April 18, 2013 - B section

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ADDISON COUNTY INDEPENDENT

SPORTS

B Section

THURSDAY, Â APRIL Â 18, Â 2013

VUHS lax surges by Otters in opener

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Commodores  set  tone  ZLWK ELJ ÂżUVW TXDUWHU By  ANDY  KIRKALDY BRANDON  â€”  A  Vergennes  Union  High  School  boys’  lacrosse  team  with  high  hopes  for  2013  hit  KRVW 2WWHU 9DOOH\ ZLWK D ELJ ÂżUVW SHUL-­ od  on  Monday  and  cruised  to  a  20-­5  win  in  the  opener  for  both  Division  II  programs.  VUHS  senior  Joe  Krayewsky  WRVVHG LQ ÂżYH RI KLV QLQH JRDOV LQ WKH ÂżUVW TXDUWHU ² WZR LQ WKH ÂżQDO seconds  â€”  as  the  Commodores  took  command,  9-­3. The  Otters  tightened  up  in  the  second  and  third  quarters,  but  had  trouble  sustaining  an  attack  against  a  Commodore  defense  led  by  senior  Ryan  Crowningshield,  who  scooped  22  ground  balls,  scored  once  and  set  up  two  goals. Senior  Stephen  Van  Wyck  and  sophomore  Bailey  Dieterle  also  de-­ fended  well  in  front  of  freshman  goalie  Broc  Clark,  who  debuted  with  10  saves. Meanwhile,  junior  attackers  J.T. Â

Sports BRIEFS

Eagle  boys’  lax  begin  with  victory

BRISTOL  â€”  The  Mount  Abraham  Union  High  School  boys’  lacrosse  team  opened  its  season  on  Monday  with  a  9-­8  win  over  visiting  Harwood.  Mt  Abe’s  Forrest  Wallace  led  the  Eagles  with  four  goals;Íž  Ira  Fisher  scored  two;Íž  and  Travis  Bachand,  Lucas  Richter  and  Charlie  Meyer  added  single  markers.  The  Eagles  led  throughout,  and  then  staved  off  a  Highlander  rally  in  the  fourth  quarter  DV IUHVKPDQ JRDOLH 3DWULFN %URZQ ÂżQ-­ LVKHG ZLWK VDYHV LQ KLV ÂżUVW YDUVLW\ action.  Two  Harwood  goalies  totaled  a  dozen  saves.  The  Mount  Abe  coaches  credited  Eagle  defenders  Mike  Wetzel,  Jason  Hartman  and  Will  Van  Buren  with  solid  efforts.  The  Eagles  were  set  to  play  at  Rice  on  Wednesday  after  the  deadline  for  the  Independent  sports  section,  and  are  scheduled  to  host  Vergennes  on  Saturday  at  11  a.m.

COMMODORE  JUNIOR  J.T.  O’Brien  breaks  away  from  a  scrum  with  the  ball  during  Monday’s  game  against  Otter  Valley  in  Brandon.  Vergennes  won  the  game,  20-­5. Independent  photo/Trent  Campbell

O’Brien  (three  goals,  three  assists)  and  Tucker  Babcock  (two  goals),  Tyler  Crowningshield  (two  goals,  two  assists),  sophomore  middie  Erik  Eisenhower  (two  goals),  and  senior  middies  Hunter  Casey  (goal,  assist)  and  Chris  Dayton  (assist)  chipped Â

into  the  VUHS  attack. Krayewsky  said  the  Commodores  believe  Monday’s  result  is  the  start  of  a  good  thing  for  a  program  with  four  wins  in  three  years,  two  of  them  in  2012,  when  they  began  to  show  signs  of  an  upswing. Â

“I  think  we’re  going  to  be  a  dif-­ ferent  team  this  year.  The  guys  in  the  offseason  have  been  putting  in  a  lot  of  work.  We’ve  had  people  play  club,  people  work  out,  and  prac-­ tice  has  been  a  lot  more  focused,â€?  Krayewsky  said.  Â

Second-­year  VUHS  coach  Ed  Cook  said  on  Monday  he  saw  the  signs  of  that  offseason  work  and  the  Commodores’  focus  on  funda-­ mentals.  He  believes  they  still  need  to  improve  their  coordination  on  at-­ (See  Lacrosse,  Page  2B)

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MUHS  boys  rally  past  Redhawks By  ANDY  KIRKALDY MIDDLEBURY  â€”  The  Middle-­ bury  Union  High  School  boys’  la-­ crosse  team  on  Tuesday  earned  one  of  the  program’s  biggest  wins  in  re-­ cent  years,  knocking  off  perennial  Division  I  contender  Champlain  Val-­ ley,  10-­7. The  Tigers  â€œWe were spotted  the  Redhawks  four  possessing quick  goals,  the ball and and  still  trailed  moving it at  the  end  of  around, and WKH ÂżUVW TXDUWHU attacking %XW WKH\ some spots rallied  to  tie  the  game  at  the  we wanted half,  7-­7;Íž  held  to attack, CVU  scoreless  and we in  the  second  were putting half;Íž  and  scored  the ball in three  times  in  the net.â€? the  fourth  peri-­ — coach od  to  nail  down  Dennis Smith the  victory.  Senior  at-­ tacker  Christian  Higgins  scored  two  of  his  game-­high  four  goals  in  the  ¿QDO TXDUWHU LQFOXGLQJ WKH JR DKHDG score,  which  was  assisted  by  senior  middie  Nick  Leach.  Junior  attacker  Sam  Usilton  then  set  up  both  insurance  goals,  sopho-­ more  middie  Bobby  Ritter’s  score  (See  Tigers,  Page  4B)

Panther  softball  continues  roll MIDDLEBURY  â€”  The  Middle-­ bury  College  softball  team  swept  a  three-­game  series  from  NESCAC  West  rival  Hamilton  on  Saturday  DQG 6XQGD\ WR PRYH LQWR D ÂżUVW place  tie  with  Wesleyan.  7KH 3DQWKHUV DQG &DU-­

dinals,  who  took  two  of  three  games  from  third  place  Williams  (10-­15,  4-­2  NESCAC  West)  this  past  week-­ end,  each  have  5-­1  league  marks.  Middlebury  will  host  Williams  for  a  three-­game  set  this  Friday  and  Sat-­ urday. Â

This  past  weekend’s  series  vs.  Hamilton  (7-­18,  1-­8)  was  moved  from  Hamilton  to  Middlebury  be-­ cause  of  poor  conditions  on  the  &RQWLQHQWDOVÂś KRPH ÂżHOG +DPLOWRQ served  as  the  home  team.  On  Satur-­ (See  Softball,  Page  4B)

ScoreBOARD HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS Boys’ Lacrosse 4/15  VUHS  vs.  OV   ...............................  20-­5 0W $EH YV +DUZRRG  .....................  9-­8 4/16  MUHS  vs.  CVU  .............................  10-­7 Girls’ Lacrosse 6 %XUOLQJWRQ YV 08+6  ................  15-­6

PANTHER  SENIOR  JESSA  Hoffman  makes  a  play  on  a  ground  ball  during  game  one  against  Hamilton  Saturday  afternoon.  Hoffman  had  two  RBIs  and  scored  a  run  in  Middlebury’s  4-­2  win. Independent  photos/Trent  Campbell

(See  Scoreboard,  Page  3B)

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PANTHER  JUNIOR  ELIZABETH  Morris  allowed  six  hits  and  just  one  earned  run  in  her  complete-­game  win  against  Hamilton  Saturday  af-­ ternoon.


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