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Alex Dodds, of Hanover, pitches to Max Woods, of New London, while they practice Wiffle ball at Hanover’s Thompson Terrace baseball field yesterday. The two, who have played in Wiffle ball leagues for six years, are raising money to build what they call a “ballpark of America” for games. (Valley News - Libby March)

Hanover Buddies Planning a Unique Wiffle Ball Field

Wednesday, June 19, 2013

Hanover — Since its inception in the 1950s, Wiffle ball has helped people feel like big-league stars in their back yards. Now, Alex Dodds and Max Woods are seeking support for a rooftop homer of an idea. Devotees of the game since elementary school, the best friends and 2011 Hanover High classmates are embarking on a fundraising campaign to construct …

Check Out New Gear For Summer

Sunday, June 16, 2013

Allentown, Pa. — Now that we’re past Memorial Day, the unofficial start to summer, it’s time to delve into some of the equipment and gear that will help make the Summer of 2013 your best outdoors season ever. Obviously hunting takes a back seat to fishing, camping and hiking in the summer time, but hunters should use the summer to physically prepare for …

Rising to the Challenge

Sunday, June 16, 2013

After falling victim to an avalanche while ice climbing in 2011, West Lebanon native Ed Warren didn’t have as much of a speedy of a recovery as he’d hoped for. Eighteen months later, he made up for the lost time in a big way. Using modern-design ski boots to help stabilize a left ankle that was severely broken last fall, Warren recently set …

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Mike Cotroneo, a barn restorer, sets up scaffolding around the lowered steeple of the Norwich Congregational Church in Norwich yesterday. Work to restore its rotted framing will take about two months. (Valley News - Sarah Priestap)

Steeple Repair in Norwich

Randolph catcher Ross Caswell hugs teammate Alex Gilbert after the Galloping Ghosts won the Vermont Division III championship last night at Centennial Field in Burlington. (Valley News - Sarah Priestap)

Motivation Works for Ghosts: Unusual History Lesson Lifts Randolph to Baseball State Crown

Randolph vs. BFA-Fairfax in the VPA D-III baseball championship in Burlington, Vt., on June 17, 2013. Randolph won, 3-2. (Valley News - Sarah Priestap)

Photo Gallery: Randolph vs. BFA-Fairfax Baseball Championship

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He's Reached the Peak: Newport Resident Named to Mt. Washington Hall of Fame

Thursday, May 2, 2013

Newport — Bob Teschek directed the Mount Washington Road Race long before timing and registration were as automatic as they are today. When the event’s Hall of Fame debuted three years ago, Teschek was an automatic choice for …

Twelve-year-old Mackenzie Roberts, of Hartford, right, shares a high five on Sunday with Dartmouth junior distance runner Abbey D’Agostino, who is among three students from the college who are overseeing a Hartford Middle School branch of the national Girls on the Run program. (Valley News - Libby March)

The Road to Confidence: Dartmouth Women’s Track Athletes Commit to Girls on the Run

Tuesday, April 30, 2013

White River Junction — The evidence suggests Abbey D’Agostino — NCAA outdoor 5,000-meter champion, NCAA indoor 3K and 5K champ, national women’s indoor athlete of the year — is a sponge when it comes to running. Yet twice …

Hank Chalmers gives his wife Amy a kiss before sending her off on a circuit of a back lot in White River Junction. Chalmers taught his nephews to ride on the motorcycle he purchased shortly after the death of his brother several years ago and recently started lessons for Amy on the same bike. (Valley News - James M. Patterson)

Kiss ‘n Ride

Tuesday, April 30, 2013

Hank Chalmers gives his wife Amy a kiss before sending her off on a circuit of a back lot in White River Junction. Chalmers taught his nephews to ride on the motorcycle he purchased shortly after the death …

Founder’s Family Ends Rift With Little League

Monday, April 29, 2013

South Williamsport, Pa. — The decades-long rift that separated Little League Baseball’s founder from his beloved program once seemed as wide as the distance from home plate to straightaway center field. Those differences appear to have finally been put to rest. More than 20 years after the death …

Newport’s Teschek Entering MWRR Hall of Fame

Thursday, April 25, 2013

Pinkham Notch, n.h. — Next month’s running of the Mount Washington Road Race will include induction into the event’s Hall of Fame for Newport resident Bob Teschek. Teschek will be part of a four-person class entering the hall on June 14. The 7.6-mile running race up the Mount …

Good Golf Posture Is Monkey Business

Thursday, April 25, 2013

Good posture in golf feels like you’re imitating a monkey while facing a monkey and ready to run in case he starts chasing you. Posture is one of golf’s fundamentals and positions you for a balanced, powerful and …

Running For the Troops

Thursday, April 25, 2013

Hanover — Memorial Day may be a month away, but the Tuck School of Business Armed Forces Alumni Association is getting a head start on honoring U.S. military veterans. In conjunction with nonprofit charity Team Red, White and Blue, Tuck’s AFAA is staging the first annual Upper Valley …

For a Better Round, Go and Get a Grip

Thursday, April 18, 2013

It’s early in the season and it’s time to get our grips right once and for all. If you improve your grip now while it’s early in the season, you can grip it and rip it this summer. …

Norwich’s Werner Second at U.S. Squash Tourney

Thursday, April 18, 2013

Newtown Square, Pa. — Norwich’s Margeret Werner came home with runner-up hardware on Sunday, working her way to the finals of the girls under-15 division at the U.S. Squash Association’s Junior Silver Squash Championships at the Squash Club …

Trail Time? Not Quite

Thursday, April 18, 2013

Nichole Hastings received a disturbing email recently. As a volunteer Appalachian Trail corridor monitor , Hastings was alerted to the sight of a mountain bike’s tire treads on the AT in Norwich, off of Cossingham Road. As a designated National Scenic Trail, the AT is meant for foot …