by Ken Brown HINESBURG – Several local seniors and up-and-coming stars in boys’ high school basketball were honored at the Vermont Basketball Coaches Association (VBCA) Senior All-Star games over the weekend at Champlain Valley Union High School. Hazen Union senior Tyler Rivard was selected to the North All-Star Team roster[Read More…]
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Trio of Lady Cats Honored on All-Star Weekend
by Ken Brown HINESBURG – Several local student athletes earned honors in girls’ high school basketball this past weekend at the Vermont Basketball Coaches Association (VBCA) Senior All-Star games at Champlain Valley Union High School. Hazen Union’s Alexis Christensen and Craftsbury Academy’s (CA) Ella Gillespie were selected to the Division[Read More…]
Local Students Honored with Boys’ Mountain League Honors
by Ken Brown NORTHEAST KINGDOM – The boys’ basketball Mountain League division had several teams make some serious noise in the postseason earlier this month, including Winooski’s perfect season and several local student athletes were honored last week for their outstanding seasons on the hardwood. Danville’s Christian Young led First[Read More…]
Three Brothers Play on Same Team
Kehler and Circosta Race at Junior Nationals in Fairbanks, Alaska
FAIRBANKS, Alaska – Charlie Kehler and Amelia Circosta, both from Greensboro, traveled to Fairbanks last week to race in the Junior National Cross Country Ski Championships. They were part of the Northeast U.S. team and train locally with the Craftsbury Ski Club. There were a total of 10 teams from[Read More…]
Shamrock Shuffle
LEBANON, N.H. – A huge field of 675 runners raced Saturday at the Shamrock Shuffle 5k. Conditions for the annual rite of spring were ideal for running, with sunshine and blue skies prevailing. Joel Thornton-Sherman, 13, from Waterford, was the top Vermont runner. Thornton-Sherman paced at 5:42 per mile en[Read More…]
Climb to the Throne for Late Model King of the Road Pelkey
BARRE – The 63rd season of stock car racing at Thunder Road International Speedbowl was one for the record books. Christopher Pelkey is not only the youngest of Thunder Road’s 2022 champions, but he also joined an elite group that have claimed both the King of the Road track title[Read More…]
Caron and the Long Game to a Flying Tiger Championship
BARRE – Sam Caron has been a far cry from the top throughout his career but through pure perseverance climbed the heap to become the 2022 Flying Tiger Champion. Sam Caron was in the world of stock car racing from the very beginning. The Caron family name has been synonymous[Read More…]
Strong’s Green Knights Fall to Essex in Title Game
by Ken Brown SOUTH BURLINGTON – Essex shut down top-seeded Rice last week to claim their second consecutive Division I boy’s hockey state championship at Gutterson Fieldhouse. Jackson Strong and the Green Knights split the regular season series with the Hornets, but a power play goal and an empty netter[Read More…]
Local Athletes Lead Boys Dream Dozen Roster
by Ken Brown NORTHEAST KINGDOM – Twinfield-Cabot’s Tej Stewart and Hazen Union’s Xavier Hill and Brendan Moodie were selected to the Vermont Basketball Coaches Association (VBCA) Dream Dozen Team last week for their outstanding play on the hardwood this past season. Stewart broke onto the varsity scene in a big[Read More…]
Davison and Lumsden Lead Mountain League Honors
by Ken Brown NORTHEAST KINGDOM – The Hazen Union girls’ basketball team put a bow on a spectacular season earlier this month, taking home some of the top hardware in the year end Mountain League honors. Junior point guard Caitlyn Davison and first-year head coach Randy Lumsden were awarded top[Read More…]
Nordic Skiing Class Draws 43 Participants
by Helen Beattie, Community Journalist CRAFTSBURY — The Craftsbury Outdoor Center’s (COC) offer to host a Hardwick Trails group drew larger than anticipated crowds. This past Saturday, 43 participants joined in a morning of Nordic skiing at this world class ski center, just down the road from the Hardwick Trails.[Read More…]
