Thursday, July 18, 2013

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ADDISON COUNTY INDEPENDENT

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THURSDAY, Â JULY Â 18, Â 2013

SPORTS

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Champs  roll  past  visiting  Winooski

ANDY KIRKALDY

These  teams  stood  out  over  the  decades This  past  sports  year  saw  several  WHDPV DW OHDVW RQH IURP HDFK ORFDO high  school,  enjoy  historic  seasons.  ,Q WKH IDOO WKH 0LGGOHEXU\ ER\V¶ soccer  team  earned  the  top  seed  in  Division  , IRU WKH ¿UVW WLPH ever. In  the  winter,  WKH 9HUJHQQHV boys’  basketball  team  went  un-­ GHIHDWHG DQG ZRQ WKH ' ,, FURZQ D IHDW QHDUO\ PDWFKHG E\ WKH WLWOH winning  Mount  Abraham  girls. $QG WKHQ WKH 2WWHU 9DOOH\ EDVHEDOO team  rolled  to  the  D-­II  baseball  title  ZLWK D UHFRUG WKDW LQFOXGHG D GRPLQDQW SOD\RII UXQ When  the  dust  settled,  I  couldn’t  help  but  wonder  just  how  historic  WKRVH SHUIRUPDQFHV ZHUH ,W EHFDPH DSSDUHQW WKH WLPH KDG FRPH IRU D OLVW 8VLQJ WKH 9HUPRQW 3ULQFLSDOV¶ $V-­ sociation  and  Addison  Independent  archives  and  going  back  to  when  I  VWDUWHG FRYHULQJ VSRUWV IRU WKLV SDSHU , UHYLHZHG ORFDO WHDPV VLQFH , FDPH XS ZLWK D JURXS RI KRQRU-­ DEOH PHQWLRQV DQG D WRS WHDPV XV-­ LQJ WKH IROORZLQJ FULWHULD ‡ 2YHUDOO UHFRUG ‡ 3OD\RII SHUIRUPDQFH ‡ 4XDOLW\ RI FRPSHWLWLRQ LQFOXG-­ ing  the  team’s  division  and  overall  QXPEHU RI WHDPV DQG DWKOHWHV FRP-­ peting  in  a  sport.  Â‡ 1XPEHUV RI DWKOHWHV RQ WKH teams  who  went  on  to  play  in  col-­ lege. These  are  only  teams  I  have  cov-­ ered.  Hubie  Wagner’s  great  MUHS  IRRWEDOO WHDPV RU WKH XQGHIHDWHG ' , FKDPSLRQ 7LJHU ER\V¶ KRRS squad  were  not  considered  â€”  and  the  latter  may  be  the  area’s  greatest  (See  Kirkaldy,  Page  3B)

Sports BRIEFS Soccer  athletes  to  play  for  Vt.  teams RINDGE,  N.H.  â€”  Three  recent  local  high  school  graduates  are  VFKHGXOHG WR WDNH WKH ¿HOG IRU 9HU-­ mont  teams  against  New  Hampshire  during  this  Saturday’s  39th  annual  Lions  Twin  State  Soccer  Cup  games.  )URP 0LGGOHEXU\ PLG¿HOGHU 0DU-­ URWW :HHNHV DQG GHIHQGHU &RQQRU &ROOLQV ZHUH VHOHFWHG WR SOD\ IRU WKH Green  Mountain  squad,  which  will  meet  New  Hampshire  in  the  second  JDPH RI D GRXEOHKHDGHU VFKHGXOHG WR start  at  4  p.m.  at  Franklin  Pierce  Uni-­ versity.  Former  longtime  Middlebury  Union  High  School  coach  Doc  Seu-­ bert  will  serve  as  an  assistant  coach  IRU WKH 9HUPRQW ER\V¶ WHDP From  Mount  Abraham,  striker/ PLG¿HOGHU (Y\ -DFREV ZDV FKRVHQ IRU WKH JLUOV¶ WHDP WKDW ZLOO WDNH RQ recent  New  Hampshire  graduates.  Eagle  coach  Dustin  Corrigan  will  act  DV DQ DVVLVWDQW FRDFK IRU WKH *UHHQ Mountain  girls. Practices  will  begin  on  Thursday,  DQG WKH 9HUPRQW /LRQV¶ VKDUH RI WKH SURFHHGV ZLOO EH XVHG WR EHQH¿W the  Austine  Green  Mountain  Lions  Hearing  Impaired  Camp. Â

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By  ANDY  KIRKALDY 9(5*(11(6 ² 7KH 9HUJHQQHV Champs  on  Tuesday  swamped  last-­ SODFH :LQRRVNL DV QLQH Champs  swimmers  won  multiple  events. .DWULQD 0D\HU OHG WKH ZD\ E\ VZHHSLQJ WKH IRXU DQG XQGHU JLUOV¶ HYHQWV ZKLOH 8 JLUOV¶ VZLPPHU $QQD 5DNRZVNL 8 boys’  swimmer  Tucker  Stearns  DQG 8 JLUOV¶ VZLPPHU $O\VH Beauchemin  won  three  races  apiece.  9HUJHQQHV GRXEOH ZLQQHUV ZHUH (PLO\ 5RRQH\ %URG\ .LQJ 'HYRQ .LPEDOO -RVKXD &RRN DQG 6LODV Mullin. 7KH &KDPSV DOVR ZRQ RI UH-­ lays  in  which  points  were  recorded.  9HUJHQQHV VZLPPHUV VFRULQJ SRLQWV IRU WKHLU WHDP ZLWK WRS WKUHH ¿QLVKHV ZHUH ADDISON  COUNTY’S  CHARLIE  Stapleford  executes  a  perfect  suicide  squeeze  to  score  teammate  Sawyer  Kamman  during  Saturday’s  game  against  OEC.  Addison  County  won  the  game,  14-­6. Photo  by  Andy  Kamman

Legion  surging  toward  postseason AC  takes  three  of  four  in  tough  stretch By  MARSHALL  HASTINGS MIDDLEBURY  â€”  With  the  post-­ season  looming,  the  Addison  County  American  Legion  baseball  team  is  in  LWV PRVW GDXQWLQJ VWUHWFK RI WKH VHD-­ son.  Due  to  earlier  postponements,  $& UHFHQWO\ EHJDQ D VWUHWFK RI QLQH

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streak  came  to  a  halt  on  Monday  against  visiting  Colchester  with  a  VHWEDFN AC  got  back  to  its  winning  ways  on  Tuesday,  when  backed  by  a  solid  SLWFKLQJ SHUIRUPDQFH IURP $DURQ Smith,  Addison  topped  visiting  0RQWSHOLHU (See  Baseball,  Page  2B)

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(See  Champs,  Page  3B)

Local stars help Vermont take Twin State game By  ANDY  KIRKALDY ESSEX  â€”  Two  local  high  school  basketball  all-­stars  and  one  who  will  play  in  these  parts  next  winter  helped  WKH 9HUPRQW ER\V GHIHDW 1HZ +DPS-­ shire,  89-­84,  in  Saturday’s  Twin  State  Basketball  Classic  pitting  recent  high  VFKRRO JUDGXDWHV IURP HDFK VWDWH LQ games  played  at  Essex  High  School.  7KH 1HZ +DPSVKLUH JLUOV GHIHDWHG 9HUPRQW GHVSLWH WKH FRDFKLQJ ZRUN RI 0RXQW $EUDKDP¶V &RQQLH /D5RVH 1R ORFDO DWKOHWHV SOD\HG IRU the  Green  Mountain  State.  2WWHU 9DOOH\ IRUZDUG 5\DQ .HOOH\ FKLSSHG LQ QLQH SRLQWV LQ WKH 9HU-­ PRQW ER\V¶ ZLQ DQG 9HUJHQQHV SRLQW guard  Zach  Ouellette  also  contributed  KLV EDOOKDQGOLQJ VNLOOV 98+6 FRDFK Peter  Quinn  reported  a  college  coach  observing  the  game  said  he  was  im-­ pressed  with  Ouellette’s  ability  to  SXVK WKH EDOO DQG FUHDWH RIIHQVH Middlebury  College  recruit  and  Missisquoi  star  Matt  St.  Amour  led  WKH 9HUPRQW ER\V ZLWK SRLQWV DQG eight  rebounds,  and  he  hit  two  key  IUHH WKURZV LQ WKH ODWH JRLQJ DIWHU N.H.  cut  the  lead  to  two. +DUWIRUG¶V 6WHSKDQLH *UREH OHG WKH 9HUPRQW JLUOV ZLWK QLQH SRLQWV New  Hampshire  leads  the  all-­time  VHULHV RQ WKH JLUOV¶ VLGH DQG RQ WKH ER\V¶ VLGH The  games  had  not  been  played  in  the  past  three  years,  but  were  revived  this  summer.  Organizers  intend  to  play  next  summer’s  contests  in  New  Hampshire. Â

THE  MOUNT  ABRAHAM  Little  League  11-­and-­12-­year-­old  all-­star  softball  team  celebrates  after  winning  the  state  championship  Sunday.  The  team  beat  Essex  on  Saturday,  11-­7,  and  Lyndonville  on  Sunday,  10-­0,  and  will  travel  to  the  New  England  Championships  this  weekend  in  Bristol,  Connecticut.

Mt.  Abe  youth  softball  team  wins  state  crown By  ANDY  KIRKALDY /<1'219,//( ² 7KH 0RXQW $EUDKDP DQG \HDU ROG /LWWOH /HDJXH VRIWEDOO DOO star  team  ran  the  table  at  this  past  weekend’s  double-­elimination  state  tournament  in  Lyndon-­ YLOOH WR HDUQ WKH WLWOH RI 9HUPRQW FKDPSLRQV Mount  Abe,  the  District  I  champion,  opened  the  tournament  by  drawing  a  bye  on  Thursday, Â

-XO\ DQG WKHQ GHIHDWHG WKH (VVH[ DOO VWDUV RQ )ULGD\ 2Q 6DWXUGD\ KRVW /\QGRQYLOOH eliminated  Essex,  and  on  Sunday,  Mount  Abe  nailed  down  the  crown  by  blanking  Lyndonville,  0RXQW $EH GLG QRW KDYH D ORW RI WLPH WR VDYRU LWV ZLQ 7KH WHDP ZDV VHW HDUO\ RQ 7KXUVGD\ WR WUDYHO WR %ULVWRO &RQQ IRU WKH URXQG URELQ 1HZ

England  championship  tournament,  which  will  UXQ WKURXJK -XO\ 0RXQW $EH¶V ¿UVW JDPH XQ-­ GHU WKH 9HUPRQW EDQQHU ZLOO FRPH DJDLQVW 0DLQH on  Saturday.  &RDFK -HII 0XUDWRUUL VDLG WKH WRS IRXU WHDPV IURP WKH %ULVWRO WRXUQDPHQW ZLOO WKHQ VTXDUH RII DJDLQVW WKH WRS IRXU WHDPV IURP WKH 0LG $WODQWLF (See  Softball,  Page  2B)

County  drivers  prevail  at  Bowl

%5,672/¶6 -26+ 0$67(5621 FHOHEUDWHV KLV ¿UVW FDUHHU ZLQ LQ WKH 5XWODQG +HUDOG 0LG 6HDVRQ &KDPSLRQ-­ ship  Late  Model  race  at  Devil’s  Bowl  Speedway  last  Friday.

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:(67 +$9(1 ² VHOI IURP WKH ¿HOG +H -XO\ ZDV D ELJ GD\ Bristol rookie withstood  three  restarts  IRU $GGLVRQ &RXQW\ Josh Masterson alongside  Hunter  Bates  drivers  at  the  Devil’s  HDUQHG KLV ÀUVW en  route  to  the  win,  and  Bowl  Speedway,  as  Late Model %DWHV VHWWOHG IRU VHFRQG Middlebury  veteran  main event /HRQ *RQ\R RI &KD]\ Todd  Stone  picked  up  N.Y.,  won  a  heated  bat-­ KLV ¿IWK ZLQ LQ QLQH victory, and WOH IRU WKLUG SODFH EHVW-­ outings,  Bristol  rookie  Middlebury LQJ -HVVH\ 0XHOOHU RI -RVK 0DVWHUVRQ HDUQHG teen Hunter Olmstedville,  N.Y.,  and  KLV ¿UVW /DWH 0RGHO Bates drove to 9LQFH 4XHQQHYLOOH -U RI main  event  victory,  and  a victory and Brandon. Middlebury  teen  Hunter  With  point  values  gained in the Bates  drove  to  a  victory  GRXEOHG IRU DOO SUHOLPL-­ and  gained  in  the  points  points standQDU\ DQG IHDWXUH UDFHV ings. standings.  on  the  night,  Stone  Stone  dominated  the  HDUQHG SRLQWV IRU ODS %RQG $XWR 3DUWV 0RGL¿HG KLV IHDWXUH YLFWRU\ EXW VWUHWFKHG KLV IHDWXUH DW ZKDW ZDV DOVR WKH GRXEOH overall  championship  lead  by  only  points  Rutland  Herald  Mid-­Season  six  points.  That’s  because  Bates  Championship  night  at  Devil’s  Bowl.   made  a  major  gain  by  winning  the  Stone  needed  just  six  laps  to  shoot  Sunoco  Race  Fuels  Semi-­Feature  â€”  IURP KLV WK VWDUWLQJ SRVLWLRQ LQWR D UDFH IRU ZKLFK 6WRQH IDLOHG WR TXDO-­ the  lead  and  then  easily  distance  him-­ LI\ ² DQG HDUQHG ERQXV SRLQWV IRU

that  victory.  Bates  now  trails  Stone  E\ RQO\ SRLQWV FXWWLQJ KLV SUHYLRXV GH¿FLW E\ QHDUO\ KDOI 7ZR WLPH GHIHQGLQJ WUDFN FKDP-­ SLRQ 5RQ 3URFWRU RI &KDUOWRQ 1 < UHFRYHUHG IURP WZR FUDVKHV WR ¿Q-­ LVK WK LQ WKH PDLQ IHDWXUH ² KLV ZRUVW ¿QLVK LQ WKUHH VHDVRQV ² DQG GURSSHG IURP VHFRQG WR ¿IWK LQ WKH standings.   Masterson  scored  a  memorable  ca-­ UHHU ¿UVW /DWH 0RGHO YLFWRU\ LQ WKDW GLYLVLRQ¶V ODS PDLQ HYHQW 0DVWHU-­ VRQ UDFHG GRRU WR GRRU ZLWK IHOORZ IUHVKPDQ %UDQGRQ $WNLQV RI $X6-­ DEOH )RUNV 1 < IRU VHYHUDO ODSV DQG WKHQ WRRN WKH OHDG IURP 5REHUW %U\DQW -U RI %URRNO\Q &RQQ QHDU WKH KDOIZD\ SRLQW &KULV %HUJHURQ RI Claremont,  N.H.,  chased  Masterson  GRZQ LQ WKH ¿QDO ODSV EXW VHWWOHG IRU second. Bates  completed  a  strong  night  in  (See  Devil’s  Bowl,  Page  3B)


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