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WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — As a youngster, Charlotte Jasmin would come to Hartford High basketball games and stare up at the banner with the names of the five 1,000-point scorers to wear the red, white and blue.

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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.

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WINDSOR — There are so many championship banners draped on the wall of Windsor High’s gym that the excess ones have begun to spill off the wall and onto the mezzanine that surrounds the court.This year’s girls basketball team may well force them to...

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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...

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ORFORD — Paced by 18 points from a returning Maggi Ellsworth, Oxbow opened the season in the win column with a 44-20 beatdown of local rival Rivendell in their season opener.The Lady Olympians led all night in front of a boisterous traveling crowd who...

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ST. JOHNSBURY, Vt. — Woodstock football coach Ramsey Worrell had just one word to describe his team’s 2024 football campaign: “Domination.” Based on the on-field results from start to finish, it’s hard to dispute.The Woodstock Wasps capped a perfect...

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RUTLAND — For all the success Windsor High School has had across a myriad number of sports, one had eluded them all these years.Often an afterthought to the school’s dynastic field hockey and football teams, boys and girls soccer languished in the...

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WOODSTOCK — In longtime Woodstock High football coach Ramsey Worrell’s run-heavy offense, there’s really no such thing as a bell cow. The constant rotation of runners means that there’s no real chance for one back to carry most of the load and affect...

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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...

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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...

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WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — For two straight years, Woodstock girls lacrosse coach Amanda Hull has ushered her Wasps into the Alumni Sports Complex to do what no team in Vermont had done so far: beat the Hartford Hurricanes.And for a second straight year,...

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WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — The Hartford Hurricanes waited 24 years for a first title in boys lacrosse.They’d like to make the wait a lot shorter for the next one.Top-seeded Hartford overcame a spirited performance from fourth-seeded Milton to roll to a...

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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...

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THETFORD — One game away from a return trip to the VPA Division III softball state championship game, are the Thetford Panthers feeling pressure? No, says Thetford coach Michelle Morgan: “Just hungry for more.” The young Panthers showed that hunger...

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One tough inning was all it took to end the Newport Tigers’ dreams of an undefeated softball season.The top-seeded Tigers were slow out of the gate, allowing three runs before getting a chance to bat, and never recovered. Fourth-seeded Gilford...

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There’s something Devin Cilley and his White River Valley Wildcats really seem to like about playoff baseball games at their home field in South Royalton.Maybe it’s the walk-up music and on-site PA announcer, a rarity at the small-school level.Maybe...

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WINDSOR — When the Windsor Yellowjackets were on their softball game, they could challenge just about anyone in the state. But when they weren’t, things could get ugly in a hurry.The dual nature of Windsor’s season played out in microcosm in Tuesday’s...

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LEBANON — The forecasted rain over Lebanon High School’s girls lacrosse field stopped just in time for the large crowd assembled to watch the Raiders produce a downpour of goals instead.The Raiders scored a season-high 20 goals, including eight in the...

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ORFORD — The clouds that hung around all afternoon finally opened, pouring heavy rain from the sky onto the Orford Recreational Field baseball diamond just minutes after the final out.It’s not as if Rivendell needed any help in extinguishing...

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HANOVER — The Hanover High boys tennis team rolled past seventh-seeded Keene, 8-1, on Friday at Storrs Pond to advance to the semifinals of the NHIAA Division I state tournament.Hanover won all six singles matches in dominant fashion, dropping a total...

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WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — The Hartford High softball team notched its best performance in 30 years last season. This year, the Hurricanes seem well on their way to surpassing it.The Hurricanes overcame early hiccups to roll past Springfield, 11-4, at the...