By Ted Ryan Helping Rice Memorial win its first Vermont high school baseball championship in 50 years might be the highlight of William Hesslink’s young career, but a semifinal victory over Champlain Valley presented emotional challenges of its own. That afternoon, Hesslink hooked up with CVU’s Rayne Supple in a pitchers’ duel and the Redhawks… Read More »
The Vermont U17 boys Olympic Development Program (ODP) team made history on Sunday with a 2-1 win over Eastern Pennsylvania in the finale of the Region I tournament in New Castle, Del. to advance to nationals—a first for any Vermont soccer team. Vermont went 3-0 in group play before beating West Virginia 2-0 in the… Read More »
The third annual Vermont Stand Up Paddleboard Festival will be held at the Waterbury Reservoir on June 29, the last Sunday of the month from 10am until 4pm. All proceeds from the event will be donated to the Friends of Waterbury Reservoir (FWR), an organization committed to protecting, improving and enhancing the ecological, recreational, and community… Read More »
Champlain Valley’s Autumn Eastman was named Gatorade’s Vermont Girls Track & Field Athlete of the Year for the second consecutive year last week. Eastman, the Gatorade Track & Field Athlete of the Year for 2012-2013 and the Gatorade Cross Country Runner of the Year, won three individual state championships at the D-I state meet including… Read More »
By Mal Boright A 6-1 deficit against a solid (15-3) second-seeded South Burlington High boys’ lacrosse team in the championship contest might not be a Mount Everest sized task, but nevertheless presents a whopper of a challenge. Playing for the Division 1 Vermont Interscholastic Championship at Castleton State College’s Spartan Stadium Saturday, coach Dave Trevithick… Read More »
In the Steeple Ridge Equestrian Team’s first ever Interscholastic Equestrian Association (IEA) competition, rider Caroline Carrara of Cornwall, a freshman at Rice High School and member of the Steeple Ridge Equestrian Team, won the Junior Varsity Novice Over Fences National Finals. The event took place in West Springfield, Mass on May 16-18. The only qualifier… Read More »
Shelburne resident and 2011 Champlain Valley Union graduate Cayla McCarthy was recently named to her second consecutive Commonwealth Coast Conference All-Academic Team and the National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) Academic All-American Award. McCarthy recently completed her junior year where she was a team captain for the Roger Williams University softball team. McCarthy was a relief… Read More »
Pickle Ball…What’s that? Pickle Ball is a game played on a doubles badminton-sized court that is a combination of tennis, badminton, and ping pong. Sound like fun? Would you like to learn? Sign up for a free Pickle Ball Clinic starting Wednesday night, July 9 at the Shelburne Tennis Courts at Davis Park from 5 to 7pm. The… Read More »
Skyler Golann is a tough competitor. Sidelined with a chronic back injury on and off during the season, Champlain Valley Union (CVU) head boys tennis coach Frank Babbott is the first to comment on his senior captain. “Skyler is a good athlete, a tough competitor, and a great kid. Even when he has been out… Read More »
Golf team finishes season At the Vermont D-I state championship at Country Club of Vermont on Wednesday, June 4 Champlain Valley finished in sixth place. Peter Scrimgeour carded a 78 which qualified him for regionals, while Ryan Grabone-Akey scored 80, Carter Knox finished with a 86, Will Ryan, 88, and Patrick Pattison 89. Redhawks advance… Read More »