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By ALEX CERVANTES

WINDSOR — The Woodstock High field hockey team runs a 400-meter all-out sprint at the end of every practice. It’s an exercise in physical endurance, sure, but it’s also an exercise in mental fortitude, one that happens away from the field to...

ALEX CERVANTES

WINDSOR — The Windsor football team, victors of the last three Division-III state championships, commenced another title defense Saturday hosting Division-II Fair Haven.But this offseason has been a period of transition for the Yellowjackets. Coach...

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 TRIS WYKES

Here’s a look at some of the Upper Valley residents who played varsity collegiate sports during the spring season:BASEBALLBowdoin (18-17) enjoyed the services of freshman pitcher Sam Sacerdote (Norwich/Hanover), who started three times in 15...

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...

By BEN HOOKE

WINDSOR — When asked what went well for his team in their 27-5 thrashing of the Windsor Yellowjackets, Woodstock baseball coach Jason Tarleton kept his answer simple: hitting.The Wasps jumped all over the outmatched Jacks, sending 57 batters to the...

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...

By TRIS WYKES

WINDSOR — How does Windsor High baseball coach Jamie Richardson keep his players emotionally afloat as they face their notoriously tough schedule each spring? “There are a lot of hugs and back rubs,” the veteran bench boss said.It worked last season,...

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

Here’s a look at some of the Upper Valley residents who played varsity college sports this winter.Men’s basketballPlymouth State men’s basketball was 8-17. Sophomore guard Max Galbraith (Hanover) appeared in seven games and totaled 21 minutes… Kansas...

By BEN HOOKE

There was no three-peat for the Windsor High girls basketball team.The second-seeded defending VPA Division III champions fought valiantly for a half but ultimately found themselves outmatched by a sizzling shooting performance by the top-seeded Hazen...

By TRIS WYKES

BARRE, Vt. — Saturday’s Vermont Division III girls basketball title game at the Barre Auditorium will be a clash of past and recent champions when Windsor High and Hazen meet at 7:30 p.m.The second-seeded Yellowjackets, who coolly dispatched...

By PATRICK O’GRADY

COLCHESTER, Vt. — After 12 years of coaching, two state championships and two individual state champions, Windsor bowling coach Steve Bly is stepping down.Bly, who will be succeeded by Cody Warner next year, was given the Joe James Award at Saturday’s...

RUTLAND — Windsor’s Avery Bean finished in 11th place in Saturday’s individual Vermont bowling tournament.Bean threw 202, 179, and 177 in the three games. His teammate, Sam Russell (129, 154, 193) finished in 22nd place among the 32 bowlers competing...

By TRIS WYKES

WINDSOR — It’s playoff time, and the Windsor High girls basketball team is rounding into form yet again.The Yellowjackets, back-to-back VPA Division III state champions, blew out Division IV power West Rutland, 53-32, on Thursday, keeping the Golden...

By JIM KENYON

When I met 16-year-old Hudson Ranney at the Boston Dreams coffee shop in Windsor, it was 10 in the morning and he was munching on a Moose Tracks ice cream cone while checking messages on his Apple Watch between bites.A stereotypical teen? No...

By TRIS WYKES

THETFORD — Thursday’s rematch between the Windsor High and Thetford Academy girls basketball teams again proved the Yellow Jackets’ superiority, though this time with much less on the line.The visiting Yellow Jackets, who rallied to knock off the...

By TRIS WYKES

Here’s a look at some of the Upper Valley residents who competed in collegiate varsity sports this fall: CREW Union College (N.Y.) finished eighth among NCAA Division III varsity women’s crew teams and 36th overall with junior Lena Nowell (Lebanon)...

RUTLAND — Utilizing punishing line play and a misdirection offense on Saturday, the Windsor High football team powered past Woodstock, 36-0, for its third consecutive Vermont Division III title.The Yellowjackets dominated from start to finish at...