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By TRIS WYKES

Sara Ecker stepped down from coaching the Lebanon High girls lacrosse team once before, when she volunteered in Ghana for six weeks in the spring of 2001. Upon her return, however, she peeked at practices from behind a tree and she returned to her post a year later.

By MICHAEL COUGHLIN JR.

LEBANON — Whether it was on or off the field, Otto Bourne excelled this year at Lebanon High School.

By MICHAEL COUGHLIN JR.

BURLINGTON — Whether it was on the track or in the field, Thetford senior Luke Miller and White River Valley junior Cassandra Armstrong were dominant, as they each finished as runners-up at the Vermont High School Decathlon Championship this week. 

By PATRICK O’GRADY

Thetford Academy’s Ulysses Junker won two events at the New England Track and Field Championships on Saturday and, in the process, set a new standard for Vermont athletes.

By MICHAEL COUGHLIN JR.

NORTHFIELD, Vt. — The Hartford High girls lacrosse team was unable to complete its undefeated season and capture its first VPA Division II title since 2022, falling to Green Mountain Valley, 19-16, in Saturday’s championship at Norwich University.

By BEN HOOKE

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

By TRIS WYKES

CASTLETON, Vt. — After the initial hugs and screams and tears, after the VPA Division III softball trophy had been presented to Oxbow High for the fifth consecutive year and individual medals were handed out Saturday, coach Chuck Simmons herded his team into shallow left field at Vermont State University-Castleton.

By MICHAEL COUGHLIN JR.

NORTHFIELD, Vt. — The Hartford High boys lacrosse team came up short in its bid for a third straight VPA Division II championship, falling to Harwood, 7-4, in Saturday’s title game at Norwich University.

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 MICHAEL COUGHLIN JR.

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — The unbeaten Hartford HIgh girls lacrosse team got the proverbial monkey off its back and advanced to the VPA Division II Championship game by swatting archrival Woodstock, 15-6, in a state semifinal on Tuesday at the Alumni Athletic Complex.

By MICHAEL COUGHLIN JR.

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — The Hartford High boys lacrosse team is heading to its fourth straight VPA Division II championship game — with a chance to win a third consecutive title — after a dominant 15-3 semifinal victory over Mount Anthony on Tuesday at the Alumni Athletic Complex.

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.

Lebanon finishes strong in NHIAA tournament play

Hanover 6, Bow 5

By BEN HOOKE

BURLINGTON — What do you even do as a senior class that’s won everything you can win?

By BEN HOOKE

BURLINGTON — An afternoon that began with members of the White River Valley track and field team singing the national anthem did not end on quite the perfect note for the Wildcats dream of a fourth consecutive state title in girls track.

Girls Lacrosse

By MICHAEL COUGHLIN JR.

MANCHESTER — The Hanover High boys’ tennis team fell short in its pursuit of perfection and a second-straight championship after losing to rival Bedford in the NHIAA Division I final, 6-3, at the Mark Ouellette Tennis Courts at Southern New Hampshire University on Wednesday.

Newport 3, Stevens 1

By MICHAEL COUGHLIN JR.

LEBANON — Lebanon High School hockey is seeking a new head coach after Dean Cashman informed the school he would not return for a third season.

By BEN HOOKE

BETHLEHEM, N.H. — When it came to a return to the NHIAA division III tennis final, you just couldn’t stop the Lebanon Raiders.