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By ALEX HANSON

HANOVER — Rain forced the Hanover High School commencement ceremony into the school gym.But that was OK; the Class of 2023 is used to making the best of it, Principal Julie Stevenson told the assembly after the 159 seniors, all in maroon caps and...

By BENJAMIN ROSENBERG

BURLINGTON — Xander Oshoniyi may have fallen three outs shy of a no-hitter, but leading the Thetford Academy baseball team to its first state championship in 37 years as a freshman still makes for a pretty good Saturday.Oshoniyi baffled the White...

By PATRICK ADRIAN

LEBANON — Lebanon High School’s graduating seniors departed their commencement ceremony Thursday night to the recessional song “As It Was” by Harry Styles.Selected as the class song, “As It Was” is distinguished by a sharp contrast between its lyrics...

By NORA DOYLE-BURR

WOODSTOCK — Dressed in green robes inside Union Arena, 62 Woodstock Union High School seniors became graduates Friday night.In their remarks, the class’s co-salutatorians used natural themes to encourage their fellow graduates to be like trees and to...

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...

By PATRICK O’GRADY

CLAREMONT — Never forget the positive roles, both big and small, others play in life and put aside fears when new challenges come along were messages from the valedictorian and salutatorian of the Stevens High School graduating Class of 2023.The 153rd...

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...

By BENJAMIN ROSENBERG

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — Isabel Konijnenberg admitted she didn’t think anybody on the Woodstock High girls lacrosse team expected to win Tuesday.The Wasps were up against their biggest rivals — undefeated and top-seeded Hartford — and the Hurricanes...

WOODSTOCK — It was a premature postseason exit for the Woodstock High girls tennis team as the No. 2 seed Wasps were upset in Monday’s VP Division II quarterfinals, 4-3, by seventh-seeded Rice at the Woodstock Athletic Club.All three of Woodstock’s...

By TRIS WYKES Valley News Staff Writer SOUTH ROYALTON — Monday’s Vermont Division III baseball quarterfinal between White River Valley and Windsor moved quickly, but memories of the clash will last a long time.The fifth-seeded Wildcats and 13th-seeded...

By TRIS WYKES

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION - Hanover High’s hunt for its first state baseball title will stretch into next year after the top-seeded Bears were upset, 8-6, by eighth-seeded Plymouth during Saturday’s NHIAA Division II quarterfinal game at the Maxfield...

By BENJAMIN ROSENBERG

THETFORD — Baseball has been at the core of Mason and Boone Fahey’s relationship for years.A junior and sophomore, respectively, at Thetford Academy, the Faheys are always talking baseball, whether it’s their own games, college ball or their beloved...

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...

By BENJAMIN ROSENBERG

BRADFORD, Vt. — Give the Oxbow High softball team an inch, and the Olympians will take a mile.Considering the amount of hard contact Oxbow made in Saturday’s VPA Division III quarterfinal against Windsor, the Yellowjackets played a mostly clean game....

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 ReportsMANCHESTER, Vt. — New division, same results.The White River Valley girls track and field team, last year’s Vermont Division IV state champions, moved up a division this year and defeated the defending Division III champion, Thetford...

Valley News Staff Writer MANCHESTER — The new-look Hanover High boys tennis team, coming off an undefeated season and a first NHIAA Division I state title, was still good enough to overcome all opposition this spring. All, that is, except an old...

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,...

By BENJAMIN ROSENBERG

HANOVER — The head coach is different, and so is two-thirds of the starting singles lineup. But the final destination and opponent for the Hanover High boys tennis team will be the same.The No. 2 seed and defending NHIAA Division I state champion...