LAKE PLACID, N.Y. – The cross country ski world came to the United State for only the third time since the Olympics in Utah in 2002. Much of the Vermont ski community joined the 10,000 plus fans to cheer on local heros Ben Ogden (Landgrove, Vt.), Jessie Diggins (Stratton, Vt.),[Read More…]
Sports
Kings of the court: Seniors lead Wildcats to state title
BARRE – Behind outstanding senior play, the Hazen Union boys basketball team conquered third seeded Thetford Academy and top seeded Randolph over the weekend to reclaim the Division III crown. Sully Laflam, Morgan Michaud and Ethan Gann ended their stellar high school careers at Hazen in style on Saturday night,[Read More…]
Lamoille ends 63-year championship drought
BARRE – The roller coaster ride of the Lamoille boys basketball team ended in championship glory over the weekend as they knocked off undefeated Hartford to capture their first Division II state title since 1963. After mounting come-backs to survive and advance against Middlebury and Fair Haven in the quarterfinal[Read More…]
Blue Devils stun Twinfield-Cabot boys to capture Division IV title
BARRE – Sixth-seeded Williamstown capped off a Cinderella run through the Division IV state tournament over the weekend with a stunner over the top-seeded Twinfield-Cabot boys basketball team. Senior big man Nick Mascitti finished off an epic run through the state tournament with 18 points and 12 rebounds to lead[Read More…]
Hazen Union Girls Division III State Champions
Rivard earns Capital League Player of the Year honors
HARDWICK – The 2026 Division III champion Hazen Union girls basketball team dominated the Capital League in their inaugural season, led by their star junior Kelsie Rivard, who was named their Player of the Year last week. Rivard just finished up her junior season at Hazen but is already one[Read More…]
Cruickshank leads U-32 to runner-up finish at Gutterson
BURLINGTON – Hazen Union sophomore Paige Cruickshank and her U-32 girls hockey team’s Division II championship run came to an end over the weekend against Hartford at University of Vermont’s Gutterson Fieldhouse. Hartford captured their fourth straight state title on Sunday, knocking off the top-seeded Lady Raiders 5-1 on Sunday[Read More…]
Craftsbury ski coaches in Italy for Paralympics
CORTINA, Italy – A week after the 2026 Winter Olympics wrapped up, another round of Olympics started up, the Paralympics. Audrey Mangan and Suzanne Dunklee have both been coaching for the U.S. Paralympic team this past fall and winter as the team prepared for these events. Mangan is one of[Read More…]
Lady Cats refuse to lose, topple Windsor in heavyweight title bout
BARRE – In an overtime thriller for the ages, the Hazen Union girls basketball team dethroned Windsor for a second time in three years to lay claim to the Division III state championship crown. Junior Kelsie Rivard continued to set new records at the Barre Auditorium, pouring in 30 points[Read More…]
Hazen boys suffocate Wolves to punch ticket back to Barre
HARDWICK – After a first-round tuneup against Stowe, the Hazen Union boys basketball team solved storied rival Peoples Academy (PA) for a fourth time this season to punch their ticket to the Division III Final Four at the Barre Auditorium for a fifth consecutive season. Junior Jameson Lamarre punished the[Read More…]
Northfield pulls off upset of the state tournament
QUEECHEE – Winning just their fourth game of the season, the fourteenth ranked Northfield boys basketball team upset No. 3 Mid-Vermont Christian last week in the opening round of the Division IV state tournament. Elijah Scott’s 17 points and eight rebounds powered the Marauders to a stunning 52-41 road win[Read More…]
Twinfield-Cabot boys roll Twin Valley, advance to championship Saturday
BARRE – After steamrolling Long Trail and Richford in the first two rounds of the Division IV state tournament, the Twinfield-Cabot (22-1) boys basketball team kept their foot on the gas Monday night against fifth seeded Twin Valley to advance to their first state title game in nearly a decade.[Read More…]
