By Andrew Martin Girls lacrosse CVU 17, BFA St. Albans 8 (June 2): Up by just two at the half, top-ranked CVU outscored No. 8 BFA St. Albans 9-2 after the break to pull away for the win in the Division 1 quarterfinals. The two teams battled through a tight opening half with four ties… Read More »
Four Champlain Valley Union spring teams were rewarded for excellent regular seasons with the top seed ahead of the start of the postseason. With an undefeated season, the CVU girls tennis got the No. 1 seed and earned an automatic bid into the Division I quarterfinals, a good start as they chase yet another state… Read More »
SOFTBALL Burlington 16, CVU 12: Champlain Valley Union played six runs in the sixth inning but could not hold off Burlington’s nine-run outburst in the bottom half of the sixth and fell to the hosts on Monday afternoon. Gabriela Moreno had three hits and two RBIs for the Redhawks (3-4). CVU used another six-run inning… Read More »
Girls Basketball Harper Mead’s 12 points helped the No. 2 seed Champlain Valley Union girls basketball team to a 55-33 win over No. 15 Burr and Burton in the Division I high school playdowns Tuesday night. Kaylee Beyor added 10 points and seven rebounds for the Redhawks and Maryn Askew chipped in with nine points… Read More »
GIRLS HOCKEY Champlain Valley-Mount Mansfield 10, Spaulding 3: Champlain Valley-Mount Mansfield delivered decisively in a win over Spaulding on Monday night. CVU’s Jackie Ryan had three goals and two assists, while Lydia Maitland added a hat trick. Kiley McClure had two goals and two assists for a four-point night, while Flynn Hall and Lauren Hanley… Read More »
A matchup of two of the top teams in Division I girls basketball turned slightly scary midway through the second quarter Monday night when Tim Rice, the Rice Memorial High School coach, collapsed in the second quarter of the game at Champlain Valley Union High School. Rice, who also collapsed at the 2015 D-I semifinal… Read More »
GIRLS BASKETBALL The Champlain Valley Union High School girls basketball team extended their unbeaten streak in an exciting way on Monday night, coming from behind to top Essex 59-54 in double overtime. Catherine Gilwee hit a 3-pointer with a little over five seconds remaining in the first overtime period to extend the game, then Shannon… Read More »
GIRLS BASKETBALL Champlain Valley Union got the upperhand in the second quarter to pull away from South Burlington for a 48-24 victory on Monday night in a rematch of two of the top Division I teams. Mekkena Boyd led the Redhawks (9-0) with 14 points, and Nicole Eaton scored eight of her 11 points in the second… Read More »
After falling in the first two games of the season, the Champlain Valley Union boys hockey team is on a small winning streak. The most recent victory had the Redhawks capturing the CSB Cup at Cairns Arena in South Burlington with a 6-3 win over South Burlington on Saturday afternoon. Jake Schaefer had two goals and an… Read More »
BOYS HOCKEY Lower Canada College 9, Champlain Valley Union 1: The coaching debut of new CVU coach J.P. Benoit did not begin as hoped with the Redhawks falling to Lower Canada College to open the season on Friday. Charlie Averill had the lone goal for the Redhawks, while Jake Schaefer and James Bernicke each added… Read More »