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A search for Maine’s blueback trout

By Steve Hirshberg September trout fishing in Maine is mostly an under-practiced sport.

Cornett hired as Foxcroft girls basketball coach

DOVER-FOXCROFT — Foxcroft Academy is pleased to announce the hiring of John Cornett as girls varsity basketball head coach.

SAD 41 preparing for winter sports

MILO — Guidelines are still being developed and the directors are set to make a formal decision at the Wednesday, Dec.

Organized e-sports a new competitive outlet for Maine high school students

By Ernie Clark, Bangor Daily News Staff Gavyn Gilbert is an eighth-grader at Piscataquis Community Middle School in Guilford who’s big into soccer, basketball and track and field.

State high school cross country championships canceled

By Ernie Clark, Bangor Daily News Staff The Maine Principals’ Association announced Monday, Nov.

Nature takes its course in the real world

Decision on cross country state championships expected Monday

By Ernie Clark, Bangor Daily News Staff A decision on whether or not the high school cross country state championship meets will be held as scheduled next week is on hold until Monday.

Winter coaches thankful there will be a season, even if everyone has to mask up

By Larry Mahoney, Bangor Daily News Staff Virtually all Maine high school winter sports student-athletes will be required to wear face coverings at all times according to guidelines established by Gov.

Maine high school winter sports season to begin Dec. 7

By Ernie Clark, Bangor Daily News Staff A tentative framework for a high school winter sports season in Maine was announced Friday, Nov.

Age is just a number, until everything starts to hurt and you begin to fall down

By John Holyoke, Bangor Daily News Outdoors Editor Tuesday — Election Day to some — was full of surprises.

Grant earns Heisman Scholarship Award

By Larry Mahoney, Bangor Daily News Staff Dexter Regional High School’s Peyton Grant and Old Town High’s Tanner Evans were chosen as the Maine recipients of the annual Heisman Scholarship Award, which supplies them with $500 in college scholarship money and a chance to earn more with national recognition.

Hikers can visit fire tower cabs on these three Maine mountains

By Matthew LaRoche The Bureau of Parks and Lands recently installed new fire tower cabs on Allagash, Round Pond (T13 R12) and Deboullie mountains.

The ammo shortage shouldn’t last much longer

Thoughts from a ground blind on a frosty opening day of deer season

By John Holyoke, Bangor Daily News Outdoors Editor On Saturday morning, my hunting buddies and I joined thousands of other Mainers in the woods on the residents-only opening day of the firearms deer hunting season.

Foxcroft’s Raynes qualifies for Class B X-C championship

BANGOR — Foxcroft Academy sophomore Annie Raynes earned a berth in the Class B cross country championship — set for 2:30 p.

Some New England states have set a winter sports schedule while Maine’s fate remains unknown

By Ernie Clark, Bangor Daily News Staff As fall high school sports wind down across New England, interest is building for what may or may not come this winter.

In the year of the pandemic, opening day of deer season provides a needed reason to celebrate

By John Holyoke, Bangor Daily News Outdoors Editor On Saturday morning — finally — thousands of us Maine residents will head into the woods, hopes high, on the residents-only opening day of deer season.

Charleston 13-year-old’s first deer is a 205-pounder

By John Holyoke, Bangor Daily News Outdoors Editor Gabe Feero began his hunting season bright and early on Saturday morning, heading into the woods of Medway with his dad, Wayne Feero.

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