Cony/Hall-Dale/Monmouth/Maranacook/Winthrop/Erskine/Richmond’s Kyle Lepage tries to get around Brewer’s Hunter Merrithew during a Class B North boys hockey quarterfinal game Tuesday at the Maine Ice Vault in Hallowell. Anna Chadwick/Morning Sentinel

Calais’ Frank Miliano (5) and Mount View’s Ben Osborne dive to grab a loose ball in the Class C North boys basketball final on Saturday, Feb. 24, at the Cross Insurance Center in Bangor. Anna Chadwick/Morning Sentinel

The Valley Cavaliers celebrate with the championship plaque on Saturday, Feb. 24, after defeating Waynflete in the Class D South girls basketball final at the Augusta Civic Center. Joe Phelan/Kennebec Journal

The Valley Cavaliers celebrate on the bench late in fourth quarter against Waynflete during the Class D South girls basketball final on Saturday, Feb. 24, at the Augusta Civic Center. Joe Phelan/Kennebec Journal

Cony girls basketball coach John Dennett and players celebrate after they won the Class A North basketball championship over Lawrence on Friday, Feb. 23, at the Augusta Civic Center. Anna Chadwick/Morning Sentinel

Mount View holds the championship plaque after defeating Calais in the Class C North boys basketball final on Saturday, Feb. 24, at the Cross Insurance Center in Bangor. Anna Chadwick/Morning Sentinel

A muskrat swims through China Lake in China on Thursday. The small aquatic rodents grow 1-2 feet long and have glossy, brown waterproof fur and a skinny rat-like tail that makes a V shape when swimming. Rich Abrahamson/Morning Sentinel

Ice hockey players Paul True, 9, of Benton, left, and Graicen Giroux, 13, of Benton watch as the puck skips into the net at the Clinton Parks & Recreation Ice Skating Rink at Old Mill Park in Clinton on Sunday, Feb. 25. Rich Abrahamson/Morning Sentinel

An Amish buggy passes the 1904 Skowhegan firehouse Wednesday after the final shift at the historic firehouse at 16 Island Ave. in Skowhegan. Rich Abrahamson/Morning Sentinel