MONTPELIER – Mike Clark, an athlete, teacher, coach, administrator, councilor, referee and umpire, was honored last week for a significant life-pursuit. This past Friday evening, after a professional career spanning over four decades, Clark got his due and was inducted into the Vermont Principals Association Hall of Fame. Clark was[Read More…]
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Brown’s Bullets Stay Hot
FAIRFAX – Hazen Union alum and BFA-Fairfax head coach Mike Brown guided his Bullets varsity baseball team to their sixth win in seven tries with a dominant performance against Richford at home last week. Ryan Sheehan struck eight, scattered three hits, and didn’t walk a batter to lead Fairfax to[Read More…]
Barre City Teams Feast on Wildcats
HARDWICK – The Hazen Union baseball team dropped a pair of lopsided games out of division last week as U-32 and Spaulding pounded Wildcat pitching, dropping them to 2-8 on the season. Owen Dwyer and Maddox Heise combined for four hits and seven RBI to power U-32 to a program[Read More…]
Lady Bullets Handle Cal United
DANVILLE – The Caledonia United (Twinfield-Cabot-Danville) softball team ran into one of the top contenders in Division III last week, falling to BFA-Fairfax at home to drop to 0-7 on the season. Tatum Gaudette struck out three in four innings of work to earn the win, powering the Lady Bullets[Read More…]
Hill Leads Chargers with First Career Title
LYNDON CENTER – Sophomore Natalie Hill won her first career varsity track and field event to lead several teammates with personal bests for the Craftsbury Academy (CA) track and field team at Lyndon Institute last week. Hill crushed the field in the discus event last Wednesday with a personal best[Read More…]
Local Middle Schoolers Shine in Opening Meets
NEWPORT – Several local middle schoolers shone last week for Craftsbury Academy (CA) and Danville as they kicked off their middle school track and field season at North Country high school. Seventh-grader Hollis Allen led the Chargers with a first-place finish in the 1500m event, blitzing runner-up eighth grader Jonah[Read More…]
Fliegelman Posts Season-Best Finish
ST. JOHNSBURY – The top two boys track and field programs in the state went head-to-head last week and something had to give as the U-32 Raiders clipped host St. Johnsbury Academy (SJA) to claim May bragging rights. Former Hazen Union standout Manny Fliegelman posted his best finish as a[Read More…]
Richards Advances to Finals of U.S. Open Qualifying
LINCOLN, R.I. – Former U-32 golf star Bryson Richards, son of Craftsbury Academy legend Pete Richards, was one of five players to fire low rounds of 68 at Kirkbrae Country Club last week to advance to the Final Stage of U.S. Open qualifying. The two-time Vermont Amateur winner and Vermont[Read More…]
Stags-Alekson Set for MAAC Tournament
LAWRENCEVILLE, N.J. – Stowe native and former Peoples Academy (PA) great Ben Alekson and his Fairfield University baseball team will enter the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) Championship as the No. 2 seed this coming week. The 6-2, 200-lb right hander dazzled once again in his final regular season start[Read More…]
Sports Calendar, May 21 to 31
Thursday, May 224:30 p.m., Hazen Union Baseball at Lyndon Saturday, May 244:30 p.m., Hazen Union Baseball vs. North Country, at Hazen Union Tuesday, May 274:30 p.m., Hazen Union Baseball at Harwood4:30 p.m., Caledonia United Varsity Softball vs. Blue Mountain, at Danville Thursday, May 294:30 p.m., Caledonia United Varsity Softball at[Read More…]
English Runner-up at Adamant
ADAMANT – Hazen Union track and field and Craftsbury Academy cross-country head coach Maxfield English finished second overall last week to pace all local runners at the Adamant half Marathon. Nineteen-year-old Ezra Merrill-Triplett of Calais edged the 49-year-old English by just over a second with a winning time of 1:25:36.[Read More…]
