AC Little Leaguers face tough competition in big tourney

The Addison County All Stars baseball team made history this week by playing in the Eastern Regional Tournament, which pitted the local 9-to-11-year-olds (the Vermont state champs) against all stars from several East Coast states.

The Addison County All Stars baseball team battled their way through the losing bracket to take the District 1 Title earlier this month.

The Addison County American Legion baseball team finished the regular season with a 14-4 record after winning its final four games in the final week heading into the playoffs.

The Addison County American Legion baseball team finished the regular season with a 14-4 record after winning its final four games; AC is seeded 3rd in the Northern Division.

The Addison County American Legion baseball team took three of five games played between July 2 and Tuesday.

The Addison County American Legion baseball team split four recent games and stood in third place in Vermont’s Northern Division with a 4-2 record. That was heading into a Wednesday home game with second-place St. Johnsbury.

Sixteen members of the Mount Abraham, Vergennes, Middlebury and Otter Valley high school baseball teams received postseason recognition from the coaches of either the Lake Division or the Southern Valley League’s B Division.

The Addison County American Legion baseball team started its season with three home wins, one of them a non-league game, all on the team’s home turf — Middlebury College’s South Street Field. 

This year’s edition of the Twin-State Baseball Classic, a doubleheader pitting top graduated high school players from Vermont and New Hampshire against one another, will be held this Saturday, June 28, at Middlebury College’s South Street baseball field.

Writing about Pete Rose filled me with despair. Pete died last September at age 83. I was hoping interest in him might fade with the man. Alas, he’s back.

Head Coach Tim Paquette has selected the 2025 Addison County American Legion baseball team, and the squad is ready to begin action this week with a home game on Thursday vs. Champlain Valley.

After a heartbreaking loss in the 2024 Division II final, the Mount Abraham baseball team wore T-shirts this year that read, “Unfinished Business.”

Sometimes it’s what you don’t do that matters. On Tuesday, Vergennes Union High School baseball players chose not to swing at pitches out of the strike zone.

Mount Abraham and Vergennes were winners in the first round of high school baseball playoffs on Tuesday, but defending Division II champion Middlebury and Otter Valley each were ousted.

Two Brothers Tavern in Middlebury next week will help launch the season of the Vermont Lake Monsters, the professional baseball team in Burlington.