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By ALEX CERVANTES

BRADFORD — Oxbow girls soccer coach Shannon Gould’s voice boomed from the sideline. “Come on, Davis,” she shouted. “Lock it in.” Sophomore Mackenzie Pearl had just driven a ball that split Paine Mountain’s two central defenders, and Kayleigh Davis was...

By BEN HOOKE

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...

Oxbow High School Class of 2024Hadlee Grace Allen; James Everett Batchelder Jr.; Matthew R. Batten; Isaiah Réal Beauregard; Otis Michael Brochu; Aivree Elizabeth Bruce; Megan Marie Carlan; George Paul Christian; Cooper Robert Clark; Maisa Marie Cook;...

Softball Oxbow 24, BFA-Fairfax 0 Key players: Oxbow — Anastase Bourgeois, Mazie Bourgeois, Brooke Osgood, Hadlee Allen, Braylee Phelps, Faith Eastman Highlights: Anastase Bourgeois struck out 12 to backstop the top-ranked Olympians’ VPA Division III...

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

BRADFORD, Vt. — A large piece of farm machinery rumbled several hundred yards behind the right-field baseball fence at Oxbow High on Tuesday, upturning the earth and sending clouds of dust drifting in its wake. On the diamond, the Olympians’ hopes for...

By TRIS WYKES

BRADFORD, Vt. — Oxbow High’s baseball scoreboard remained aglow half an hour after Tuesday’s game with U-32. Not that the Olympians needed a lengthy reminder of the loss or its 22-6 denouement.Oxbow is 1-6 and has been outscored 91-36 this season....

By ALEX HANSON

By his own account, Ken Cadow was a reluctant student.His father had been a teacher, but went to work at IBM to earn enough to raise a family. Cadow grew up mostly in Rhode Island.“I learned a lot of stuff with my dad in the shop,” Cadow said in a...

By TRIS WYKES

BRADFORD, Vt. — The exuberant shout emanated from the home dugout Tuesday as Oxbow High entertained Thetford in a VPA Division III softball clash.“Hit it louder!” The hosts certainly did so, orchestrating a virtual cacophony of bat smacks and hand...

When it comes to Upper Valley high school softball, one program stirs the proverbial championship drink.In three years under coach Chuck Simmons, Oxbow High has reeled off 49 wins in 53 games and raced relatively unimpeded to state honors each time....

By PATRICK O’GRADY

As surely as snapping the finish-line tape signifies a winner, the Upper Valley is filled with high school track and field potential this spring.A number of area schools won outdoor titles last year, and some followed that up with indoor successes...

The arrival of the Upper Valley high school baseball season marks the return of one top-shelf rivalry (Thetford vs. White River Valley, last year’s VPA Division III title-game matchup) along with another roster (Hanover) good enough to hang some...

By TRIS WYKES

The Strafford Nordic Ski Center went out of business in December 2022. One of its products, however, is still going strong on the trails.Keelan Durham, a junior at Williams College in Williamstown, Mass., recently earned All-East first team honors...

By TRIS WYKES

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION – Season’s beatings from the Hartford High boys basketball team! The Hurricanes inflicted what they hope will be the first in a string of powerful performances Friday, downing Oxbow, 70-18, on the first day of the third annual...

By BENJAMIN ROSENBERG

CASTLETON, Vt. — Chuck Simmons was reluctant to label his Oxbow High softball program a dynasty when the Olympians won their second straight Vermont Division III state championship last spring.After Oxbow completed a perfect season with a third...

BRADFORD, Vt. — The brilliant pitching of Anastase Bourgeois, not to mention an explosive offense, was more than enough to help top-seeded Oxbow softball earn a berth in the VPA Division III state championship game.The Olympians topped fourth-seeded...

By BENJAMIN ROSENBERG

BRADFORD, Vt. — Great programs, even championship programs, can always keep getting better.The University of Oklahoma softball team has won the last two national titles with a combined 115-7 record, but the Sooners have taken it to another level this...

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — After suffering a 6-3 loss to visiting Springfield in the first game of Saturday’s doubleheader at Maxfield Sports Complex, the Hartford High softball team came roaring back for an 18-3 victory in the nightcap, scoring 11 runs...

THETFORD — Xander Oshoniyi drove in four runs on two hits, and on the mound he struck out seven and allowed two hits and one earned run over four innings in the Thetford Academy baseball team’s 9-7 win over Lamoille.Owen Goodrich and Nolan Pepe had...

COLCHESTER, Vt. — The dominant Hartford High girls lacrosse team etched another in the win column on Tuesday afternoon, beating host Colchester by a 17-2 final score.Audrey Rupp had four goals and three assists for the Hurricanes (8-0), who built an...