Mt. View’s Noah Hurd, left, and teammate Wyatt Evensen practice boxing each other out during foul shots taken at basketball practice Thursday in Thorndike. Anna Chadwick/Morning Sentinel

Mt. Ararat’s Keegan Rowe swims during the boys 200-yard individual medley at the KVAC Class A championship Saturday, Feb. 10, in Bath. Anna Chadwick/Morning Sentinel

Cony’s head coach Bob Johnston jumps in the pool after being named a Coach of the Year at the KVAC Class A swimming championships Saturday, Feb. 10, in Bath. Anna Chadwick/Morning Sentinel

Waylon Hopkins, 7, throws a baseball while playing pass with his dad, Andrew Hopkins, of Gardiner, in the Gardiner Common on Monday, Feb. 12. Anna Chadwick/Morning Sentinel

Mt. Blue wrestling team members Abigail Gartland, top, demonstrate a move with Brooklynn Webber as the team observes during the Mt. Blue High School wrestling team’s practice at the school in Farmington on Monday, Feb. 12. Seven female wrestlers are on the team. Rich Abrahamson/Morning Sentinel

Shawn Wilson lowers a sections of the wooden basketball court floor into place as it was being installed Wednesday at the Augusta Civic Center. They were preparing the building for the annual high school basketball tournament. Joe Phelan/Kennebec Journal

Lee Livingston, left, and “Grandpa Tom” Molokie chat with middle schoolers during Readfield Café event on Thursday, Feb. 8, at Maranacook Community Middle School in Readfield. Joe Phelan/Kennebec Journal

Peter Precourt levels a sign in the front window for the “There Goes My Hero: Chapter 1 Peyton Brewer-Ross” on show Thursday, Feb. 8, at the Art:Works on Main gallery in Winthrop. Joe Phelan/Kennebec Journal

Jesse Duda of Mount Vernon carries his son, Harrison Duda, 3, and the Valentine’s Day flowers they bought Tuesday at Waterville Florist & Formal Wear at 287 Main St. They plan to give the flowers to Duda’s wife, Harrison’s mother, and a hot pink rose to the boy’s older sister. Rich Abrahamson/Morning Sentinel

Sophia Del-Bosque, 1, makes a valentine for her father, as her mother, Tricia Cormier, helps during the Central Maine Chocolate Festival on Sunday, Feb. 11, at the Fairfield Community Center at 61 Water St. Rich Abrahamson/Morning Sentinel

Medical Lab Technology student Shannon Fillebrown demonstrates a microscope Tuesday in the new space in University of Maine at Augusta’s Robinson Hall in Augusta. Joe Phelan/Kennebec Journal

Coach Nicole Adams hugs a Lisbon cheerleader during the medal ceremony after the Greyhounds won the Class C cheerleading state championship Saturday, Feb. 10, at the Augusta Civic Center. Joe Phelan/Kennebec Journal