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Champlain Little League all-stars secure Vermont softball state championship three-peat
ST. ALBANS — The 10-to-12-year-old all-stars from Champlain are headed back to Bristol. Yet again.
Riding Ellis Montgomery’s complete-game performance in the circle and a momentum-shifting, three-run second inning, Champlain ousted Colchester for a 5-3 victory in the Vermont Little League softball state championship game at St. Albans Bay Town Park on Saturday, July 12.
Three-time defending state champion Champlain booked its spot at the New England Region Tournament in Bristol, Connecticut, and will play its first game on Monday, July 21 against the winner of Rhode Island and Maine.
“This one means a lot. Going down there is very special,” said Champlain manager Mike Conger, who will make his fourth trip overall to Bristol with a Vermont state champion.
Colchester, which came into the game undefeated through district and state tournament play, seized a 1-0 lead in the bottom of the first inning. Leadoff hitter Ella Carey walked, stole second and third, and then scooted home on a passed ball.
In the top of the second, Champlain scored three runs, all with two outs, and without recording a hit. Champlain took advantage of four walks and a hit by pitch to plate its runs and earn a 3-1 margin.
“We talked about being patient at the plate,” Conger said. “(Colchester ace Madison Besaw’s) a heck of a pitcher and she has some nice speed.”
Colchester got one back in the bottom of the third when Carey tripled with two outs and then scored on an error.
Ahead 4-2 to start the sixth, Champlain tacked on an insurance run when Bailee Conger’s hit allowed Kinsley Winegar to come home. Champlain could’ve opened a bigger advantage, but Carey came in on relief of Colchester’s second pitcher, Jordyn Burghdurf, and proceeded to induce a pop fly and strike out two batters with the bases loaded and no outs.
Colchester made a comeback bid in the final frame. Quinn Bouchard walked with one out and then later scored on Lucy McHugh’s sharp single to right. But Montgomery got a groundout and a pop-up to stave off the rally and seal Champlain’s championship three-peat.
“We had total faith in her,” Mike Conger said of Montgomery. “She’s put in so much work since the winter, so many of these girls have.”
Champlain opened the state tourney with a loss in extra innings to Connecticut Valley. Champlain then mercy-ruled Northeast and Connecticut Valley in a rematch to advance to the final vs Colchester.
“We go out there and battle and compete. Just a fine group to be around,” Conger said.
Green Mountain cruises to 8-10 softball state crown
Behind Dottie Green’s lights-out pitching and a deep hitting lineup, the 8-to-10-year-old stars from Green Mountain roared to the Vermont Little League softball state title with a 9-0 win over Essex in the tournament final at Northfield on Friday, July 11.
Green Mountain, comprised of teams across Central Vermont, outscored opponents 51-0 over six tournament games (district and state), according to team manager Katie Green. Green Mountain ace Dottie Green totaled 81 strikeouts against 106 batters faced, while catcher Lily Brynga allowed only just one passed ball out of 466 pitches.
Green Mountain’s offense racked up 47 hits. Brynga scored nine runs and Arie DeFreest led the team in on-base percentage. Brynga and Green had homers during tournament play, and Mackenzie Bean, Mackenzie Messier, Serena VanderBush and Brynga also produced extra-base hits.
Contact Alex Abrami at aabrami@freepressmedia.com. Follow him on X, formerly known as Twitter:@aabrami5.
Powerball, Mega Millions jackpots: What to know in case you win
Here’s what to know in case you win the Powerball or Mega Millions jackpot.
Just the FAQs, USA TODAY
The Vermont Lottery offers several draw games for those willing to make a bet to win big.
Those who want to play can enter the MegaBucks and Lucky for Life games as well as the national Powerball and Mega Millions games. Vermont also partners with New Hampshire and Maine for the Tri-State Lottery, which includes the Mega Bucks, Gimme 5 as well as the Pick 3 and Pick 4.
Drawings are held at regular days and times, check the end of this story to see the schedule.
Here’s a look at June 2, 2026, results for each game:
Winning Vermont Mega Millions numbers from June 2 drawing
15-26-43-48-60, Mega Ball: 12
Check Vermont Mega Millions payouts and previous drawings here.
Winning Gimme 5 numbers from June 2 drawing
03-05-16-32-37
Check Gimme 5 payouts and previous drawings here.
Winning Pick 3 numbers from June 2 drawing
Day: 2-5-2
Evening: 5-8-6
Check Pick 3 payouts and previous drawings here.
Winning Pick 4 numbers from June 2 drawing
Day: 6-9-7-0
Evening: 3-4-1-3
Check Pick 4 payouts and previous drawings here.
Winning Millionaire for Life numbers from June 2 drawing
16-33-41-50-52, Bonus: 01
Check Millionaire for Life payouts and previous drawings here.
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Are you a winner? Here’s how to claim your lottery prize
For Vermont Lottery prizes up to $499, winners can claim their prize at any authorized Vermont Lottery retailer or at the Vermont Lottery Headquarters by presenting the signed winning ticket for validation. Prizes between $500 and $5,000 can be claimed at any M&T Bank location in Vermont during the Vermont Lottery Office’s business hours, which are 8a.m.-4p.m. Monday through Friday, except state holidays.
For prizes over $5,000, claims must be made in person at the Vermont Lottery headquarters. In addition to signing your ticket, you will need to bring a government-issued photo ID, and a completed claim form.
All prize claims must be submitted within one year of the drawing date. For more information on prize claims or to download a Vermont Lottery Claim Form, visit the Vermont Lottery’s FAQ page or contact their customer service line at (802) 479-5686.
Vermont Lottery Headquarters
1311 US Route 302, Suite 100
Barre, VT
05641
When are the Vermont Lottery drawings held?
- Powerball: 10:59 p.m. Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday.
- Mega Millions: 11 p.m. Tuesday and Friday.
- Gimme 5: 6:55 p.m. Monday through Friday.
- Lucky for Life: 10:38 p.m. daily.
- Pick 3 Day: 1:10 p.m. daily.
- Pick 4 Day: 1:10 p.m. daily.
- Pick 3 Evening: 6:55 p.m. daily.
- Pick 4 Evening: 6:55 p.m. daily.
- Megabucks: 7:59 p.m. Monday, Wednesday and Saturday.
- Millionaire for Life: 11:15 p.m. daily
What is Vermont Lottery Second Chance?
Vermont’s 2nd Chance lottery lets players enter eligible non-winning instant scratch tickets into a drawing to win cash and/or other prizes. Players must register through the state’s official Lottery website or app. The drawings are held quarterly or are part of an additional promotion, and are done at Pollard Banknote Limited in Winnipeg, MB, Canada.
This results page was generated automatically using information from TinBu and a template written and reviewed by a Vermont editor. You can send feedback using this form.
BRIDGEWATER CORNERS, Vt. (WCAX) – A Vermont brewery is living up to its name to help celebrate the outdoors.
Long Trail Brewing Company is unveiling its “Reallllly Long Trail Ale Pack” in honor of National Trails Day this weekend. They believe it will be the largest single-unit commercially available beer package in the country.
The design for the packaging is 273 centimeters long, reflecting the 273-mile Long Trail that cuts through the length of Vermont. It also holds 168 beers and needs three people just to carry it. The brewery’s Jordan Kellem hopes it can encourage people to, as they say, “Take a Hike!”
“We’ve been brewing beer for a long time, and it’s increasingly more difficult to stand out. And at the end of the day, we have to remind ourselves we’re in the beer industry and it’s a fun industry to be a part of, so we want to have some fun and do what we do,” Kellem said.
They’re also giving back with $15,000 in donations to local trail systems across the state.
National Trails Day is Saturday, June 7.
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Kids shouted, stilt-walkers strode and paper-mache puppets swayed above the crowd as a procession snaked through downtown Burlington last week.
What for? Trout.
Sustainability Academy students and their supporters marched across the city to the beat of bucket drummers May 29 for the second annual Trout Parade, a showcase of their conservation efforts for the state’s official cold-water fish.
Their chants and hoisted fish-shaped cutouts served as a send-off to brook trout raised by students as part of a schoolwide science project.
“The Trout Parade was really just our students lining up to say goodbye as we loaded them onto the bus to be released,” said Kestrel Plump, a sustainability coach at the academy.
For about five months this year, the school lobby became a hatchery as students cultivated fish from eggs supplied by regional conservation group Trout Unlimited.
Interim Principal Antony Dennis said the trout would be released in the Huntington River the next day, May 30.
“This is the second year that it’s been this big that we actually got to a point where it went off campus,” Dennis said. “It used to be a small event.”
The parade began for students outside the school as residents set out from The Flynn to join them and continue together to Battery Park.
The school has conducted the project for roughly five years, but this was only its second time partnering with The Flynn and Vermont puppeteers Janice Walrafen and Erik Gillard, or Erok.
The kids thought the jumbo puppets were magical, Walrafen said. “The same with the masks. You put on a mask, and then all of a sudden you get to be transformed as something other than your little self,” she said. “You get to be part of something bigger.”
Onlookers, bicyclists and pedestrians stopped and recorded the spectacle with their phones.
If they had any question about its object, answers came by way of lilting treble chants.
“Tell me what it’s all about!” a parade leader called out over a megaphone.
“Trout!” a chorus of kids chimed back.
They followed their leader in reciting: “We love the trout, but we must let them out!”
The parade concluded with a pageant accompanied by a harpist. The students were sent off with ice cream given out by retired University of Vermont faculty member Patrick Malone.
Asked if students get attached to the aspiring fish or just see them as blobs in a science project, Plump, the school sustainability coach, let a group of girls answer.
“The first one,” one of them said.
And were they happy to see their piscine pals released?
“Quite,” another responded.
Corey Arwood is the Burlington Free Press city reporter and can be reached by email at clarwood@gannett.com.
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