NORTHEAST KINGDOM – Several area athletes received secondary Mountain League honors for their strong seasons for the Caledonia United (Twinfield-Cabot-Danville) and Craftsbury Academy (CA) varsity softball teams.
Leading the way for Mountain League Second Team selections were Caledonia United’s Austin Roos (Catcher), Sophi Mancini (First Base), Phoebe Crocker (Shortstop) and Peyton Winn (Utility). Mancini is the only senior amongst the honorees and first year head coach Jennie Moore should return a talented group to continue the rebuild at CU next spring. Winn, Roos and Crocker led the offense for CU this past season, with Winn belting a home run and a triple in their regular season finale to secure CU’s lone win of the season. Craftsbury’s Gracie Crown and Adelina Augsberger also received Second Team honors at the utility designation. Augsberger pulled double duty for the Lady Chargers this past spring for both the varsity softball and track and field program.
Lady Charger senior Savannah Boyce led the way for Mountain League Honorable Mentions after being the workhorse in the circle for CA for a second consecutive season. Ada Allen (Second Base), Alex Bingham (Third Base), Eva Small (Shortstop) and Lana Stacey (Outfield) rounded out Honorable Mentions for CA as head coach Ashley Gravel will return a solid young core from both Hazen Union and CA next spring.
First Team selections included Blue Mountain’s Kaylee Hamlett, Ava Kingsbury, Tori Florentine, Madalyn Houghton, Gabby Snider, Addison Murray and Maya Christy, BFA-Fairfax’s Halle Rocheleau, Tatum Gaudette, Keira Mannings, Anna Villeneuve, Summer Boutin, Jaiden Thweatt,and Peyton Niles, and Richford’s Mikayla Chagnon, Adi Chagnon, Vanessa Tessier and Erin Raymond.
BFA-Fairfax dominated the league with a 13-3 record, making it all the way to the division III state title game. Blue Mountain looked like the team to beat all season long in Division IV before seeing their quest for a state title come to an end in the Final Four. Richford’s Division IV state championship defense ended with a quarterfinal loss to Blue Mountain.
photo by Vanessa Fournier
