NORTHEAST KINGDOM – After their outstanding seasons on the hardwood this past season, several local players were selected to Vermont’s Outstanding Underclassmen roster last week. Leading the way for high school basketball girls selections were Hazen Union sophomores Kelsie Rivard and Mya Lumsden. It is the second straight selection for[Read More…]
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Lady Cats Cruise Back to the Barre Auditorium
HARDWICK – The reigning Division III state champion Hazen Union girls basketball team discarded Stowe and Richford last week in the first two rounds of the playoffs, improving to 21-1 on the season. Isabelle Gouin pumped in a season-high 19 points, including a pair of three-pointers as the Lady Cats[Read More…]
History Made as Bears Claim Title
BARRE – The Danville boys took on all-comers in what can be considered a “group of death’” bracket, coming out the other end as Division IV state champions last week for the first time in six years. Unheralded junior Landen Fournier drained 7 three-pointers on his way to a career-high[Read More…]
Thetford Ends Incredible Wildcat Run
BARRE – The Hazen Union boys basketball team toppled 22-0 White River Valley last week before falling to Thetford Academy for a second straight year in the finals, bringing an end to what was an amazing run of upsets and roller coaster escapes throughout the season and the Division III[Read More…]
Twinfield-Cabot Girls Season Ends at West Rutland
MARSHFIELD – After a home playoff win in the first round against Twin Valley, the Twinfield-Cabot girls basketball team met the fate of countless other teams, falling to top rated West Rutland to end their season at 9-12. Senior Kendall Fowler poured in a game-high 20 points to power the[Read More…]
Improbable Run for Welcome’s Lady Wolves Continues
SOUTH ROYALTON – The Peoples Academy (PA) girls basketball team and their amazing turnaround under first year head coach and Hazen Union alum Rick Welcome will now go to the Barre Auditorium after wins over BFA-Fairfax and White River Valley last week in the Division III playoffs. Welcome and his[Read More…]
Lady Cats Ready to Defend Title
WINOOSKI – The defending Division III champion Hazen Union girls basketball team cooled off a pair of hot teams in Winooski and Richford last week to wrap up the regular season on a seven-game win streak. Sophomore Kelsie Rivard poured in 23 points to fuel a big second half as[Read More…]
Wildcats Claw Way to Fourth Straight Trip to Barre
HARDWICK – The Hazen Union boys basketball team survived a double overtime thriller against BFA-Fairfax in the first round before upsetting fourth seeded Richford on the road last week to punch their ticket to the Division III Final Four for the sixteenth time as a program under head coach Aaron[Read More…]
Lady Trojans Earn Home Playoff Match-up, Draw Tough Bracket
MARSHFIELD – Despite sandwiching a win against Blue Mountain around a pair of losses to Williamstown and Winooski last week, the Twinfield-Cabot girls basketball team held on to the final home playoff seed for the upcoming Division IV state tournament. Jorja Washburn balled out on Senior Night last Wednesday, pouring[Read More…]
Familiar Foe Ends Championship Run for Twinfield-Cabot Boys
BARRE – Championship experience, free throws and the bounce of a basketball was literally the difference in the thin margins Monday night as Danville dashed the title hopes of the Twinfield-Cabot boys basketball team in the final seconds at the Barre Auditorium. Kohl Guinard’s tough finish over and through multiple[Read More…]
Welcome Leads Dramatic Turnaround at PA into Postseason
MORRISVILLE – Hazen Union alum Rick Welcome and his Peoples Academy (PA) varsity girls basketball team downed Harwood and Montpelier last week to earn the No. 5 seed in the upcoming Division III state tournament. The first-year head coach has his team on a five-game heater as the Lady Wolves[Read More…]
Chargers Get Much Needed Experience in First State Tourney
COLCHESTER – Head coach Ashley Gravel and her young Craftsbury Academy (CA) bowling team wrapped up their third season as a program over the weekend at the VT High School Bowling State Tournament at Sparetime. Coming off their first match win of the season, Gravel and her team made up[Read More…]
