LAUREN READ Sports Correspondent Champlain Valley Union’s (CVU) Ella Whitman was named the Vermont high school track and field player of the year by Gatorade on Thursday. The Hinesburg resident won her third straight state title in the 3,000-meter race at the Division I state championships. She also finished second in the 1,500-meter race to… Read More »
LAUREN READ Sports Correspondent SOUTH BURLINGTON – After six state championships, you’d think Champlain Valley Union High School (CVU) had plenty experience. In Saturday’s Division I state title game, the Redhawks needed a little extra experience. Lucky for them, they had 12 seniors to rely on. CVU held off a furious comeback by Burr and… Read More »
LAUREN READ Sports Correspondent BURLINGTON – Getting ready to head to the Division I state championship, the Champlain Valley Union (CVU) baseball team watched a victorious boys lacrosse team roll into the parking lot. The Redhawks watched their schoolmates celebrate their seventh straight state title and got inspired. “We got a boost from that,” said… Read More »
The Champlain Valley Union (CVU) girls ultimate team advanced to the first ever Division I state championship. The Redhawks took on top-seed Montpelier on Thursday at Montpelier High School. Unfortunately, CVU will have to settle for state runner-up as the Solons earned the 15-8 win to capture the title. The Redhawks started off tied 2-2… Read More »
LAUREN READ Sports Correspondent SHELBURNE – Something felt different about this year’s Division I girls tennis state championship. And yet everything felt very similar. The location, Davis Park. The opponents, South Burlington and Champlain Valley Union High School (CVU). The result? Top-seed Champlain Valley Union took on South Burlington for the seventh year in a… Read More »
LAUREN READ Sports Correspondent BASEBALL CVU 6, Rice 1: The Redhawks baseball team advanced to its first Division I final since 2015 with a win over Rice on Tuesday. Aidan Johnson and Jacob Boliba each drove in a run for the Redhawks (17-1). Ian Parent earned the win on the mound, pitching six innings and… Read More »
LAUREN READ Sports Correspondent Champlain Valley girls tennis player Sophie Dauerman captured the high school individual state championship on Saturday. Dauerman defeated Hartford’s Phelan O’Keefe – 7-6 (4), 6-3 – in the final to capture her first individual state title. Dauerman beat Woodstock’s Momo Biele, last year’s individual runner-up, in a third-set tiebreaker in the… Read More »
LAUREN READ Correspondent SOFTBALL CVU 2, St. Johnsbury 1: The Redhawks scored two runs in the sixth inning to come from behind and beat St. Johnsbury on Monday. Taylor Detch delivered the game-winning RBI double in the sixth, while Kiley McClure’s RBI single drove in the first run of the inning for CVU (9-5). Riley… Read More »
LAUREN READ Sports Correspondent SOFTBALL CVU 9, Colchester 4: Riley Canty went 2-for-4 from the plate and struck out nine batters over six innings of work to lead CVU to a win over Colchester on Monday. Kiley McClure and Leah Boget each had three hits for the Redhawks, who rebounded from a tough loss to… Read More »
LAUREN READ SOFTBALL CVU 12, Rice 6: Champlain Valley Union scored five runs in the seventh inning to pull away for a win over Rice on Monday. Hailey Chase was 3-for-4, including a double in the fifth and three runs scored, for the Redhawks, who move to 4-2. Kiley McClure added three RBIs and Rayona… Read More »