Rabbit hunting is prime thanks to the mild winter
Sparse intermittent snow and warmer than normal temperatures have led to low snow depths and excellent accessibility for most rabbit hunting.
Sparse intermittent snow and warmer than normal temperatures have led to low snow depths and excellent accessibility for most rabbit hunting.
The 20-1 Warriors will seek their third consecutive state championship and fifth in six years when they face 21-0 South champion Valley High of Bingham in Saturday’s 1:05 p.m. state final at the Augusta Civic Center.
Eleven teams were in the recreational division and four were in the open division.
Organizers have canceled this year’s Can-Am Crown sled dog race in Fort Kent less than a week before it was set to start.
The defending two-time state champion Southern Aroostook High School girls basketball team made it six Class D North titles in a row with a convincing 71-27 victory.
Hodgdon, which started three freshmen, a sophomore and a junior, finished with a 17-4 record.
Micah Daigle finished as Fort Fairfield’s lone double-digit scorer on Thursday, tallying 12 points, an assist and two offensive rebounds.
The 19-1 Warriors, winners of four of the last five state D titles, will face seventh seed Katahdin of Stacyville, 14-7, in Saturday’s 1 p.m. regional championship game.
Powered by 16 third quarter points from senior guard Hunter Hartsgrove, the No. 7 Katahdin girls basketball team upset senior Lilly Roy and No. 3 Wisdom 42-34 in the Class D North regional semifinals Thursday.
Coach Brett Russell’s Warriors, who claimed the 2023 state title, wound up 13-7.