ADDISON COUNTY INDEPENDENT
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THURSDAY, Â AUGUST Â 14, Â 2014
ANDY KIRKALDY
This  big  league  expert  was  no  Nostradamus Back  in  March  I  predicted  in  print  the  American  League  pennant  races.  It  turns  out  the  smartest  thing  I  wrote  was  this:  “Well,  to  start  with,  the  standard  disclaimer:  Who  knows?â€? This,  not  so  smart:  “2014?  Well,  the  Sox  look  good.â€? I  expected  Boston  to  compete  with  the  Yankees  for  a  Wild  Card  playoff  berth.  To  be  fair,  the  Yankees  re- main  in  the  Wild  Card  race  despite  ORVLQJ IRXU ÂżIWKV of  their  projected  starting  rotation.  Of  the  Sox,  it  could  be  fairly  said  they  might  make  history:  Worst  in  the  AL  East  in  2012  to  best  in  2013  to  worst  in  2014.  Even  Brock- star  Holt  has  come  back  to  earth.  General  Manager  Ben  Cherington  will  have  to  hit  a  couple  home  runs  this  winter  if  the  Sox  are  to  return  to  contention. Speaking  of  teams  that  lost  most  of  their  starting  rotations,  I  predict- ed  both  the  Sox  and  Yankees  “will  probably  end  up  chasing  the  Tampa  Bay  Rays.â€? Well,  they  caught  them,  and  as  of  Tuesday  morning  had  the  fourth- place  Rays  surrounded:  The  Yan- kees  had  them  pinned  from  above  in  third,  and  the  Sox  had  cut  off  their  HVFDSH URXWH IURP EHORZ LQ ÂżIWK DQG last.  :KRÂśV LQ ÂżUVW LQ WKH $/ (DVW" $ team  I  somehow  neglected  to  men- tion,  the  Orioles. My  predictions  were  slightly  bet- ter  in  the  AL  Central.  Until  recently,  that  is,  when  my  pick  to  win  the  World  Series,  Detroit,  saw  two  of  its  top  starting  pitchers  get  hurt  and  fall  behind  another  team  I  overlooked  entirely  in  March,  the  perennial  doormats  themselves,  the  Kansas  City  Royals.  How  powerful  was  the  negativity  of  my  predictions?  The  Royals  have  not  made  the  playoffs  since  1985,  when  they  won  the  World  Series.  My  friend  Paul  Norton  will  tell  you  I  predicted  during  spring  training  that  year  KC  would  win  the  Series,  how- (See  Kirkaldy,  Page  3B)
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Armwrestling draws big crowd again By  ANDY  KIRKALDY NEW  HAVEN  —  The  annual  Ad- dison  County  Fair  and  Field  Days  armwrestling  event  drew  the  usual  big  crowd  and  223  competitors  —  124  adults  and  99  youths  —  to  the  main  show  tent  at  the  fair  this  past  Friday  evening. The  night’s  biggest  winner  was  Vermonter  Adam  Barup,  who  swept  four  events,  the  heaviest  The night’s two  men’s  weight  biggest win- categories  in  ner was both  left-  and  r i g h t - h a n d e d  Vermonter competitions. Adam New  Yorker  Barup, who Jessalyn  Caro- swept four sella  swept  events, the the  women’s  two heavi1 4 3 - p o u n d s - and-Âunder  left  est men’s and  right  events,  weight while  New  categories Hampshire  resi- in both left- dent  Cathy  Mer- and rightrill  claimed  the  144-Âplus  titles  handed with  both  arms.  competiDouble  win- tions. ners  in  men’s  events  were  Maine’s  Jeremy  Meservey,  New  York’s  Ken  McKinney  and  Pennsyl- vania’s  Tim  Lewis. Bill  Sinks  and  George  Sheldrick  served  as  the  tournament  directors,  and  they,  Badger  Drewes,  Rob  Ket- cham  and  Eugene  Sheldrick  refereed  the  matches.  The  full  results  were: YOUTH  RESULTS  ‡ %R\VÂś *LUOVÂś \HDUV ROG 1.  William  Snyder  (N.H.);Íž  2.  Helen  Curran  (Vt.);Íž  3.  Mattaya  Carosella  (N.Y.). ‡ %R\VÂś ,VDDF 3UHVWRQ 9W 2.  Joseph  Bergevin  (Vt.);Íž  3.  Tanner  Burns  (Vt.). ‡ *LUOVÂś 1HYD\D $GDPV (N.Y.);Íž  2.  Ruby  Hubbell  (Vt.);Íž  3.  Ava  Mullen  (Vt.). ‡ %R\VÂś 7LPRWK\ :KLWQH\ -U (Vt.);Íž  2.  Mason  Tracy  (Vt.);Íž  3.  Wyatt  Allenson  (Vt.). ‡ *LUOVÂś 5LOH\ )DUUHOO (Vt.);Íž  2.  Bella  Gale  (Vt.);Íž  3.  Heather Â
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By  BRUCE  BOSLEY RUTLAND  —  Solid  pitching  —  including  from  a  trio  of  Addison  County  hurlers  —  and  timely  late- game  hitting  lifted  the  North  to  a  doubleheader  sweep  over  the  South,  8-Â2  and  6-Â0,  in  the  annual  Vermont  Baseball  Coaches  Association  Senior  All-ÂStar  Game  Saturday  at  St.  Peters  Field  in  Rutland. Middlebury  Union  High  School  graduate  Josiah  Benoit  picked  up  the  win  in  game  one  with  two  innings  of  scoreless  relief.  In  that  game,  Mount  Abraham’s  Sawyer  Kamman  got  the  start  and  allowed  just  one  unearned  run  in  three  innings  of  work.  In  game  two,  Middlebury’s  Aaron  Smith  started  and  tossed  three  shutout  in- nings.  Overall,  six  Middlebury North  hurlers  Union High combined  over  the  14  innings  School to  give  up  11  graduate hits,  one  walk  Josiah and  only  one  Benoit earned  run.  Har- picked up wood’s  Luke  the win in Russell  earned  the  win  after  the  game one North  snapped  with two the  scoreless  tie  innings of LQ WKH ÂżIWK LQ WKH scoreless nightcap.  relief. $'$0 %$583 %($76 -HUHP\ /DGG GXULQJ )ULGD\ QLJKWÂśV DUPZUHVWOLQJ FRPSHWLWLRQ DW WKH $GGLVRQ &RXQW\ O ff e n s i v e l y,  )DLU DQG )LHOG 'D\V %DUXS VZHSW WKH DQG DQG XS ZHLJKW FODVV FDWHJRULHV Gabe  Dichard  (South  Burlington)  doubled  and  Dwire  (Vt.). tripled  in  the  win  in  the  opener  and  ‡ %R\VÂś &ROE\ %XWOHU 9W four  RBI  by  Jonathan  Palmer  (Essex)  2.  Carter  Hubbell  (Vt.);Íž  3.  Carson  helped  complete  the  sweep  in  game  Babbie  (Vt.). two. ‡ %R\VÂś -DFRE +DQORQ 9W In  game  one,  Luke  Russell  (Har- 2.  Tayler  Sterns  (Vt.);Íž  3.  Cameron  wood)  went  2-Âfor-Â3  with  a  walk,  Sprigg   (Vt.). scored  twice  and  drove  in  two  more,  ‡ %R\VÂś 6DP 6LOEHUPDQ and  his  RBI  single  snapped  a  1-Â1  tie  (Vt.);Íž  2.  Timothy  Curran  (Vt.). LQ D WZR UXQ ÂżIWK =DFK 'LFKDUG OHG ‡ *LUOVÂś (PLO\ %ULJJV off  the  sixth  with  a  triple  and  Elijah  (Vt.);Íž  2.  Avery  Gale  (Vt.);Íž  3.  Lydia  Eaton  (Missisquoi  Valley)  singled  in  Deppman  (Vt.). WZR PRUH LQ D ÂżYH UXQ RXWEXUVW DV WKH ‡ %R\VÂś ,VDDF %XVVHOO North  pulled  away  for  the  8-Â2  win.  (Vt.);Íž  2.  Jake  Fiet  (N.Y.);Íž  3.  Hunter  Josh  Laroche  (Missisquoi)  also  (See  Armwrestling,  Page  2B) went  two-Âfor-Âthree  with  two  runs  batted  in.  Kamman  struck  out  four  in  WKH ÂżUVW WKUHH LQQLQJV DQG -RVK .HQ- nison  (Spaulding)  earning  the  save. For  the  South  in  the  opener,  Dou- gie  Avellino  (Woodstock)  had  two  singles  and  Noah  Rizio  (Burr  and  (See  Baseball,  Page  3B)
SALISBURY  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  Bristolâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  Todd  Smith  led  the  way  for  local  triathletes  by  becoming  the  menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  overall  win- ,=$$. <281* 5,*+7 ÂżJKWV D ORVLQJ EDWWOH WR /\QQ 6XPQHU )ULGD\ ner  of  Sundayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  Olympic-Âdistance  QLJKW LQ 1HZ +DYHQ 6XPQHU WRRN KRPH VHFRQG SODFH DV D ULJKW KDQGHU 5,&.< 0$621 .((36 ÂżJKWLQJ DJDLQVW 0LFKDHO %URXLOODUG GXULQJ WKH Lake  Dunmore  Triathlon  in  2:09:52.  LQ WKH ZHLJKW FODVV Field  Days  armwrestling  competition  Friday  night. 6PLWK ÂżQLVKHG D PLQXWH DQG D half  ahead  of  All-ÂAmerican  William  Schumann  of  West  Hartford,  Conn.  (2:11:23),  and  also  bested  last  yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  champion,  Dave  Connery  of  Shel- burne,  who  took  third  in  2:12:42.  The  event,  The event, held  at  Bran- bury  State  Park  held at on  Lake  Dun- Branbury more,  consisted  State Park of  a  1,600-Âyard  on Lake swim,  28-Âmile  Dunmore, bike  ride  and  6.2-Âmile  run. consisted A n n - M a r i e  of a 1,600Stearns  of  Beth- yard swim, el  was  the  wom- 28-mile bike enâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  winner  in  ride and 2:31:17,  edging  6.2-mile run. runner-Âup  Su- san  Horstman  of  Haverford,  Pa.,  by  36  seconds. ,Q WKH PHQÂśV HYHQW 6PLWK ÂżQLVKHG the  swim  in  seventh  place.  His  third- best  bike  split  (1:11:43)  moved  him  up  to  third  behind  Schumann  and  Con- nery.  He  then  posted  the  dayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  best  UXQ WR ÂżUVW FDWFK 6FKXPDQQ and  then  Connery,  who  had  the  sec- ond-  and  fourth-Âbest  runs.  But  both  of  WKHLU VSOLWV ZHUH PRUH WKDQ ÂżYH PLQ- utes  slower  than  Smithâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  spectacular  34:14  effort  over  10K. Among  other  notable  local  efforts,  veteran  Middlebury  triathlete  Steve  Hare  won  the  menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  55-Â59-Âyear-Âold  age  group  (ninth  overall)  in  2:27:49,  while  fellow  Middlebury  resident  Joe  Powers  claimed  second  in  the  30-Â34  %522.( 7833(5 3,16 RSSRQHQW -XOLD 0D\ GXULQJ WKH DQG \HDU ROG JLUOVÂś DUPZUHVWOLQJ FRPSHWLWLRQ DW )LHOG GD\V ODVW )ULGD\ ,QGHSHQGHQW SKRWRV 7UHQW &DPSEHOO (See  Triathlon,  Page  3B)
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 CASTLETON  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  In  an  effort  to  increase  interest  in  bear  hunting,  the  Vermont  Fish  &  Wildlife  Department  will  hold  a  free  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Getting  Started  in  Bear  Huntingâ&#x20AC;?  seminar  at  the  Kehoe  Conservation  Camp  in  Castleton  on  Saturday,  Aug.  16.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Bears  can  be  challenging  to  hunt,  but  hunters  who  know  where  to  look  for  them  and  how  to  hunt  them  can  greatly  improve  their  success  rate,â&#x20AC;?  said  John  Pellegrini,  hunter  educa- tion  training  coordinator  for  Fish  &  Wildlife.  Bear  biologist  Forrest  Ham- mond  will  lead  topics  on  bear  biol- ogy,  hunting  tactics,  regulations  and  ¿HOG GUHVVLQJ +H ZLOO DOVR VKDUH D few  bear  recipes.  Members  of  the  Vermont  Bearhound  Association  will  demonstrate  how  hounds  can  be  used  in  bear  hunting.  James  Roy  will  speak  on  still  hunting  and  stand  hunting  for  bears,  and  Rodney  and  Theresa  Elmer,  taxidermists,  will  demonstrate  the  skinning  and  trophy  preparation  of  a  black  bear.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Now  is  an  excellent  time  to  learn  how  to  bear  hunt,â&#x20AC;?  said  Hammond.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Vermontâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  bear  population  is  high  which  means  that  the  opportunity  for  success  is  very  good.â&#x20AC;?  This  free  seminar  will  run  from  8  a.m.  to  3  p.m.,  and  participants  are  encouraged  to  bring  a  lunch.  Regis- WHU RQOLQH DW ZZZ YWÂżVKDQGZLOGOLIH com/edu_hunt_seminars.cfm.  For  additional  information,  contact  John  Pellegrini  at  john.pellegrini@state. vt.us,  or  at  802-Â272-Â2909.