Sports

Registration Open For the 2020 Youth Baseball and Softball Season

Youth baseball and softball in Orleans County is getting ready to roll out for the 2020 season.
Online registration is now open for the players in the following age brackets for the Newport Cal Ripken baseball and softball leagues.
Baseball:
Minors (10U)
Majors (12U)

Youth Golf Getting Ready For Shortened Season in the NEK

With golf courses up and running and restrictions easing up, the Northeast Kingdom is getting ready for the youth golfers to take to the links for the annual summer program.

Hunt Grabs First Win of the Season in Street Stock Division

Derby’s Tim Hunt raced to his third career victory in the 25-lap Allen Lumber Street Stock feature. Hunt was part of a pack putting the pressure on polesitter Scott Weston when the leaders approached lapped traffic with eight laps remaining.

Hibbert Takes Over the Reigns as New Pro at Newport Country Club

Golfers heading up to the Newport Country Club (NCC) may see a new face greeting them in the clubhouse.

DC Racing Crew Hits the Track in Claremont, NH, More

CLAREMONT, NH–Three members of the DC Racing Crew were in action on Friday night, as they headed down the Claremont Speedway for a fifty-lap “Redneck” enduro race.

Organized Sports Gets a Timeline For Resuming Play

Governor Phil Scott held the first of his tri-weekly press conference on Monday morning, and one of the topics he addressed was organized sports.

Make-A-Wish Hockey Games Finally Cancelled

Coming into this week there were still three Vermont vs New Hampshire senior all-star games that were on the schedule to be played this summer.
The two Make-A-Wish hockey games and the Maple Shrine Bowl football game.
Now there is just one remaining.

Three Local Athletes Earn VGA Scholarships

A trio of local golfers earned scholarships from the Vermont Golf Association for the 2019-2020 school year.

Captains Bliss and Davis Hit the Courts to Get a Little Work In

In the age of social distancing, tennis is one of the few sports that meet all the guidelines of staying safe while being in the presence of other people.

Cal Ripken Season Still a Possibility For Some

The spring of 2020, and the sports programs that would currently be in full swing, were dealt a cruel blow by the COVID-19 outbreak, but for one local program, there may be hope for a season a little later on down the road.