June 11, 2015 — B section

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ADDISON COUNTY INDEPENDENT

B Section

THURSDAY, Â JUNE Â 11, Â 2015

MATT DICKERSON

SPORTS

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Fishing  in  Vermont,   scratching  an  itch It  was  Friday  morning,  and  we’d  MXVW ORDGHG RXU ÂżVKLQJ JHDU LQWR WKH car,  but  neither  of  us  had  a  preference  for  any  particular  stretch  of  river.  As  I  sat  behind  the  steering  wheel  in  my  driveway  trying  to  decide  which  way  WR JR , VXJJHVWHG SLNH ÂżVKLQJ LQ 2W-­ ter  Creek,  probably  from  my  canoe.  But  my  close  friend  Dave  O’Hara,  who  sat  in  the  passenger’s  seat,  QL[HG WKH LGHD 'DYH ZDV YLVLWLQJ from  eastern  South  Dakota,  where  there  are  plenty  of  oppor-­ tunities  for  pike,  as  well  as  wall-­ eye  and  perch,  but  no  mountain  trout  streams  within  several  hundred  miles.  He  was  in  Vermont  for  only  a  couple  weeks  auditing  a  class  on  ocean  and  coastal  law  at  Vermont  Law  School  in  South  Royalton,  and  what  he  was  really  longing  to  do  was  stand  in  a  FROG PRXQWDLQ VWUHDP DQG FDVW Ă€LHV for  brook  trout.  He  didn’t  even  par-­ ticularly  need  to  catch  one;Íž  he  simply  wanted  to  be  in  a  stream  where  brook  trout  lived,  ate  and  bred.  He  had  a  YHU\ SDUWLFXODU LWFK WKDW SLNH ÂżVKLQJ would  not  scratch. I  didn’t  argue  with  him.  Though  I  0,''/(%85< 81,21 +,*+ 6FKRRO VHQLRU %REE\ 5LWWHU UDFHV WRZDUG WKH (VVH[ JRDO EHIRUH VFRULQJ WKH ÂżUVW RI KLV WZR JRDOV GXULQJ 7XHVGD\ÂśV might  have,  if  we’d  had  the  conver-­ sation  on  Monday  evening  instead  'LYLVLRQ , VHPLÂżQDO JDPH 5LWWHU DOVR VFRUHG WR WLH WKH JDPH ZLWK VHFRQGV OHIW LQ UHJXODWLRQ ,QGHSHQGHQW SKRWRV 7UHQW &DPSEHOO of  Friday  morning.  That  was  when  I  logged  onto  Facebook  and  saw  the  photo  of  Brian  â€œLugâ€?  Cadoret  hold-­ ing  a  40.75-­inch  pike  he’d  caught  in  Otter  Creek  in  downtown  Middle-­ EXU\ FDVWLQJ Ă€LHV IURP KLV -DFNVRQ Âł%LJ 5LJ´ ÂżVKLQJ ND\DN 7KH ÂżVK was  a  monster,  with  the  sort  of  gut  that  would  make  a  beer  league  soft-­ EDOO SOD\HU MHDORXV WKH W\SH RI ÂżVK that  makes  me  afraid  to  go  swim-­ By  ANDY  KIRKALDY On  Thursday,  MUHS  will  be  seek-­ ming  in  lakes.  (“Pike  have  700  0,''/(%85< ² :LWK WR JR ing  the  program’s  eighth  title.  CVU  teeth,â€?  Brian  noted,  doing  nothing  to  in  Tuesday’s  Division  I  boys’  lacrosse  â€”  which  defeated  the  Tigers  twice  dispel  that  fear.) VHPLÂżQDO RQ 0LGGOHEXU\ &ROOHJHÂśV this  spring,  13-­10  on  April  29  and  $QG DV ELJ DV WKDW ÂżVK ZDV LW $OXPQL )LHOG (VVH[ DWWDFNHU +HQU\ 13-­9  on  May  22  â€”  will  go  after  its  wasn’t  the  only  one  Brian  caught  this  Adams  bounced  home  his  third  goal  WKLUG VWUDLJKW FURZQ DQG VL[WK RYHUDOO month,  or  even  the  largest.  It  was  the  of  the  game  to  give  his  fourth-­seeded  Quinn  said  the  Tigers  are  thrilled  (See  Dickerson,  Page  3B) team  a  10-­8  lead. to  help  bring  the  program  The  Tigers  then  made  a  â€œSometimes we back  to  prominence.  The  series  of  clutch  plays  that  come out ready DSSHDUDQFH LQ WKH ÂżQDO culminated  with  senior  in the third, and comes  after  two  straight  attacker  Connor  Quinn’s  other times we VHPLÂżQDO YLVLWV EXW DV strike  with  2.8  seconds  left  play like this. We recently  as  2011  MUHS  LQ WKH ÂżUVW RYHUWLPH SHULRG rode it out and won  just  once  all  season.  MIDDLEBURY  â€”  The  Ralph  that  gave  top-­seeded  Mid-­ got to the fourth, Âł:H GHÂżQLWHO\ ZDQWHG Myhre  Golf  Course  had  a  busy  dock-­ dlebury  an  11-­10  win  and  and we started to  get  it  back  to  where  it  et  last  week,  with  faculty-­staff-­retir-­ WKH SURJUDP LWV ÂżUVW EHUWK playing again.â€? was,  and  to  be  able  to  do  ee  and  alumni  tournaments  as  well  in  a  title  game  since  2005.  that  is  awesome,â€?  Quinn  â€” Coach Smith said.  â€œNow  we  just  have  as  the  regular  Thursday  afternoon  That  year  marked  the  last Â

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men’s  golf  competition.  On  June  3,  the  course  hosted  the  nine-­hole  faculty-­staff-­retiree  tour-­ QDPHQW ,Q PL[HG WHDP UHVXOWV WKH IRXUVRPH RI &RU\ %X[WRQ .DUHQ Carpenter,  Derek  Hamel  and  Cindy  Wemette  carded  a  34  to  top  the  37  VKRW E\ WKH VHFRQG SODFH WHDP RI .- .UDVFR 6DUDK 5DXQHFNHU $ELJDLO &RSHODQG DQG .DWLH &REE On  the  front  nine,  Gary  Weiss,  Murray  Dry,  Richard  Romagnoli  and  Russ  Leng  shot  a  37  to  edge  the  second-­place  group  of  Mike  Moser,  Dean  Ouellette,  Mary  Stanley  and  Bob  Preseau  by  a  single  stroke.  On  the  back  nine,  the  foursome  of  Brent  Raymond,  Mark  Broulliard,  Morgan  Butler  and  Tom  Raymond  shot  a  33  and  won  in  a  tiebreaker  over  the  33  also  carded  by  Steve  Goodman,  Skip  Brush,  Joe  Aiello  (See  Golf,  Page  2B)

of  13  straight  appearances  LQ ' , ÂżQDOV IRU 7LJHU WHDPV The  15-­3  Tigers  will  take  on  No.  6  Champlain  Valley  (12-­6)  on  Thursday  at  Castleton  State  College.  Game  time  will  be  either  at  6  p.m.  or  7  p.m.,  de-­ pending  on  whether  No.  5  Burlington  XSVHW 1R 5LFH LQ ' ,, ER\VÂś OD[ LQ D :HGQHVGD\ VHPLÂżQDO ,I WKH 6HD-­ KRUVHV ZRQ WKH ' ,, ÂżQDO ZLOO DOVR EH played  on  Thursday  at  Castleton,  and  WKH ' , ÂżQDO ZLOO EH VFKHGXOHG DW ,I 7,*(5 -81,25 $/, $EGXO 6DWHU KDG WZR JRDOV LQ 0LGGOHEXU\ÂśV 'LYLVLRQ Rice  prevailed,  the  Tigers’  game  time  , VHPLÂżQDO ZLQ RYHU (VVH[ 7XHVGD\ 0LGGOHEXU\ ZLOO SOD\ IRU WKH FKDPSL-­ will  be  6  p.m.  RQVKLS RQ 7KXUVGD\ LQ &DVWOHWRQ

to  go  get  the  champion-­ ship.â€? 7R UHDFK WKH ÂżQDO WKH 7LJHUV KDG WR JHW SDVW D WDOHQWHG (VVH[ WHDP they  had  defeated  twice,  but  only  by  one  goal  each  time.  And  the  Hornets  three  times  on  Tuesday  â€”  after  lightning  delayed  the  game  by  about  an  hour  â€”  took  WZR JRDO OHDGV LQFOXGLQJ WKH ÂżUVW WZR scores  of  the  game.  Attacker  Bren-­ dan  Gleason  (three  goals,  two  assists)  started  with  a  sensational  behind-­the-­ (See  Tigers,  Page  2B)

Locals  among  place-­winners  at  Devil’s  Bowl WEST  HAVEN  â€”  Defending  American-­Canadian  Tour  champion  Joey  Polewarczyk  Jr.  on  Saturday  at  Devil’s  Bowl  Speedway  won  a  caution-­free  People’s  United  Bank Â

100.  His  victory  was  part  of  a  four-­ division  card  that  also  saw  Bucko  Branham,  Dylan  Rabtoy  and  Chris  /D9DLU FDUU\ WKH FKHFNHUHG Ă€DJ Hudson,  N.H.,  racer  Polewarczyk Â

VWDUWHG VHYHQWK RQ WKH FDU ÂżHOG Bowl  winner,  waged  a  see-­saw  bat-­ DQG FRQVHUYHG KLV WLUHV LQ WKH ÂżUVW tle  for  the  lead. half  of  the  race  as  Wayne  Helliwell  Polewarczyk  sliced  through  traf-­ Jr.  of  Dover,  N.H.,  and  Barre’s  Nick  ¿F DIWHU WKH KDOIZD\ PDUN DQG XVHG Sweet,  each  a  three-­time  Devil’s  (See  Devil’s  Bowl,  Page  2B)

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0LGGOHEXU\ VHYHQWK LQ D-­III  sports  SURJUDPV MIDDLEBURY  â€”  The  Middle-­ EXU\ &ROOHJH DWKOHWLFV SURJUDP ÂżQ-­ ished  seventh  among  322  NCAA  Division  III  colleges  and  universities  that  registered  points  in  the  2014-­2015  /HDUÂżHOG 6SRUWV 'LUHFWRUVÂś &XS VWDQG-­ ings.  The  Panthers  earned  their  12th  VWUDLJKW WRS ÂżQLVK LQFOXGLQJ ZLQ-­ ning  the  cup  in  2011-­12.  In  this  competition,  schools  are  given  points  in  18  intercollegiate  sports  based  on  how  well  each  team  performed.   The  overall  champion  is  the  institution  with  the  highest  number  of  points. Williams  won  its  third  straight  and  18th  overall  title  with  1,053  points,  fol-­ lowed  by  Johns  Hopkins  (1,016.75),  M.I.T.  (961),  Washington-­St.  Louis  (944)  and  Amherst  (918.50).  Middle-­ EXU\ ÂżQLVKHG ZLWK SRLQWV WKLUG among  NESCAC  schools.  Four  NES-­ &$& VFKRROV ÂżQLVKHG LQ WKH WRS RI this  year’s  standings. 7KH 3DQWKHU ÂżHOG KRFNH\ WHDP highlighted  the  fall  season,  advanc-­ LQJ WR WKH ÂżQDO IRXU IRU WKH VL[WK WLPH in  school  history.  The  Panthers  cap-­ tured  their  third  consecutive  NES-­ CAC  championship  and  tallied  a  19-­2  record.  The  women’s  cross  country  WHDP WXUQHG LQ D VL[WK SODFH ÂżQLVK DW the  NCAA  championship,  while  the  PHQ ÂżQLVKHG WK The  winter  saw  the  women’s  hock-­ ey  team  reach  at  least  the  NCAA  WRXUQDPHQW TXDUWHUÂżQDO URXQG IRU WKH WK WLPH ZKLOH WKH VNL WHDP ÂżQLVKHG eighth  at  the  NCAA  championship  in  Lake  Placid  with  an  individual  na-­ tional  Alpine  championship  from  Rob  Cone.  'D\V ODWHU $OLVRQ 0D[ZHOO ZRQ WKH national  title  in  the  women’s  mile  to  OHDG WKH ZRPHQÂśV LQGRRU WUDFN ÂżHOG WHDP WR D WK SODFH WHDP ÂżQLVK DW WKH NCAA  meet,  while  athletes  from  the  men’s  and  women’s  swimming  teams  earned  points  for  the  Panthers. Middlebury  produced  its  best  over-­ all  season  in  the  spring,  as  three  teams  DGYDQFHG WR DW OHDVW WKH TXDUWHUÂżQDO round  of  their  respective  NCAA  tour-­ naments.  The  men’s  tennis  team  fell  in  the  NCAA  championship  match  to  Cla-­ remont-­Mudd-­Scripps  and  tied  for  the  second-­most  wins  in  program  history  with  a  22-­4  record.  In  head  coach  Mis-­ V\ )RRWHÂśV ÂżQDO VHDVRQ WKH ZRPHQÂśV lacrosse  team  lost  in  the  national  semi-­ ÂżQDOV LQ 3KLODGHOSKLD IDOOLQJ WR HYHQ-­ tual  champion  Cortland  State.  The  women’s  tennis  team  was  defeated  LQ WKH 1&$$ TXDUWHUÂżQDOV ZKLOH WKH men’s  lacrosse  team  advanced  to  the  NCAA  round  of  16.  The  men’s  golf  team  returned  to  the  NCAA  Tournament  as  well,  plac-­ ing  in  a  tie  for  24th.  Several  Panther  athletes  from  the  women’s  outdoor  WUDFN ÂżHOG WHDP DOVR WDOOLHG SRLQWV for  Middlebury. 5HFHQW 0LGGOHEXU\ ÂżQLVKHV ‡ ² WK ‡ ² UG ‡ ² VW ‡ ² QG ‡ ² WK ‡ ² QG ‡ ² WK ‡ ² QG ‡ ² UG ‡ ² QG ‡ ² UG

&RXQW\ DWKOHWHV EULQJ KRPH JROG :LQ ÂżYH HYHQWV DW ' ,, PHHW By  ANDY  KIRKALDY EAST  MONTPELIER  â€”  Athletes  from  Middlebury,  Mount  Abraham  and  Vergennes  won  events  at  Saturday’s  Division  II  championship  meet  at  U-­32  High  School  in  East  Montpelier.  MUHS  junior  Hannah  Buttolph  repeated  as  the  girls’  high  MXPS FKDPSLRQ FOHDULQJ ÂżYH IHHW WZR LQFKHV WR ZLQ E\ VL[ inches.  That  height  would  have  won  the  D-­I  meet  by  four  inches.  Mount  Abe  freshman  Lydia  Pitts  continued  her  domi-­ nance  in  girls’  D-­II  hurdling,  winning  the  100-­meter  hurdles  in  16.46  and  the  300  in  49.84. Two  relay  teams  also  brought  home  gold.  The  all-­senior  Commodore  four-­by-­100-­meter  boys’  squad  of  Sebby  Crowell,  Liam  Hayes,  Chris  Castillo  and  Jake  Dombek  pre-­ vailed  in  45.66.  7KH 08+6 JLUOVÂś [ VTXDG RI VHQLRU .DW 7RZQVHQG freshman  Megan  Townsend,  junior  Gretta  Groves  and  fresh-­ PDQ &KORH .DQH ZRQ LQ 7KH 7LJHU JLUOVÂś DQG ER\VÂś VTXDGV HDFK ÂżQLVKHG IRXUWK ($*/( ),11 &/(0(176 WRRN IRXUWK SODFH LQ WKH ($*/(6 &+5,6 &$57(5 OHIW DQG -XGH %XQFK FRPSHWH LQ WKH PHWHU KXUGOHV DW WKH VWDWH FKDPSLRQ-­ overall,  the  best  team  performances  among  the  local  schools.  MDYHOLQ DW 6DWXUGD\ÂśV VWDWH WUDFN PHHW VKLS WUDFN PHHW DW 8 6DWXUGD\ 3KRWR E\ %X]].XKQV3KRWRJUDSK\ 6PXJ0XJ FRP (See  State  meet,  Page  3B) 3KRWR E\ %X]].XKQV3KRWRJUDSK\ 6PXJ0XJ FRP

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