ADDISON COUNTY INDEPENDENT
B Section
THURSDAY, MAY 12, 2016
KARL LINDHOLM
SPORTS
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Travels with Missy: ‘While you can still do it’ In just my second year at Middlebury College, 1977, I visited old friend Russ Reilly in the field house. Russ was newly arrived to coach basketball at the college. He introduced me to another new coach, a 24-year-old woman, Carson Lessels, who had come to Middlebury to lead the swimming and women’s basketball teams. Russ coached basketball for 20 years and served as athletic director for nine more before retiring. Carson went on to coach at Middlebury for 38 years before she retired last spring. Along the way, she won six national championships, though not in swimming and basketball (one in field hockey and five in lacrosse), and innumerable awards and honors in a legendary career. She has been elected to four Halls of Fame. We know her better as Missy Foote — “Missy,” her nickname since birth, and “Foote” the result of her marriage to Middlebury lawyer Dick Foote in 1994. Missy retired last year after taking her lacrosse team to yet another Final Four appearance. She left coaching even though she was at the top of her game, much respected, beloved even, by her players, and still young (compared to me anyway — 62). (See Lindholm, Page 4B)
ScoreBOARD HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS Girls’ Lacrosse 5/10 Mt. Mansfield vs. MUHS ..................5-3 Boys’ Lacrosse 5/9 MUHS vs. Mt. Mansfield ........... 9-8 (OT) 5/10 Rice vs. VUHS ...............................17-7 5/10 Burlington vs. Mt. Abe....................12-6 Softball 5/9 Fair Haven vs. OV .............................6-5 5/10 Mt. Abe vs. N. Country...................16-6 5/10 MUHS vs. Mt. Mansfield ................17-2 5/10 VUHS vs. CVU ................................6-4 Baseball 5/10 N. Country vs. Mt. Abe.....................6-5 5/10 Mt. Mansfield vs. MUHS ................15-2 5/10 CVU vs. VUHS ..............................22-1 5/10 Bellows Falls vs. OV .................. 3-2 (8) COLLEGE SPORTS Men’s Lacrosse NCAA D-III Tournament 5/11 Springfield at Midd. ........................Late Baseball 5/8 Tufts vs. Midd ....................................5-1 5/8 Tufts vs. Midd ....................................9-0
Schedule HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS Girls’ Lacrosse 5/13 MUHS at CVU .......................4:30 p.m. 5/17 MUHS at Burlington ...............4:30 p.m. 5/19 Rice at MUHS ........................4:30 p.m. 5/20 MUHS at Essex ..........................7 p.m. Boys’ Lacrosse 5/13 U-32 at VUHS .............................4 p.m. 5/13 Lamoille at Mt. Abe .....................4 p.m. 5/13 OV at Mt. Anthony .................4:30 p.m. 5/13 MUHS at Essex ..........................7 p.m. 5/16 MUHS at Woodstock ..................4 p.m.
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Softball: Mount Abe, VUHS win; Slaters nip OV ADDISON COUNTY — In Division II high school softball action earlier this week, Otter Valley dropped a home contest to visiting rival Fair Haven, while Mount Abraham and Vergennes both won on the road. In D-I Middlebury hosted Mount Mansfield; see story on Page 1B. SLATERS NIP OTTERS On Monday, Fair Haven edged the Otters, 6-5, as Slater pitcher Olivia Bowen struck out 12 and worked out of one bases-loaded, no-out jam without surrendering a run. Bowen allowed eight hits, three of them to Gabby Poalino, who homered for the fourth time in four games and tripled and singled. OV hurler Courtney Bushey also allowed eight hits in taking the loss; she fanned four. Liz Muratorri and Abby Ferrara led the Slaters with two hits apiece. The Slaters improved to 5-3 with what was their fifth straight win. OV fell to 3-6 with their third loss (See Wrap, Page 4B)
MIDDLEBURY UNION HIGH School sophomore Jackson Donahue fights for a ground ball during Monday’s game against Mt. Mansfield. Middlebury won the game, 9-8.
Independent photo/Trent Campbell
MUHS boys work overtime to trim MMU, move to .500
Commodore lax falls to D-I Rice
Tiger lax bounces back from two tough setbacks By ANDY KIRKALDY MIDDLEBURY — After a couple of disappointing two-goal losses last week, the Middlebury Union High School boys’ lacrosse team bounced back on Monday to earn a victory over visiting Mount Mansfield and move back to .500 at 4-4. But it wasn’t easy. The Tigers needed senior middie Ali Abdul Sater’s late goal to force overtime, and “The D has then a key defensive play to done a up senior attacker Jack stellar job all set Hounchell’s game-winner season, and 1:27 into the extra session as they stepped MUHS defeated the Cougars, 9-8. up when The decisive play started it really when junior defender Brett mattered.” Viens knocked the ball loose — Brian from a Cougar attacker, Carpenter scooped it and fed junior middie Trey Kaufmann. Kaufmann carried down the right side, beat a defender and fed sophomore attacker Jack Donohue to the right of the goal. Donohue drew the last defender and fed MIDDLEBURY UNION HIGH School junior Trey Kaufmann races toward the Mt. Mansfield goal Hounchell at the far post. Hounchell threw one during Monday’s game in Middlebury. Independent photo/Trent Campbell (See Tigers, Page 2B)
MUHS girls’ lacrosse takes first loss after topping SBHS MIDDLEBURY — The Middlebury Union High School girls’ lacrosse team split two recent games, dropping a first-place showdown at home on Tuesday vs. Mount Mansfield after winning on the road on May 5 vs. longtime rival South Burlington.
At 7-1, the Tigers are in third place in Division II heading into a Friday game at Champlain Valley (6-3). Mount Mansfield and Mount Anthony, each 9-1, are running 1-2. Against Mount Mansfield on Tuesday the Tigers struggled to hold (See Lacrosse, Page 4B)
Sports BRIEFS SOUTH BURLINGTON — Division I Rice defeated the D-III Vergennes Union High School boys’ lacrosse team on Tuesday, 17-7. The Commodores, fourth place in D-III, dropped to 4-3 heading into a Wednesday home game vs. league rival Otter Valley; they will host D-II U-32 on Friday. Rice moved to 7-2. Tyler Crowningshield and Tyler Kepes each scored three times for VUHS, and goalie Broc Clark made 10 saves.
Burlington bests Eagle boys’ lax BURLINGTON — Undefeated host Burlington dealt the Mount Abraham Union High School boys’ lacrosse team a 12-6 setback on Tuesday. The Division II Seahorses moved to 10-0, while the Eagles, second place in D-III, dropped to 6-2. Both of Mount Abe’s losses have come to D-II foes. Lucas Richter scored twice to lead Mount Abe, Owein Labarr scored once and set up three goals, Charlie Meyer had a goal and two assists, and Dylan Weaver added a goal and an assist. Eagle goalie Tucker Paradee stopped 17 shots, while Burlington’s Garrett Harriman made six saves.
Tiger softball declaws Cougars By ANDY KIRKALDY MIDDLEBURY — The Middlebury Union High School softball team enjoyed warm sunshine and a visit from Mount Mansfield on Tuesday, coasting to a 17-2 win in five innings and improving to 7-2. The Division I Cougars came into Middlebury with a 5-3 record,
but made seven errors behind two pitchers, who combined to walk eight batters and hit one while the Tigers rapped eight hits in their four at-bats. All nine Tigers in the lineup scored, seven knocked in runs, and they batted around three times, scoring six in the first and third in-
nings and five in the fourth. Meanwhile, junior starting pitcher Payton Buxton allowed only two baserunners in four innings while striking out 10: Losing pitcher Rylee LeBourveau singled with two out in the first, and Buxton hit Lia Mosca with a pitch in (See Softball, Page 3B)