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By BEN HOOKE

CASTLETON, Vt. — If a softball team as special as the Oxbow Olympians were to make history, they just couldn’t do it in any ordinary way.In front of a loud and large traveling support section that made the nearly two-hour drive from Bradford to...

By TRIS WYKES

BRADFORD, Vt. — Chuck Simmons exploded off the white bucket on which he’d been sitting in the entry to the Oxbow High girls softball dugout on Friday.Bounding several steps toward the first-base line, the fourth-year coach raised both hands over his...

By TRIS WYKES

SOUTH ROYALTON — It’s not often that a victorious high school softball team surrenders eight runs during an inning. Add eight errors committed by that same squad and the odds become ever longer.Somehow escaping that situation Saturday was White River...

By TRIS WYKES

NORWICH — Lebanon High’s Ava Kaercher was under the weather Monday. The sophomore softball pitcher nonetheless lifted her team over the top, striking out 16 Hanover batters while throwing a two-hitter during the visitors’ 5-0 defeat of their archrival...

By TRIS WYKES

BRADFORD, Vt. — The exuberant shout emanated from the home dugout Tuesday as Oxbow High entertained Thetford in a VPA Division III softball clash.“Hit it louder!” The hosts certainly did so, orchestrating a virtual cacophony of bat smacks and hand...

By TRIS WYKES

Pete DePalo spent his first 15 years living on Coney Island in the New York City borough of Brooklyn, home of America’s first large-scale amusement park. His family moved to the Upper Valley and his life since has been filled with games.Soccer games....

By BENJAMIN ROSENBERG

CASTLETON, Vt. — Chuck Simmons was reluctant to label his Oxbow High softball program a dynasty when the Olympians won their second straight Vermont Division III state championship last spring.After Oxbow completed a perfect season with a third...

By BENJAMIN ROSENBERG

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — For all the history the Hartford High softball team made this spring, the Hurricanes’ season ended in an all-too-familiar way.Hartford’s run in the VPA Division II playoffs came to a halt at Maxfield Sports Complex at the hands...

BRADFORD, Vt. — The brilliant pitching of Anastase Bourgeois, not to mention an explosive offense, was more than enough to help top-seeded Oxbow softball earn a berth in the VPA Division III state championship game.The Olympians topped fourth-seeded...

By BENJAMIN ROSENBERG

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — It’s been a quarter-century since the Hartford High softball team made it this far, and while satisfied, the Hurricanes believe their ride is far from over.Facing a four-run deficit in the third inning of Monday’s resumed...

ST. JOHNSBURY, Vt. — Isabel Konijnenberg’s seventh goal of the game in double overtime lifted the Woodstock High girls lacrosse team to a come-from-behind 15-14 win over St. Johnsbury in their VPA Division II quarterfinal game.Claudia Shoemaker added...

BURLINGTON — Jordan Davis won the discus and javelin and Ayodele Lowe took first in the long jump as the Hartford High boys track and field team finished third at the Vermont Division II state meet, edging fourth place Peoples by two points.Burr &...

Staff ReportsBERLIN, N.H. — A Zoie Stevens home run was the only run for the Stevens High softball team as No. 8 seed Berlin defeated the No. 9 seed Cardinals, 8-1, in the NHIAA Division III first round.Mia Herbert pitched a complete game for Stevens,...

FAIRFAX, Vt. — The No. 13 seed Windsor High baseball team overcame sloppy play in the field with 13 hits and solid pitching to upset No. 4 seed BFA-Fairfax, 12-7, in the first round of the Vermont Division III playoffs.Johnny Clark led the...

MANCHESTER, Vt. — For the first time in program history, the Hartford High softball team will open the upcoming playoffs as Vermont Division II’s top seed. The Hurricanes, who beat Division I Burr & Burton, 18-5, in five innings on Saturday, also...

DURHAM, N.H. — The Hanover High boys track and field team claimed second place, and Lebanon took fourth, in Friday’s NHIAA Division II state championship meet hosted by Oyster River.The Bears’ boys racked up five first-place finishes on their way to a...

NEW LONDON — The Lebanon High girls tennis team clinched a thrilling 5-4 win over Bishop Brady when the No. 1 doubles team of Aesha Soni and Adaa Karanwal won their match, 8-6, in the NHIAA Division III first round Thursday at Colby-Sawyer College.The...

KINGSTON, N.H. — The Mascoma High outdoor track and field team broke at least two school records at Wednesday's NHIAA Division III state meet, hosted by Sanborn.The boys' 4x800-meter relay team of Brody Albanese, Troy Loynds, Trevor Maheu and Gunner...

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — The Hartford High softball team looked more than ready for the upcoming VPA Division II playoffs on Tuesday during a 16-0 wipeout of Woodstock at the Maxfield Sports Complex.Logan Evans knocked a two-run home run over the...

HANOVER — The Lebanon High softball team battered Hanover at Dartmouth Softball Park on Monday, outlasting the rival Bears by a 15-8 final on a perfect spring afternoon.Natalia Somoff, who previously played at Hanover and transferred to Lebanon for...

NEWPORT, Vt. – The Thetford Academy baseball team pushed across five runs in the top of the seventh inning to break a tie and defeat North Country, 9-4.Andrew Spooner had three hits and three RBIs for the Panthers, and Dempsey McGovern and Xander...