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ADDISON COUNTY INDEPENDENT

B Section

THURSDAY, Â AUGUST Â 7, Â 2014 MATT DICKERSON

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Trautwein  leads  Vt.  at  Shrine  Bowl  game

HANOVER,  N.H.  â€”  The  Gran-­ ite  State  high  school  football  play-­ ers  again  this  year  showed  their  dominance  over  the  all-­stars  from  the  Green  Mountain  State,  winning  the  61st  annual  Shrine  Maple  Sugar  Bowl  this  past  Saturday,  42-­6. The  game,  played  at  Dartmouth  College  in  Hanover,  N.H.,  features  teams  of  players  who  have  recently  graduated  from  high  schools  in  each  state.  New  Hampshire  has  won  the  past  14  games  and  holds  the  advan-­ tage  in  the  series,  46-­13-­2. The  Vermont  team  featured  sev-­ eral  Middlebury  and  Otter  Valley  union  high  school  players. On  offense,  MUHS  standout  Ja-­ kob  Trautwein  played  fullback  and  Sam  Messenger  played  on  the  line. Middlebury’s  contribution  to  the  defense  included  Joshua  Stearns  and  Sam  Usilton  at  linebacker,  and  Sam  6PLWK LQ WKH EDFNÂżHOG 6WHDUQV ZDV also  the  kicker. Otter  Valley’s  Mike  Winslow  con-­ VERGENNES  COACH  JEN  Bechthold  encourages  a  Champ  swimmer  during  last  weekend’s  Vermont  Swim  Association  state  championships  held  tributed  at  safety. DW WKH 8SSHU 9DOOH\ $TXDWLF &HQWHU LQ :KLWH 5LYHU -XQFWLRQ 9HUJHQQHV ÂżQLVKHG LQ VL[WK SODFH ² EHVW DPRQJ WKH VPDOOHU WHDPV The  Burlington  Free  Press  report-­ Photo  by  Jeff  Kaufman/St.  Albans  Messenger ed  that  Trautwein  led  the  Vermont  team  in  rushing  with  56  yards.

Local  swimmers  shine  at  state  meet Verg.,  Midd.  both  post  four  champions

WHITE  RIVER  JUNCTION  â€”  \DUG EXWWHUĂ€\ LQ ,Q WKH DQG The  Vergennes  and  Middlebury  under  division,  Noah  Konczal  earned  summer  swim  teams  both  completed  the  title  in  the  25-­yard  breaststroke  in  WKHLU VHDVRQV ZLWK H[FHOOHQW ÂżQLVKHV 22.80. in  the  Vermont  Swim  Association’s  The  Vergennes  quartet  of  Jeffery  state  championship  meet  at  the  Up-­ Stearns,  Max  Konczal,  Robert  Ken-­ per  Valley  Aquatic  Center  in  White  ¿HOG DQG (ULF 5HLW] ZRQ WKH River  Junction  this  past  Saturday  and  yard  free  relay  in  the  12-­and-­under  Sunday. division  in  1:59.74.  The  same  four-­ TUCKER  STEARNS,  LEFT,  won  two  10-­and-­under  races  at  this  past  Both  Addison  County  teams  some  won  that  event  at  the  state  weekend’s  state  swim  championship  meet  and  Noah  Konczal  prevailed  HDUQHG IRXU ÂżUVW SODFH ÂżQLVKHV LQ LQ-­ championships  four  years  ago  when  in  an  8-­and-­under  breaststroke  race.  Their  victories  helped  the  Ver-­ gennes  Swim  Team  earn  sixth  place  in  the  meet. (See  Meet,  Page  2B) dividual  and  relay  races.  Vergennes,  with  1,  307  points,  garnered  sixth  place  out  of  20  teams;Íž  Middlebury  was  eighth  overall  with  1,007.5  points. The  meet  was  dominated  by  teams  from  much  larger  cities.  Team  cham-­ pion  The  Edge  Swim  Team  of  Wil-­ liston  easily  outdistanced  runner-­up  Town  of  Essex  Swim  Team,  3,404  â€“  2,937.  Final  team  standings  after  that  were  Burlington  Tennis  Club,  2,155.50;Íž  Burlington  Country  Club,  1,474;Íž  and  the  Brattleboro  Swim  Team,  1,356.50.  St.  Albans  was  sev-­ enth  with  1,052.5  points. “Vergennes  swimmers  had  a  great  showing  at  the  state  swim  meet,â€?  said  team  representative  Julianna  Doherty. The  Champs  were  led  by  Tucker  MIDDLEBURY  â€”  John  Illig,  Stearns,  who  won  two  golds  in  the  GRACE  LEBEAU  COMES  up  for  air  while  competing  for  Vergennes  in  the  12-­and-­under  100-­yard  breast-­ Middlebury  College’s  men’s  and  age  10-­and-­under  events:  the  50-­ stroke  last  weekend. women’s  squash  coach,  died  Sunday  yard  freestyle  in  33.17  and  the  25-­ Photo  by  Jeff  Kaufman/St.  Albans  Messenger evening  of  catastrophic  injuries  sus-­ tained  in  a  fall  in  his  Lincoln  home  Saturday  night. In  an  email  to  the  college  commu-­ WEST  HAVEN  â€”  Jessey  Mueller  fourth  round  of  the  Northern  Modi-­ quickly  as  it  began,  as  the  engine  in  VSDUH EHIRUH WKH JUHHQ Ă€DJ 0XHOOHU nity,  Middlebury  College  President  left  the  crowd  speechless  at  Devil’s  ¿HG &KDOOHQJH 6HULHV ZLWK WKH ZLQ his  No.  19  Mueller  &  Sons  Heavy  pulled  his  car  onto  the  starting  grid. Ronald  D.  Liebowitz  called  Illig  â€œa  Bowl  Speedway  on  Friday  night,  and  was  joined  in  the  NASCAR  Duty  Towing  machine  blew  in  a  huge  $ UDQGRP GUDZ VHW WKH ÂżHOG SODF-­ generous,  thoughtful  and  fun-­loving  staging  a  spectacular  comeback  to  Whelen  All-­American  Series  victory  cloud  of  smoke  early  in  his  qualify-­ ing  Airborne  Park  Speedway  regu-­ man.â€?  Illig  began  leading  Middle-­ win  the  third  annual  C.J.  Richards  lane  during  the  evening  by  Bristol’s  ing  heat.  The  Mueller  team  located  lars  Nick  Heywood  and  Jayson  Criss  bury’s  squash  programs  in  the  fall  Memorial  presented  by  Carrara  Ma-­ Josh  Masterson,  Shawn  Duquette  and  purchased  a  spare  engine,  then  on  the  front  row.  Heywood  was  stout  of  2007,  when  he  also  became  the  sonry  &  Concrete.  The  19-­year-­old  and  Bobby  LaVair. set  to  work  in  making  the  change-­ in  the  early  going,  leading  the  open-­ VFKRROÂśV ÂżUVW YDUVLW\ PHQÂśV FRDFK from  Olmstedville,  N.Y.,  took  the  Mueller’s  night  almost  ended  as  over.  With  less  than  10  minutes  to  (See  Race,  Page  3B) “John  was  an  outstanding  squash  coach,  but  a  better  person  with  a  huge  heart  and  a  â€œHe was a passion  for  squash  gentle soul and  his  players,â€?  and will said  Middlebury  be greatly Director  of  Ath-­ missed by letics  Erin  Quinn.  many. He “He  was  a  gentle  has left an soul  and  will  be  LINCOLN/QUEBEC  â€”  Moun-­ indelible greatly  missed  by  tain  biker  Alison  Zimmer  of  Lincoln  mark on his many.  He  has  left  said  that  the  outcome  of  her  race  at  program at an  indelible  mark  the  UCI  Downhill  World  Cup  race  Middlebury.â€? on  his  program  at  in  Mount  Saint  Anne,  Quebec,  this  past  weekend  was  not  so  awesome.  â€” Erin Middlebury.â€? During  his  But  she  did  have  an  awesome  devel-­ Quinn seven  years  at  opment  in  her  professional  biking  Middlebury,  Illig  had  a  combined  career,  nevertheless.  mark  of  210-­121.  He  was  the  NE-­ USA  Cycling  last  Friday  an-­ SCAC  Coach  of  the  Year  in  2009.  nounced  that  Zimmer  would  be  one  Before  coming  to  Middlebury,  he  of  16  riders  on  the  U.S.  downhill  spent  11  years  at  Bates  College  and  team  at  the  2014  UCI  Mountain  ¿YH \HDUV DW &ROE\ &ROOHJH $OO WROG Bike  World  Championships,  which  in  23  years  of  coaching,  he  amassed  will  run  Sept.  2-­7  in  Hafjell,  Nor-­ 619  career  wins  (545  in  squash,  74  way.  Zimmer,  who  races  for  the  in  tennis).  His  former  players  have  Gravity  Racing-­Xprezo  team,  was  gone  on  to  serve  as  head  coaches  at  one  of  only  two  elite  women  chosen  Princeton,  Columbia  and  Wesleyan. for  the  team.  Zimmer  was  thrilled  to  In  a  message  to  the  Middlebury  ALISON  ZIMMER  OF  Lincoln  races  down  the  hill  in  Mount  Saint  Anne,  Quebec,  last  Friday  in  a  qualifying  get  the  news. squash  team  from  Trinity  squash  â€œThis  was  totally  unexpected,â€?  URXQG RI WKH 8&, 'RZQKLOO :RUOG &XS UDFH 6KH GLGQÂśW PDNH WKH ÂżQDO EXW VKH ZDV QDPHG WR WKH 8 6 WHDP for  the  mountain  bike  world  championships  based  on  earlier  performances. coach  Paul  Assaiante,  a  friend  and  she  said. Photo  by  Mandy  Loorham/Random  Start  Photography (See  Illig,  Page  3B)

College squash coach Illig dies after accident

After  a  quick  engine  swap,  driver  wins  Devil’s  Bowl  race

Two  locals  earn  silver  in  horseshoes BUFFALO,  N.Y.  â€”  Two  former  horseshoe  pitching  world  champi-­ ons  nearly  repeated  that  feat  and  several  other  members  of  Bristol’s  Sodbusters  Horseshoe  Club  also  had  very  strong  performances  at  the  World  Horseshoe  Tournament,  which  wrapped  up  a  two-­week  tour-­ nament  in  Buffalo  on  July  26. Brian  Simmons  won  the  Men’s  A  class  title  before  capturing  second  LQ WKH ÂżQDO FKDPSLRQ URXQG )HOORZ Bristol  resident  Debra  Brown  did  the  same  in  the  Women’s  A  class. In  winning  Men’s  Class  A,  Sim-­ mons  had  a  perfect  15-­0  record  in  head-­to-­head  competition  with  a  sizzling  85.5  percent  ringer  percent-­ age.  He  cooled  off  somewhat  in  the  championship  round,  hitting  80  per-­ cent  ringers  and  earnings  a  13-­2  re-­ cord  for  second  place  in  the  world. For  her  part,  Brown  went  11-­2  with  a  79.62  ringer  percentage  in  winning  her  class,  then  posted  a  14-­1  record  (79.92  ringer  percentage)  in  the  championship  round  to  place  second. Both  Simmons  and  Brown  won  IRU WKHLU VHFRQG SODFH ÂżQLVK in  the  championship  and  $500  apiece  for  winning  their  class. Two  other  Sodbusters  also  com-­ peted  in  the  championship  rounds.  After  claiming  6th  place  in  the  Junior  B  class,  Destinnie  Wilke  earned  third  place  in  the  Junior  Girls  Champion-­ ship  with  a  3-­2  record  and  a  42.97  ringer  percentage.  Georgia  McCor-­ mick  captured  9th  place  in  the  Wom-­ en’s  C  class  to  advance  to  the  Senior  Women’s  Championship  round,  where  she  got  eighth  place. Heather  Selleck  was  second  in  (See  Sodbusters,  Page  3B)

Zimmer  picked  for U.S.  biking  team Zimmer  has  until  Aug.  8  to  accept  the  spot  on  the  team  and  because  of  the  cost  and  because  she  is  in  the  midst  of  starting  up  her  own  physi-­ cal  therapy  business  and  caring  for  her  daughter  she  was  not  certain  she  could  make  it  to  the  world  competi-­ tion. Âł, DP WU\LQJ WR ÂżJXUH RXW WKH OR-­ gistics  of  how  I  can  go  to  Norway,â€?  she  said.  â€œThis  is  a  once-­in-­a-­life-­ time  opportunity,  especially  since  I  will  be  semi-­retiring  from  racing  next  year,  and  downhill  racing  will  be  minimal.  If  I  decide  to  go  I  am  going  to  set  up  a  Kickstarter/Indi-­ egogo  fundraiser  to  help  out.â€? Zimmer  was  named  to  the  team  EHFDXVH VKH ZDV ÂżUVW LQ 3UR *57 rankings  as  of  Aug.  1  because  of  strong  performances  this  summer. (See  Zimmer,  Page  3B)

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