Sports
Bears lose season opener to St. Johnsbury, 5-0
-It was a slightly off-kilter opening day for the Brattleboro Bears varsity baseball team on a cold, gray, and blustery late afternoon on April 10 at Tenney Field.
The field itself is still a work in progress. The most notable change is the chain-link fencing that now stretches from the grandstand to the newly-installed bullpens alongside each dugout. Both dugouts are now enveloped BY fencing. With completion of the grandstand renovation project still a long way off, Bears fans coming to the games will discover their favorite spots to watch the games are gone now that the bleachers are situated next to the light poles near the first and third base foul lines.
BUHS Unified wins season opener against Cosmos
-There is always a little extra pressure on a team when they are defending a championship. Last season's Brattleboro Unified basketball team went undefeated and won the school's second state title. With nearly all of the starters from that team back for this season, they fully expect to repeat...
Local athletes named to SVL all-star teams
-The Southern Vermont League (SVL) recently announced their all-league honors for boys' and girls' basketball, and for Nordic skiing. Plenty of our local athletes were honored. • Brattleboro's Jack Cady was named to the SVL A Division boys' first team, with teammates John Satterfield and Oscar Korson earning honorable...