FRYEBURG — “NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!”
That was the post by Sue Thurston, athletic director for Fryeburg Academy, on the Fryeburg Academy Athletics Facebook page after the Maine Principal’s Association announced the cancellation of the 2020 spring athletic season on Thursday afternoon.
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