ADDISON COUNTY INDEPENDENT
B Section
THURSDAY, Â JANUARY Â 3, Â 2013
SPORTS
OTTER  VALLEY’S  JACOB  Scarborough  wrestles  at  120  pounds  last  Friday  in  Middlebury.
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COMMODORE  JORDAN  GRANT,  wrestling  at  160  pounds,  takes  on  Ryan  Benidoin  from  Cohoes  last  Friday  morning  in  Middlebury.
Wrestlers  battle  at annual  tournament $OO IRXU ORFDO WHDPV ÂżQG VRPH VXFFHVV By  ANDY  KIRKALDY MIDDLEBURY  —  No  wres- tler  from  one  of  the  four  local  high  school  programs  stood  on  the  top  of  a  podium  when  last  week’s  annual  Hubie  Wagner  Invitational  Tourna- ment  concluded  in  the  Middlebury  gym,  but  each  of  the  four  teams  had  something  to  be  happy  about. The  host  Tigers  had  the  best  per- formance,  tying  for  sixth  with  Cham- plain  Valley  among  the  18  programs  competing  on  Dec.  28  and  trailing  only  one  Vermont  team,  the  com- bined  Bellow  Falls-ÂHartford  squad.  The  top  four  spots  were  claimed  by  New  York  teams:  Shaker,  Waterv- liet,  Granville  and  Cohoes,  in  that  order.  Vergennes  was  ninth,  Mount  MOUNT  ABRAHAM  UNION  High  School  senior  T.J.  George  placed  third  at  145  pounds  with  a  4-Â1  record  at  last  week’s  Hubie  Wagner  wrestling  $EUDKDP WRRN WK GHVSLWH ÂżHOGLQJ tournament  in  Middlebury. only  six  wrestlers,  and  the  rebuilding Â
MATT DICKERSON
Nordic  snow: Enjoying  feast  and  preparing  for  famine The  moon,  only  a  day  or  so  past  its  fullness,  was  glowing  in  UHĂ€HFWHG OLJKW somewhere  above  the  heavy  quilt  of  clouds.  Down  on  the  ground,  how- ever,  we  could  not  see  the  waning  orb,  DQG UHFHLYHG RQO\ WKH GLPPHVW EHQHÂżWV of  its  light.  We  were  aware  instead  of  the  falling  precipitation:  a  “wintry  mix,â€?  as  weather  forecasters  like  to  call  it.  It  did  not  dampen  our  enthusi- asm  for  the  evening’s  activity,  though  it  did  leave  my  hat  and  sweater  wet.  It  was  11  p.m.,  and  we  were  stepping  into  our  cross-Âcountry  skis  on  the  dark  lawn  of  the  Blueberry  Hill  Inn  in  Gos- hen  awaiting  the  annual  New  Year’s  (YH VNL DQG VQRZVKRH WUHN DQG ERQÂżUH Half  an  hour  later  my  wife,  Deborah,  (See  Dickerson,  Page  2B)
ScoreBOARD HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS Girls’ Hockey 12/28  MUHS.  vs.  U-Â32   ............................3-Â0 12/29  MUHS  vs.  Stowe   ..........................2-Â0 Boys’ Hockey 12/28  Brattleboro  vs.  MUHS  ....................2-Â1 12/30  MUHS  vs.  Lake  Placid  ...................1-Â0 Boys’ Basketball 12/28  Randolph  at  Mt.  Abe   .................  Ppd. 12/28  Mill  River  vs.  OV   ......................  55-Â30 12/28  VUHS  vs.  U-Â32   ........................  87-Â59 12/28  MUHS  vs.  Harwood   ..................58-Â34 12/29  Winooski  vs.  Mt.  Abe   ................60-Â44 12/29  VUHS  vs.  Brattleboro   ...............71-Â45  Girls’ Basketball 12/27  Harwood  at  VUHS   ........  Ppd.  to  1/19 12/28  Mt.  Abe  vs.  Burr  &  Burton   .........46-Â29 12/28  Fair  Haven  vs.  MUHS   .................42-Â8 12/28  OV  vs.  Arlington   .......................  56-Â54 12/29  Montpelier  vs.  VUHS   ...............  41-Â31 12/29  Mt.  Abe  vs.  Fair  Haven   .............. Ppd.  12/29  Burr  &  Burton  vs.  MUHS   ............ Ppd.  COLLEGE SPORTS Men’s Hockey 12/30  Babson  vs.  Midd.  ...........................2-Â1 12/31  Wentworth  vs.  Midd.  ......................3-Â2 Men’s Basketball 12/30  Midd.  vs.  RPI  ..........................  105-Â86
(See  Schedule,  Page  3B)
VUHS,  MUHS  victories  highlights  boys’  hoop ADDISON  COUNTY  —  Ver- gennes  breezed  to  the  title  of  the  Spaulding  holiday  tournament  to  highlight  area  boys’  basketball  play  last  week,  while  in  other  action  Middlebury  won  on  the  road  and  Otter  Valley  and  Mount  Abraham  dropped  contests.  VUHS On  Friday  last  week,  Commo- dore  senior  guards  Cody  Quat- trocci  (23  points)  and  Zach  Ouel- lette  (19)  combined  for  42  points  as  VUHS  cruised  to  an  87-Â59  win Â
over  U-Â32  in  the  Spaulding  tour- nament’s  opening  round.  Shep  Carter  (13)  and  Stanley  Salley  DOVR UHDFKHG GRXEOH ÂżJXUHV IRU VUHS,  which  led  at  the  break,  42- 31,  before  blowing  the  game  open  with  a  25-Â8  run  to  open  the  second  half. On  Saturday,  Salley  scored  21  as  the  Commodores  defeated  Brattle- boro,  71-Â45.  Quattrocci  and  Nate  Cannon  each  added  11  points  in  an- other  balanced  scoring  effort  as  the  &RPPRGRUHV ÂżQLVKHG DW
TIGERS On  Dec.  28,  MUHS  shot  65  per- FHQW IURP WKH Ă€RRU DQG IRUFHG +LJKODQGHU WXUQRYHUV LQ WKH ÂżUVW half  on  the  way  to  a  58-Â34  win  at  Harwood.  MUHS  led  at  the  break,  DQG VFRUHG WKH ÂżUVW HLJKW points  of  the  second  half  on  the  way  to  a  47-Â25  lead  after  three  periods.  Tyler  Provencher  scored  17  points  to  lead  MUHS,  Perry  De- Lorenzo  tallied  12,  and  Marrott  Weekes  recorded  nine  points,  seven  rebounds  and  three  steals  as  the  Ti-Â
In  other  games  last  week,  Otter  Val- ley  rallied  for  a  win  on  the  road,  while  Vergennes  came  up  short  at  home.  SLATER  TOURNEY In  the  Fair  Haven  tournament’s  opening  round  on  Dec.  28,  the  Eagles  defeated  Burr  &  Burton,  46-Â29,  and  the  Slaters  topped  MUHS,  42-Â8.  The  5-Â0  Eagles  won  behind  bal- anced  scoring  led  by  Ashlie  Fay’s  14  points,  six  rebounds,  six  assists  and  ¿YH VWHDOV $OO (DJOHV VFRUHG LQ WKH game,  while  Sam  Driscoll  contributed Â
seven  points  and  Isabel  Brennan  add- HG ÂżYH UHERXQGV In  the  second  game  that  evening,  Fair  Haven  posted  its  second  one-Âsid- ed  win  of  the  season  over  the  Tigers,  42-Â8.  Lindsey  Marcy’s  12  points  and  eight  rebounds  led  the  5-Â0  Slaters.  Or- well’s  Hunter  Pedro  scored  six  in  that  game  for  Fair  Haven.  OTTERS On  Dec.  28,  the  Otters  erased  host  Arlington’s  eight-Âpoint  second-Âhalf  lead  and  eked  out  a  56-Â54  win.  Jes-Â
Boys’ hockey splits contests at tournament
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TIGER  SOPHOMORE  ANGELA  Carone  gets  stopped  on  the  doorstep  in  front  of  Stowe  goalie  Danielle  Mayo  during  the  championship  game  of  the  Duke  Nelson/Wendy  Forbes  Memorial  Hockey  Tournament  in  Middlebury  Saturday  morning.  The  Tigers  won  the  game,  2-Â1. Independent  photo/Trent  Campbell
Sports BRIEFS
gers  improved  to  4-Â1. EAGLES On  Saturday,  host  Winooski  posted  a  60-Â44  win  over  the  Eagles  despite  22  points  from  Mount  Abe  junior  Sawyer  Kamman.  The  1-Â4  Eagles’  Dec.  27  home  game  vs.  Randolph  was  postponed  OTTERS On  Dec.  28  visiting  Mill  River  rode  tough  defense  past  OV,  55- MIDDLEBURY  —  The  Middle- 30.  The  Otters  fell  to  0-Â5  despite  bury  Union  High  School  boys’  hockey  13  points  and  seven  rebounds  from  team  split  a  pair  of  close  games  at  the  John  Winslow. Memorial  Sports  Center  during  its  own  holiday  tournament  and  settled  for  sec- ond  place  in  the  three-Âteam  event.  The  Tigers  fell  to  Brattleboro,  2-Â1,  sica  Frazier’s  career-Âhigh  20  points  on  Friday,  and  defeated  Lake  Placid,  sparked  OV,  and  Taylor  Aines  chipped  1-Â0,  on  Sunday.  in  16  as  the  Otters  improved  to  2-Â3. On  Saturday,  The tournaVUHS Lake  Placid  ment was On  Dec.  29  visiting  Montpelier  im- knocked  off  decided on proved  to  2-Â1  with  a  41-Â31  win  over  Brattleboro,  3-Â0.  a points VUHS.  The  tour- system, givCat  Chaput  and  Brenna  Lapan  nament  was  each  scored  eight  points  to  lead  the  0-Â5  decided  on  a  ing points Commodores.  points  system,  for periods The  Commodores’  Dec.  27  home  giving  points  won and game  vs.  Harwood  was  postponed  to  for  periods  won  total goals, Jan.  19.  and  total  goals,  and Lake and  Lake  Placid  Placid edged edged  MUHS,  5.5-Â5.0  for  the  MUHS, 5.5title,  with  the  5.0 for the Colonels  in  title, with third.  the Colonels In  Sunday’s  in third. game,  the  only  JRDO FDPH ODWH LQ WKH ÂżUVW SHULRG ZKHQ Keenan  Bartlett  converted  an  assist  By  ANDY  KIRKALDY from  Sawyer  Hescock.  Tiger  goalie  MIDDLEBURY  —  Last  week  Edgar  Sherman  made  that  score  stand  at  the  Memorial  Sports  Center,  the  up  with  22  saves,  while  Lake  Placid  Middlebury  Union  High  School  goalie  Jeffrey  Smith  stopped  20  shots.  girls’  hockey  team  made  a  little  his- 2Q )ULGD\ WKH ÂżUVW WZR SHULRGV WRU\ ² WKH 7LJHUV IRU WKH ÂżUVW WLPH between  MUHS  and  Brattleboro  (6- won  their  own  holiday  tournament. 1)  were  scoreless.  The  Tigers  took  Maybe  more  importantly,  the  the  lead  at  4:00  of  the  third  on  a  Na- than  Lalonde  strike  assisted  by  Ryan  Tigers  won  in  style  while  evening  Crowningshield.  their  record  at  2-Â2  after  opening  But  Brattleboro’s  Philip  Perkins  their  season  with  two  competitive  scored  twice,  the  second  with  about  road  losses  against  other  potential  three  minutes  to  go,  to  give  the  Colo- Division  II  title  contenders. nels  the  win  despite  the  Tigers’  28-Â14  In  defeating  U-Â32  on  Friday,  3-Â0,  advantage  in  shots  on  goal.  Colonel  and  Stowe  on  Saturday,  2-Â0,  the  Ti- goalie  DeSilva  made  27  saves,  while  gers  collectively  outshot  their  com- Sherman  stopped  12  shots. petition  by  97-Â20,  showed  strong  The  Tigers  carried  a  2-Â1  record  into  skating  and  puck  movement,  de- a  Wednesday  game  at  Champlain  Val- fended  well,  and  got  shutout  goalten- ley  played  after  the  deadline  for  this  (See  Hockey,  Page  2B) edition  of  the  Independent. Â
*LUOVœ EDVNHWEDOO 0RXQW $EH 2WWHU 9DOOH\ FRPH RXW RQ WRS ADDISON  COUNTY  —  In  area  high  school  girls’  basketball  action  late  last  week,  Mount  Abraham  and  Fair  Haven  highlighted  action  by  posting  wins  over  Burr  &  Burton  and  Middle- EXU\ UHVSHFWLYHO\ LQ WKH ¿UVW URXQG RI the  Slaters’  holiday  tournament.  Both  teams  remained  unbeaten,  but  bad  weather  postponed  their  clash  in  the  WRXUQDPHQW ¿QDO IURP WKLV SDVW 6DW- urday  to  this  Friday  at  7:30  p.m.  The  Tigers  and  Bulldogs  will  meet  in  the  earlier  consolation  game.
Otter  Valley  team  —  composed  en- tirely  of  freshmen  and  sophomores  ² ÂżQLVKHG WK MUHS  senior  Gabe  LaBerge  en- joyed  the  best  tournament  individu- ally,  taking  second  with  a  4-Â1  record  DQG OHDGLQJ D 7LJHU ÂżQLVK DW 195  pounds.  His  freshman  teammate  Nate  Gebo  took  second  at  99  pounds  with  a  3-Â2  mark,  senior  Tyler  LaPlant  went  3-Â1  and  was  third  at  220,  and  although  junior  Jakob  Trautwein  suf- IHUHG KLV ÂżUVW ORVV RI WKH VHDVRQ KH VWLOO ZHQW DQG WRRN ÂżIWK LQ WKH competitive  182-Âpound  class.  0RUH LPSRUWDQWO\ ÂżUVW \HDU 7LJHU coach  Ethan  Raymond  said  his  wres- tlers  continue  to  work  hard  and  get  better  on  an  almost  daily  basis.  “In  the  big  picture,  every  week  (See  Wrestling,  Page  3B)