1991 Hazen team members attending the championship game on Saturday were (from left) team manager Karen Hudson of Hardwick, players Tammi (Kerr) Davis of Barnet, Jennifer des Groseilliers of Chicago and Head Coach Dianna Allen of Hyde Park. des Groseilliers is the all-time scoring leader at Hazen Union with 1,903 points.
Lady Cat Legend in Attendance to See History
BARRE – Senior point guard Caitlyn Davison is so good that Lady Cat legend Jennifer desGroseilliers hopped on a plane from Chicago to come watch her lead her team to a championship at the Barre Auditorium over the weekend.
Okay, that may not be entirely true. The all-time leading scorer in Hazen Union history for both girls and boy’s varsity basketball programs came to witness her sophomore niece Julia desGroseilliers win a Division III state title 33 years after she and her Lady Cat teammates accomplished that same feat. Head coach Dianna (Ainsworth) Allen was also in attendance at the Aud. She led desGroseilliers and her Lady Cat teammates to the ‘91 state title and returned to the state title game again in 1999.
VBCA All-Star Weekend
WINDSOR – Several local athletes, coaches, and officials, will be recognized this coming weekend at Windsor High School as the best senior basketball players in all divisions will lace them up one more time in the Vermont Basketball Coaches Association (VBCA) Senior All-Star Game.
Local senior hoopers who made the Division III and Division IV girls’ and boys’ roster will be officially announced later this week. Vermont Dream Dozen selections including Hazen Union’s Kelsie Rivard, Twinfield-Cabot’s Tej Stewart and Danville’s Andrew and Lauren Joncas will also be recognized. Hazen’s Caitlyn Davison, Craftsbury Academy’s Dylan Washer, and Andrew Joncas will also be honored for reaching the 1,000-career points milestone. Hazen head coach Aaron Hill (400 wins), and Colchester’s Jeff Davis (300 wins) will be recognized for reaching career win milestones. Davis was a standout 1,000-point scorer and state champion for Craftsbury Academy. Hazen’s newly minted state champion head coach Randy Lumsden will also be honored for being voted Division III Coach of the Year. Lamoilles’s Greg Davis won Coach of the Year in Division II and St. Johnsbury Academy’s Jade Huntington and Patrick Rainville were both voted Coach of the Year in Division I.
Four games will be played on Saturday by the best senior basketball players in the state, starting with the Division III/IV girls at 11 a.m., Division III/IV boys at 1 p.m., Division I/II girls at 3 p.m., and Division I/II boys at 5 p.m.
Pritchard Leads VBCA Hall of Fame Class
DANVILLE – Former Hazen Union teacher and varsity boys’ head basketball coach Marvin Pritchard will be inducted into the VPA Hall of Fame this coming spring for his outstanding service to Vermont high school sports as an official.
Pritchard’s illustrious career spans over five decades in baseball, basketball, soccer, and is still going. He has officiated over 40 state championships and 3,300 games overall.
Joining Pritchard as inductees are Bob Davis, Jay Hartman, Susan O’Daniel, Bob Prenevost, Bernie Cieplicki, Jenna (Coffey) Wilson, Brent Kendall, Courtney Rohrig, Shelley (Addison) Smith, Billy Whaley, and Nini (Wuensch) Anger. The 2024 VPA Hall of Fame class will be formally inducted on Friday, May 10, at the Capitol Plaza Hotel and Conference Center in Montpelier.
