STOWE – Athletes from towns covered by the Hardwick Gazette excelled at Sunday’s 15th Annual Race to the Top of Vermont. The rigorous event involved biking or running up the 4.3-mile Mount Mansfield Toll Road. A total of 288 runners and 57 mountain bikers conquered the 2,564 vertical feet climb.[Read More…]
Sports
Blake Turns Around Mid-Season Slump
BARRE – After starting off with a heavy mist just after opening the pit gates for teams on Thursday, if you can believe it, teams waited out the showers. After drying the track, the Thunder Road faithful again put on another stellar showcase of auto racing on the Barre highbanks,[Read More…]
Gray Wows for Three-Peat in Flying Tiger 100 Win
BARRE – Both racers and fans were greeted to another beautiful day high atop Quarry Hill on Sunday evening for the rain-date make-up Cody Chevrolet-Cadillac Night. In this game, winning races doesn’t always equate to winning championships and Sunday at Thunder Road proved it. Consistency is, and always will be,[Read More…]
Bolduc, Smyers, and Knutson Lead Local Runners at Berlin Pond
BERLIN ̶ Fifty-three athletes competed in the 43rd annual Berlin Pond Five Miler on August 17. The contest started pleasantly cool with temperatures in the high 60s F. A light southerly headwind gently whisked away sweat as runners climbed up Brookfield Road on the west side of the pond. Bearing[Read More…]
Roberts, Jaques Use Outside Groove to Taste First Victories
BARRE – With skies far clearer than they were just twenty-four-hours before, Thunder Road International Speedbowl roared to life on Friday. Two first-time winners graced victory lane high atop Quarry Hill for the first time on a stellar Friday night of racing. The Flying Tigers started off the evening’s feature[Read More…]
Smyers Wins National Age Group Triathlon Medals
by Jim Flint MILWAUKEE – World champion triathlete Donna Smyers of Adamant added two national championship medals to her collection at the USA Triathlon Age Group Nationals on August 5-6. She finished second in the Olympic-Distance triathlon on August 5 and first in the Sprint-Distance triathlon the following day. Smyers,[Read More…]
Spaulding Contingent Captures Hazen Summer League Title
by Ken Brown HARDWICK – The Lyndon-Spaulding team consisting of mostly Crimson Tide alum, defeated the Bagley Boys last Thursday night at the “Cat Den” to capture the fifteenth annual Hazen Basketball Summer League title. Tavarius Vance led all scorers with 29 points and grabbed 12 rebounds to help Lyndon-Spaulding[Read More…]
Gray Claims Annual Enduro 200
BARRE – Finally greeted by a beautiful day of weather, Thunder Road opened its gates Sunday to an overflow crowd of fans ready to witness the annual Enduro 200. “The People’s Race” was far from disappointing with ninety of the most ridiculous looking machines in the Green Mountain State each[Read More…]
Lady Cats Capture Summer League Title
by Ken Brown HARDWICK – The Hazen Union girls’ summer league basketball team hosted and won their own tournament over the weekend, besting some stiff competition in the likes of North Country, Colchester, and Lamoille. The Lady Cats suffered their only loss on the weekend, 48-27, on Saturday as all[Read More…]
Senior Spotlight: Dylan Washer Honoring Family Charger Tradition
by Ken Brown CRAFTSBURY – Dylan Washer has been a multi-sport standout for Craftsbury Academy (CA) the last three seasons and has a chance to reach career milestones in his senior campaign, much like his grandfather and Charger great Allen Reed. Washer has been a stalwart in Charger starting lineups[Read More…]
Locals Athletes Wrap up Busy AAU Season
by Ken Brown ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. – Hazen Union’s soon to be super senior Caitlyn Davison and a pair of highly touted incoming freshmen in Kelsie Rivard and Mya Lumsden, wrapped up a busy AAU summer basketball season last week at the Atlantic City Jam Fest hosted by the Hoop[Read More…]
Clear and Cool for Caspian Lake Races
by Jim Flint GREENSBORO – An enthusiastic field of 70 runners and seven walkers turned out for Sunday’s twelfth annual Caspian Challenge. Sponsored by the Greensboro Association, the 5k and 6.8-mile road races kicked off at 8:30 a.m., from the Tolman Corner ballfield. Pleasantly cool temperatures in the mid-50s, accompanied[Read More…]
