Photo courtesy of KC’s Country Store BIGGEST DEER — KC’s Country Store of Parkman has announced that Leah Gallant, 13 of Fairfield, is the winner of the 2022 youth biggest deer contest.

By Pete Warner, Bangor Daily News Staff DEXTER — This has been a difficult and unpredictable winter with little safe ice on Maine’s lakes and ponds.

Photo courtesy of Amanda Paige 1,000TH CAREER POINT — Dexter Regional High School senior Will Kusnierz scored his 1,000th career point during a Jan.

By Adam Robinson, Bangor Daily News Staff The Maine Principals’ Association Basketball Committee has approved a new draft for classifications that is awaiting approval by the Classification Committee on Jan.

By Adam Robinson, Bangor Daily News Staff Maine high school basketball could have a much different look next season.

Foxcroft Academy’s Jadon Richard has been named to the Big East Conference Week 4 honor roll, the second such honor in a row for the Pony junior.

By Pete Warner, Bangor Daily News Staff Most of Maine barely has any snow to enjoy the outdoors — and adding insult to injury is the limited amount of safe ice on many of the state’s lakes and ponds forcing the cancellation of local ice fishing derbies.

MILO — The Penquis Valley High School girls and boys basketball teams split an interclass doubleheader vs.

ORONO — Foxcroft Academy took to the track in a rescheduled Penobscot Valley Conference/Eastern Maine Indoor Track League meet Tuesday evening at the University of Maine.

DEXTER — For the safety of all involved, the fishing portion of the Dexter Fish & Game Association’s annual Ice Fishing Derby that had been scheduled for this weekend has been canceled due to poor ice conditions on Lake Wassookeag.

By Larry Mahoney and Adam Robinson, Bangor Daily News Staff During a boys basketball game at Calais High School, a player on the opposing team who had donated blood earlier in the day passed out on the court.

By Pete Warner, Bangor Daily News Staff The onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 helped ignite a surge of people heading into the Maine outdoors — and that trend continued in 2022.

By Pete Warner, Bangor Daily News Staff Ice anglers are excited about getting out on Maine’s frozen lakes and ponds, but make sure you check conditions before venturing out this month.

Foxcroft Academy’s Jadon Richard and Annie Raynes have been named to the Big East Conference Week 3 honor roll.

ORONO — Following cancellations of the first two meets of the season due to weather conditions, the Foxcroft Academy indoor track and field team opened the 2022-23 season with a Penobscot Valley Conference/Eastern Maine Indoor Track League meet at the University of Maine on Dec.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — The Caribou High School girls and boys basketball teams both came away with victories over Foxcroft Academy on Thursday, Dec.

By Pete Warner, Bangor Daily News Staff The effects of chemical contamination of Maine’s fish and wildlife, the impact of the revamped antlerless deer permit system and winter tick mortality among moose are three of the key areas outdoor enthusiasts should follow as we head into 2023.

Foxcroft Academy’s Caden Crocker and Annie Raynes have been named to the Big East Conference Week 2 honor roll.