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By Tris Wykes Copyright Octopus Athletics 2021 LEBANON – At 8:20 a.m. on Sunday morning, Lebanon High’s decrepit running track sat in near silence. It was 61 degrees and sunny, the oval’s northeast end shaded by large trees. Traffic on nearby Route 120 produced a soft whoosh. An hour later, sounds in the area were…
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By Tris Wykes Copyright Octopus Athletics 2021 LEBANON – Keegan Fredette rumbled down the Lebanon High football team’s practice field Saturday afternoon. The junior lineman, not known for deft coordination, was out in space and under the gun. If he caught the Jack Stone pass sailing his way, he and his teammates would escape further…
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By Tris Wykes LEBANON – Chauncey Wood, coach of the Lebanon American Legion Post 22 junior baseball team, tried to rally his troops Saturday. Boy, did he try. Wood cajoled, pleaded, barked and educated. The bearded Orford resident called half a dozen gatherings during his squad’s regular-season finale against visiting Salem Post 63, but the…
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By Tris Wykes LEBANON – Playing with a chill in the air that called October to mind, the Lebanon American Legion Post 22 junior baseball team took a step towards extending its summer campaign Friday. The hosts pinned a 12-4 defeat on Keene Post 4 during their penultimate game of the regular season at Lebanon…
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By Tris Wykes LEBANON – The Upper Valley’s Lightning Soccer Club has long been physically headquartered and psychologically centered in the Hanover-Norwich wealth bubble, so Bill Miles’ recent declaration about the youth organization’s future was a bit startling. “Lebanon is now the home of Lightning soccer,” said the local businessman and newly named club president.…
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By Tris Wykes LEBANON – The Lebanon American Legion Post 22 junior baseball team departed from its District A schedule Saturday, hosting District B foes Exeter Post 32 and Hudson Post 48 and splitting the unorthodox doubleheader. The hosts lost to Exeter, 8-4, before defeating Hudson, 5-3, in a contest ended early by rain. Lebanon…
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By Tris Wykes LEBANON – The Lebanon American Legion Post 22 junior baseball team’s hold on its game with Weare Post 65 fell apart like a badly-wrapped burrito Sunday. The hosts first lost a four-run lead and then the District A game, 8-7. Post 22 committed four errors during the contest, its second in as…
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By Tris Wykes LEBANON – The difference between the Lebanon American Legion Post 22 junior baseball team and its Tuesday foes from Nashua Post 3 was evident before the District A contest even began. Many of Nashua’s players drove to the game. The hosts? Because almost all lack a motoring license, they arrived with mom,…
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By Tris Wykes WHITE RIVER JUNCTION – Justin Devoid is the son of a commercial painter and as such, he’s spent many a day wielding a brush, carrying ladders and touching up spaces under the eaves. The 2013 Hartford High graduate’s current gig is a whole lot better. Devoid is the head coach of the…
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By Tris Wykes LEBANON – The Lebanon American Legion Post 22 senior baseball team pinned a 7-5 defeat on Keene Post 4 on Tuesday, prevailing despite the loss of an earlier, substantial lead. Lebanon built a 6-0 advantage after five innings before surrendering five runs, three of them unearned, during the sixth frame. The hosts…
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