDonald’s Senior All-Star Games on Saturday, March 11 at Newman Gymnasium on the campus of Husson University in Bangor.

By Adam Robinson, Bangor Daily News Staff BANGOR — No.

By Ron Chase Mosquito Mountain has a very unappealing name.

Wrestling HIGH SCHOOL Class B state championship At Mattanawcook Academy, Lincoln 1.

By Mike CorradoBANGOR — After a grueling back-and-forth battle, the fourth-seeded Old Town Coyotes took down the fifth-seeded Foxcroft Academy Ponies 52-43 in a Class B North boys quarterfinal on Feb.

By Larry Mahoney, Bangor Daily News Staff BANGOR — The second-seeded Caribou High School Vikings outscored seventh seed Foxcroft Academy 19-7 to close out the first half and take a 16-point lead into the intermission as the Vikings advanced to the Class B North semifinals with 68-39 victory at the Cross Insurance Center on Feb.