On Friday evening, I saw this tweet from fellow journo Roger Carroll:
Today’s best sports story: Vermont high school game called on account of bear.
— Roger Carroll (@NewsGuyRog) May 19, 2017
(Tell me that isn’t the most Vermont reason for calling a sports game.)
Turns out it was in our coverage area — the games affected were a baseball and softball match between Oxbow High, which is one of our schools, and Blue Mountain Union High. The games — and the bear — were at Blue Mountain.
Our sports guys made some phone calls and, thankfully, photographs soon followed.
Just a couple pictures from the visitor in Oxbow’s dugout… he just wanted to play! #purplepride #newmascotforoxbow? #oxbowblackbears? pic.twitter.com/JDFxoT2ZEl
— Oxbow AD (@Oxbow_Athletics) May 19, 2017
Meanwhile, in the office, bear puns also were made in abundance, because duh. I’d share some, but they’re bearly worth repeating. 😀