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THURSDAY, JULY 2, 2015
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Baseball players earn recognition
ADDISON COUNTY — Several local high school baseball players earned postseason recognition from either the Marble Valley League B Division or the Metro Conference. Otter Valley’s John Winslow was named an MVL B Division FirstTeam All-Star, while his teammate Emmett Thurston earned Honorable Mention. Mount Abraham’s Ernie Brouillard and Mike Jerome received Metro Honorable Mention, as did Hunter O’Connor from Vergennes.
Boys’ lax leagues honor local stars ADDISON COUNTY — Seven local high school lacrosse players received postseason all-state Division I or II recognition for their efforts this spring. Four of the senior athletes who helped the Middlebury team reach the D-I final were honored. Defenders Austin Robinson and Justin Stone were named first-team D-I all-stars, while attacker Connor Quinn and midfielder Bobby Ritter made the D-I second team. In D-II, Vergennes junior attacker Tyler Crowningshield was picked for the second team, while Mount Abraham senior midfielder Gus Catlin and VUHS junior defender Jeb Hodsden earned honorable mention.
In full swing
Area athletes are softball all-stars
TENNIS BEGINNERS HIT the courts in Middlebury earlier this week for the recreation department’s “Little Aces” tennis camp for kids ages six to nine. Pictured are, clockwise from above, Ronan Young, Nora Wilson, Piper Farnsworth and Nate Yoder.
ADDISON COUNTY — Members of the Mount Abraham, Vergennes, Otter Valley and Middlebury union high school softball teams were all well represented on either the Metro Conference or Marble Valley League A Division All-Star Teams. Named to the Metro second team were Taylor Bresnick, Tamara Aunchman, KC Ambrose, Kayla Charron and Nicole Stearns from VUHS; Mary-Kate Clark and Rachael McCormick from Mount Abe; and Hannah Lawrence from MUHS. Earning Metro Honorable Mention were Commodore Jaymee Fulcher and Eagles Kelsey Haskins, Kendra Thompson, Ashley Boise, Dani Forand, Brooke Perlee, Anna Hauman and Katelynn Ouellette. Two Otters were named first-team MVL A Division All-Stars, Laura Beth Roberts and Megan Santell, while Amy Jones and Maia Edmunds earned Honorable Mention.
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MATT DICKERSON
Fishing brings people together I am often amazed at the connections that happen through fishing. Indeed, “connections” is too sterile a word. They can be profoundly serendipitous, community-building, and often lifelong. Fishing is about connections. The most obvious one is between human and fish. A classic blessing among anglers is “tight lines” — a quick way of saying, “may you often find yourself connected to a fish.” Sometimes we find ourselves connected to other things as well. The bottom of the river. Overhead branches. Other anglers. Two weeks ago my friend Dave O’Hara was fishing in South Dakota and his friend lost his fishing rod. A week later Dave was back fishing the same river two hundred yards downstream, and to his amazement he accidentally snagged the lost rod. The level of connectedness and serendipity in that catch is hard to fathom. I have mentioned in this space the community that exists in groups like the New Haven River Anglers Association, or various chapters of Trout Unlimited. These folks initially came together because of common love of fishing, but friendships have grown that extend far beyond the stream (See Dickerson, Page 3B)
Legion improves; still seeks wins By ANDY KIRKALDY SOUTH BURLINGTON — The Addison County American Legion baseball team dropped three more games away from home late last week to fall to 0-6, with all the losses on the road. AC had hoped to enjoy its home opener on the Middlebury College
field on Sunday, but rain washed out a scheduled doubleheader vs. Franklin County. That twin bill has been rescheduled to July 19 at 11 a.m. Despite the three losses, by 3-2 to Franklin County on June 18 and by 6-4 and 4-0 to South Burlington on Saturday, Coach Mike Estey said he sees signs his team is improving on
the mound and in the field after experiencing more one-sided setbacks the weekend before. “We’re coming around. We’re better than we were the first week of play,” Estey said. “We’re slowly getting better.” Against Franklin County, Aaron (See Baseball, Page 2B)
Essex outswims Marlins despite several multiple-victory efforts ESSEX — Despite some strong individual efforts by Middlebury Marlins swimmers on Tuesday, host Town of Essex Swim Team won 16 of 18 contested relay races on the way to a 354-115 victory.
For the Marlins, Channing Brush won three eight-and-under girls’ races, and Oliver Poduschnick prevailed in three U-12 boys’ events. Aidan Chance added two U-10 (See Marlins, Page 2B)
County racers battle for top at Devil’s Bowl WEST HAVEN — Middlebury’s Todd Stone edged Steve Miller of Vergennes in the 30-lap Central Vermont Motorcycles Late Model division feature race at Devil’s Bowl Speedway on Friday. Stone, the former Modified division track champion, claimed his first 2015 victory after taking the lead from Miller on a Lap 14 restart. He then held off Miller and others after a final restart with five laps remaining. Miller, returning to racing this summer after several years away from the sport, scored his best 2015 finish by withstanding challenges from Bobby Therrien and Robert Bryant Jr. in the final laps. Therrien finished third in his first Devil’s Bowl appearance of the season, fol-
lowed by Bryant and Bristol’s Josh Masterson. In the 35-lap Bond Auto Parts Modified feature, Chazy, N.Y., driver Leon Gonyo cruised to the win, his first at Devil’s Bowl this summer, but another local driver, Brandon’s Vince Quenneville Jr., had a strong effort. Quenneville sliced his way through traffic to finish as the runner-up, while series point leader Ron Charlton of New York took third place. Robert Gordon of Milton made it three wins on the year in the 20-lap Brileya’s Chrysler-Jeep Renegade division feature. For the second week in a row, Gordon stole the victory away in the final stages of (See Devil’s Bowl, Page 3B)
TODD STONE OF Middlebury won the Central Vermont Motorcycles Late Model division race at Devil’s Bowl Speedway last Friday night.
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