by Richard Creaser copyright the Chronicle 9-8-2013 NEWPORT — Last spring the United Christian Academy Crusaders were recognized for their sportsmanship in basketball at a ceremony just prior to the start of the playoffs. Sportsmanship has always been a hallm... More »
by Richard Creaser copyright the Chronicle September 5, 2013 NEWPORT — The North Country Falcons boys’ varsity squad started the season with a 2-1 victory over the visiting Lyndon Institute Vikings on Wednesday afternoon. Credit for the win could be attribut... More »
Saturday, August 30, dawned early for the Junior Falcon Football teams, who opened their regular season with games held in St. Johnsbury for the A (seventh and eighth grade) and B (fifth and sixth grade) team varsity squads and in Fairfax for the junior varsit... More »
The Friends of the Jones Memorial Library in Orleans held its fourth annual benefit golf tournament at the Barton Golf Club on August 24. The first place winners of the four-person scramble were River Garden Cafe’s team of Nick Ouellette, Aric Steen, Bill Binn... More »
The Lafoe Logging men’s softball team won the F Division State Championship Tournament. The tournament was held in Newport on July 27 and 28. After a number of years of not competing in state tournaments, Lafoe Logging entered the F Division Tournament and s... More »
by Bethany M. Dunbar If obstacles with names such as the Arctic Enema and the Boa Constrictor — which involves muddy water, barbed wire, and culverts — sound like fun, then maybe the Tough Mudder is for you. On Saturday at Mount Snow in Dover, a team from the ... More »
by Coach Jethro Hayman After competing against each other in the state baseball tournament on July 4 weekend, a group of Lake Region and North Country coaches and players decided they were not ready to hang up their cleats. So they formed a hybrid 12U (ages 1... More »
by Richard Creaser NEWPORT — Solid defense and great team chemistry have propelled D&D Electric onto the national stage. The Newport-based team has earned a berth at the Amateur Softball Association of America’s national eastern C and D division championship... More »
by Richard Creaser LYNDONVILLE — The Orleans County All-Stars, composed of players from two Lake Region and one North Country squads, earned runners-up honors at the 13-to-15-year-old Babe Ruth district tournament held in Lyndonville over the weekend. Team ma... More »
by Richard Creaser ORLEANS — The tournament may have been small, but the competition wasn’t. However, the Lake Region squad defeated Lyndonville to earn the Babe Ruth district three 13-year-old title over the weekend. The two teams squared off at Lake Region... More »
Hartford’s Cal Ripken All-Stars won the state championship in baseball for players age 12 and under at Barton Sunday, according to an account from Coach Jethro Hayman of the Lake Region All-Stars. Mr. Hayman said the Lake Region team gave the Hartford team a g... More »
by Richard Creaser BARTON — By any objective measure, the greater the number of delays, the harder it is for pitchers to stay warmed up. Friday night, opening night of the Vermont U12 Cal Ripken Baseball tournament, was just such a night. Fans and players a... More »
