HARDWICK – Returning an experienced core could help the Hazen Union baseball team make the defensive and offensive improvements they need to build on a three-win season a year ago. The Wildcats struggled to find consistency in head coach Shaun Allen’s third season. Defensive miscues and erratic pitching plagued Hazen[Read More…]
Sports
Numbers strong for Charger track and field program
CRAFTSBURY – The future is looking bright for the Craftsbury Academy (CA) track and field program with strong numbers coming out for the team this spring in head coach Kyle Anderson’s second season. It was a full reboot of a highly successful CA program in 2025 under Anderson, with the[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…]
AAU Basketball
Racers take on slush, muck in triathlon
CRAFTSBURY – It was the final ski for most, and maybe the first bicycle ride and run for many more as nearly 150 people took part in the Craftsbury Outdoor Center’s Mud ‘N Ice triathlon. Race organizer, Keith Woodward, was able to keep the 1.8 km Lemons Haunt ski trail[Read More…]
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…]
Fairfield and Alekson stay hot
FAIRFIELD, Conn. – Former Peoples Academy (PA) star Ben Alekson and his Fairfield University baseball team won three of four games last week to push their Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) record to 9-3 on the season. The Stags only loss of the week came with Alekson on the mound[Read More…]
Fielder reaches new heights for Norwich
NORTHFIELD – East Calais native and former U-32 multi-sport standout Caitylyn Fielder and her 2026 Norwich University women’s lacrosse team has picked up right where they left off after a record-breaking season last spring. Fielder scored 47 goals last season, leading the Lady Cadets to the Great Northeast Athletic Conference[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…]
Olympic Medalists Ogden, Schumacher take wins at Craftsbury SuperTour Finals
CRAFTSBURY – Olympic medalists, youth skiers, and nearly 80-year-old veterans took part in the three-day SuperTour and U.S. National races at the Craftsbury Outdoor Center this past weekend. Sprinters took to the 1.5 km course on day one with double silver medalist, Ben Ogden (Landgrove) taking top honors for the[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…]
