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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...

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BURLINGTON — In White River Valley’s magical three-week run to reach the VPA Division III baseball state championship game, a lot of things broke the Wildcats’ way. Ground balls found gaps they shouldn’t have, opposing ace pitchers struggled with...

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WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — For two straight years, Woodstock girls lacrosse coach Amanda Hull has ushered her Wasps into the Alumni Sports Complex to do what no team in Vermont had done so far: beat the Hartford Hurricanes.And for a second straight year,...

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WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — The Hartford Hurricanes waited 24 years for a first title in boys lacrosse.They’d like to make the wait a lot shorter for the next one.Top-seeded Hartford overcame a spirited performance from fourth-seeded Milton to roll to a...

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ORFORD — After his Rivendell Academy baseball team broke its post-game huddle, coach Eric Reichert offered each of his five seniors a handshake and then a hug.It was recognition for a group of players who brought his team further than it had ever been...

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THETFORD — One game away from a return trip to the VPA Division III softball state championship game, are the Thetford Panthers feeling pressure? No, says Thetford coach Michelle Morgan: “Just hungry for more.” The young Panthers showed that hunger...

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One tough inning was all it took to end the Newport Tigers’ dreams of an undefeated softball season.The top-seeded Tigers were slow out of the gate, allowing three runs before getting a chance to bat, and never recovered. Fourth-seeded Gilford...

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There’s something Devin Cilley and his White River Valley Wildcats really seem to like about playoff baseball games at their home field in South Royalton.Maybe it’s the walk-up music and on-site PA announcer, a rarity at the small-school level.Maybe...

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WINDSOR — When the Windsor Yellowjackets were on their softball game, they could challenge just about anyone in the state. But when they weren’t, things could get ugly in a hurry.The dual nature of Windsor’s season played out in microcosm in Tuesday’s...

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LEBANON — The forecasted rain over Lebanon High School’s girls lacrosse field stopped just in time for the large crowd assembled to watch the Raiders produce a downpour of goals instead.The Raiders scored a season-high 20 goals, including eight in the...

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ORFORD — The clouds that hung around all afternoon finally opened, pouring heavy rain from the sky onto the Orford Recreational Field baseball diamond just minutes after the final out.It’s not as if Rivendell needed any help in extinguishing...

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HANOVER — The Hanover High boys tennis team rolled past seventh-seeded Keene, 8-1, on Friday at Storrs Pond to advance to the semifinals of the NHIAA Division I state tournament.Hanover won all six singles matches in dominant fashion, dropping a total...

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WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — The Hartford High softball team notched its best performance in 30 years last season. This year, the Hurricanes seem well on their way to surpassing it.The Hurricanes overcame early hiccups to roll past Springfield, 11-4, at the...

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SOUTH ROYALTON — Rivendell Academy baseball coach Eric Reichert has been coming to the diamond in South Royalton for close to 40 years since his early days coaching summer ball in the 1980s.The nine-year wait his Rivendell team had to beat White River...

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HANOVER — At the stadium that will be named in his honor this fall, family, friends and colleagues of late Dartmouth College football coach Eugene F. “Buddy” Teevens gathered Saturday for an emotional celebration of life.The event highlighted the...

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WINDSOR — When asked what went well for his team in their 27-5 thrashing of the Windsor Yellowjackets, Woodstock baseball coach Jason Tarleton kept his answer simple: hitting.The Wasps jumped all over the outmatched Jacks, sending 57 batters to the...

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WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — Five games from playoff time, the Hartford Hurricanes defense of the VPA D-II lacrosse championship appears to be going full speed ahead. The division-leading Hurricanes built an early lead with great defense then weathered a...

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WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — If the Hartford Hurricanes want to make a deep run in the upcoming VPA Division II baseball playoffs, they can scarcely afford more performances like Tuesday night’s. The Hurricanes battled well at the plate against Brattleboro...

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There was no three-peat for the Windsor High girls basketball team.The second-seeded defending VPA Division III champions fought valiantly for a half but ultimately found themselves outmatched by a sizzling shooting performance by the top-seeded Hazen...

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ORFORD — At small high schools across Vermont and New Hampshire, coaches can often be few and far between, and many of them have to stretch to help maintain active varsity and junior varsity teams at their schools.At Rivendell Academy, however, this...

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HANOVER — The last few seasons have not been kind to the Dartmouth men’s hockey program. After pandemic disruptions and middling results, the Big Green appeared to bottom out last season, winning just 5 of 30 games and finishing in the basement of the...