FAIRFIELD, Conn. – Former Peoples Academy standout and Vermont Gatorade Baseball Player of the Year Ben Alekson, mowed down Merrimack last week to help his Fairfield University baseball team improve to 29-9 on the season. The Stowe native struck out eight in seven innings of work, allowing just three hits[Read More…]
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Mountain View Offers Hazen Golfers Incredible Opportunity
GREENSBORO – Head coach Andy Hunt continues to work at growing his Hazen Union golf program in his third season, and Mountain View Country Club (MVCC) in Greensboro will once again step up its support this coming fall for the Hazen Union golf program by offering an unprecedented, discounted opportunity[Read More…]
Lady Chargers Lean on Experience as They Ready for Season
CRAFTSBURY – The Craftsbury Academy (CA) softball team have six returning players from last season but will have some key holes to fill as they look to bounce back from a disappointing ending last spring. Head coach Ashley Gravel will lead her program to their seventh opener this week under[Read More…]
Cal United Softball Starts New Era Under Moore
DANVILLE – Jennie Moore will take over the reins of the Caledonia United (Twinfield-Cabot-Danville) softball program this spring as they start a new era with the three-school cooperative playing their games at Paul Remick Field in Danville. With temperatures finally rising and the high school softball season set to start[Read More…]
Lady Mustangs Dominate NEK Tourney
CRAFTSBURY – The Hardwick Lady Mustangs varsity AAU team were perfect over the weekend, dominating the Kingdom Invitational at Craftsbury Academy. The Lady Stangs had double digit wins over Lake Region, Lamoille, Oxbow (Upper Valley), and Vergennes to take home the championship at the Kingdom Invitational. With several AAU teams[Read More…]
Bean Takes A.D. Position at Missisquoi Valley Union
SWANTON – Former Craftsbury Academy (CA) athletic director Connor Bean will be the new A.D. at Missisquoi Valley Union (MVU) starting next season. The move marks the third A.D. position in four years for Bean in three different divisions as he finishes up his second year at Bellows Falls. Bean[Read More…]
Fielder Leads Lady Cadets to Tenth Straight Win
NEW LONDON, N.H. – East Calais native Caitlyn Fielder found the goal eight more times last week, keeping her Norwich University women’s lacrosse team atop of the Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) standings (12-1) with wins over Colby-Sawyer College and Anna Maria College. The former U-32 standout has 16 goals[Read More…]
Wildcat Baseball to Lean on Upperclassmen
HARDWICK – The Hazen Union baseball team will have to navigate a tough schedule and some wintery weather early in the season as they develop a young team around a handful of returning upperclassmen in head coach Shaun Allen’s second season as skipper. Allen will have a good mix of[Read More…]
Local Track and Field Programs Ready for Season with New Coaches
NEK – Hazen Union and Craftsbury Academy (CA) are hoping to see a break in this month’s wintery weather as their track and field programs prepare to kick off the season next week with new head coaches at the helm. CA will fully reboot their high school program this spring[Read More…]
Hilltoppers Break State Record at Nationals
BOSTON, Mass. — The St. Johnsbury Academy (SJA) 4x800m relay team broke the Vermont State Record by 8 seconds last month at the New Balance Nationals. Emmett Johnson, Isaac Lenzini, James Hatch, and Andrew Thornton-Sherman smashed the state record with a time of 7:52.82. In a field of 207 competitors,[Read More…]
Strong Earns MVP Honors
ESSEX – Rice Memorial’s Finley Strong took home MVP honors last month, wrapping up the high school hockey season at the 39th Rotary All-Star Classic. Strong dished an assist as her Austin girls team fell to the Harris squad 7-3. Spaulding’s Laine Thayer earned top honors for Harris, lighting the[Read More…]
Fielder on Fire as Lady Cadets Win Eighth Straight
HENNIKER, N.H. – East Calais native Caitlyn Fielder scored eight more times in a pair of wins over New England College NEC) and Elms College as her Norwich women’s lacrosse team upped their record to a league best 10-1 in the Great Northeast Athletic Conference last week. Fielder found paydirt[Read More…]
