Sports Feature

Keith LeClairPublished in the Green Mountain Outlook, Mar. 24, 2010Coaching Third: The Keith LeClair Story, is a book about the late, Walpole, NH–native and Division I college baseball coach who tragically passed away from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis or ALS (Lou Gerhig's Disease).

Ernie Johnson the playerPublished in the Green Mountain Outlook, Mar. 17, 2010 Meet Brattleboro-native Ernie Johnson, a Major League Baseball-announcing icon and former player who was recently inducted into the Georgia Sports Hall of Fame for his many years of faithful service as both a player and announcer for the Milwaukee and Atlanta Braves. The accomplishment marks the fifth Hall of fame in which Johnson has been inducted, but I digress.

Walpole's Mike LawlorPublished in the Green Mountain Outlook
If you ask a typical boy from New England what he wants to be when he grows up, chances are one popular answer would be “I want to play for the Red Sox!” Well, for current Suffolk University senior and 2006 Fall Mountain Regional High School graduate, Mike Lawlor, working for the Red Sox organization as an ambassador in the Fan Services and Entertainment Department, might be the next best thing.

Kathan goes up for two.Published in The Green Mountain Outlook
Former Black River and Springfield High School basketball stand out Tyler Kathan, who also starred at Keene State College, recently signed a contract and is playing professional hoop in the England Basketball League (EBL). Established in 2003, the EBL is a semi-pro basketball league in England, which forms the second tier of competition below the professional British Basketball League.

Published in The Message, June 3, 2009Boston Globe article, 1904 The Saxtons River Pirates baseball team was at one time a pillar in the local Rockingham community for many decades. In fact, records gathered with the help of the Saxtons River Historical Society date the Saxtons River baseball team all the way back to 1903, with an article published in the Boston Globe on November 24, reporting that the Saxtons River “semi–professional club” had claimed the Southern Vermont championship.

Coach Keith LeClairPublished in The Message, June 3, 2009
Writer and soon–to–be author Bethany Bradsher of Greenville, North Carolina, is currently writing a book about the late East Carolina University (ECU) baseball coach and Walpole, NH native Keith LeClair, who tragically passed away from ALS or Lou Gerhig’s disease in 2006.

Karen MacIntyrePublished in The Message For The Week, April 1, 2009
Local runner Karen MacIntyre of Westminster, will be a participant in this year's 118th running of the legendary Boston Marathon, as a participant in the twentieth running of the Dana–Farber Marathon Challenge (DFMC). MacIntyre will join other DFMC runners from across America and other countries to run in the historic Massachusetts marathon route from Hopkinton Boston, which will raise $4.85 million for cancer research.

Jayne Barber: photo by Jesse BakerPublished in The Message For The Week, Ferbuary 25, 2009
BELLOWS FALLS, VT – In her final game as head coach of the Bellows Falls Union High School girls' basketball team, Jayne Barber could not come up with enough of that old coaching magic to pull out a win, dropping the final game of the regular season, 47–36, against rival Springfield at Holland Gym in Westminster.

Hannah TeterPublished in The Message For The Week, january 21, 2008
Local snowboarding legend Hannah Teter, a Belmont–native and Olympic gold medal champion in the half pipe, recently announced that she will donate all her snowboard earnings from the upcoming season to her charity, Hannah's Gold, and the organization World Vision.

Chester, Vermont's Tessa FarrarPublished in The Message For The Week