Bangor’s Jesse Spiers placed second in the boys 12-13 age division of the Daufuskie Island Challenge played Feb. 17-18 at the Melrose Club in Daufuskie Island, S.C.

Spiers shot 78 and 70 for a two round total of 148 on the par 72 layout and finished one stroke behind Robert Reisen of Southern Pines, N.C.

His round of 70 was the low score of the tournament among the 124 golfers who competed.

Bear hunters have record kill

For the second straight year, hunters in Maine killed a record number of bears during the annual season, registering 3,951 bears. Bear season began the Monday before Labor Day and ran through the Saturday after Thanksgiving. Hunters harvested 3,483 bears in 1999.