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ADDISON COUNTY INDEPENDENT

B Section

THURSDAY, Â APRIL Â 3, Â 2014

Reliving WKH dream

SPORTS

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MIDDLEBURY  â€”  The  Middle-­ bury  College  women’s  tennis  team  improved  to  6-­2  in  dual  matches  this  spring  with  a  3-­2  record  during  its  spring  break  trip  to  California.  The  Panthers  are  ranked  No.  8  in  NCAA  Division  III. The  Panthers’  setbacks  came  via  an  8-­1  tally  against  12th-­ranked  3RPRQD 3LW]HU DQG ÂżIWK UDQNHG Claremont-­Mudd-­Scripps  by  a  5-­4  margin. The  Panthers  defeated  three  teams  by  8-­1  scores,  U.C.  Santa  Cruz,  :HVWPRQW DQG &KLFDJR ZKLFK KDG moved  up  to  No.  12. Â

Panther  softball  stands  at  .500 MIDDLEBURY  â€”  The  Middle-­ bury  College  softball  team  tallied  a  6-­6  record  during  its  spring  trip  to  &OHUPRQW )OD 7KH VTXDG ZRQ ÂżYH RI LWV ÂżUVW VHYHQ JDPHV EXW GURSSHG IRXU RI WKH ÂżQDO ÂżYH LQFOXGLQJ D SDLU 7+( &2$&+ $1' VRPH PHPEHUV RI WKH VWDWH FKDPSLRQ 0LGGOHEXU\ 8QLRQ +LJK 6FKRRO ER\VÂś EDVNHWEDOO WHDP SRVH XQGHU WKH 7RZQ +DOO of  one-­run  losses. The  Panthers  are  scheduled  to  play  7KHDWHU PDUTXHH ODVW )ULGD\ QLJKW EHIRUH WKH SUHPLHUH RI D GRFXPHQWDU\ FHOHEUDWLQJ WKH WHDPÂśV ZLQQLQJ VHDVRQ \HDUV DJR 3LFWXUHG DUH OHIW WR D WKUHH JDPH VHW DW 1(6&$& :HVW ULJKW 5RE +DPOLQ -RH &DODYLWD FRDFK 5ROOLH :KLWH 0LNH 6RPPHUV -LP 'DO\ DQG 3HWH *XWWHUVRQ ,QGHSHQGHQW SKRWR 7UHQW &DPSEHOO foe  Amherst  on  Friday  and  Satur-­ GD\ WKHLU ÂżUVW WKUHH OHDJXH WLOWV RI mascot  costume  at  some  games. WKH VSULQJ 7KHLU :HGQHVGD\ KRPH Now  head  of  his  own  marketing  games  vs.  Johnson  State  were  post-­ ÂżUP LQ 9LUJLQLD 0RRQH\ VDLG KH SRQHG LQGHÂżQLWHO\ ZDQWHG WKH ÂżOP WR FHOHEUDWH QRW RQO\ Pacing  the  Panther  offense  is  rook-­ the  team,  but  also  his  hometown  and  ie  Sarah  Freyre,  who  leads  the  team  state.  in  batting  average  (.395),  slugging  ³:KHQ \RX OHDYH WKLV percentage  (.658),  doubles  (four),  area,  you  don’t  leave  the  home  runs  (two)  and  RBIs  (13).  spirit.  So  it  was  a  bit  of  Sophomore  Jackie  Stern  saw  action  a  love  letter  to  Vermont,  in  seven  games,  posting  a  .375  BA  Tiger  spirit  and  under-­ ZLWK ÂżYH UXQV VFRUHG ZKLOH VHQLRU dogs,â€?  Mooney  said  af-­ Kimber  Sable  led  the  team  in  runs  ter  the  premiere. scored  (11)  and  walks  (11)  to  go  7KH ÂżOP LQFOXGHV DU-­ along  with  a  homer  and  eight  RBIs. chival  footage  of  the  On  the  mound,  senior  Elizabeth  Tigers  in  action  and  0RUULV ÂżQLVKHG WKH WULS ZLWK D of  their  home  towns,  record  and  a  0.68  earned  run  aver-­ plus  interviews  with  age.  She  leads  the  staff  with  20.2  team  members  and  innings  pitched  and  23  strikeouts.  their  coach,  Rollie  Sophomore  Neve  Stearns  appeared  :KLWH WHDFKHUV in  seven  games  with  two  starts.  She  IHOORZ VWXGHQWV has  a  2.58  ERA  with  14Ks  in  19.0  RSSRVLQJ FRDFKHV innings.  Sophomore  Kat  Maehr  has  PHGLD PHPEHUV a  2-­0  record  with  a  3.96  ERA  in  17.2  and,  notably,  St.  innings.   Johnsbury’s  star  player,  Henry  Bruce  Dal-­ rymple,  who  went  on  to  star  -,0 '$/< /()7 DQG 0LNH 6RPPHUV WHDPPDWHV RQ WKH 0LGGOHEXU\ 8QLRQ +LJK 6FKRRO ER\VÂś EDVNHW-­ at  Georgia  Tech  and  is  MIDDLEBURY  â€”  The  Middle-­ considered  to  be  Vermont’s  best  high  EDOO WHDP EUHDN RXW WKHLU EHVW V IDVKLRQ IRU WKH SUHPLHUH RI Âł7KH *UHHQ 0RXQWDLQ 8SVHW´ LQ 0LGGOHEXU\ ODVW )ULGD\ QLJKW bury  College  men’s  tennis  team  re-­ (See  Hoop  dreams,  Page  2B) ,QGHSHQGHQW SKRWR 7UHQW &DPSEHOO turned  from  its  spring  break  trip  with  six  wins  in  eight  matches,  with  both  losses  to  teams  ranked  in  the  top  10  among  NCAA  Division  III  or  NAIA  the  early  going,  but  rallied  to  take  verted  a  Herzog  feed. teams.  a  9-­8  lead  in  the  second  half  before  7KH -HIIV PDGH LW LQ WKH ÂżUVW The  Panthers,  last  week  ranked  Amherst  scored  three  of  the  game’s  minute  of  the  second  half,  but  less  No.  10,  are  8-­2. ÂżQDO IRXU JRDOV 7KH -HIIV LPSURYHG than  a  minute  Mary  O’Connell  found  Their  losses  last  week  came  to  No.  SAN  DIEGO  â€”  The  Middle-­ In  men’s  competition,  the  Pan-­ to  7-­0  (4-­0  NESCAC). Instrum  with  a  pass  from  behind  the  7  E mory,  5-­4,  and  Georgia  Gwinnett,  EXU\ &ROOHJH WUDFN DQG ÂżHOG WHDP thers  notched  three  victories.  Kev-­ After  the  Jeffs  took  their  5-­0  lead,  net.  Just  28  seconds  later,  Herzog  ranked  No.  3  by  the  NAIA.  On  the  recorded  a  quartet  of  individual  LQ :RRG ZRQ WKH PHWHU UXQ Panther  Alli  Sciarretta  scored  twice,  buried  a  free  position  attempt.  After  trip  t hey  defeated  No.  9  Kenyon,  7-­2.  event  victories  on  Saturday  as  by  nearly  27  seconds  in  14:54.16.  but  the  Jeffs  answered  each  time.  scooping  a  loose  ball  in  front,  Sci-­ Their  other  matches  were  wins  by  the  Panthers  concluded  their  an-­ -DNH :RRG ZRQ WKH KXUGOHV Then  the  Panthers  tallied  three  goals  arretta  tied  the  game  at  25:27,  and  RYHU 1RUWK &DUROLQD :HVOH\DQ nual  spring  trip  at  the  Point  Loma  (55.21),  while  Brandon  Cushman  LQ WKH ÂżQDO RI WKH SHULRG WR PDNH 0HJDQ *ULIÂżQ QHWWHG D JR DKHDG 8-­1  over  Georgia  Perimeter,  7-­2  over  Nazarene  University  Invitational  ¿QLVKHG WKLUG DQG .HYLQ it  7-­5  at  the  break.  Liza  Herzog  got  JRDO WKDW JDYH WKH YLVLWRUV WKHLU ÂżUVW Shorter,  7-­2  over  Sewanee  and  9-­0  in  California. the  run  started,  Chrissy  Ritter  set  up  lead  at  24:14. 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:RPHQÂśV ODFURVVH GURSV ÂżUVW FRQWHVW AMHERST  â€”  The  Middlebury  College  women’s  lacrosse  team  split  a  pair  of  games  against  top-­10  teams  late  last  week,  in  the  process  taking  WKHLU ÂżUVW ORVV 7KH 3DQWKHUV DUH 4-­1  NESCAC,  and  began  last  week  ranked  No.  3  in  NCAA  Division  III. On  Saturday,  then  No.  8  Am-­ herst’s  Elizabeth  Ludlow  netted  the  game-­winner  with  3:35  remaining  in  regulation  to  give  her  team  an  11-­10  victory  over  Middlebury.  Middlebury  fell  behind  by  5-­0  in Â

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COLLEGE SPORTS Women’s Lacrosse 3/29  Amherst  vs.  Midd.  ........................11-­10 Men’s Lacrosse 3/29  Midd.  vs.  Amherst  ............................8-­7 Softball 3/28  Chicago  vs.  Midd.  ...........................  9-­2 3/28  Lawrence  vs.  Midd.  ..........................3-­2 3/30  Midd.  vs.  Castleton  ....................... Ppd. Baseball 3/28  Williams  vs.  Midd.  ..........................18-­5 3/29  Williams  vs.  Midd.  ............................4-­2 3/29  Williams  vs.  Midd.  ..........................20-­2

Schedule

HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS Lacrosse 4/5  B.&  Burton  at  MUHS  Girls   .........11  a.m. 4/5  OV  Boys  at  Randolph  .................11  a.m. 4/5  U-­32  at  Mt.  Abe  Boys  .......... Ppd.  to  4/12 4/5  Woodstock  at  MUHS  Boys   ...12:30  p.m. 4/8  OV  Boys  at  Mt.  Abe  ......................4  p.m. 4/8  Randolph  at  VUHS  Boys  ................ Ppd. 4/8  Mt.  Anthony  at  MUHS  Girls  ......4:30  p.m. 4/9  MUHS  Boys  at  Essex  ...................4  p.m. 4/10  OV  Boys  at  Mt.  Anthony  ........4:30  p.m. 4/11  MUHS  Girls  at  Rutland  ..........4:30  p.m. 4/11  VUHS  Boys  at  Milton  ..................7  p.m.

(See  Schedule,  Page  4B)

:22'672&. ² 6SHFLDO 2O\P-­ meter  relay.  pics  Addison  County  Nordic,  al-­ The  alpine  team  members  includ-­ pine  and  snowshoe  teams  recently  ed  Herb  Gingrich,  Al  Plue,  Steve  wrapped  up  another  great  season  at  :HOVK (PLO\ :DOVK DQG 5RZDQ WKH :LQWHU *DPHV LQ :RRGVWRFN Riggs.  Skiers  competed  in  slalom  The  event  was  hosted  by  Suicide  one  day  and  giant  slalom  and  super  Six  on  March  8  and  9.  G  the  next.  Eight  weeks  Members  of  the  Nor-­ “Everyone of  hard  work  at  practice  dic  team  included  Hugh  skied resulted  in  gold,  silver  Kennedy,  Mary  La-­ and  bronze  medals  being  and snow Fountain,  Amy  Vachon,  awarded  for  great  efforts  David  Bishop  and  Abby  shoed with by  all  of  the  Addison  LaFramboise.  The  ski-­ determination County  competitors.  ers  competed  in  three  and Âł(YHU\RQH VNLHG DQG events  apiece,  which  enthusiasm snow  shoed  with  deter-­ ranged  from  100  meters  and had a mination  and  enthusi-­ to  1  kilometer,  as  well  asm  and  had  a  wonderful  wonderful as  the  3X1K  relay.  time,â€?  said  Bill  Cun-­ Members  of  the  snow-­ time.â€? ningham,  alpine  coach  â€” Bill for  Special  Olympics  shoe  team  included  Sean  Cunningham, Addison  County. Fahey,  Sandra  Manning,  alpine coach Ronnie  Metcalf,  Clif-­ Members  and  coaches  ford  Bell,  Baird  Spears,  of  the  Nordic  and  snow-­ &DUULH :LOFK DQG -RDQQH 2Âś%ULHQ shoe  teams  said  they  were  very  ap-­ They  competed  in  25-­,  50-­  and  preciative  of  everyone  at  the  Rikert  100-­meter  races  as  well  as  the  lon-­ Nordic  Center  in  Ripton  for  being  ger  200-­  and  400-­meter  races.  Ad-­ so  welcoming  and  providing  such  dison  County  also  had  a  spirited  a  fantastic  place  to  ski.  The  alpine  and  determined  team  in  the  4X100  (See  Skiers,  Page  3B)

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