LYNDONVILLE – Decorated North Country girls head basketball coach Sarah Roy has been elected the new president of the Vermont Basketball Coaches Association (VBCA). Roy, a graduate of Lyndon State College (VTSU-Lyndon) and a member of the VBCA Board of Directors for the past five years, has become one of[Read More…]
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Sign-ups starting for 25th Annual Hazen Hoop Camp
HARDWICK – Coming off the heels of his Hazen Union varsity boys basketball program’s seventh Division III State Championship, head coach Aaron Hill is set to hit the quarter-century mark on his Hazen Hoop Camp this summer. The camp will run from July 13-17 at the Hazen Union gymnasium. Hill,[Read More…]
Hazen Union championship teams become part of Vermont history
MONTPELIER – Last month, the Hazen Union girls and boys basketball teams were both crowned Division III State Champions in the same season for the first time in school history. Last week, they became a permanent part of Vermont history at the State Capitol. Vermont House Representative for Caledonia 2-District[Read More…]
An era of unprecedented winning from local seniors
Northeast Kingdom – Hazen Union and Twinfield-Cabot will graduate a group of high school seniors later this spring that has given their communities a rate of winning and championships that we have never seen before. Isabelle Gouin and Julia des Groseilliers helped lead their Hazen Union girls basketball team to[Read More…]
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Lamarre leads boys Capital League Honors for Hazen
HARDWICK – Hazen Union’s Jameson Lamarre capped off his breakout junior campaign for the Wildcats last week by earning a First Team selection in the rugged Capital League. Lamarre embraced his role as Hazen’s top scorer this past winter, punishing opposing teams in the Capital at nearly 20 points per[Read More…]
Excellent books from the world of basketball
HARDWICK – Wow! Congratulations to both the Hazen Union boys’ and girls’ basketball teams on their Vermont State Championships. For the past thirty years Hazen has been recognized as a powerhouse in boys basketball, and now the girls have won two titles in the last three years. The success of[Read More…]
Remembering Dave Morse never gets old
HARDWICK – There are very few weeks that go by I don’t fondly think of the memory of Dave Morse as I write, but as this past high school basketball season unfolded in spectacular fashion, I thought of him more than usual. The late great Dave Morse and his famous[Read More…]
Hauser excelling for Black Bears in freshman season
LOWELL, Mass. – Former St. Johnsbury Academy (SJA) multi-sport star Rex Hauser is having an impressive freshman campaign for the University of Maine men’s baseball team this spring. The former Vermont Gatorade Player of the Year in both baseball and basketball earned America East Rookie of the Week honors in[Read More…]
Hardwick’s extraordinary championship duet
HARDWICK – For the first time in Hazen Union’s history, both the girls and boys basketball teams brought state championships back home to Hardwick in the same season. March Madness is alive and well. After the Lady Cats halted the dynastic run of Windsor in the Division III Finals for[Read More…]
Local Seniors shine at VBCA All-Star Weekend
WINDSOR – The Vermont Basketball Coaches Association (VBCA) showcased its annual celebration of high school basketball at Windsor High School over the weekend, with several local seniors getting the opportunity to lace them up one more time for the Northern All-Stars. The top seniors in the state took the court[Read More…]
Russell’s Player of the Year highlights Mountain League honors
MARSHFIELD – Twinfield Cabot point guard Eli Russell was named the Mountain League’s Player of Year last week, capping off a dreamlike senior season for the multi-sport star. Russell led the Trojan boys basketball team in scoring for a second straight season, averaging nearly 20 points per game over that[Read More…]
