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CONCORD — Concord Post 21 nearly gave up a six-run lead as quickly as it was earned, eventually settling down for a 14-9 win over Lebanon Post 22 at Memorial Field on Thursday night in the senior New Hampshire American Legion baseball season opener...

BURLINGTON — The Thetford Academy girls and Windor High boys put up near-miss efforts at the Jerry Jasinski Vermont Decathalon Championship at Burlington High’s Buck Hard Field on Wednesday.The Panthers tied for second in the girls standings with...

By TRIS WYKES

SALEM, N.H. — A minute or so before Sunday’s first pitch between the Lebanon Post 22 American Legion baseball team and Manchester Jutras Post 43, the latter squad gathered around shortstop Stephen Dunham in front of its Michele Park dugout.“Let’s send...

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SALEM, N.H. — The Lebanon Post 22 junior American Legion baseball team’s season continues Sunday, the result of a 5-0 defeat of Salem Post 63 on Saturday during the state tournament at Michele Park. Lebanon (7-11) plays in a 4:15 p.m. elimination game...

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SALEM, N.H. — Neither an early lead nor a late comeback could prevent the Lebanon Post 22 junior American Legion baseball team from falling, 11-10, to Hudson Post 48 on Friday during a first-round state tournament game at Michele Park. Lebanon led,...

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COLCHESTER, Vt. — John O’Hara finished Sunday’s postgame speech to his White River Junction Post 84 senior American Legion baseball team and drifted away from the group at Colchester High.“Ugly,” the coach said in summation of his team’s 12-4 loss to...

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COLCHESTER, Vt. — John O’Hara, coach of the White River Junction Post 84 senior American Legion baseball team, first floated the idea to his assistants on Thursday. By Friday, he had decided: His club had barely reached the state tournament, so what...

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NASHUA, N.H. — Saddle up, y’all. The Lebanon Post 22 senior American Legion baseball bandwagon is accepting riders.Expect a line for boarding after Friday, when District A’s second-place team lay a 10-3 rout on District B runner-up Rochester Post 7...

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RANDOLPH — The White River Junction Post 84 senior American Legion baseball team claimed the Vermont South Division’s fourth and final playoff berth Wednesday evening. The visitors routed Randolph Post 9, 13-0, in six innings and set up an 11...

NEW LONDON — Emily Rinde-Thorsen resigned from two coaching positions at Colby-Sawyer College on Friday, announcing the intention to spend more time with her family. Rinde-Thorsen has been head coach of the Chargers’ field hockey program since it was...

LACONIA, N.H. — The Upper Valley Nighthawks scored four runs in the eighth and ninth innings on Sunday afternoon, weathering a 16-hit performance by the Winnipesaukee Muskrats, the NECBL Northern Division’s basement dwellers, in an 8-7 win at the...

WEST CANAAN — Mascoma High School has hired Concord native Rodney Brown as its first full-time athletic director.Brown, who is scheduled to begin his new duties on Monday, replaces John Kelly, who retired from the previously part-time position he held...

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WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — Playoff-style baseball has arrived early for the White River Junction Post 84 American Legion baseball team this summer. In the midst of a 10-game stretch in as many days, the teenaged squad is battling to secure one of four...

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — The Upper Valley Nighthawks have had some trouble against teams in the bottom of the NECBL standings this summer, with three losses to teams in a divisional basement. An offensive showing and some late-game heroics did the trick...

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — White River Junction Post 84 recovered from a 10-0 loss to Brattleboro to Post 5 to take the nightcap, 4-3, and salvage a split of Tuesday’s doubleheader at the Maxfield Sports Complex.In game 2, Post 84 (3-6 league, 5-11-1...

By Tris Wykes

Portsmouth, n.h. — If the Lebanon Post 22 American Legion baseball team is to win the New Hampshire junior state tournament, it will have to be the hard way.After Monday’s 10-4 loss to Nashua Post 124 at Leary Field, Lebanon must play at 6:30 p.m....

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Rutland — During the White River Junction Post 84 American Legion baseball team’s Sunday game at the Vermont state tournament, a 10-month-old Rottweiler alongside the dugout chewed a plastic water bottle with accompanying pops, cracks and ripping...

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Portsmouth — To pass time during a lightning delay on Saturday, the Lebanon Post 22 American Legion junior baseball team’s players threw a baseball back and forth from their Leary Field dugout to that of host Portsmouth Post 6. The squads first...

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Manchester — Trey Parker had a shouted message for his Lebanon American Legion Post 22 senior teammates after Friday’s 3-2 victory over Nashua Post 124 at Gill Stadium: “Everybody rides the bus back!” Parker called out. “It’s the playoffs.”Post 22...

By Tris Wykes

Lebanon — The Lebanon American Legion Post 22 junior baseball team has won 10 of its first 11 games this summer. And reinforcements are on the way.The squad, made up of 13- to 17-year olds from five high schools, has been competing with few reserves...