HARDWICK – Head Coach Randy Lumsden is now a state champion at Hazen Union as both a coach and as a player, and when he describes his Lady Cat basketball program as being a family, you don’t have to look any farther than his talented coaching staff on the bench[Read More…]
Ken Brown
Hazen and Craftsbury Athletic Programs to Merge
CRAFTSBURY – In their short time on the job, Interim Athletic Directors Sarah Hunt and Aaron Hill have accomplished a lot. They have now come to a three-year agreement to merge middle school and high school athletics at Hazen Union and Craftsbury Academy (CA). The merger will start this spring[Read More…]
Barre Saves the Best for Last: Lady Cats Capture First Title Since ‘91
BARRE – Hazen Union girls’ basketball team leaned on a second half for the ages from their senior point guard to knockoff two-time defending champion Windsor and capture the Vermont Division III State Championship in the last Vermont high school basketball game of the season, the. Caitlyn Davison capped off[Read More…]
High School Roundup
Hurricanes Deny Vikes Trip to Gutterson LYNDONVILLE – After handling Stowe in the quarterfinals last week, the Lyndon Institute (LI) boys’ hockey team couldn’t match the speed of third-seeded Hartford in the Division II Final Four Hockey Tournament at Fenton Chester Arena. Alex Giroux recorded a hat trick and added[Read More…]
Williamstown Denies Lady Trojans Trip to the Aud
WILLIAMSTOWN – The Twinfield-Cabot girls’ basketball team took care of business against Danville in the first round of the Division IV playoffs last week and came within one possession at Williamstown of making it to the Barre Auditorium, in what has truly been a Cinderella season for first year Head[Read More…]
No Postseason for Chargers in Up-and-Down Year
CRAFTSBURY – The Craftsbury Academy (CA) boys’ basketball team’s season came to an end in the regular season after battling injury and numbers throughout head coach Brandon Berry’s first season on the sidelines. Berry took over a Charger program at the beginning of the year that struggled with participation numbers[Read More…]
Thetford Completes Second Straight Comeback to Edge Wildcats for Title
BARRE – Coming off an emotional semifinal win over Winooski in what was the third straight heavyweight slug-fest in three years between the two teams, the Hazen Union boys’ basketball team ran out of gas and offense down the stretch against Thetford Academy over the weekend in the Division III[Read More…]
Lady Cats Punch Second Straight Ticket to Barre
by Ken Brown HARDWICK – The top-seeded Hazen Union girls’ basketball team ran their winning streak to 17 straight last week with a dominant win over Oxbow in the quarterfinal round of the Division III state tournament. Senior Caitlyn Davison set the pace early offensively and sophomore Julia des Groseilliers[Read More…]
Charger Bowlers are High Rollers at States
RUTLAND – The Craftsbury Academy (CA) bowling team kicked off the postseason with a bang last weekend, placing three of their bowlers in the top 10 at the Vermont High School Bowling Individual State Tourney at Rutland over the weekend. The top 32 bowlers in the state qualified to compete[Read More…]
Twinfield-Cabot Girls Regain Momentum for Postseason Push
MARSHFIELD – The Twinfield-Cabot girls’ basketball team shrugged off a two-game losing streak by pummeling Stowe in their regular season finale last week and will enter the upcoming Division IV state tournament as the fifth seed. Alice McLane poured in a career-high 28 points to power the Lady Trojans past[Read More…]
High School Roundup
Lady Cats Carry Top Seed into State Tournament HARDWICK – After having the final week of their regular season off, the Hazen Union girls’ basketball team will begin their run in the Division III state tournament later this week as the number-one seed. The last time you saw the Lady[Read More…]
Trojans’ Playoff Run Ends in Quarters
MARSHFIELD – First-year head coach Kris Bador and his shorthanded Twinfield-Cabot boys’ basketball team raced past Poultney last week in the first round of the Division IV playoffs before running into a buzzsaw against top-seeded Danville in the quarterfinals. Sam McLane scored a game-high 16 points to power the Trojans[Read More…]
