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By TRIS WYKES

BARRE, Vt. — When Jason Gray took over as Thetford Academy’s boys basketball coach nine years ago, he had a simple message for a program that hadn’t reached the playoff quarterfinals during its four previous seasons.

By TRIS WYKES

BARRE, Vt. — The Thetford Academy boys basketball team did not just, as their warmup shirts read Saturday, “Journey to the Tourney.” They won the whole thing.

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

BARRE, Vt. — The Barre Auditorium locker room door had been shut for 15 postgame minutes Wednesday when the mustachioed attendant came to officially end the Hartford High boys basketball team’s stay in the venerated, 86-year old building.

By TRIS WYKES

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

By PATRICK O’GRADY

NEWPORT — The last home playoff game for the Newport High boys basketball team was a loss 11 years ago. The current version of the Tigers made it worth the wait on Tuesday night.

By TRIS WYKES

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — Hartford High’s boys basketball uniforms don’t feature names on the back, which is fitting for a group of somewhat anonymous players.

By BEN HOOKE

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.

By BEN HOOKE

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...

By ALEX CERVANTES

WINDSOR — The first 2 minutes and 47 seconds of Monday night’s game between the Woodstock and Windsor boys basketball teams belonged to Aksel Oates.The Woodstock junior forward’s first 3-pointer, a relatively uncontested look from the wing, didn’t...

By ALEX CERVANTES

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — White River Valley High junior guard Jacob Benoit was elated; Hartford High boys basketball coach Mike Gaudette was exasperated.In the waning moments of its 68-59 win on Friday, White River Valley pushed the ball up the floor...

By TRIS WYKES

Pete DePalo spent his first 15 years living on Coney Island in the New York City borough of Brooklyn, home of America’s first large-scale amusement park. His family moved to the Upper Valley and his life since has been filled with games.Soccer games....

By TRIS WYKES

LEBANON — A quick trip to the store wasn’t often possible with Chuck Hunnewell.Ubiquitous on the Upper Valley sports scene for more than 30 years, the longtime teacher and coach would be waylaid in Rich’s Department Store or Johnson’s Home Center on...

By TRIS WYKES

DURHAM, N.H. — One of the greatest turnarounds in Upper Valley sports history came up short of a fairy-tale ending Sunday when the Hanover High boys basketball team fell to Pelham, 51-41, in the NHIAA Division II final at UNH’s Lundholm Gymnasium.The...

By ERIC RYNSTON-LOBEL

DURHAM, N.H. — Entering Tuesday night’s Division II boys’ basketball semifinal, the No. 3 Pembroke Spartans (18-3) knew exactly what No. 2 Hanover (19-1) was going to do: run a remarkably methodical offense and play smart, disciplined defense.Pembroke...

By TRIS WYKES

BARRE, Vt. — And on the 108th day of the Thetford Academy basketball season, a VPA Division III boys hoop championship was created. How would coach Jason Gray celebrate? “We’re going to go back to the academy to have some cupcakes and Gatorade,” the...

By TRIS WYKES

BARRE, Vt. — It will take at least another year to supplant Hartford High’s Whirlwind Five.That’s the nickname given to the last Hurricanes’ boys basketball team to win a state title — in 1929. Sadly for backers of the red, white and blue, that...

By TRIS WYKES

BARRE, Vt. — The Barre Auditorium’s inner arena was deserted Thursday evening, half an hour after Thetford Academy and White River Valley concluded their Vermont Division III boys basketball playoff semifinal.Silence inside the 85-year old building...

By TRIS WYKES

BARRE, Vt. — A recent Hartford High social media post touted T-shirts celebrating the boys basketball team’s advancement to the VPA Division II semifinals. The tongue-in-cheek update claimed they’d been discovered in a box dating to 1984 — the last...

By TRIS WYKES

SOUTH ROYALTON — Any spectator wanting to re-enter Saturday night’s VPA Division III boys basketball quarterfinal game between No. 3 White River Valley and No. 6 Richford got a smiley face inked on the back of one hand.The majority of those in a...

By BRANDON BROWN

BOW, N.H. — Revenge is sweet.The St. Thomas Aquinas High School boys basketball team lost to Mascoma in last year’s NHIAA Division III semifinal round, and the second-seeded Saints had their sights set on making sure that wouldn’t be the case two...