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By BEN HOOKE

BURLINGTON — After waiting 37 years for their second baseball championship, a third took hardly as long for Thetford Academy.

A back-and-forth affair marked the minor division championship game of the Claremont Youth Baseball Association recently with the Rangers prevailing over the Indians, 14-12.

By MICHAEL COUGHLIN JR.

CONCORD — The Hanover High baseball team’s playoff run came to a screeching halt on Wednesday with a 9-0 loss to John Stark in an NHIAA Division II semifinal at Warren H. Doane Field.

By BEN HOOKE

THETFORD, Vt. — Whenever Thetford’s Xander Oshoniyi tossed a pitch on Wednesday he thought would end an inning, he’d start walking toward the dugout before the umpire even made the call — a little swagger in his step.

By TRIS WYKES

SOUTH ROYALTON — Dark storm clouds drifted over nearby hills to the west and dropped a watery deluge here early Tuesday evening. It soaked members of the White River Valley High baseball team, gathered in the outfield for a team picture after staging a late rally to beat BFA-Fairfax, 3-2, in the eighth inning of their VPA Division III semifinal.

By BEN HOOKE

WOODSTOCK — Riding a wave of fan support and a raucous energy, the White River Valley baseball team closed out a perfect regular season by downing upset-minded Woodstock, 3-2, in a nailbiter at the McLaughlin Athletic Complex on Friday night.

By MICHAEL COUGHLIN JR.

WOODSTOCK — The Woodstock High baseball team had its six-game winning streak snapped, 10-8, on Wednesday night against Southern Vermont League divisional foe Green Mountain in what could only be described as a barn burner.

By MICHAEL COUGHLIN JR.

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — It was too little, too late for the back-to-back defending VPA Division II state champion Hartford High boys lacrosse team on Saturday, as the Hurricanes could not complete a comeback and suffered their first loss of the season to Harwood, 5-4, in a battle on Saturday at the Alumni Athletic Complex.

By MICHAEL COUGHLIN JR.

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — Housing is always an issue in the Upper Valley, even in the world of sports.

By TRIS WYKES

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — The Hartford High and Fair Haven baseball teams played long and loose Wednesday during a contest featuring a combined 24 runs, 17 hits, 12 walks, eight errors and a slew of chattering teeth.

By: MICHAEL COUGHLIN JR.

CLAREMONT — With some clutch hitting and solid performances on the mound, the Stevens High Cardinals outlasted visiting Mascoma, 8-3, in a midseason NHIAA Division III matchup on Tuesday evening at Barnes Park.

By TRIS WYKES

WINDSOR — Tough times for the Windsor High baseball team. Fresh promise for Thetford Academy.

By TRIS WYKES

NORWICH— Temperatures in the low 40s. Jarring bursts of wind. Sleet falling with a pitter-patter on spectators’ jackets and the aluminum bleachers before turning to rain.

By TRIS WYKES

LEBANON — Jake Toulmin drove a compact car to Tuesday’s Lebanon Post 22 senior American Legion baseball doubleheader at Lebanon High.The recent Hanover High graduate had a sizable effect on the twinbill’s second contest against Manchester’s Sweeney...

By BEN HOOKE

BURLINGTON — In White River Valley’s magical three-week run to reach the VPA Division III baseball state championship game, a lot of things broke the Wildcats’ way. Ground balls found gaps they shouldn’t have, opposing ace pitchers struggled with...

By PATRICK O’GRADY

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — The Middlebury Tigers used some timely hitting and took advantage of Hartford miscues to defeat the Hurricanes in Tuesday’s VPA Division II baseball semifinal game at Maxfield Sports Complex.The Hurricanes had a golden...

By BEN HOOKE

ORFORD — After his Rivendell Academy baseball team broke its post-game huddle, coach Eric Reichert offered each of his five seniors a handshake and then a hug.It was recognition for a group of players who brought his team further than it had ever been...

By TRIS WYKES

THETFORD — If the White River Valley High baseball team was going to lose in Monday’s VPA Division III semifinals, timidity wouldn’t be a cause. Of that, Wildcats coach Devin Cilley was certain.Tied during the seventh inning and not wanting to hand...

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

BOW, N.H. — Hanover High baseball coach John Grainger elected to keep his sunglasses on for a family photo after Saturday’s 4-3 loss to Bow in the NHIAA Division II playoff quarterfinals. There might have been a few tears under the tinted lenses, the...

By TRIS WYKES

LEBANON — If Declan Brandis made his final pitching start for Lebanon High on Thursday, he went out in fine form.The junior righthander allowed seven hits and one earned run while striking out one batter and walking one during a 3-1 defeat of Pelham...