LAMOILLE – The defending Division III champion Hazen Union girls’ basketball team tipped off their summer league schedule last week with a resounding win against Enosburg. Head coach Randy Lumsden joined coaching legend Jack Strong last winter as the only person to capture state titles as both a player and[Read More…]
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Sports Nuggets: Caspian Challenge 2024
GREENSBORO – The 13th Annual Caspian Lake Challenge is set to kick off next weekend, with incentives to register early for the classic rolling loop around the historic lake that spans nearly seven miles. The popular event will start at the ballfield in Greensboro at 8:30 a.m. on Sunday, July[Read More…]
New Leadership Begins at Craftsbury Academy
CRAFTSBURY – Craftsbury Academy (CA) ended this past school year having hired a new principal and has now hired Steve Welch to lead the Charger athletic department this coming fall. Lisa McCarthy has replaced Matt Foster as principal at CA, bringing experience in that same role from Lakeview and Woodbury[Read More…]
Hazen Alums Top Summer Hoop Standings
HARDWICK – Two plus weeks into the sixteenth annual Hazen Summer League schedule, the Spaulding and Hazen alum teams sit atop of the standings. Spaulding ran away with the 2023 Hazen Summer League Championship in 2023 and with a 4-0 start looks poised to defend its title with Crimson Tide[Read More…]
Legendary Coach Honored at Dickie Vance
DANVILLE – The memory of St. Johnsbury Academy (SJA) coaching legend Arlan “Chip” Langmaid was honored last week at the annual Dickie Vance Fun Run, presented by the North Danville Community Club. Langmaid, who tragically passed away on June 11, had always been a lead organizer of the event, and[Read More…]
Track and Field Roundup
St. Pierre Punches Her Ticket to Paris EUGENE, Oregon – Richford High School alum Elle St. Pierre capped off a historic week for Vermont runners by securing spots in both the 5000m and 1500m on Team USA in the upcoming Summer Olympics in Paris later this month. Last Monday, St.[Read More…]
Summer Baseball Update
Davis Pulls Double Duty for Vermont Twin-Staters NEW LONDON, NH – Recent Colchester graduate Zach Davis, son of former Craftsbury Academy (CA) great Jeff Davis, made his Vermont Lake Monsters debut last week and then joined his Vermont Twin-State baseball team in time over the weekend to help them earn[Read More…]
Hazen-Craftsbury Partnership Hopes to Create New Opportunities
HARDWICK/CRAFTSBURY – Partnerships between the athletic programs of Hazen Union and Craftsbury Academy (CA) in soccer, baseball, and softball this past season were successful in trial runs of the schools’ cooperation that will begin in earnest this coming fall and extend over the next three years. Almost all Wildcat and[Read More…]
Wildcats Summer League Starts, Hoop Camp Next Month
HARDWICK – The sixteenth annual Hazen Summer League tipped off last week in Hardwick and head coach Aaron Hill and the 23rd edition of his Hazen Hoop Camp will be available to a wide array of ages for both boys and girls in the second week of July. Hazen will[Read More…]
Richards Wins Vermont Open
FAIRLEE – Recent University of Rhode Island (URI) graduate Riley Richards shot a final round 66 to win the Vermont Open by one stroke last Wednesday at Lake Morey Resort. Richards second consecutive 66 gave him a three-day total of 9-under par, outlasting Patrick Pelletier of The Golf Garage who[Read More…]
Champion Lady Cats Move to Lamoille Summer League
HARDWICK – Coming off the program’s first state championship in 33 years, head coach Randy Lumsden and his Hazen Union Lady Cats will be playing summer hoops in the Lamoille Summer Basketball League starting next month. The Hazen Union girls’ varsity basketball team will unofficially start their Division II state[Read More…]
LeVangie Steps Down from Charger Program a Legend
CRAFTSBURY – As Craftsbury Academy (CA) and Hazen Union athletic departments officially merge this coming fall, head coach Mike LeVangie will step away from a legendary Charger cross-country program that he built as winners of the last four Division III boys’ state championships. LeVangie took over the Charger program in[Read More…]
