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By ALEX HANSON

Growing up in Springfield, Vt., in a family in which nearly all the men were machinists, Jeff Thomas had no plans to go into education. He was more attuned to the hardwood of the basketball court than to the classroom blackboard, and graduated 170th in his class of 210 students.

By BEN HOOKE

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

By TRIS WYKES

SOUTH ROYALTON — Dark storm clouds drifted over nearby hills to the west and dropped a watery deluge here early Tuesday evening. It soaked members of the White River Valley High baseball team, gathered in the outfield for a team picture after staging a late rally to beat BFA-Fairfax, 3-2, in the eighth inning of their VPA Division III semifinal.

By BEN HOOKE

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

By BEN HOOKE

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.

By BEN HOOKE

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.

By JAMES M. PATTERSON

SOUTH ROYALTON — Catherine Phillps, left, and Gemma Phillips, 6, of Poultney, Vt., and Kierra Rice of Granville, N.Y., walk back to White River Valley High School in South Royalton after Phillips had her class picture taken on the green on Tuesday.

By TRIS WYKES

BARRE, Vt. — A frustrated White River Valley boys basketball team and its fans saw an undefeated season come to a disappointing conclusion on Thursday night, falling short of the program’s championship goals.

By TRIS WYKES

SOUTH ROYALTON — The White River Valley High boys basketball team took in a horror film to start the season.

By BEN HOOKE

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.

By PATRICK O’GRADY

High school indoor track in the Upper Valley has a number of top individual performers and strong overall teams that can compete at the state level. Among them are the Thetford boys, led by Uly Junker, and the Hartford boys, who bring back a lot of...

By PATRICK O’GRADY

STEVENS Coach: Shawn Fitzpatrick (third year). Last year: NHIAA Division I state champions. League: NHIAA Division I.Returners: Seniors — Maddox Foster, Devyn Corliss, Steven Rheaume. Juniors — Logan Aiken, Josh Howe. Sophomores – Brennan Tallman,...

By EMMA ROTH-WELLS

SOUTH ROYALTON — After more than three decades as an educator in the Upper Valley, the principal of White River Valley High School has announced plans to retire at the end of the current school year.Jeff Thomas, 59, sent his letter of resignation to...

By PATRICK O’GRADY

NORTH SPRINGFIELD, Vt. — The Hartford High boys cross country team captured the Southern Vermont League B Division Championship on Friday, with the Hurricanes’ Bennett Moreno winning the 5K race at the North Springfield Dam in a time of 16 minutes, 43...

ALEX CERVANTES

WINDSOR — Moments before kickoff, White River Valley girls soccer coach Kim Prestridge held up a large easel paper pad outlined with a list of goals for her team to accomplish Friday. Prestridge got the idea from her assistant coach, Omar...

By PATRICK O’GRADY

BURLINGTON — Rivendell Academy sophomore Sydney Schoenbeck was second among the girls and Thetford Academy junior Ulysses Junker-Boyce was second in the boys division at the Vermont High School Decathlon Championship held at Burlington High School on...

By NICOLA SMITH

SOUTH ROYALTON — Under a brilliant blue sky and cool temperatures, Anna Stratton, who gave the salutatory address at the White River Valley High School graduation Saturday on South Royalton green, urged her classmates to live in the present and not...

By BEN HOOKE

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...

By TRIS WYKES

THETFORD — If the White River Valley High baseball team was going to lose in Monday’s VPA Division III semifinals, timidity wouldn’t be a cause. Of that, Wildcats coach Devin Cilley was certain.Tied during the seventh inning and not wanting to hand...

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...