6DWXUGD\¶V 9W 1 + 6KULQH 0DSOH 6XJDU %RZO ZLOO KDYH D ORFDO ÀDYRU CASTLETON  —  Saturday’s  62nd  an- nual  Shrine  Maple  Sugar  Bowl  will  have  a  strong  local  angle:  Five  members  of  the  undefeated  Division  I  champion  Middle- bury  Union  High  School  football  team  were  named  to  the  2015  Vermont  squad,  and  two  PHPEHUV RI WKH ' ,, ¿QDOLVW 2WWHU 9DOOH\ squad  will  join  them  in  doing  battle  with  their  New  Hampshire  counterparts.
And  MUHS  Coach  Dennis  Smith  will  be  calling  the  shots  for  the  Vermont  team  when  WKH JDPH NLFNV RII DW &DVWOHWRQ 8QLYHUVLW\¶V Spartan  Stadium  at  5:30  p.m.  on  Saturday. 9HUPRQW ZLOO EH VHHNLQJ LWV ¿UVW ZLQ VLQFH 2000  in  a  series  in  which  New  Hampshire  holds  an  overall  lead  of  46-Â13-Â2.  In  the  2014  game,  also  played  at  Castleton  because  of  ongoing  renovations  to  the  game’s  tradi-Â
tional  home  at  Dartmouth  College’s  Alumni  Stadium,  New  Hampshire  prevailed,  42-Â6.  From  the  two-Âtime  defending  champion  Tigers,  Cullen  Hathaway,  Connor  Quinn,  Bobby  Ritter,  Austin  Robinson  and  Justin  Stone  made  the  Vermont  team.  From  the  Otters,  Adam  Sherwin  and  John  Winslow  were  chosen.  Double  sessions  for  the  teams  were  set  to Â
start  at  Castleton  on  this  past  Saturday.  Game  day  festivities  will  start  with  a  3  p.m.  parade  featuring  units  from  Shrine  Centers  throughout  New  England,  Eastern  &DQDGD DQG 1HZ <RUN DQG LQFOXGLQJ DQ DOO star  high  school  band  made  up  of  over  80  musicians  from  high  schools  in  both  states  and  cheerleaders  for  both  teams. 3URFHHGV IURP WKH JDPH EHQH¿W UHJLRQDO
Shrine  hospitals.  According  to  the  Shrine  Maple  Sugar  Bowl  website,  in  61  years  the  game  has  raised  $4.5  million.  *HQHUDO DGPLVVLRQ WLFNHWV IRU WKH JDPH are  on  sale  at  outlets  throughout  New  Hampshire  and  Vermont  for  $10.  On  game  GD\ WLFNHWV ZLOO FRVW 7LFNHWV DUH DOVR DYDLODEOH DW 1042  or  at  shrinemaplesugarbowl.com.
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THURSDAY, Â JULY Â 30, Â 2015
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...and  another  thought  or  two  on soccer  &  the  Sox A  few  thoughts  on  soccer  and  the  sorry  state  of  the  Sox,  left  behind  in  Vermont  while  the  author  lounges  on  the  beaches  of  southern  New  England  (or  in  movie  theaters,  depending  on  the  weather). First,  one  last  visit  to  the  womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  soccer  World  Cup.  A  lot  of  credit  for  the  U.S.  teamâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  late  surge  was  given  to  the  tactical  switch  in  the  forma- tion  that  allowed  Carli  Lloyd  more  offensive  freedom,  and  no  doubt  that  played  a  role  in  the  successful  Cup  run. However,  that  change  also  coin- cided  with  Coach  Jill  Ellis  choos- ing  to  bench  all-Âtime  team  leading  scorer  Abby  Wambach,  and  that  decision  might  have  been  an  even  greater  factor.  Wambach,  at  35  still  a  bril- liant  player  and  ¿QLVKHU FRXOG QR ORQJHU UXQ ZLWK KHU incredibly  athletic  teammates.  Her  SUHVHQFH RQ WKH ¿HOG XQWLO WKH &KLQD TXDUWHU¿QDO KDG SURYHQ WR EH D ZHDN OLQN LQ GHSOR\LQJ WKH KLJK SUHVVXUH TXLFN VWULNH VW\OH WKDW EHVW VXLWHG WKH teamâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  roster.  It  was  not  a  coincidence  the  U.S.  Womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  National  Team  came  alive  late  in  the  tournament  with  Wambach  OHDGLQJ WKH FKHHUV QRW WKH DWWDFN At  the  same  time,  major  credit  to  Wambach  for  accepting  what  was  EHVW IRU WKH WHDP DV GLI¿FXOW DV WKDW must  have  been.  Class  through  and  through,  for  her  and  for  her  team- mates  in  recognizing  her  leadership  and  allowing  her  to  jointly  hoist  the  trophy. And  couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  the  USWNT  have  lent  Lloyd  to  the  USMNT  for  the  Ja- PDLFD *ROG &XS JDPH ODVW ZHHN" 7KH PHQ FRXOGQ¶W ¿QLVK D VHQWHQFH Now,  onto  the  Sox.  First  a  minor  gripe.  For  years,  Major  League  Base- ball  scouts  have  been  saying  Red  Sox  SLWFKHU -RH .HOO\¶V VWXII PLJKW PDNH him  a  valuable  bullpen  arm.  After  the  July  22  game  in  which  he  allowed  three  homers  and  four  earned  runs  in  5.1  innings,  Kelly,  now  27,  had  start- (See  Kirkaldy,  Page  3B)
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Champs,  Marlins  make  mark  in  league  swim  meet Sodbustersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;  Brown  is  world  champion ESSEX  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  The  Vergennes  Champs  and  Middlebury  Marlins  swim  teams  both  had  some  strong  individual  and  relay  performance  at  this  past  ZHHNHQG¶V &KDPSODLQ 9DOOH\ 6ZLP League  Championship  Meet,  which  was  held  Friday  and  Saturday  at  the  Sand  Hill  Pool  in  Essex. 7KH 9HUJHQQHV WHDP HDUQHG ¿IWK place  with  714.5  points  and  Middle- bury  was  right  behind  in  sixth  place  with  681.5  points.  The  Edge  Swim  Club  of  Willis- ton,  the  defending  state  champions,  won  the  eight-Âteam  meet  with  2,714  points,  followed  by  the  Town  of  Essex  Swim  Team  (2,006.5),  Bur- lington  Tennis  Club  (1,751.5)  and  Burlington  Country  Club  (944).  St.  Albans  garnered  632  points  and  :LQRRVNL WDOOLHG Vergennes,  which  moved  up  from  sixth  place  last  year,  was  named  Most  Improved  Team.  The  Champs  boasted  only  one  champion  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  Noah  Konczal  won  the  10-Âand-Âunder  boys  \DUG EUHDVWVWURNH ² EXW WKH\ DOVR scored  a  number  of  critical  second-  DQG WKLUG SODFH ¿QLVKHV IURP :LOO &ODUN &DUO\Q 5DSRSRUW 0D[ 5DW- WL %LFNQHOO $QQD 5DNRZVNL 1DWH Muzzy,  Noah  Engvall  and  Olivia  +DZNLQV Two  Vergennes  relays  earned  sec- ond  place:  girls  U-Â12  free  relay  team  $ 5DNRZVNL (PPD +XHVWLV -RU- dan  Jewell  and  Grace  LeBeau)  and  boys  U-Â10  free  relay  team  (Nate  0X]]\ &DOGHU 5DNRZVNL .RQF]DO
DQG 3DUNHU .D\KDUW Vergennes  Swim  Team  Presi- GHQW 0DUWKD .HQ¿HOG UHFHLYHG WKH CVSLâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  Allen  Cummings  Most  Valuable  Supporter  Award. The  Marlins  saw  one  swimmer  claim  two  titles:  11-Âyear-Âold  Thom-Â
as  Denton  won  the  U-Â12  100-Âyard  individual  medley  and  the  50-Âyard  Ã&#x20AC;\ 2WKHU 0LGGOHEXU\ ZLQQHUV ZHUH Mary  Ann  Eastman  (U-Â14  girls  200  IUHH (OOLH 5RVV 8 JLUOV Ã&#x20AC;\ $LGDQ &KDQFH 8 ER\V EDFN and  Fraser  Milligan  (U-Â12  boys  100 Â
free). Earning  seconds  and  thirds  for  the  Marlins  were  Nora  Wootten,  Court- ney  White,  Kess  Moulton,  Eastman  and  Ross  on  the  girlsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;  side,  and,  for  the  boys,  Charlie  Hodson,  Chance,  (See  Swimming,  Page  2B)
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Bristol  woman  claims  horseshoe  title BRISTOL  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  The  top  two  athletes  in  the  local  Sodbusters  Horseshoe  Pitching  Club  are  pitching  well  this  season  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  so  ZHOO WKDW WKLV SDVW ZHHNHQG RQH left  the  World  Horseshoe  Pitch- ing  Championships  as  the  winner  in  her  division  and  the  other  as  runner-Âup  in  his. Debra  Brown  is  the  new  Wom- enâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  World  Horseshoe  Pitching  Champion  and  Brian  Simmons  is  the  runner-Âup  in  the  menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  world  competition.  The  Bristol  residents  earned  those  titles  at  the  compe- WLWLRQ WKDW ZUDSSHG XS LQ 7RSHND Kan.,  on  Saturday.  Both  have  won  world  titles  in  the  past. $W ODVW ZHHN¶V FRPSHWLWLRQ %URZQ ORVW KHU ¿UVW PDWFK LQ WKH ¿QDO URXQG EXW WKHQ ZRQ 13  of  the  next  14  matches  to  claim  the  title  with  an  overall  13-Â2  re- FRUG $ UHPDUNDEOH SHUFHQW of  the  922  shoes  she  tossed  in  the  championship  were  ringers.  She  held  off  Joan  Elmore  of  Tennessee  in  her  penultimate  match,  hitting  81.5  percent  ringers;;  Elmore  was  runner-Âup  in  the  competition. Simmons  lost  to  his  old  foe  Alan  Francis  of  Ohio,  who  has Â
won  multiple  world  titles.  Francis  threw  an  outrageous  88.41  per- cent  ringers  in  the  competition.  No  slouch  himself,  Simmons  had  the  second-Âbest  ringer  percentage  at  80.68  percent.  Simmons  fell  to  Francis  in  the  last  match  of  the  competition,  42-Â30;;  Simmonsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;  12-Âpoint  defeat  was  the  closest  margin  of  victory  that  Francis  saw  DOO ZHHN Brown  and  Simmons  got  a  warm-Âup  for  the  world  champi- onship  at  a  July  12  tournament  in  Bristol,  when  the  Sodbusters  Horseshoe  Pitching  Club  hosted  85  participants  in  its  Fatherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  Day  2SHQ PDNH XS WRXUQDPHQW 6LP- PRQV GRPLQDWHG WKH ¿HOG ZLQ- ning  the  Class  A  competition  with  a  perfect  7-Â0  record;;  he  threw  ringers  on  82.14  percent  of  his  pitches. Sodbusters  Horseshoe  Club  will  host  the  Vermont  PreState  tournament  at  its  courts  behind  the  American  Legion  hall  in  Bris- tol  on  this  Sunday,  Aug.  2.  As  of  HDUO\ WKLV ZHHN PRUH WKDQ SDU- ticipants  were  signed  up  for  the  event. (See  Sodbusters,  Page  3B)