WHITE RIVER JUNCTIOIN – St. Johnsbury Academy (SJA) two-sport star Rex Hauser, put a cherry on top of an incredible year, leading his St. Johnsbury Post 58 baseball team to a state title in Legion ball over the weekend. Hauser earned the win on the mound with six-and-a-third innings of[Read More…]
Baseball
Locals Win District Babe Ruth Title
ST. JOHNSBURY – A trio of Hazen Union Wildcats helped the 16U St. Johnsbury Babe Ruth baseball team capture the 2025 Vermont District III Championship late last month. Hazen’s Chayse Newell, Jon Sicard and Will Halperin ended their baseball season in style with a series sweep of Three Corners to[Read More…]
Vermont Sweeps Twin State Classic
MIDDLEBURY – Vermont’s top high school seniors took to the diamond once more over the weekend, sweeping a doubleheader from New Hampshire in the 2025 Twin State Baseball Classic at Forbes Field in Middlebury. Vermont took advantage of their pitching depth from all divisions to sweep the twin bill on[Read More…]
Wildcats Sharpening their Skills this Summer
LAMOILLE – Several Hazen Union baseballers will be taking to the diamond this summer as Wildcat head coach Shaun Allen and his young team will look to get over the hump next year. Soon to be seniors Grayson McNaughten and Owen Skorstad will be playing for Lamoille in the 18[Read More…]
Craftsbury Senior
McNaughten Earns First Team Capital League Honors
HARDWICK – Hazen Union’s Grayson McNaughten was a bright spot for a struggling Wildcat baseball team this past spring, landing himself First Team Capital League honors with a breakout junior season. McNaughten was promising prospect at Craftsbury Academy (CA) before diving into Hazen athletics full-time as a sophomore. He will[Read More…]
Brown’s Bullets Suffer Heartbreaker in Semifinals
S. ROYALTON – Hazen Union alum and current BFA-Fairfax head coach Mike Brown and his Bullet baseball program came up two outs short from upsetting undefeated White River Valley last week in the Final Four of the Division III tournament. Brown’s squad and their quest to defend a Division III[Read More…]
Record Season for Alekson at Fairfield
FAIRFIELD, Conn. – Former Peoples Academy (PA) three-time state champion Ben Alekson earned top Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) honors after he and his Fairfield University baseball team had a record-breaking season this past spring. The Stags’ season came to an end two weeks ago in the NCAA Regional in[Read More…]
Hauser Caps off Dream Season for Hilltoppers
BURLINGTON – Rex Hauser got some help from his teammates in the biggest moments last week as the reigning Vermont Gatorade Baseball Player of the Year and his St. Johnsbury Academy (SJA) team outlasted top seeded Mt. Anthony to capture the Division I state title. Fellow senior Will Eaton provided[Read More…]
Hazen Bounced by Green Mountain in First Round
CHESTER – The Hazen Union baseball team’s season came to an abrupt end last week against a superior Green Mountain team last week in the first round of the Division III playoffs. Mason Parker and Tanner Swisher combined for a no-hitter and the Green Mountain offense showed little mercy last[Read More…]
Brown’s Bullets Advance to the Final Four
FAIRFAX – Hazen Union alum and BFA-Fairfax head coach Mike Brown and his Bullet varsity baseball team began their division III title defense last week with impressive wins over Springfield and Woodstock. Ryan Sheehan (four innings) and Reagan Baumeister (1) combined to no-hit No. 13 Springfield last Wednesday 13-0. Sheehan[Read More…]
Area Youth Baseball Lives on through Tristan Southworth Memorial Day Classic
HARDWICK – Fifteen years after his tragic and heroic death, former Hazen Union multi-sport star Tristan Southworth and the strength of his character and name continues to bring area athletes to the baseball field with the playing of the 10th Annual Tristan Southworth Memorial Day Baseball Classic. Crowds filled the[Read More…]
