FRYEBURG, Maine — With COVID regulations and the Sept. 10 release of the Maine Principal's Association's "School Sports Guidance: Return to Competitive Activities in Maine," Fryeburg Academy Athletic Director Sue Thurston has been putting in 12-hour days to assure that Raider fall athletes will get the opportunity to take part in interscholastic competition this fall.
However, noticeably absent from Maine athletic fields this autumn will be 11-a-side tackle football.
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