Author: George Commo

Baseball: Monsters Drop 4th Straight, 5-2 to Connecticut

Courtesy Vermont Lake Monsters BURLINGTON — The Connecticut Tigers snapped a 2-2 tie with three unearned runs in the top of the fourth inning for a 5-2 New York-Penn League victory over the Vermont Lake Monsters Sunday evening at historic Centennial Field. Connecticut got single runs in the top of the first and second innings, […]

Baseball: Six Game Split …. Tri-City Tops Vermont 6-1

Courtesy Vermont Lake Monsters TROY, NY — Gilberto Celestino hit a solo homer for the third straight game and capped off a three-run Tri-City seventh inning with an RBI single to lead the ValleyCats to a 6-1 victory over the Vermont Lake Monsters in New York-Penn League action Friday night at Bruno Stadium. Vermont starter […]

Racing: Blake, First-Time Winners Reign at Thunder Road

Courtesy Thunder Road Barre– Hometown racer Cody Blake made his post-holiday celebration count by taking his second Maplewood/Irving Oil Late Model win of the season at Renewable Energies Night on Thursday, July 5. Blake motored to the lead halfway through the 50-lap feature and never looked back on a night where four other main events […]

Baseball: Vermont Falls 4-2 at Tri-City

Courtesy Vermont Lake Monsters TROY, NY —Vermont starter Jhenderson Hurtado allowed just one hit over five innings, but also threw four wild pitches that helped the Tri-City ValleyCats plate a pair of runs in a 4-2 victory over the Lake Monsters in New York-Penn League action Thursday night at Bruno Stadium. Jermey Pena got the […]

Baseball: Monsters Fall to Tri-City 3-2

Courtesy Vermont Lake Monsters BURLINGTON — Gilberto Celestino gave Tri-City an early 2-0 lead with a two-run double and five Valley Cat pitchers combined to hold the Vermont Lake Monsters to six hits in a 3-2 New York-Penn League victory Tuesday at historic Centennial Field. Celestino’s two-out, two-run double came in the top of the […]

Baseball: Brooklyn Evens Series With Lake Monsters

Courtesy Vermont Lake Monsters BURLINGTON — A night after the Lake Monsters scored 14 runs over the first four innings, the Brooklyn Cyclones scored 11 times over the first four frames Friday night and went on to defeat Vermont 13-7 in New York-Penn League action at historic Centennial Field. The Cyclones scored three runs in […]

Racing: Donahue Makes Thrilling Charge to Break into Winner’s Circle at The Road

Courtesy Thunder Road Barre – Graniteville’s Stephen Donahue joined the ranks of Maplewood/Irving Late Model winners at Barre’s Thunder Road by charging to the win on Community College of Vermont (CCV) Night on Friday, June 29. The third-generation racer took the lead for good from Washington’s Ricky Roberts on lap 38 of the 50-lap feature […]