LYNDON CENTER – Rice Memorial’s quest to reach the Division II state title game came up short for a second consecutive season as top seeded Lyndon Institute rallied at home last week to end the Green Knight’s season. Down 2-0, the Lady Vikes pushed across three runs in the top[Read More…]
Softball
Lady Chargers Fall Short in Playdown
TWIN VALLEY – Eighth-seeded Twin Valley held off the Craftsbury Academy (CA) softball team in a Division IV playdown slugfest last week. Sara Dix belted a double, triple and earned the win in the circle to help Twin Valley survive at home last Tuesday 13-11. The Lady Chargers knocked around[Read More…]
Rice Advances to Semifinal Round
BURLINGTON – The Rice Memorial softball team advanced to their second consecutive Division II Final Four last week with wins over Lamoille and Enosburg. Alana Havreluk fired a complete game one hitter, striking out 11 and walking none to lead Rice to a 12-0 first round win over Lamoille last[Read More…]
Proctor Handles Cal United in Quarters
PROCTOR – Second-seeded Proctor flexed its muscles last week in a quarterfinal match-up against Caledonia United, ending their season at 1-12. Olivia Graham shrugged off a rough start to strike out 11 in earning the win, powering Proctor to a 31-4 home win over Cal United last Wednesday. Alaina Robbins[Read More…]
Craftsbury and Cal United Split Home and Home Series for First Wins
Rice Rolls into Postseason Behind Strong Pitching VERGENNES – The Green Knights earned the fourth seed in the upcoming Division II playoffs, sweeping Vergennes, Milton and Enosburg last week to end the regular season at 13-2. Alayna Havreluk struck out 12 to earn the win as Rice took care of[Read More…]
Strong Powers Rice to a Pair of Wins
S. BURLINGTON – Finley Strong, granddaughter of Hazen Union coaching great Jack Strong, powered her Rice Memorial softball team to a pair of wins over Harwood and Mount Anthony last week before falling to Middlebury in extra innings. The senior slugger blasted a home run, a pair of doubles, and[Read More…]
Paine Mountain Denies Craftsbury First Win
LAMOILLE – After disappointing losses to Lamoille and BFA-Fairfax to start the week, the Craftsbury Academy (CA) softball team rallied to hold their first lead of the season in the final innings before falling late to Paine Mountain (Northfield-Williamstown). Quinn Sheldon struck out 11 to earn the win and helped[Read More…]
Cal United Drops Pair on the Week
BURLINGTON – The Caledonia United (Twinfield-Cabot-Danville) softball team suffered a lopsided loss to Burlington-Winooski before taking defending Division IV champion Richford to the wire last week, falling to 0-10 on the season. Taylor Reed scattered four hits and struck out 10 to earn the win in the circle to lead[Read More…]
Lady Bullets Handle Cal United
DANVILLE – The Caledonia United (Twinfield-Cabot-Danville) softball team ran into one of the top contenders in Division III last week, falling to BFA-Fairfax at home to drop to 0-7 on the season. Tatum Gaudette struck out three in four innings of work to earn the win, powering the Lady Bullets[Read More…]
Strong Helps the Green Knights to a Hot Start
BURLINGTON – Finley Strong and her Rice Memorial softball team dominated Burlington and Richford before splitting a pair of games with Burlington and Mount Abe last week to improve to 5-1 on the season. Strong, the daughter of Hazen alum Jeff Strong and granddaughter of Wildcat coaching great Jack Strong,[Read More…]
Cal United’s Comeback Falls Short
DANVILLE – The Caledonia United (Twinfield-Cabot-Danville) softball team lost a slugfest to Paine Mountain and gave defending Division IV champion Richford their money’s worth before falling to Vergennes last week, dropping them to 0-6 on the season. Austin Roos’ grand slam in the bottom of the seventh inning led a[Read More…]
