Tom Haley

5 days ago | timesargus.com | Tom Haley

Tuesday. It is the Third of June. If you know the song "Ode to Billy Joe", then you know that the Third of June is the day that Billie Joe McAllister jumped off the Tallahatchie Bridge. The Third of June is the day that some softball teams will jump off the bridge that is the season of 2025. There will be no tomorrow for one team in each game that is being played on Tuesday. There will be a jubilant celebration for the other team.

1 week ago | rutlandherald.com | Tom Haley

It was Senior Day for the Mount St. Joseph baseball team on Friday at St. Peter's Field but a freshman from Springfield stole the show. Logan Merrow came to the mound in the first inning and turned in a stellar relief performance in the Cosmos' 13-6 victory. Merrow's bat might have been even more impressive than his arm. Batting in the leadoff spot, he had three base hits and four RBIs."He plays travel baseball. You can tell the kids who play baseball.

1 week ago | rutlandherald.com | Tom Haley

NORTH CLARENDON — Mill River Union High School Athletic Director Kim Maniery and teacher/coach Peter Roach were sitting on a bench while using a microphone to orchestrate the Senior Day ceremony at Thursday's softball game. It was not just any bench. It was the commemorative bench from the day the softball field was dedicated in Shirley Bruso's name. The bench was inscribed with words telling a lot of Bruso's story.

1 week ago | rutlandherald.com | Tom Haley

NORTH CLARENDON — Poultney senior captain Georgia Donaldson had a hard single to left in the top of the first inning and scored on an error for the game's first run. It was a lead the Blue Devils never surrendered as they coasted to a 16-4, run-rule victory over Mill River in Thursday's softball game. The Blue Devils had lost 14-1 to Leland & Gray the previous day but what happened after that game, Donaldson believes, set the tone for the win at Mill River.

1 week ago | rutlandherald.com | Tom Haley

POULTNEY — Leland & Gray senior softball pitcher Kristen Lowe thrives on Senior Days. Back in Townshend last Saturday, she hit a home run and pitched in her own Senior Day victory. Wednesday at Poultney's Legion Field, she pitched the complete-game victory as the Rebels defeated Poultney 14-1 to hike their record to 10-4. Lowe pitched six innings and had seven strikeouts. She limited the Blue Devils to three hits. "She has been lights out this year," Leland & Gray coach Mike Bingham said.