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By Tris Wykes

White River Junction — Saturday’s senior American Legion baseball game between White River Junction Post 84 and Lebanon Post 22 should draw a decent crowd. And that’s just counting those related in some way to late umpire Bob Ammel, in whose honor...

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Rob Woodward and I had a slight disagreement last month. We were hammering it out on Lebanon High’s infield grass when the Post 22 senior American Legion baseball coach paused to make a point.“You and I got something going on,” growled Woodward, who...

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Manchester — Overcast skies opened up on this city shortly after the Lebanon Post 22 junior American Legion baseball team went down for the count Monday. Lebanon’s 7-4 loss to Exeter Post 32 meant the end of the Upper Valley squad’s run in the...

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Manchester — The Lebanon Post 22 American Legion baseball team defeated Milford, 10-3, Sunday to remain alive in the New Hampshire junior state tournament at Gill Stadium. The road to a potential title, however, will be arduous to say the least.To...

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Manchester, n.h. — From being doubled off to throwing a one-hitter. That’s pretty much how things turned around Saturday for Derek Griffin and the Lebanon Post 22 junior American Legion baseball team at Gill Stadium.Griffin was doubled off second base...

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Manchester — The Lebanon Post 22 American Legion baseball team lost only twice during the regular season, but it was dropped hard Friday night during a 10-0 setback against Dover Post 8 in the teams’ opening game of the New Hampshire junior state...

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Castleton, Vt. — Once again unable to hold a lead, the White River Junction Post 84 American Legion baseball team saw not only that advantage but also its season slip away Wednesday. Rutland Post 31’s 5-4 victory in the Vermont state tournament’s de...

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Castleton, Vt. — After falling in the Vermont American Legion title game last season and not losing any starters, it was assumed by many that White River Junction Post 84 was a favorite to at least reach that stage again this summer.White River...

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Nashua, n.h. — Road signs in this city direct drivers to “Historic Holman Stadium,” where baseball has been played since its 1937 construction. For the Lebanon Post 22 senior American Legion baseball team, however, its recent history at Holman has...

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Nashua, n.h. — Ring! Ring! Wakeup call for the Lebanon Post 22 senior American Legion baseball team. That message was delivered Friday, first by Rochester Post 7, which pinned an 11-3 loss on the upstate boys during the teams’ opening game of...

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It’s state tournament time for a pair of area American Legion baseball teams, with double-elimination action kicking off today at Holman Stadium in Nashua, N.H., and continuing there and in Rutland on Saturday. The Lebanon Post 22 senior American...

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Each week through August, the Valley News will profile a local high school coach. It’s a chance to better know some of the people guiding the area’s student-athletes. Today, we meet Hanover High baseball coach John Grainger, a former Colby-Sawyer...

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Lebanon — Landscaping workers and coaches toiled for four hours Sunday morning and afternoon so the Lebanon senior American Legion Post 22 baseball game could be played. Heavy, overnight rains had left patches of the Lebanon High infield under water...

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Lebanon — Hanging on by its collective fingernails, the Lebanon Post 22 junior American Legion baseball team edged Milford, 8-7, at Lebanon High. The visitors were trailing by three runs during what proved to be their final at-bat, but saw a rally...

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Lebanon — Roughly 15 years ago, Karen and Tom Pelletier gathered their two teenaged sons for a family chat. They explained they didn’t want to face an empty nest and that — surprise! — they were going to have another child.Eldest son Travis Pelletier,...

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Lebanon — The White River Junction Post 84 junior baseball team’s defense suspected what was coming, but Cedric Elkouh’s bunt was so perfect there was nothing it could do. With the bases loaded in the sixth inning, the score tied and Post 84...

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    Bedford, n.h. — Silence was anything but golden for the Lebanon Post 22 senior American Legion baseball team Wednesday night. The visitors couldn’t hold a two-run lead after five innings, falling to Bedford Post 54, 7-5, in a game between squads...

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Hartford has had a senior-level entry in Vermont American Legion baseball for decades, overseen and supported in the old days by Post 26. That affiliation ended a few years back, and more change has come to the program, which has altered its uniform...