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CASTLETON, Vt. — All season long, the Oxbow High softball team has had a penchant for offensive eruptions without warning.In the Olympians’ season opener against Blue Mountain, it was a 10-run fifth inning that turned a close game into a rout. In a...

BRADFORD, Vt. — At first glance, many graduations look the same — the procession, the attire and even the speeches are all familiar. But Oxbow High School has its own way of personalizing the ceremony.The Olympians roll out the Honor Guard, a...

ST. JOHNSBURY, Vt. — Hartford High star Caroline Hamilton surged past the 100-goal plateau as the Hurricanes girls lacrosse team added another blowout win to what is shaping up to be a memorable season. The Hurricanes dominated host St. Johnsbury on a...

BRADFORD, Vt. — The defending VPA Division III state softball champions don’t exactly play in an imposing venue. There’s no outfield fence, the backstop extends a mere few feet on either side of home plate and the only seating structure is a tiny...

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — The Hartford High girls hockey team has come a long way in the last two months.On Dec. 27, the Hurricanes made the short trip to Union Arena and fell to rival Woodstock, 3-1. In Wednesday evenings regular-season finale, with...

WEARE, N.H. — Senior Clara Smyrski made a timely defensive save in the fourth quarter kept the game tied, setting up Claire Thibodeau’s game-winning goal with four minutes left in the second overtime that lifted No. 5 Lebanon over No. 4 John Stark,...

Local roundup: BF connection conjures up a Hartford girls hockey victory Izzy Stack Modified: 3/10/2021 10:35:16 PM WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — The route to the Hartford High girls hockey team’s latest victory detoured through Bellows Falls Union High School on Wednesday … and it took a little while to pump the gas pedal first. Grace Bazin, Emma Bazin and Izzy Stack — BFUHS students all — scored in the final eight minutes of regulation to lead the Hurricanes to a 3-1 win over Burr & Burton...

Tributes have been paid to talented 17-year-old Sarah Lynch who died in a single vehicle crash in New York this week. She was the beloved daughter of Shane Lynch and Joanne OConnor from South Kerry, and the family have spent every summer in Ireland, where theey have a home in Renard, Cahersiveen. The teenager, whose life was tragically cut short this week, was hoping to attend university in Ireland. There was shock and sadness across South Kerry yesterday as news filtered in that the talented y...

Tributes have been paid to talented 17-year-old Sarah Lynch who died in a single vehicle crash in New York this week. She was the beloved daughter of Shane Lynch and Joanne OConnor from South Kerry, and the family have spent every summer in Ireland, where they have a home in Renard, Cahersiveen. The teenager, whose life was tragically cut short this week, was hoping to attend university in Ireland. There was shock and sadness across South Kerry yesterday as news filtered in that the talented yo...