ORONO — Scarce snowpack hindered snowmobile recreation in Maine last winter, squeezing businesses that count on the sport to draw tourists.

DEXTER — The Dexter Firefighters Association Ice Fishing Derby was held Jan.

By Larry Mahoney, Bangor Daily News Staff The state’s 73 cheerleading squads will travel to Bangor for Saturday’s regional competition at the Cross Insurance Center that will determine the 16 teams that will vie for the state title in each of the three classes on the following Saturday (Feb.

Foxcroft Academy junior Lucas Sands has been named to the the Big East Conference 2024-25 Week 7 honor roll, joining 14  other conference players.

Event to celebrate the title launch Feb.

BUCKSPORT — The Dexter Regional High School wrestling team came in second at the 2025 Penobscot Valley Conference championship on Saturday, Jan.

MILLINOCKET — The Dexter Regional High School cheer team finished in first place at the 2025 Penobscot Valley Conference Class C championship on Saturday, Jan.

ORONO — Foxcroft Academy junior Conner Donahue earned top honors in the 200 and long and triple jumps at a Penobscot Valley Conference/Eastern Maine Indoor Track League meet on the morning of Saturday, Jan.

By Larry Mahoney, Bangor Daily News Staff Orono High School Athletic Administrator Nelson Beaudoin was in a pinch.

By Larry Mahoney, Bangor Daily News Staff Significant changes in Maine’s high school basketball classifications for next season have been introduced in a proposal by the basketball committees from each of the three tournament sites in Portland, Bangor, and Augusta.

By Tim Obrey, Moosehead Lake Region fisheries supervisor Smelt make the world go around … at least on Moosehead Lake.

Photo courtesy of Eric Ogden PhotographyPCHS BOYS BASKETBALL — Front, from left, Chase Lander, Layden Parrish, Noah Kain, Jacob Knowles, Keith Parrish, and Gavyn Gilbert.

The 18th annual Moosehead Lake Togue Derby will run from 12:01 a.

A trio of Foxcroft Academy boys basketball players have been named to the the Big East Conference 2024-25 Week 6 honor roll, joining seven other conference players.

STRONG — Veteran outdoor sporting platform and mapping software, GPS Trailmasters, and the industry’s first vertically integrated outdoor technology platform, TrailIntel, announce they’ve entered into a strategic partnership to unveil a revolutionary new plan to impact the outdoor lifestyle experience.

Photo courtesy of Eric Ogden PhotographyFOXCROFT ACADEMY BOYS BASKETBALL — Front, from left, Landon Smith, Preston Hutchinson, Aiden Bryant, Akram Nkwanzi Quays, Silas Topolski, Shane Birungi, and Madi Sapakov.

By Julie Harris, Bangor Daily News Staff Maine’s snowmobilers are on the cusp of having a good year, if they could just get more snow.

Photo courtesy of Eric Ogden PhotographyDEXTER BOYS BASKETBALL — Front, from left, Ryan Farnsworth, Bodhi Langlais, Bryce Cooper, Trevor Picariello, and Jeremey Saine Jr.