HARDWICK – Local players from Hardwick, Craftsbury, Albany and Danville led their Black River soccer team to a victory over the Barre Stone Cutters on Sunday in the annual PolyWhey Cup. The historic third annual PolyWhey Cup between an NEK Black River team and the Barre Stone Cutters was played[Read More…]
Soccer
Locals lead Caledonia Flood to Nordic Cup Championship
BURLINGTON – Danville multi-sport budding stars Taryn Barrett and Willa Mantius helped lead the U14 Caledonia Flood soccer team to a Nordic Cup title over the weekend. Goalkeeper True Layn and the Cal Flood defense posted four consecutive shutouts en route to their dominant tournament run. Barrett, along with Phoenix[Read More…]
NEK Warriors finish 2-1 at Essex Shootout
ESSEX – Three NEK Warrior age divisions were in action over the weekend at the Essex Shootout at Lang Farm. The U10 Warrior soccer team highlighted the day’s action with a 2-1 record, narrowly missing out on a chance to advance to the Final Four. Ainsley Cadorette and Ty Billings[Read More…]
Local NEK Warriors to compete in historical Whey Cup
HARDWICK – Soccer is front and center the next few weeks with the 2026 World Cup underway. It takes center stage locally this Sunday with the playing of the Third Annual PolyWhey Cup Showdown at Hazen Union High School. The biggest local youth soccer event of the spring will feature[Read More…]
NEK Warriors Soccer Club fields six squads Sunday
CRAFTSBURY – The NEK Warriors Soccer Club (NEKWSC) was in action Sunday with a full schedule on Dustan Field. The rainy, but warm day began at noon with the U10 Boys match against Stowe, where the Warriors showed solid control of the ball and the game in an 8-2 win.[Read More…]
Vermont Twin State Lions Cup girls roster released
ST. JOHNSBURY – The Vermont Lions Cup girls roster was released last week, recognizing the top high school soccer seniors in the state as they ready to take on New Hampshire this summer in the 51st Annual Lions Cup Twin State soccer match this coming summer. St. Johnsbury Academy’s Addison[Read More…]
Otten named to Vermont Lions Cup roster
MARSHFIELD – Twinfield-Cabot’s Jola Otten put a bow on an outstanding high school soccer career earlier this month by being named to the 2026 Vermont Lions Cup boys roster. Otten had a stellar senior campaign for a record-breaking Caledonia United (Twinfield-Cabot-Danville) boys soccer team this past fall, leading the program[Read More…]
Craftsbury Academy’s McNaughten earns All-State recognition
CRAFTSBURY – Craftsbury Academy and Hazen Union senior soccer player, Grayson McNaughten, has earned All-State honors. McNaughten, a senior at Craftsbury Academy who served as team captain and goalkeeper for Hazen Union, had a season that included six shutouts, two of which came against Division I opponents. He also recorded[Read More…]
Cal United receives sportsmanship recognition
TWINFIELD-CABOT-DANVILLE – The Vermont Soccer Officials Association (VSOA) announced their 2025 Sportsmanship Awards last week, with the Cal United girls soccer program and community receiving high honors for their fair play on the pitch. The Fair Haven and U-32 girls soccer programs received top honors as Vermont’s premier 2025 Sportsmanship[Read More…]
Local stars selected to VSCA All-Tourney team
NORTHEAST KINGDOM – The Vermont Soccer Coaches Association (VSCA) wrapped up a sensational high-school soccer season with the unveiling of the 2025 boys and girls All-Tournament teams. Several local soccer players were selected after their outstanding play in the postseason this past fall. Cal United’s Samson Kitonga, Ben Monaco and[Read More…]
‘Tis the season of soccer
NORTHEAST KINGDOM – With UVM’s national title defense coming up short in the second round of the NCAA Tournament over the weekend, it brings the official end to the season and an eighteen month plus run of the meteoric resurgence of the sport of soccer in the Green Mountain State.[Read More…]
Catamounts suffer upset in second round
BURLINGTON – The defending Division I National Champion University of Vermont (UVM) men’s soccer team suffered their first defeat in over a year on Sunday as Hofstra upset the top seeded Catamounts in the second round of the NCAA Tournament. Laurie Goddard buried a feed from Daniel Burko seven minutes[Read More…]
