HARDWICK – The Hazen Union girls soccer team fell to twelfth seeded BFA-Fairfax last week in the opening round of the Division III state tournament, suffering a home playoff upset for the third consecutive season. The third time was a charm for the Lady Bullets as they made a second[Read More…]
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Winooski too much for Wildcats in first round
HARDWICK – Winooski showed off its championship pedigree last week, upsetting the seventh seeded Hazen Union boys soccer team in the first round of the Division III playoffs. Stephan Stephano provided all of the offense for the Spartans last Tuesday as Winooski pulled away from Hazen late on the road[Read More…]
Lady Rebels clip Cal United girls late in game
DANVILLE – Leland & Gray mounted a furious second half comeback to defeat the Caledonia United girls soccer team last week in the first round of the Division IV state tournament. Sophia Hallock converted a penalty kick seven minutes into overtime to lift ninth seeded Leland & Gray to a[Read More…]
Wildcats secure home playoff berth
HARDWICK – The Hazen Union boys soccer team took the top team in the Capital League to the absolute wire last week before finishing off their regular season in style, clinching a home playoff berth with a road win over Lyndon Institute. Charlie Isselhardt headed home the game-winner in the[Read More…]
Cal U girls snap streak
HARDWICK – After a shorthanded loss to Hazen Union to start the week, the Caledonia United girls soccer team ended the regular season with their first win in nearly two months to improve to 4-9-1. Junior Taylor Thompson provided all the offense last Wednesday with a hat-trick as Hazen Union[Read More…]
Hazen girls roll into post-season
HARDWICK – The Hazen Union girls soccer team put a punctuation on an impressive regular season with a pair of shutout wins last week that included the celebration of a special group of seniors that came through the Lady Cat program. Taylor Thompson broke out with the first hat-trick of[Read More…]
Cal United boys eye perfection
DANVILLE – The Caledonia United boys soccer team is a week away from a perfect regular season after racing past Oxbow and gutting out a tough overtime road win against Enosburg last week. Eli Russell and Sam McLane each scored a hat-trick last Tuesday to power Cal United to a[Read More…]
Enosburg stops Lady Cat streak
ENOSBURG – The Hazen Union girls soccer team ran into a determined Enosburg team on their Senior Night last week, allowing a goal for the first time in five matches to fall to 9-3 on the season. Vienna Wilde scored the only goal of the match to lead Enosburg to[Read More…]
Montpelier teams blank Wildcats
MONTPELIER – Head coach Harry Besett’s young Hazen Union soccer team showed grit in a pair of losses to Division II Montpelier and U-32 last week, falling to 6-5-1 on the season. Django Matchstick set up Will Curtis for the only goal of the contest as Montpelier withstood a game[Read More…]
Hobbled Cal United girls struggled down the stretch
BRADFORD – The Caledonia United girls soccer team continues to look for its first win in nearly six weeks after battling through a litany of injuries in a pair of losses to Oxbow and Paine Mountain last week. Natalie Speer and Ainsley Smith each scored a pair of goals to[Read More…]
Young chargers ready themselves for states
CRAFTSBURY – Local runners from Craftsbury Academy (CA), Hazen Union, and Danville posted strong finishes last week in the NVAC Championships at the Craftsbury Outdoor Center as they ready for the high school cross-country state championships later this month. In what has been a theme all season long, underclassmen led[Read More…]
Locals shine at Leaf Peepers
WATERBURY – Mack Gardner-Morse of Calais led the way earlier this month at the Leaf Peepers half marathon and 5K as several local runners posted finishes. Gardner-Morse not only won his 60-69 male age group by over three seconds, but also posted an impressive 16th overall finish in the 5K[Read More…]
