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Terriers can’t bite high flying Falcons

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by Matthew Wilson NEWPORT — Despite Saturday’s pouring rain the Falcons still soared to victory when they met Bellows Falls Union High Terriers on the gridiron.  North Country Union High School’s football team has had a strong season, going into Saturday’s mat... More »

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Falcons soak the Crimson Tide, 5-0

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by Matthew Wilson NEWPORT — The Falcons flew over the Crimson Tide Thursday when North Country Union High School and Spaulding High School’s girls’ soccer teams met for a battle of a match.  Though the Falcons walked away with a 5-0 win, the game was hard foug... More »

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Falcons swat Yellow Jackets, 3-0

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  by Matthew Wilson NEWPORT — The North Country Union High School Falcons met the Milton High School Yellow Jackets Friday for a field hockey match.  On a cool early autumn afternoon, conditions were perfect for the two teams to see which could break through f... More »

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Ranger girls tame Panthers

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by Matthew Wilson The Lake Region Union High School Rangers were on the hunt for wild cats on September 24, the day they met Thetford Academy’s Panthers.  The girls soccer team put up an impressive defense, a fortress from which they were always on the attack.... More »

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Double overtime match ends in draw

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by Matthew Wilson It was like watching an unstoppable force meet an immovable object when the Lake Region Union High School boys met the Peoples Academy High School Wolves on August 21, in a soccer match that went into double overtime and ended in a tie. From ... More »

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Falcons capture the barrel

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by Joseph Gresser LYNDON CENTER— “I’ve been waiting seven years for this,” said North Country Union High School Football Coach Lonnie Wade as he held the small wooden barrel that signifies victory in the annual Falcons versus Lyndon Institute game. Coach Wade ... More »

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Middle school track returns

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by Trisha Ingalls A district-wide middle school spring track team was revived this year after being dormant since pre-COVID days. The Orleans Central Supervisory Union (OCSU) team consists of seventh-and-eighth-graders from five schools, and is coached by new ... More »

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Rangers bring Highlanders to earth

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  by Matthew Wilson The Lake Region Union High School Rangers took to the softball field on Tuesday, May 23, facing off against the Highlanders of Harwood Union High School.  The Rangers led through much of the game, but overcame Harwood barrage in the fifth b... More »

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Falcon nine squeaks by Rangers

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  by Matthew Wilson Down to the game’s final out, the matchup between North Country’s Falcons and Lake Region’s Rangers on Saturday saw each team testing the other.  Both showed off their pitcher’s skill and the quick thinking of defensive players in the outfi... More »

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Kingdom Blades swarmed by Woodstock Wasps

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  by Joseph Gresser BURLINGTON—The Blades, a team made up of women from high schools around the Northeast Kingdom came into the finals at the Gutterson Field House on March 9 as underdogs. They were a third seed, and the Woodstock Wasps, their opponents were a... More »

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Disappointing end to great Falcons season

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North Country Union High School’s Cooper Brueck goes up for a shot in the waning moments of Saturday’s Division 2 game at the Barre Auditorium.  For the second time in three years the Falcons were thwarted in their quest for a championship trophy by the Montpe... More »