White River Junction — With the Vermont Southern Division title already clinched, White River Junction Post 84 used a variety of players, some in positions they don’t usually occupy, and still rolled to a 7-3 win over Lakes Region at the Maxfield Sports Complex on Tuesday night..

Lakes Region built a 3-0 lead by the third inning, but White River Junction (15-2 league, 17-5 overall) roared back with two runs in the fourth, four in the fifth and a final tally during the sixth.

Pitchers Dylan Spencer, Wyatt Connor, Codi Smith, Hunter Perkins, Steve Cerrone and Jordy Allard combined to allow only three hits and strike out nine batters for Post 84. Austin Gaudette had a single and a double, Jacob Perkins had a triple, and Tyler Hamilton and Brandon Gaudet each had a pair of singles.

White River Junction concludes the regular season Thursday against Lakes Region at Castleton University. Post 84 opens state tournament play Saturday at 11 a.m. against the Northern Division’s fourth-place finisher at Rutland’s St. Peter’s Field.

— Tris Wykes

Lebanon Jrs. 7, Weare 6 (9)

New London — Lebanon Post 22, already set for the top seed in next week’s junior New Hampshire American Legion tournament, rallied from deficits in the bottom of the seventh and eighth innings before prevailing in the ninth at Colby-Sawyer College.

Emrys Elkouh, Kyle Pelletier, Derrick Griffin and Hunter Boutin shared the workload on the mound, with Boutin’s one frame of shutout work landing the win. Down 4-0 in the home sixth, Post 22 scored three runs to close the gap and tied the game on an Andrew Hadlock RBI single in the seventh.

When Weare nabbed a 6-4 lead in the eighth, Kyle Kopecky and Charlie Goodrich drove home runs to extend the game. Eli Jaynes walked to open the ninth, stole second base, moved to third on a Hadlock bunt and scored on a Griffin RBI single.

Post 22 hosts Meredith tonight at Lebanon High School.

Milford 5, WRJ Jr. 3

Milford, n.h. — Robert Slocum threw five innings, struck out three and surrendered just one earned run, but host Milford did just enough to top him and White River Junction Post 84 in a junior New Hampshire Legion games at Keyes Field.

Kyle Hamilton had a hit and scored once for Post 84, which goes to Meredith on Thursday.

GolfLocals Struggle at N.E. Am

West Hartford, Conn. — Upper Valley connections had a hard time finding their footing during the first round of the New England Amateur, and all will need a strong second round today to advance in the three-day, 72-hole championship at Hartford Golf Club.

Matthew Killam, a summertime Lake Sunapee resident who formerly played out of Newport Golf Club, had the low round among locals at 4-over-par 74, but his 61st-place standing won’t get him to the final day of play if he stays where he is following today’s second round. The same goes for former Dartmouth golfer Andrew Jankowski (T-61st, 74), Hanover Country Club’s Nate Choukas (T-77th, 75) and another summertime golfer, Scott Killam (153rd, 85).

Connor Daly, an alternate out of the Basin Harbor Club in Vergennes, Vt., and Connecticut’s Brian Carlson share the first round lead at 3-under 67. The top 40 golfers and ties after today’s round advance to Thursday’s 36-hole final day.