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BURLINGTON — After waiting 37 years for their second baseball championship, a third took hardly as long for Thetford Academy.

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THETFORD, Vt. — Whenever Thetford’s Xander Oshoniyi tossed a pitch on Wednesday he thought would end an inning, he’d start walking toward the dugout before the umpire even made the call — a little swagger in his step.

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BURLINGTON — What do you even do as a senior class that’s won everything you can win?

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BURLINGTON — An afternoon that began with members of the White River Valley track and field team singing the national anthem did not end on quite the perfect note for the Wildcats dream of a fourth consecutive state title in girls track.

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BETHLEHEM, N.H. — When it came to a return to the NHIAA division III tennis final, you just couldn’t stop the Lebanon Raiders.

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WOODSTOCK — Riding a wave of fan support and a raucous energy, the White River Valley baseball team closed out a perfect regular season by downing upset-minded Woodstock, 3-2, in a nailbiter at the McLaughlin Athletic Complex on Friday night.

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THETFORD — Thetford softball’s first goal of the day — getting senior hurler McKayla Stanley to her 300th career strikeout on senior day — couldn’t have taken less time. But the second goal — celebrating senior day with a big time win over visiting Spaulding — was well worth the wait once it arrived.

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They’ll need to find some more space on the walls of Windsor High School’s gym. The Yellowjacket girls are champions again.

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WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — As a youngster, Charlotte Jasmin would come to Hartford High basketball games and stare up at the banner with the names of the five 1,000-point scorers to wear the red, white and blue.

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HANOVER — A year after a young roster brought them to a state title game, everything is surprisingly new for the Hanover Bears boys basketball team following an ofFseason of dramatic change.

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WINDSOR — There are so many championship banners draped on the wall of Windsor High’s gym that the excess ones have begun to spill off the wall and onto the mezzanine that surrounds the court.This year’s girls basketball team may well force them to...

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RANDOLPH — Last year’s young Thetford Academy boys basketball team somewhat slipped under the radar en route to a state championship.Now, with another year of experience, the Panthers have a target clearly on their backs — but also the veteran resolve...

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ORFORD — Paced by 18 points from a returning Maggi Ellsworth, Oxbow opened the season in the win column with a 44-20 beatdown of local rival Rivendell in their season opener.The Lady Olympians led all night in front of a boisterous traveling crowd who...

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ST. JOHNSBURY, Vt. — Woodstock football coach Ramsey Worrell had just one word to describe his team’s 2024 football campaign: “Domination.” Based on the on-field results from start to finish, it’s hard to dispute.The Woodstock Wasps capped a perfect...

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RUTLAND — For all the success Windsor High School has had across a myriad number of sports, one had eluded them all these years.Often an afterthought to the school’s dynastic field hockey and football teams, boys and girls soccer languished in the...

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WOODSTOCK — In longtime Woodstock High football coach Ramsey Worrell’s run-heavy offense, there’s really no such thing as a bell cow. The constant rotation of runners means that there’s no real chance for one back to carry most of the load and affect...

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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...