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By BENJAMIN ROSENBERG

A visible reminder of Steve Landon’s first stint coaching the Hartford High girls basketball team hangs on the wall at Hanley Gym.In 2012, his sixth season with the Hurricanes, Landon led Hartford to its only state championship in program history....

By LAURA KOES

HANOVER — Hanover High School’s girls crew team left Sunday for England to compete against 25 other teams from the United States, the United Kingdom and other international teams. This is the first time a Hanover rowing team has made the trip to the...

BANGOR, Maine — Lebanon High senior Birhanu Harriman finished fourth in the 3,200-meter race and Anita Miller of White River Valley finished seventh in the 1,600 to highlight Upper Valley athletes’ performances at the New England Track and Field...

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...

By BENJAMIN ROSENBERG

BURLINGTON — Xander Oshoniyi may have fallen three outs shy of a no-hitter, but leading the Thetford Academy baseball team to its first state championship in 37 years as a freshman still makes for a pretty good Saturday.Oshoniyi baffled the White...

By BENJAMIN ROSENBERG

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — For all the history the Hartford High softball team made this spring, the Hurricanes’ season ended in an all-too-familiar way.Hartford’s run in the VPA Division II playoffs came to a halt at Maxfield Sports Complex at the hands...

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

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — It’s been a quarter-century since the Hartford High softball team made it this far, and while satisfied, the Hurricanes believe their ride is far from over.Facing a four-run deficit in the third inning of Monday’s resumed...

By BENJAMIN ROSENBERG

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — Isabel Konijnenberg admitted she didn’t think anybody on the Woodstock High girls lacrosse team expected to win Tuesday.The Wasps were up against their biggest rivals — undefeated and top-seeded Hartford — and the Hurricanes...

WOODSTOCK — It was a premature postseason exit for the Woodstock High girls tennis team as the No. 2 seed Wasps were upset in Monday’s VP Division II quarterfinals, 4-3, by seventh-seeded Rice at the Woodstock Athletic Club.All three of Woodstock’s...

By BENJAMIN ROSENBERG

THETFORD — Baseball has been at the core of Mason and Boone Fahey’s relationship for years.A junior and sophomore, respectively, at Thetford Academy, the Faheys are always talking baseball, whether it’s their own games, college ball or their beloved...

ST. JOHNSBURY, Vt. — Isabel Konijnenberg’s seventh goal of the game in double overtime lifted the Woodstock High girls lacrosse team to a come-from-behind 15-14 win over St. Johnsbury in their VPA Division II quarterfinal game.Claudia Shoemaker added...

By BENJAMIN ROSENBERG

BRADFORD, Vt. — Give the Oxbow High softball team an inch, and the Olympians will take a mile.Considering the amount of hard contact Oxbow made in Saturday’s VPA Division III quarterfinal against Windsor, the Yellowjackets played a mostly clean game....

BURLINGTON — Jordan Davis won the discus and javelin and Ayodele Lowe took first in the long jump as the Hartford High boys track and field team finished third at the Vermont Division II state meet, edging fourth place Peoples by two points.Burr &...

Staff ReportsMANCHESTER, Vt. — New division, same results.The White River Valley girls track and field team, last year’s Vermont Division IV state champions, moved up a division this year and defeated the defending Division III champion, Thetford...

Valley News Staff Writer MANCHESTER — The new-look Hanover High boys tennis team, coming off an undefeated season and a first NHIAA Division I state title, was still good enough to overcome all opposition this spring. All, that is, except an old...

Staff ReportsBERLIN, N.H. — A Zoie Stevens home run was the only run for the Stevens High softball team as No. 8 seed Berlin defeated the No. 9 seed Cardinals, 8-1, in the NHIAA Division III first round.Mia Herbert pitched a complete game for Stevens,...

By BENJAMIN ROSENBERG

HANOVER — The head coach is different, and so is two-thirds of the starting singles lineup. But the final destination and opponent for the Hanover High boys tennis team will be the same.The No. 2 seed and defending NHIAA Division I state champion...

FAIRFAX, Vt. — The No. 13 seed Windsor High baseball team overcame sloppy play in the field with 13 hits and solid pitching to upset No. 4 seed BFA-Fairfax, 12-7, in the first round of the Vermont Division III playoffs.Johnny Clark led the...

MANCHESTER, Vt. — For the first time in program history, the Hartford High softball team will open the upcoming playoffs as Vermont Division II’s top seed. The Hurricanes, who beat Division I Burr & Burton, 18-5, in five innings on Saturday, also...