Wilton senior Ned Hemmerle had outlasted every pole vault opponent on a dreary Thursday except two: school history and a bar set about seven feet over his head. He had already matched his personal ...

Iowa was the first state to not offer high school competition in pole vault. Alaska eliminated the event from its state competition in 1991.

As you head east on Grant Road near Mountain Avenue on Monday and Thursday evenings, you’ll spot something soaring through the air in the backyard of a midtown home. While zipping down the road, it ...