Odds & Ends - No-Hitters
Pitched by Colchester
May 11, 1985: Senior Matt Sears faced 29 batters, had 14 K's, seven walks, and the Lakers made three errors (two by Sears) in a 5-0 victory at home against Vergennes.
June 10, 1993: Senior Peter Rogers faced 27 batters, had five K's, six walks, hit one batter, and the Lakers made no errors in 4-0 playdown victory at home against Rice.
May 16, 1995: Seniors D.J. Peters (4 IP for the win) and Tom Dicesare (3 IP for the save) pitched the only combined no-hitter in Colchester history, and the Lakers performed flawlessly on defense behind them during a 2-1 win against visiting Burlington.
May 31, 1997: Senior Alan Hill faced only 24 batters - three more than the minimum - while striking out 12 and walking two in a 5-1 play-in victory on the road at Hartford. The Lakers committed two errors, making the run unearned.
May 7, 2012: Senior Zach Tandy strikes out 11 and walks three during a 6-0 victory at Burlington. He also finishes 3-for-4 with an RBI and a double. His brother, junior TJ Tandy, catches the first four innings.
May 10, 2012: After going 15 years between no-hitters, Colchester receives a second consecutive no-hit effort, this time from junior Sean Callahan in an 8-0 win vs. North Country. The first non-senior to toss a no-no for the Lakers, Callahan strikes out seven and walks one while facing 22 batters, one more than the minimum.
May 7, 2024: A dozen years later, sophomore Vinny Wagoner becomes the first underclassman to toss a no-hitter, fanning eight and walking two in a 2-0 victory at St. Johnsbury, which entered the game 5-0. After tossing 4.1 perfect innings and facing the minimum until two were out in the seventh, Wagoner induces a game-ending fielder's choice with the bases loaded.
April 28, 2026: Senior Jackson Pecor, who would later earn his second straight Metro League Pitcher of the Year award, makes his second start of the season a memorable one, fanning nine and walking three during a seven-inning no-no at BFA-St. Albans. He faces only one batter over the minimum, aided by senior catcher Colton Lefebvre cutting down two of the batters he walked trying to steal second base. Lefebvre also doubles home the game's first run in the top of the fourth inning en route to a 6-0 Colchester victory.
June 2, 2026: Now a senior, Vinny Wagoner is nearly untouchable during a playdown against Brattleboro while becoming the first Laker with multiple career no-hitters, tossing Colchester's first in the postseason in 29 years. On 70 pitches, he fans 13, walks none and hits a pair of Bears over a five-inning, 16-0 win. Brattleboro doesn't put a ball in play until the fourth inning, as Wagoner records each of his first nine outs on K's, around two plunks. He also goes 2-for-3 at the plate with a pair of stolen bases.
Pitched Against Colchester
May 21, 1996: John Wells of South Burlington pitched the first no-hitter against Colchester during a 3-1 Rebels victory at CHS. Wells struck out six, walked six and yielded only a seventh-inning unearned run during a complete game.