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8/2/07
The Rangers
Rangers finish out season strong on three game winning streak
The Rangers closed out their season on Wednesday beating playoff bound District B Nashua Post 3 by a core of 12-8. The game was slated at 5:15 on a very warm summer evening and that led to a slow start for the Rangers. The Rangers were down 5-3 in the fifth when they went on an offensive attack getting three runs to make it a 6-5 game. In the sixth, the Rangers added two more to make it an 8-6 lead. Post 3 came back in the seventh to tie it up with a two-run home run. The Rangers then got four runs in the eighth to take their final lead of the game and season. The game was called in the eighth due to darkness. The Rangers finished with an overall record of 11-16 and a District A record of 7-13.
7/29/07
Zane Alcantara
Alcantara leads Rangers over Londonderry
The Rangers coming off of a big win over Dover Post 7 on Saturday afternoon kept on rolling when they took down Londonderry Sunday afternoon by a score of 11-7. Zane Alcantara (Groveton, NH) lead the Rangers' offensive surge by belting three separate 400+ foot doubles to combine for three RBI's. Chris Smith (Lisbon, NH) tamed the Londonderry hitters by pitching 6 2/3 innings with two earned runs.The Rangers are now 10-16 overall and will play Nashua on Wednesday, August 2, which could very well be the last game of the Rangers' season.
7/28/07
Jake Shanahan
Rangers beat Dover to close out District A Play
The Post 66 Durand Haley Rangers (7-13) closed out District A play today with a win over Dover Post 7 (9-10) by a 11-6 score. The Rangers were lead by a strong pitching performance by Marcus Levin (North Conway, NH) who went seven strong innings giving up two earned runs and no walks. Offensively the Rangers were lead by Jake Shanahan (Holderness, NH) who belted a two run home run, Matt Keene (Berlin, NH) who had three RBI, and Josh Randall (Ashland, NH) who had a monstrous RBI triple. The Rangers held a 2-1 lead going into the fifth inning, then the bats came alive. The Rangers used a three run fifth and a four run eighth to storm past Dover to close out District Aplay for the Rangers. The Rangers are 9-16 overall and have four more non-district games before closing out their season. They will get back on the road tomorrow with a game in Londonderry slated at 1:00 pm.
7/27/07
Mike White
Rangers lose close one vs Sweeney
The Durand Haley Rangers of Post 66 in Plymouth, NH tried to finish the remaining two district games on the schedule with a win. Unfortunately the Rangers could not hold on to a 7-6 lead in the seventh, and eventually fell by a score of 10-7 to Henry J. Sweeney Post 2 of Manchester. Sweeney (14-6) was in desperate need of a win, a loss knocks them out of the playoffs, a win gains them atleast a tie in the playoff hunt. The Rangers were down by a score of 6-4 in the bottom of the sixth when Mike White (Lisbon, NH) hit a three run homer to put the Rangers ahead by one. Shortly after in the top of the seventh, following a hit and two walks, Sweeney hit a grand slam to make the score 10-7 which was the final score. The Rangers close out their District A season schedule tomorrow against Dover Post 7.
7/22/07
Travis L'Heureux Matt Keene
Rangers can't hold off Post 32
The Durand Haley Post 66 Rangers (6-12) let a close game get away at Panther Park on Sunday afternoon. The Rangers took the lead in the bottom of the second inning when Matt Keene (Berlin, NH) drove in Josh Randall (Ashland, NH). Post 32 of Exeter (4-10) responded with a run of their own in the top of the third. The Rangers retook the lead in the bottom of the fourth when Keene drove in Randall for the second time in the game with a double to right center field. The Rangers would soon watch thier 2-1 lead dissapear into a 4-2 deficit in the top of the fifth inning. The Rangers made it a 4-3 game when Travis L'Heureux (Berlin, NH) scored on a Mike White (Lisbon, NH) groundout. That is as close as the Rangers would get. Post 32 went on to score seven unanswered runs to finish the game. Keene, Randall, and L'Heureux all went 2-4; all combining for six of the Rangers' seven hits. Keene and White drove in all of the runs and Randall and L'Heureux scored all three runs for the Rangers. The Rangers try to rebound on Wednesday vs Londonderry Senior Babe Ruth 18U slated for a 5:15 start at Panther Park.
7/16/07
Jake Shanahan
Rangers bounce back beat Salem Post 63 8-4
The Rangers (6-10) bounced back off of a three game losing skid to beat second place Salem Young Post 63 (9-4). Mike White (Lisbon, NH) gave uptwo earned runs in six innings pitched. Jake Shanahan (Holderness, NH) closed out the remaining three innings and closed the door by allowing no runs. Ironically, White and Shanahan led the Rangers offensively with two hits a peice and combining for 4 RBI. More details here... http://www.citizen.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070717/CITIZEN_02/107170189/-1/CITIZEN
7/15/07
Joe George Matt Keene
Rangers name first captains in teams history
Joe George (Plymouth, NH) and Matt Keene (Berlin, NH) have been named as the Captains of the 2007 Durand Haley Post 66 Rangers. George recently graduated from Plymouth Regional High School and will be going to the University of Hartford in Connecticut next year. This is George's first season with the Rangers and he has been instrumental to the teams success this year, always being upbeat and getting the team going. Keene will be a senior at Kimball Union Academy next year and has been on the team for three seasons. He brings alot of experience and passion to the program, having been on the 2005 Rangers squad that made it to the New Hampshire American Legion State Championship game, and he was on the 2006 Rangers squad that missed the playoffs for the first time in team history.
7/15/07
The Rangers before a game vs Post 79 Rangers lose three in a row
The Durand Haley Rangers (5-10) were rolling through the meat of their schedule last week by going an impressive 4-1 in a span of five games. Since then the Rangers are 0-3, with losses to Salem, Post 79, and most recently Rochester. The Rangers are not playing with the intensity that helped them get back into the playoff hunt last week. Today, the Rangers lost to Rochester by a score of 10-2. Mike White (Lisbon, NH) went 3 for 5 with and RBI and Matt Keene (Berlin, NH) chipped in with the other RBI. The Rangers will look to turn things around on Monday, June 16, at home against Salem.
7/8/07
Alexander Scott
White, Scott leads Rangers past Booma
Mike White (Lisbon, NH) and Alexander Scott (Plymouth, NH) Lead the Rangers (5-7) past first place Booma Post (9-2) on Sunday afternoon. Through the rainy contest, the Rangers battled and beat the first place team out of Portsmouth with help from Mike White who had six RBI including a three RBI double and a three run home run. Alexander Scott also had a big game for the Rangers, he had two triples in the contest. Brian Peters (Plymouth, NH) started the game and went 5 2/3 innings and recieved no decision. Dan Robbins (Tamworth, NH) pitched 1/3 of an inning and got the win and Jake Shanahan (Holderness, NH) closed the game and pitched 3 solid innings of relief. The Rangers went 1-1 on the weekend, losing to Rochester Post 7 (6-2) on Sunday by a score of 7-4. The Rangers are 4-1 in thier last five, with wins over Booma, Laconia (7-2), Alton (0-11), and Sweeney (5-3), and the lone loss to Rochester. This has been a big week for the Rangers taking down the first, second, and fifth place teams coming into this week. Laconia and Booma had only one loss prior to losing to the Rangers. More details to come on the contest with Booma here... http://www.citizen.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070709/CITIZEN_02/107090132/-1/CITIZEN 
7/4/07
Chris Smith
Smith Dazzels in Laconia
Rangers get second win in a row
After an eight game losing streak, the Rangers(3-6) have bounced back with two District A wins in a row, by deafting second place Wilkins-Smith Post 1 (6-2) by a score of 11-1 on July 4, and by defeating Sweeney Post 2 at Gill Stadium Sunday evening.
Chris Smith (Lisbon, NH) went six shut out innings, Jake Shanahan (Holderness, NH) came in the seventh to close out the game. More details Here...
http://www.citizen.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070705/CITIZEN_02/107050356/-1/CITIZEN