ADDISON COUNTY INDEPENDENT
B Section
THURSDAY, Â APRIL Â 16, Â 2015
MATT DICKERSON
SPORTS
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ScoreBOARD HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS Girls’ Lacrosse 4/10  MUHS  vs.  Rutland  .........................12-Â7 4/14  MUHS  at  St.  Albans  ...................... Ppd.  Boys’ Lacrosse 4/11  MUHS  vs.  Rutland  .........................13-Â8 4/13  St.  Albans  at  MUHS  ...................... Ppd. 4/14  VUHS  vs.  Mt.  Abe  ..........................11-Â8 Softball 4/14  Fair  Haven  at  MUHS  .................... Ppd. Baseball 4/14  Bellows  Falls  vs.  OV  ......................15-Â2 4/14  Fair  Haven  at  MUHS  .................... Ppd. Tennis 4/11  MUHS  Girls  vs.  St.  Albans  ...............4-Â3 4/11  St.  Albans  vs.  MUHS  Boys  ..............6-Â1 4/13  MUHS  Girls  at  L.  Region  ............ Canc. 4/15  MUHS  Boys  at  Spaulding  ............. Ppd. COLLEGE SPORTS Men’s Lacrosse 0LGG YV 6SULQJÂżHOG  ........................16-Â8 4/11  Bates  vs.  Midd.  ..............................14-Â9  Women’s Lacrosse 4/11  Midd.  vs.  Bates  ..............................18-Â6 Baseball 4/11  Midd.  vs.  Hamilton  .........................11-Â5 4/11  Hamilton  vs.  Midd.  .........................10-Â8 4/12  Hamilton  vs.  Midd.  ...........................5-Â1 Softball 4/7  Midd.  vs.  Johnson  ........................ 5-Â4  (8) 4/7  Midd.  vs.  Johnson  ...................... 17-Â0  (5) 4/11  Midd.  vs.  Hamilton  ...........................9-Â1 4/11  Hamilton  vs.  Midd.  ...........................6-Â3 4/12  Midd.  vs.  Hamilton  ...........................1-Â0 4/12  Williams  at  Midd.   ............. Ppd.  to  4/19  4/14  Midd.  at  Union  (2)  ......................... Ppd.
Schedule
HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS Girls’ Lacrosse 08+6 DW 0W 0DQV¿HOG  ..........4:30  p.m. Boys’ Lacrosse 4/16  Mt.  Anthony  at  OV  ......................5  p.m. 4/17  OV  at  Mt.  Abe  .............................4  p.m. 4/17  VUHS  at  Milton  ...........................4  p.m. 4/18  MUHS  at  S.  Burlington  .............11  a.m. 4/21  VUHS  at  OV  ...............................4  p.m. 4/23  Randolph  at  OV  ..........................4  p.m. 4/25  St.  Johnsbury  at  OV  .................11  a.m. 4/25  VUHS  at  Randolph  ...................11  a.m. Softball 4/16  St.  Johnsbury  at  MUHS  ................ Ppd. 4/16  OV  at  Brattleboro  ........................5  p.m. 4/17  Colchester  at  Mt.  Abe  ............4:30  p.m.
(See  Schedule,  Page  4B)
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ADDISON  COUNTY  —  Five  members  of  the  undefeated  Division  I  champion  Middlebury  Union  High  School  football  team  have  been  named  WR WKH 9HUPRQW 6KULQH 0DSOH Sugar  Bowl  squad,  and  two  members  RI WKH ' ,, ÂżQDOLVW 2WWHU 9DOOH\ VTXDG will  join  them  in  doing  battle  with  their  New  Hampshire  counterparts. MUHS  coach  Dennis  Smith  will  OHDG WKH 9HUPRQW WHDP LQWR DFWLRQ LQ D JDPH WKDW ZLOO EH SOD\HG DW S P on  Aug.  1  at  Castleton  State  College.  Practices  for  both  teams  begin  in  Cas- WOHWRQ RQ -XO\ From  the  two-Âtime  defending  champion  Tigers,  Cullen  Hathaway,  Connor  Quinn,  Bobby  Ritter,  Austin  Robinson  and  Justin  Stone  made  the  team.  From  the  Otters,  Adam  Sherwin  and  John  Winslow  were  chosen.  Their  teammates  and  their  schools  DUH ‡ %HOORZV )DOOV %ULDQ 0F$QXII ‡ %)$ )DLUID[ /XNH /DQJHOLHU Sean  Stergas. ‡ %)$ 6W $OEDQV 5REHUW .HOO\ ‡ %XUU DQG %XUWRQ 5\DQ 6PLWK ‡ &KDPSODLQ 9DOOH\ 6DP /HZLV ‡ &ROFKHVWHU *UDQW &XPPLQJV ‡ (VVH[ %UHQGDQ *OHDVRQ ‡ )DLU +DYHQ -DNH &DUWHU ,DQ Msencik. ‡ +DUWIRUG -RKQ %LHOLFNL 7D\ORU Larmie,  Willy  Todt. ‡ /\QGRQ -RVK *X\HU ‡ 0LOO 5LYHU -DNH 3LWWV ‡ 0RXQW $QWKRQ\ 7\OHU 0DWWLVRQ Perle  Webb. ‡ 3RXOWQH\ 6DP :KLWH ‡ 5LFH -RKQ %RDUGPDQ &KULV -DQ- sen,  Charlie  Meli  and  Anthony  Phillip. ‡ 5XWODQG -RUGDQ *RGIUH\ ‡ 6SDXOGLQJ &DP 'DYLV ‡ 6W -RKQVEXU\ 5RQQLH *RELQ Dakota  Holbrook,  Colton  Hudson,  Caleb  Stowell. ‡ :RRGVWRFN :LOO *DXOW
MUHS  boys’  lax  improves  to  2-Â0 RUTLAND  —  The  Middlebury  Union  High  School  boys’  lacrosse  team  defeated  host  Rutland,  13-Â8,  on  6DWXUGD\ XVLQJ D IRXUWK TXDUWHU run  to  salt  away  the  win.  The  Tigers  improved  to  2-Â0  with  WKH YLFWRU\ 7KH\ ZHUH KRSLQJ ÂżHOG conditions  would  allow  them  to  host  0RXQW 0DQVÂżHOG RQ :HGQHVGD\ DQG will  play  at  South  Burlington  on  Sat- urday  at  11  a.m. The  Tigers  led  Rutland,  8-Â6,  in  the  fourth  quarter  when  their  decisive  surge  began.  Connor  Quinn,  Trey  Kaufmann,  Austin  Robinson,  Jack- son  Hounchell  and  River  Payne  all  VFRUHG LQ WKH UXQ The  Tigers  never  trailed  after  goals  by  Ali  Abdul  Sater  and  Bobby  Ritter  erased  an  early  Raider  lead;Íž  Ritter’s  came  early  in  the  second  quarter  dur- LQJ D ORZ VFRULQJ ÂżUVW KDOI Quinn,  Abdul  Sater,  Ritter,  Kauff- PDQ DQG &XOOHQ +DWKDZD\ ÂżQLVKHG with  two  goals  apiece  for  the  Tigers,  and  Nathan  Lalonde  backstopped  the  win  in  goal.  Bobby  Bergen  and  Chase  Wright  each  scored  three  times  for  the  1-Â1  Raiders. Â
Tiger  girls’ Girls’  tennis lax  tops  RHS  opens  by  LQ ÂżUVW JDPH grounding  By  ANDY  KIRKALDY RUTLAND  —  The  Middlebury  Comets,  4-Â3 Union  High  School  girls’  lacrosse  team  won  its  season  opener  on  Fri- day,  April  10,  12-Â7  at  Rutland,  after  two  games  earlier  in  the  week  were  postponed.  The  Tigers’  April  14  game  at  BFA- St.  Albans  was  also  postponed.  No  makeup  dates  have  been  announced,  leaving  the  Tigers’  next  regularly  scheduled  game  an  April  28  date  at  0RXQW 0DQVÂżHOG At  Rutland,  the  Tigers  started  slowly. “We  got  off  to  a  rocky  start,  down  LQ WKH ÂżUVW RI SOD\ EXW VHW- tled  defensively,â€?  said  Coach  Kelley  Higgins. But  the  Tigers  allowed  only  one  PRUH JRDO LQ WKH ÂżUVW KDOI DQG WKHQ three  in  the  second  half.  Higgins  said  they  tied  the  game  quickly  and  took  (See  Tiger  girls,  Page  3B)
By  ANDY  KIRKALDY 0,''/(%85< ² 7KH 0LG- dlebury  Union  High  School  girlsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;  tennis  teamâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  season  got  off  to  a  promising  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  and  chilly  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  start  this  past  Saturday,  when  the  Ti- gers  edged  visiting  BFA-ÂSt.  Al- bans,  4-Â3,  in  cold,  windy  weather  that  challenged  both  squads. Tiger  Coach  Laura  Rumbough  was  pleased  her  team  defeated  the  Comets,  who  knocked  off  MUHS  twice  in  2014,  despite  the  condi- tions  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  and  without  starting  sin- gles  player  Faith  Isham.  ³7KH ÂżUVW PDWFK ZHQW ZHOO ,W ZDV GHÂżQLWHO\ D ÂżUVW PDWFK DQG it  was  only  our  third  time  play- 0,''/(%85< 81,21 +,*+ 6FKRRO VHQLRU 0DUYLH $YHU\ FRPHV WR WKH QHW IRU D UHWXUQ GXULQJ WKH 7LJHUVÂś ing  outdoors,  and  Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m  proud  of  PDWFK ZLWK %)$ 6W $OEDQV 6DWXUGD\ ,QGHSHQGHQW SKRWR 7UHQW &DPSEHOO (See  Tennis,  Page  2B)