Jan. 17, 2013 - Section B

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Gymnastics team splits two meets By  ANDY  KIRKALDY M I LT O N  â€”  The  Middlebury  Union  High  School  gymnastics  team  split  a  pair  of  recent  meets,  including  a  road  win  that  was  WKH 7LJHUVÂś ÂżUVW RI WKH ZLQWHU RQ Tuesday,  when  they  faced  a  com-­ parable  Division  II  program  for  WKH ÂżUVW WLPH On  Tuesday,  the  Tigers  edged  host  Milton,  97.55-­94.2,  while  on  Saturday  visiting  St.  John-­ sbury  edged  them,  108.3-­ 101.5. But  Tiger  coach  Terri  Phelps  said  she  was  just Â

as  happy  with  her  team’s  per-­ formance  vs.  the  Hilltoppers  at  KRPH DV VKH ZDV YV WKH <HOORZ-­ jackets  on  the  road.  â€œSaturday’s  team  score  was  our  highest  of  the  season,  and  almost  everyone  posted  personal  bests  on  one  or  more  events,â€?  said  Phelps,  a  former  program  head  who  returned  to  lead  the  team  this  season. Given  that  there  are  no  divi-­ sions  in  Vermont  gymnastics  and  the  Tigers  will  ultimately  compete  against  year-­round  club  gymnasts  in  the  state  meet,  the  team’s  coaches  have  always  em-­

phasized  improvement  and  love  of  the  sport.  Phelps  is  most  excited  that  those  goals  are  being  met.  â€œAt  mid-­season,  the  kids  now  have  the  strength  to  perform  new  skills  they’ve  been  working  on  all  season,  especially  on  bars  and  Ă€RRU ´ VKH VDLG As  for  the  other  primary  goal? “The  team  is  very  supportive  of  each  other,  as  well  as  of  the  other  teams  we  compete  against,â€?  Phelps  said.  â€œWe’ve  been  having  fun  since  day  one.â€? ST.  J,  108.3-­101.5 On  Saturday,  the  visiting  Hill-­

toppers’  Mariah  Adam  won  four  RI ÂżYH ÂżUVW SODFHV WR OHDG KHU team  to  the  seven-­point  win.  Junior  Lindsay  Wells  won  on  the  beam  and  took  three  third-­ SODFH ÂżQLVKHV DQG D IRXUWK WR lead  MUHS,  while  Hannah  Stoll  picked  up  second-­,  third-­  DQG IRXUWK SODFH ÂżQLVKHV In  the  vault,  Adam  won  with  8.25  points,  and  Wells  and  Stoll  tied  for  third  at  7.75.  On  the  bars,  Adam  won  with  an  8.2,  Wells  was  third  DW DQG 7LJHUV $QQHNH (See  Gymnastics,  Page  2B)

KAYLA Â EVANS

ADDISON COUNTY INDEPENDENT

B Section

THURSDAY, Â JANUARY Â 17, Â 2013

MATT DICKERSON

SPORTS

CHRIS Â RYAN

ALSO IN THIS SECTION:

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On  delight  and being  outdoors My  wife  and  I  love  the  way  that  certain  animals  play.  She  is  especial-­ ly  fond  of  ravens,  and  delights  to  read  accounts  or  watch  videos  of  their  frolicking.  They  have  been  known  to  sled  on  their  bellies  and  wings  GRZQ VQRZ\ KLOOV RU UHSHDWHGO\ Ă€\ over  big  chimneys  in  the  winter  and  tumble  head-­over-­wing  in  the  up-­ draft.  They  seem  also  to  like  playing  tricks  on  people,  even  when  the  trick  has  no  prac-­ tical  advantage  to  them.  As  for  me,  I  prefer  otters.  But  my  reasons  are  the  same;Íž  I  love  them  because  of  their  notorious  playfulness.  When  hunting  is  slow,  I  also  enjoy  watching  gray  squirrels  chase  each  other  up  and  down  and  around  trees,  or  leaping  from  branch  to  branch,  in  what  appears  to  be  a  grand  high  speed  (and  high  altitude)  game  of  tag.  Of  course  the  kings  of  playfulness  are  puppies  and  kittens  (and  some-­ times  dogs,  and  on  rarer  occasions  cats).  We  have  a  new  puppy  in  our  house.  His  favorite  toy  is  a  rope  with  a  knot  on  both  ends.  It  is  called  â€œtug.â€?  If  you  ask  Coda  to  â€œfetch  tugâ€?  â€”  and  sometimes  even  if  you  don’t  ask  him  â€”  he  will  search  the  room  until  he  ¿QGV LW DQG WKHQ FRPH RYHU IRU D JDPH of  tug-­of-­war.  If  you  stop  playing,  he  will  set  tug  on  your  lap  and  then  grab  it  again,  often  along  with  part  of  your  lap,  just  to  get  your  attention. I  have  also  watched  full-­grown  ti-­ gers  play  with  huge  beach  balls  in  a  zoo.  And  a  friend  of  ours  had  a  young  horse  who  liked  to  play  ball  also,  kicking  it  around  the  pasture  and  chasing  it.  Some  animals,  it  seems,  just  like  to  play.  Smarter  animals  es-­ pecially  are  fond  of  play.  Playfulness  is,  perhaps,  a  sign  of  intelligence. Now  I  was  recently  reading  some  (See  Dickerson,  Page  4B)

ScoreBOARD

HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS Boys’ Basketball 1/15  MUHS  vs.  Milton   ........................  61-­32 COLLEGE SPORTS Men’s Basketball 1/15  Midd.  vs.  Castleton   .....................54-­38 Women’s Basketball 1/15  Colby-­Sawyer  vs.  Midd.   ..............71-­62

Schedule

HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS Girls’ Hockey 1/19  MUHS  at  Brattleboro   ...........  2:45  p.m. 1/26  Harwood  at  MUHS   ...............  4:45  p.m. Boys’ Hockey 1/19  MUHS  at  Rutland   ......................  7  p.m. 1/23  BFA  at  MUHS   ...........................  7  p.m. 1/26  CVU  at  MUHS   ..........................  7  p.m. Boys’ Basketball 1/18  OV  at  Proctor   ........................7:30  p.m. 1/19  MUHS  at  Mill  River   ..............  2:30  p.m. 1/19  Mt.  Abe  at  OV   ......................  7:30  p.m. 1/21  OV  at  Woodstock   .................  7:30  p.m. 1/23  VUHS  at  Milton   .........................  7  p.m. 1/23  Missisquoi  at  MUHS   .................  7  p.m. 1/23  Mt.  Abe  at  St.  Albans   ...........  7:30  p.m. 1/26  Fair  Haven  at  MUHS   ...........  2:30  p.m. 1/26  OV  at  Burr  &  Burton   .............  3:30  p.m.

(See  Schedule,  Page  4B)

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Women’s hockey earns  key  tie,  victory 0,''/(%85< ² 7KH 0LGGOH-­ bury  College  women’s  hockey  team  picked  up  a  tie  and  a  win  at  home  this  past  weekend  vs.  fellow  NESCAC  title  contender  Amherst.  The  Panthers,  ranked  No.  4  in  last  week’s  NCAA  Division  III  poll,  im-­ SURYHG WR RYHUDOO DQG LQ NESCAC  play.  They  will  next  play  a  weekend  VHULHV DW %RZGRLQ ZLWK ÂżUVW SODFH on  the  line:  On  Friday  and  Saturday  Middlebury  visits  the  Polar  Bears,  ZKR DUH RYHUDOO DQG LQ league  play.  On  this  past  Friday,  Amherst’s  Erin  Martin  scored  with  just  31  sec-­ onds  left  to  give  the  Jeffs  (7-­5-­1,  5-­2-­ 1  NESCAC)  a  1-­1  tie  at  Middlebury.  Martin’s  score  came  after  Amherst  pulled  its  goalie.  ,Q WKH ÂżUVW SHULRG 0LGGOHEXU\ (See  Hockey,  Page  3B)

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Tiger  boys’  hoop  improves  to  7-­2

MILTON  â€”  The  Middlebury  Union  High  School  boys’  basketball  team  rode  a  fast  start  on  Tuesday  to  a  YLFWRU\ RYHU KRVW 0LOWRQ The  Tigers  took  a  20-­2  lead  after  WKH ÂżUVW SHULRG DV &RQQRU &ROOLQV scored  10  of  his  team-­high  15  points  LQ WKH ÂżUVW HLJKW PLQXWHV Tyler  Provencher  added  14  points  for  MUHS,  and  nine  Tigers  scored  DJDLQVW WKH <HOORZMDFNHWV MUHS  improved  to  7-­2,  and  ac-­ FRUGLQJ WR XQRIÂżFLDO VWDQGLQJV RQ the  Vermont  Principals  Association  website  they  are  in  third  place  in  Di-­ vision  I.   They  are  set  to  play  at  Mill  River  on  Saturday  and  host  Lake  Division  rival  Missisquoi  on  Wednesday.

Wins  hip-­hop  as  success  continues By  ANDY  KIRKALDY Also  competing  were  BFA-­St.  Al-­ JERICHO  â€”  The  Middlebury  EDQV 6SULQJÂżHOG DQG Union  High  School  dance  team  on  0LVVLVTXRL 6DWXUGD\ DW 0RXQW 0DQVÂżHOG FRQ-­ Scores  in  the  individual  disci-­ tinued  its  dominance  of  the  hip-­ plines  were  as  follows:  hop  category,  but  after  taking  third  Jazz: in  jazz  were  edged  for  the  overall  0RXQW 0DQVÂżHOG WLWOH E\ /DPRLOOH ZKLFK ÂżQLVKHG D 2.  Lamoille,  217.75. strong  second  in  both  the  hip-­hop  3.  MUHS,  202.25. and  jazz  categories.  %)$ 6W $OEDQV +RVW 0RXQW 0DQVÂżHOG ZRQ WKH 6SULQJÂżHOG MD]] WLWOH DQG ÂżQLVKHG WKLUG RYHUDOO Hip-­hop: while  Burr  &  Burton  won  the  pom  1.  MUHS,  231.25. FDWHJRU\ DQG ÂżQLVKHG IRXUWK LQ KLS 2.  Lamoille,  219.5. hop  and  took  fourth  overall.  0RXQW 0DQVÂżHOG The  Tigers  were  coming  off  over-­ 4.  Burr  &  Burton,  184. all  and  hip-­hop  titles  in  a  competi-­ 5.  BFA,  143.5. tion  at  Mount  Anthony  the  weekend  0LVVLVTXRL before.  6SULQJÂżHOG The  overall  standings  in  Jericho  Pom: were  Lamoille,  437.25;Íž  MUHS,  1.  Burr  &  Burton,  201. 433.5;Íž  MMU,  419.5;Íž  and  Burr  &  2.  Missisquoi,  144.5. Burton,  385. Â

VUHS  indoor  track  athletes  win  events By  ANDY  KIRKALDY BURLINGTON  â€”  Members  of  the  Vergennes  Union  High  School  indoor  track  team  won  three  events  on  Saturday  at  the  Univer-­ sity  of  Vermont  while  placing  in  seven  others. The  strong  showing  allowed  the  &RPPRGRUH ER\VÂś WHDP WR ÂżQLVK ÂżIWK RXW RI WHDPV FRPSHWLQJ while  the  Commodore  girls  took  10th  out  of  22  squads.  Senior  Jon  Welch  sparked  the Â

VUHS  boys’  team  by  winning  the  55-­meter  dash,  taking  second  in  the  55-­meter  hurdles,  and  anchor-­ LQJ WKH &RPPRGRUHVÂś ÂżUVW SODFH four-­by-­200-­meter  relay  team.  Also  running  on  that  relay  team  were  Sebby  Crowell,  Chris  Cas-­ tillo  and  Lane  Kessler.  Sophomore  shot-­putter  Ally  Stearns  broke  through  to  win  that  event  and  lead  the  girls’  efforts,  while  senior  Abbey  Baker  contrib-­ (See  Track,  Page  3B)

Sports BRIEFS

Men’s  hockey  falls  to  Plattsburgh,  7-­1 Â

08+6 ZUHVWOLQJ FRPSHWHV LQ VHULHV RI 1 < GXDO PHHWV (//(1%85* '(327 1 < ² The  Middlebury  Union  High  School  wrestling  team  won  once  in  a  half-­ dozen  dual  meets  against  tough  New  <RUN FRPSHWLWLRQ DW WKH 1RUWKHUQ Adirondack  Central  School  (NAC)  on  Saturday.  Tiger  wrestlers  Tyler  LaPlant  at  220  pounds  and  Skyler  Shute  at  170  had  the  best  days,  winning  four  times  HDFK -DPHV :KLWOH\ DW ZRQ twice,  and  Walter  Odell  (285),  Chris  Gobbi  and  Gabe  LaBerge  (195),  Nate  Gebo  (99)  and  Jakob  Trautwein  (182)  also  picked  up  wins  in  contest-­ ed  matches.

Beekmantown  defeated  the  Tigers,  In  contested  matches: ‡ $W SRXQGV 7UHQW &RRN % defeated  Gebo,  M,  5-­2. ‡ $W 0LNH &DUWHH % SLQQHG Kyle  Desabrais,  M,  in  1:49. ‡ $W -RQ *UD]LDQH % SLQQHG Whitley,  M,  in  0:45. ‡ $W 6KXWH 0 GHIHDWHG Cody  LaPlante,  B,  7-­4. ‡ $W *DJH %RXUGHDX % GH-­ feated  Trautwein,  5-­4. ‡ $W %UDQGRQ 'HID\HWWH % defeated  LaBerge,  4-­2. (See  Wrestling,  Page  3B)

PLATTSBURGH  â€”  Host  Platts-­ burgh  dealt  the  Middlebury  College  men’s  hockey  team  a  7-­1  setback  on  Friday  night,  dropping  the  Panthers  to  5-­7-­2  with  their  sixth  loss  in  their  past  seven  games.  The  Panthers  will  look  to  get  back  on  track  this  weekend  when  they  host  Colby  and  Bowdoin  on  Friday  and  Saturday,  respectively. The  Panthers  got  their  lone  goal  LQ WKH ÂżUVW SHULRG ZKHQ WKH\ ZHUH trailing  2-­0.  Evan  Neugold  scored  his  fourth  of  the  season  with  1:51  re-­ maining  in  the  period.  Louis  Belisle  SLFNHG XS KLV ÂżIWK DVVLVW RI WKH \HDU on  the  goal. Plattsburgh  added  three  goals  in  the  second  and  two  more  in  the  third  WR VHDO WKH ZLQ /LDP 0RRUÂżHOG <HH (12  saves),  Nick  BonDurant  (13  saves)  and  Michael  Peters  (11  saves)  all  saw  action  in  net  for  the  Panthers.  Mathieu  Cadieux  made  18  saves  in  net  for  Plattsburgh,  who  held  a  43-­19  shots  advantage  in  the  game. Â

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