By Aislinn Sarnacki I’ve been finding strange things along hiking trails recently.

PORTLAND — Foxcroft Academy made history by winning not one but the first two regional tennis championships in school history as both the Pony boys and girls won Class B North titles on June 3 at Bates College in Lewiston.

By Pete Warner, Bangor Daily News Staff This is the week Maine hunters dream about all year.

By Larry Mahoney, Bangor Daily News Staff LEWISTON — It has taken Ryan Dankert 24 years to take one of his Foxcroft Academy tennis teams to a state final.

AUGUSTA — Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife in conjunction with the City of Augusta will hold the annual moose lottery at Mill Park this Saturday, June 10.

Foxcroft boys tie for 11th place  AUGUSTA — Athletes from the region’s five high schools joined those from around the state to brave the cold and rain at the 2023 Class C outdoor track and field championship on Saturday, June 3 at Cony High School of Augusta.

Photo courtesy of Eric Ogden PhotographyDEXTER BASEBALL —  Front, from left, Chase Farnsworth, Dustyn Davis, Ben Bourgoin, Caden Brown, Caleb Bowman, and Gabe Cupero.

Photo courtesy of Eric Ogden PhotographyPCHS BASEBALL — Front, from left, Danny Hurd, Gabe Soctomah, Brady Ball, Dawson Simpson, Caleb Littlefield, and Gaige Tracy.

By Aislinn Sarnacki In the shade of stunted spruce trees, mounds of snow slowly melted in the warmth of late May.

Photo courtesy of Eric Ogden Photography FOXCROFT BASEBALL — Front, from left, Kristopher (Ryan) McLellan, Griffin Caruso, Donnie Poole, Jack Day, Jack Caruso, Cole McCorrison, Minh Truong, and Aiden Harvey.

By Larry Mahoney, Bangor Daily News Staff ORONO — The University of Maine’s new softball facility will host two North Regional high school softball championship games later this month.

Photo courtesy of Eric Ogden Photography PENQUIS BASEBALL — Front, from left, Wyatt Romero, Michael Coburn, Kooper Badger, William Hemenway, and Austin Gallant.

HAMPDEN — Foxcroft Academy’s Aiden Bryant and Landon Smith each won a pair of events at the 2023 Penobscot Valley Conference freshmen outdoor track & field championships on May 30 at Hampden Academy.

BREWER — The Foxcroft Academy boys finished the day with a score of 62 points to place third among a field of 15 point-scoring teams at the 2023 Penobscot Valley Conference Small School Outdoor Track and Championship at the Brewer Community School on Saturday, May 27.

By Larry Mahoney, Bangor Daily News Staff If you are trailing late in a basketball game, one way to climb back into the game is by fouling the opposing players and hoping they miss their foul shots.

BREWER — Athletes representing the area’s high schools took part in the 2023 Penobscot Valley Conference junior varsity outdoor track and field championship meet on Wednesday, May 24 at the Brewer Community School.

OLD TOWN — The Piscataquis Community Middle School, Ridge View Community School, and SeDoMoCha Middle School outdoor track and field teams concluded the 2023 season on Monday, May 22 at the Almquist Middle School Invitational at Old Town High School.

CARRABASSETT VALLEY — More than a half dozen residents from and with ties to the region took part in the 2023 Sugarloaf Marathon and 15K on Sunday, May 14.