MONTPELIER – Thirty-four adventurous runners took flight Saturday at the Second Annual Onion River Outdoors Birdland Trail Race. Starting from the Montpelier Recreation Field, the 95 percent single-track course included a mile-plus hill climb amidst forested scenery. Runners ascended 500 feet during the first half of their run, with a[Read More…]
Sports
Locals Lead Mountain League Softball Honors
by Ken Brown NEK – Several local high school softballers were honored with Mountain League honors last week for their stellar seasons on the field this past spring. Twinfield-Cabot-Danville sophomore Ida Astick led the way with a First Team selection after leading her team to a 10-7 record, including the[Read More…]
Senior Spotlight: Rooney and Montgomery Instrumental
by Ken Brown HARDWICK – This week we shine the spotlight on a pair of seniors in Lyle Rooney and James Montgomery, who were instrumental in rebuilding the Hazen Union baseball program the last four seasons. Rooney and Montgomery were part of a talented 2019 eighth grade class that watched[Read More…]
Gouge Earns Selection in Mountain League Honors
by Ken Brown MARSHFIELD – Peoples Academy (PA) and Blue Mountain (BM) led the way for top honors in baseball Mountain League selections over the weekend, with Twinfield-Cabot’s Meles Gouge earning a Second Team selection for Danville. The Wolves captured their third straight state championship in baseball on Saturday and[Read More…]
Wolves Make it a Three-Peat
by Ken Brown SOUTH BURLINGTON – Moving up a division didn’t matter to super senior Ben Alekson and the Peoples Academy (PA) baseball team last week, as they edged Milton 7-6 in the Division II state title game for the program’s third straight championship. Milton clawed back from a 6-2[Read More…]
Rivard and Rooney Lead Capital League Honors
by Ken Brown HARDWICK – Hazen Union seniors Tyler Rivard and Lyle Rooney capped off their stellar high school careers on the baseball diamond last week with the highest of honors in the star-studded Capital League. Rivard and Rooney led First Team selections in the Capital, with Rivard earning Player[Read More…]
Chargers Wrap up Season on the Diamond
by Ken Brown CRAFTSBURY – The Craftsbury Academy (CA) junior varsity baseball team wrapped up their first full season in nearly four years, dropping a pair of games to high powered Enosburg and U-32, while showing a lot of growth and promise for the future of the program in the[Read More…]
Roller Skiers
Cool Contest in Capital City
MONTPELIER – Morning showers served only to whet the enthusiasm of 91 runners at the 44th Annual Capital City Stampede. Ranging in age from 17 to 83, the galloping racers splashed through puddles in the early going and basked in sunlight at the end. Temperatures in the high 50s to[Read More…]
Hodgdon Returns in Triple Crown Round No. 1
BARRE – Although practice was plagued by raindrops that also pushed back the start time of Friday’s festivities, drivers and officials pushed and completed the Vermont Career Technical Centers and Vermont Agency of Education Night with flying colors at Thunder Road. The annual Friday Night Special was filled with plenty[Read More…]
Richford Ends Impressive Season for Lady Trojans
by Ken Brown MARSHFIELD – The Twinfield-Cabot-Danville (TCD) softball team put the finishing touches on an impressive season with their first playoff win in over nine years before falling to second seeded Richford in the quarterfinals. Aydyn Paige powered the offense with a 4-5 day to lead the Lady Trojans[Read More…]
Commodores Stun Top Seeded Hazen
by Ken Brown HARDWICK – The Division III baseball state tournament bracket was officially blown wide open last week as eighth-seeded Vergennes pulled off a massive upset on the road against top seeded Hazen Union. Tyler Kimball pitched six gritting innings to earn the win, navigating around nine surrendered hits[Read More…]
