Tough opponents and weather slow Legion nine

The Addison County American Legion baseball team has gotten off to a slow start in more ways than one this summer.

Regional baseball players named as league all-stars

Twenty-one members of the Middlebury, Mount Abraham, Vergennes and Otter Valley union high school baseball teams received postseason recognition from the Lake Division or the Southern Vermont League B Division, and two were also chosen for the Vermont Twi … (read more)

VUHS baseball reaches semis but falls, 10-6

In Division III baseball playoff action on Tuesday, No. 5 White River defeated No. 8 Vergennes Union High School, 10-6. Game details were not available at press time.

OV baseball wraps at 10-8

Host No. 1 Missisquoi ousted the No. 8 Otter Valley Union baseball team from the Division II playoffs on Saturday, 11-2, in a quarterfinal. The T-Birds improved to 16-1, while the Otters wrapped up at 10-8.

Karl Lindholm: Vic Power & Piper Davis: Should have been first!

One thing the Red Sox and Yankees had in common, historically, was a reluctance to sign dark-skinned players after the historic breakthrough in 1947 of Jackie Robinson with the Dodgers and Larry Doby with the Indians. 

Otter Valley nine gets D-II playoff win

After high school baseball playoff action on Tuesday, only Otter Valley was still standing in Division II, while Vergennes was waiting on deck to enter the D-III fray on Wednesday.

Mount Abe rallies past Tigers in see-saw battle

One way for a team to make the most of a losing season is to defeat a local rival on its Senior Day. 

Diamond rivals clash

Host Middlebury defeated Vergennes in extra innings to provide one local high school baseball highlight between May 17 and 23. Mount Abraham also hosted the Tigers on Tuesday.

Panther nine’s season is over

The Middlebury College baseball team dropped two straight games this past Friday and Saturday at a four-team, double-elimination NCAA D-III Tournament regional hosted by Bridgewater State and saw its season conclude with a 27-13 record.

VUHS edges Eagle nine in 8

On a Tuesday afternoon not fit for man nor beast, never mind baseball, an exciting game of the latter nevertheless broke out at Vergennes Union High School, when the host Commodores needed eight innings to get past rival Mount Abraham, 11-10.

Panther baseball earns NCAA bid

Host Tufts defeated the Middlebury College baseball team in the championship game of the NESCAC tournament on Sunday, 12-1, but the Panthers earned an NCAA Division III tournament bid despite the setback.

Baseball teams all earn wins

Middlebury topped Mount Abraham to highlight high school baseball action between May 9 and 16, while elsewhere the Eagles picked up a win, the Tigers split two other games, and Vergennes and Otter Valley each won two out of three. 

Karl Lindholm: Yoshida, Koji, Ohtani — and Horace Wilson

Who is that fellow playing left field for the Red Sox this season? He bats left-handed and throws right-handed and is hitting .327 with six homers and 22 RBI after a slow start and has led the Red Sox recently on an eight-game win streak — and has hit saf … (read more)

Tiger nine takes 2; Eagles get first

Middlebury won twice, once over Vergennes, to highlight local high school baseball play between May 4 and 9. Mount Abraham, also at the Commodores’ expense, broke through for its first win, and the Commodores also won once, while Otter Valley came up shor … (read more)

Panther nine prevails in first round of NESCAC playoffs

The Middlebury College baseball team swept visiting Trinity, 14-7 and 13-12, on Saturday, to win a best-of-three NESCAC quarterfinal series. 

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