Sports
Local Athletes Earn Capital League Honors
NEK – Against a loaded field in the vaunted Capital League, local multi-sport athletes Andrew Menard, Meles Gouge, and Cooper Calkins broke through with Honorable Mention selections for their outstanding play on the baseball diamond this past spring. Menard was a four-year starter on the Hazen Union baseball team, helping[Read More…]
Locals Lead Mountain League Softball Honors
NEK – Several local athletes from Craftsbury Academy (CA), Hazen Union, Twinfield-Cabot, Danville, and Peoples Academy (PA) earned Mountain League honors last week for their outstanding play this past spring in high-school varsity softball. Danville sophomore Phoebe Crocker led all honors with a First Team selection as a utility player[Read More…]
Hilltopper Nation Mourns Loss of Coaching Legend
ST JOHNSBURY – St. Johnsbury Academy (SJA) coaching legend Arlan “Chip” Langmaid tragically lost his life as the result of an apparent logging accident in Danville last Tuesday. Langmaid guided the dynastic Hilltopper boys’ track and field team to their fourth consecutive Division I state title earlier this month and[Read More…]
Cancer Survivors Guests of Honor at Cancer Walk
MORRISVILLE – The annual LACiNg Up for Cancer walk is scheduled for Saturday, June 22, at the Peoples Academy track, and kicks off at 1:00 p.m., with an opening ceremony followed by hours of laps and activities throughout the day. The walk continues to be LACiNg’s signature fundraiser, pulling in[Read More…]
Brown’s Bullets Capture Fifth State Title
BURLINGTON – The big stage of Centennial Field can bring out the jitters in every team, but it was BFA-Fairfax who showed poise on the big stage over the weekend as head coach and Hazen alum Mike Brown and his varsity program played near flawless baseball to capture their fifth[Read More…]
Local Runners, Walkers Compete in Capital City Stampede
Track and Field Roundup
S. BURLINGTON – Local middle school track and fielders got the chance to wrap up their season on the biggest stage of the season at UVM two weeks ago. The St. Johnsbury Academy (SJA) varsity boys’ team kept the dynasty going with their fourth straight Division I title, and a[Read More…]
Season Ends for Hazen Union at Richford
RICHFORD – An improbable first inning by Richford decided the fate of the Hazen Union baseball team early, as they bowed out of the first round of the Division III playoffs last week. Carter Blaney struck out five in three innings of work to earn the win and helped his[Read More…]
Strong’s Bomb Sends Rice to Final Four
MIDDLEBURY – After breezing through Springfield in the first round, the Rice Memorial softball team rode the big bat of Finley Strong to upset fourth-seeded Middlebury in the quarterfinals of the Division II state tournament last week. Strong, daughter of Hazen Union alum Jeff Strong, powered the Green Knight offense[Read More…]
Surprise Exits for Solons and Vikings
MONTPELIER — Several local athlete’s high school sports season came to an end last week as the second seeded Montpelier baseball team fell in the first round to a four-win Milton team in one of the most surprising upsets in any division. Lyndon Institute was upset by sixth-seeded Mount Abraham[Read More…]
Brown has Bullets Back in Familiar Position
WOODSTOCK – Hazen Union alum and BFA-Fairfax baseball head coach Mike Brown guided his Bullets to a quarterfinal upset win over third-seeded Woodstock last week in the Division III tournament, making their first Final Four since 2017. Ryan Sheehan went 2-3 and drove in four runs to power sixth-seeded BFA-Fairfax[Read More…]
