By Ernie Clark, Bangor Daily News Staff As the 2022 Maine high school basketball tournament kicks into high gear Friday, facemasks will be required of those attending the games in Bangor, Augusta and Portland.

By Ernie Clark, Bangor Daily News Staff While the high school basketball tournament moves into high gear this weekend, the Unified basketball season is now in regular-season form.

By Fisheries Resource Technician Stephen Seeback Getting over the mid-winter hurdle in the Moosehead Lake Region.

By Larry Mahoney, Bangor Daily News Staff There probably wasn’t anyone as heartbroken as Dexter Regional High School girls basketball coach Jody Grant when the COVID-19 pandemic wiped out last year’s tournament.

By Larry Mahoney, Bangor Daily News Staff The tournament is back, and you can watch it from the comfort of your home.

ORONO – The Foxcroft Academy girls finished in sixth place at the 2022 Penobscot Valley Conference Swimming and Diving Championship at the University of Maine on Feb.

By Larry Mahoney, Bangor Daily News Staff AUGUSTA – Lisbon claimed its fourth Class C championship since 2015 at the Augusta Civic Center on Saturday.

By Ernie Clark, Bangor Daily News Staff Mattanawcook Academy of Lincoln crowned four individual champions and qualified 10 wrestlers for next weekend’s state championship meet while winning the Class B North title Saturday at Belfast Area High School.

ORONO – The Foxcroft Academy boys scored 60 points to finish fourth among a field of eight teams at the 2022 Penobscot Valley Conference/Eastern Maine Indoor Track League Small School championship at the New Balance Field House at the University of Maine on Feb.

By Larry Mahoney, Bangor Daily News Staff Classes C and B will kick off the state championship cheering competition at the Augusta Civic Center on Saturday beginning at 10 a.

GREENVILLE — Tracy Babin made her way to the starting line, her family and volunteers keeping the sled dogs secure on the gangline.

By Ernie Clark, Bangor Daily News Staff Expect just modest classification changes for the 2022 high school football season.

ORONO – Foxcroft Academy and Dexter Regional High School closed out the 2021-22 regular season with the final Penobscot Valley Conference/Eastern Maine Indoor Track League meet before the conference championships, at the University of Maine New Balance Field House on Feb.

Dexter places second, PCHS third  By Ernie Clark, Bangor Daily News Staff DOVER-FOXCROFT – Mattanawcook Academy dominated the Penobscot Valley Conference wrestling championships held at Foxcroft Academy in Dover-Foxcroft on Saturday.

By Larry Mahoney, Bangor Daily News Staff Stephanie Crane, the co-head coach of the Bangor High School cheerleading team with Kate Robichaud, admitted that she thought a fall during a stunt at the end of the Rams’ routine at the Class A North regional cheering competition at Lewiston High on Saturday would cost them a first-place finish.

By Ernie Clark, Bangor Daily News Staff It may be the off-season for high school football in Maine but the effort to create a more competitive atmosphere for the sport continues.

By Pete Warner, Bangor Daily News Staff Ice fishing in Maine presents unique challenges.

One brother to race in Greenville on Saturday By Abigail Curtis, Bangor Daily News Staff Caleb Hayes, 17, and Christian Hayes, 15, have an unusual hobby for high schoolers: they train and race teams of sled dogs.