July 11, 2013 b section

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ADDISON COUNTY INDEPENDENT

B Section

THURSDAY, Â JULY Â 11, Â 2013

MATT DICKERSON

SPORTS

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Legion baseball racks  up  victories By  MARSHALL  HASTINGS 0,''/(%85< ² $V WKH $PHUL-­ FDQ /HJLRQ EDVHEDOO VHDVRQ QHDUHG WKH PLGZD\ SRLQW $GGLVRQ &RXQW\ IDFHG D WRXJK WHVW D UHFHQW VWUHWFK RI ¿YH JDPHV LQ ¿YH GD\V $& UHVSRQGHG ZLWK IRXU ZLQV ZKLOH WKH ¿IWK JDPH ZDV VXVSHQGHG entering  the  ninth  inning.  Addison  was  set  to  visit  Montpelier  on  this  past  Tuesday  and  South  Burlington  the  next  day,  but  both  games  were  postponed  due  to  bad  weather. $& VWDUWHG WKH VWUHWFK ZLWK D YLF-­ WRU\ RYHU %XUOLQJWRQ DW KRPH RQ -XQH 2Q -XQH $GGLVRQ HDUQHG D YLFWRU\ DW 6 ' ,UHODQG DYHQJ-­ LQJ LWV RQO\ ORVV 2Q -XQH $& VZHSW YLVLWLQJ 2(& LQ D GRXEOHKHDG-­ HU DQG UXQQLQJ LWV OHDJXH UHFRUG WR 0RQGD\ -XO\ VDZ D KRPH JDPH YV (VVH[ FDOOHG DIWHU HLJKW LQQLQJV GXH WR GDUNQHVV (See  Baseball,  Page  3B)

VERMONT  VOYAGEUR  KYLE  Baker  tries  to  elude  a  U.S.A.  Development  Team  defender  during  box  lacrosse  action  in  Middlebury  Sunday.  Ver-­ mont  won  the  game,  9-­5.

Independent  photo/Trent  Campbell

Voyageurs’  trip  to  arena  seen  as  plus Games  could  spark  box  lax  in  Midd.

some  fans  for  an  early  afternoon  game  the  next  day. Voyageurs  general  manager  Jeff  &XUWLV VDLG WKH 6SRUWV &HQWHU VWDII ZDV ÂłYHU\ DFFRPPRGDWLQJ ´ WKDW KH DSSUHFLDWHG WKH HIIRUWV RI ORFDO RUJDQL]HUV 'DQ 0F,QWRVK DQG 7LP Hodson  for  bringing  the  Voyageurs  WR 0LGGOHEXU\ DQG KH ZRXOG OLNH D return  engagement.  â€œOverall,  we  were  very  pleased  with  the  event  and  we  hope  to  return  LQ WKH VXPPHU RI ´ &XUWLV VDLG in  an  email.  â€œThe  Memorial  Sports  &HQWHU LV D ÂżUVW FODVV PXQLFLSDO DUH-­ QD ZHOO HTXLSSHG IRU ER[ ODFURVVH , ZDV SOHDVHG ZLWK WKH DWWHQGDQFH RQ Saturday  evening.  We  generally  have  D GURS RII LQ DWWHQGDQFH RQ 6XQGD\ afternoon.  We  did  well  with  the  sales  RI 9R\DJHXUV EUDQGHG PHUFKDQGLVH VKLUWV KDWV DQG LQWURGXFWRU\ ER[ OD-­ FURVVH YLGHRV ´ Hodson  said  on  Saturday  night,  ZKHQ WKH 9R\DJHXUV WRRN RQ WKH 8QLWHG 6WDWHV ER[ ODFURVVH GHYHORS-­ mental  team,  the  arena’s  stands  were  ³KDOI WR WKUHH TXDUWHUV IXOO ´ ZKLOH there  were  fewer  fans  on  Sunday. 2I FRXUVH +RGVRQ VDLG WKHUH ZDV GHFHQW GD\WLPH ZHDWKHU ² JLY-­ ing  residents  outdoor  options  after  ZHHNV RI FORXGV DQG UDLQ ² ZKLFK may  have  also  played  a  role  in  the  lower  Sunday  numbers.  ³2I FRXUVH WKRVH ZHUH WKH WZR days  it  didn’t  rain  over  the  past  two  -$5(' %28'5($8 /()7 FXWV DFURVV WKH 0HPRULDO 6SRUWV &HQWHUÂśV FRQFUHWH Ă€RRU DQG ORRNV IRU D SDVV ZHHNV ´ KH VDLG %R[ ODFURVVH LV VLPLODU WR RXWGRRU from  teammate  Ethan  Farrell  during  a  Vermont  Voyageurs  box  lacrosse  game  in  Middlebury  Sunday. Independent  photo/Trent  Campbell (See  Voyageurs,  Page  2B)

next  summer.  The  Voyageurs’  senior  and  junior  By  ANDY  KIRKALDY FURVVH WHDP WR 0LGGOHEXU\ÂśV 0HPR-­ teams  played  a  series  of  games  at  the  0,''/(%85< ² 7KLV SDVW ULDO 6SRUWV &HQWHU ZHQW ZHOO HQRXJK 6SRUWV &HQWHU RQ 6DWXUGD\ DQG 6XQ-­ ZHHNHQGÂśV LQDXJXUDO YLVLW RI WKH WKDW WKH WHDPÂśV PDQDJHPHQW LV FRQ-­ GD\ GUDZLQJ D GHFHQW FURZG DW D Vermont  Voyageurs  semi-­pro  box  la-­ VLGHULQJ DQRWKHU ZHHNHQG ORQJ YLVLW pop  on  Saturday  night  and  at  least Â

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Sports BRIEFS Softball  players  are  league  stars

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Stone  wins  again  at  N.Y.  speedway SOUTH  PLATTSBURGH,  N.Y.  â€”  Middlebury  driver  Todd  Stone  on  Saturday  won  the  30-­lap  Ernie’s  7RROV 0RGLÂżHG UDFH DW 6RXWK 3ODWWV-­ burgh  Airborne  Speedway  to  extend  KLV 0RGLÂżHG VHULHV SRLQWV OHDG ,W was  Stone’s  fourth  win  of  the  season  in  the  series.  Stone  started  ninth  and  moved  into  third  on  a  lap-­nine  restart  after  a  six-­ FDU SLOH XS EURXJKW RXW WKH UHG Ă€DJ +H VRRQ IRXQG KLPVHOI LQ D GRJÂżJKW ZLWK .ULV 9HUQROG IRU VHFRQG EHKLQG leader  Pierre  Berthiaume.  Stone  FOHDUHG 9HUQROG RQ ODS DQG WKHQ VKRW XQGHU %HUWKLDXPHÂśV + PDFKLQH when  it  slid  high  exiting  turn  two  on  ODS )URP WKHUH 6WRQHÂśV * 6WRQH 0RWRUV [ ZDV QHYHU KHDGHG 9HUQROG JRW KRPH LQ VHFRQG -HVVH\ 0XHOOHU FDXJKW %HUWKLDXPH WR FODLP WKLUG ZLWK ÂżYH ODSV WR JR /HRQ *RQ\R ZDV D VWURQJ ÂżIWK


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