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ADDISON COUNTY INDEPENDENT

B Section

THURSDAY, Â MAY Â 1, Â 2014

ANDY KIRKALDY

SPORTS

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Book  brings  Sox’  greatest  season  vividly  to  life “I  was  watching  ESPN  and  saw  a  chronology  of  the  series.  I  saw  all  of  these  chances  we  had  to  lose  if  some-­ thing  didn’t  go  our  way.  It  astounded  me.â€?  â€”  Terry  Francona,  the  best  manager  in  Boston  Red  Sox  history. It  won’t  take  too  much  straining  of  the  gray  matter  for  any  Red  Sox  fan  to  know  what  series  Francona  is  talking  about.  For  those  still  in  doubt,  here’s  Curt  Schilling  talking  about  the  same  seven  games,  except  be-­ fore  it  made  base-­ ball  history:  â€œI’m  not  sure  of  any  scenario  more  enjoy-­ able  than  making  55,000  people  from  New  York  shut  up.â€? Both  quotes  can  be  found  among  the  nearly  900  presented  in  the  book  â€œDon’t  Let  Us  Win  Tonight,â€?  which  is  subtitled,  â€œAn  Oral  History  of  the  2004  Boston  Red  Sox’s  Impossible  Playoff  Run.â€? For  the  uninitiated,  the  Sox,  after  sweeping  the  Anaheim  Angels  in  the  7,*(5 6(1,25 $$521 6PLWK PDNHV D GLYLQJ FDWFK LQ FHQWHUÂżHOG GXULQJ 7XHVGD\ÂśV JDPH DJDLQVW 0RXQW 0DQVÂżHOG 0LGGOHEXU\ ORVW WKH JDPH ÂżUVW URXQG RI WKH $PHULFDQ /HDJXH Independent  photo/Trent  Campbell playoffs,  faced  the  New  York  Yan-­ kees  in  the  2004  American  League  Championship  Series  (ALCS).  It  was  a  rematch  of  the  2003  ALCS,  lost  by  the  Sox  in  New  York  in  extra  innings  of  Game  7.  That  loss  came  only  af-­ ter  the  Sox  blew  a  late  lead,  courtesy  of  a  mind-­blowingly  stupid  manage-­ rial  decision  by  Sox  manager  Grady  Little.  Little  left  starting  pitcher  Pedro  Martinez  in  far  too  long,  against  all  By  ANDY  KIRKALDY son  to  quit.  We  knew  we  weren’t  semblance  of  common  sense,  statisti-­ MIDDLEBURY  â€”  Despite  cold  going  undefeated  the  whole  season.  cal  data,  and  orders  from  higher  man-­ DQG ZLQG DQG DQ HDUO\ GHÂżFLW WKH We  know  we  have  to  play  well  each  agement.  If  my  kids,  then  too  young,  Middlebury  Union  High  School  game,â€?  Messenger  said.  â€œWe’re  the  had  been  in  the  room  with  me,  they  baseball  team  on  Tuesday  showed  ones,  as  far  as  we’re  concerned,  that  would  have  learned  new  words.  Little  the  spirit  that  allowed  the  Tigers  to  are  going  to  determine  who  is  going  ZDV ÂżUHG DQG )UDQFRQD UHSODFHG KLP ZLQ WKHLU ÂżUVW WZR JDPHV to  win  the  game.  And  we  the  equivalent  of  upgrading  from  a  But  visiting  Mount  Man-­ felt  that  way  today,  too.â€? rusty  old  Hyundai  to  a  new  Lexus. VÂżHOG KHOG RII WKH 7LJHUV SecondThe  Cougar  hitters  had  In  the  2004  ALCS,  the  Yankees  in  the  middle  innings  and  year coach other  ideas  as  the  game  stomped  the  Sox.  For  three  games.  pulled  away  for  a  10-­5  win. Charlie started,  however.  After  Then  the  Sox  won  three  nailbiters,  The  Cougars,  fresh  off  a  Messenger leadoff  hitter  Sean  Spring-­ courtesy  of  suddenly  great  pitching  win  over  Essex,  improved  er  bunted  his  way  on  and  (notably  from  Schilling,  with  an  ankle  to  2-­3.  They  knocked  said he stole  second,  Alec  Pelton,  tendon  stapled  to  a  bone,  and  unhit-­ around  Tiger  senior  starter  has been Austin  Purinton,  Brady  table  closer  Keith  Foulke),  the  great-­ -RVLDK %HQRLW IRU IRXU ÂżUVW as pleased Blow  and  Ben  Haynes  all  est  stolen  base  in  baseball  history,  un-­ inning  runs,  saw  MUHS  cut  with his drilled  line  singles  to  pro-­ believable  clutch  hitting  from  David  the  lead  to  6-­4  in  the  third,  team’s duce  a  2-­0  lead.  It  could  Ortiz,  and  not  a  little  bit  of  luck.  And  but  scored  twice  in  the  sixth  been  worse  if  Tiger  attitude as have  the  fact  the  Yankees  â€Ś  well,  let’s  just  and  seventh  innings  to  salt  catcher  Bryce  Burrell  had  with the say  some  of  them  started  to  appear  the  win  away. not  caught  Pelton  stealing.  anxious. The  Tigers  stayed  posi-­ early 2-1 But  then  the  Tiger  de-­ The  Sox  then  routed  the  Yankees  in  tive  throughout,  cheering  record. fense  faltered,  with  an  er-­ (See  Kirkaldy,  Page  4B) on  their  teammates  on  their  rant  pickoff  throw  and  a  feet  outside  the  dugout  and  looking  passed  ball  on  a  squeeze  bunt  making  like  they  believed  they  could  rally. it  4-­0.  Aaron  Smith’s  diving  catch  in  Second-­year  coach  Charlie  Mes-­ FHQWHU ÂżHOG KHOSHG OLPLW WKH GDPDJH senger  said  he  has  been  as  pleased  The  Tigers  got  two  back  in  the  bot-­ with  his  team’s  attitude  as  with  the  tom  of  the  inning.  Smith  led  off  with  early  2-­1  record.  a  single  off  winning  pitcher  James  HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS 7,*(5 6(1,25 -26,$+ %HQRLW FUDFNV D WZR UXQ GRXEOH GXULQJ 0LG “We  have  some  kids  who  can  hit  Gaboriault  and  stole  second  before  Lacrosse GOHEXU\ÂśV ORVV WR 0RXQW 0DQVÂżHOG 7XHVGD\ DIWHUQRRQ Independent  photo/Trent  Campbell and  come  back,  so  there’s  no  rea-­ (See  Baseball,  Page  2B) 4/28  MUHS  Boys  vs.  Woodstock  .............6-­2

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ScoreBOARD

4/28  Hartford  vs.  OV  Boys  .....................17-­1 4/29  VUHS  Boys  vs.  Randolph  ................9-­5 4/29  MMU  vs.  MUHS  Girls   ...................11-­9 Softball 4/28  VUHS  vs.  CVU  ..............................15-­0 4/29  Mt.  Abe  vs.  Essex  ............................3-­1 0W 0DQV¿HOG YV 08+6  ..................9-­6 4/29  VUHS  vs.  Colchester  .....................10-­5 29 YV 6SULQJ¿HOG  ............................7-­0 Baseball 4/28  Burr  &  Burton  vs.  OV  .......................3-­0 4/29  Essex  vs.  Mt.  Abe  ..........................13-­3 0W 0DQV¿HOG YV 08+6  ................10-­5 Tennis 4/28  MUHS  Boys  vs.  N.  Country   ............4-­3 4/28  MUHS  Girls  vs.  N.  Country   .............7-­0 4/28  Burr  &  Burton  vs.  OV  Girls  ...............7-­0 COLLEGE SPORTS Baseball 4/29  Skidmore  vs.  Midd.  ........................10-­8 Softball 4/29  Union  vs.  Midd.  ................................8-­6 4/29  Union  vs.  Midd.  ................................4-­3

Schedule

HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS Lacrosse 5/2  Mt.  Abe  Boys  at  U-­32  .................. 11  a.m. 5/2  Rice  at  VUHS  Boys  ......................4  p.m. 5/2  Essex  at  MUHS  Girls  ...............4:30  p.m. 5/3  MMU  at  MUHS  Boys  ....................4  p.m. 5/5  MUHS  Boys  at  Essex  ...................4  p.m. 5/5  Stowe  at  Mt.  Abe  Boys  ............4:30  p.m. 5/5  VUHS  Boys  at  Milton  ...............7:30  p.m. 5/5  Montpelier  at  OV  Boys  .............4:30  p.m. 5/6  St.  Albans  at  MUHS  Boys  .............4  p.m. 5/7  VUHS  Boys  at  Stowe  ....................4  p.m. 5/7  Mt.  Abe  Boys  at  Rice  ...............4:30  p.m. 5/7  MUHS  Girls  at  CVU  .................4:30  p.m. 5/8  St.  Albans  at  MUHS  Girls   .......4:30  p.m.

(See  Schedule,  Page  4B)

Tiger  tennis  teams  prevail;Íž  OV  beaten ADDISON  COUNTY  â€”  In  lo-­ cal  high  school  tennis  play  earlier  this  week,  the  Middlebury  Union  girls’  and  boys’  teams  each  posted  wins,  but  the  Otter  Valley  girls  came  up  short. TIGER  BOYS The  MUHS  boys,  who  have  lost Â

a  few  matches  to  weather,  evened  their  record  at  1-­1  by  edging  visit-­ ing  North  Country,  4-­3.  The  Fal-­ cons  dropped  to  1-­3. The  individual  scores  were: ‡ $W 1R VLQJOHV 7UDYHUV 3DU-­ sons-­Grayson  (NC)  defeated  El-­ liott  Abbott  (M),  6-­1,  6-­3.

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Davis  (M),  6-­2,  6-­4. ‡ $W 1R VLQJOHV -HUU\ 6WDUHW (M)  defeated  Henry  De  La  Bruere  (NC),  6-­1,  6-­0. ‡ $W 1R GRXEOHV 1LFN Holmes/Max  Mayone  (M)  defeat-­ ed  Paul  Croizet/Corey  Davis  (NC),  (See  Tennis,  Page  4B)

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Lax: MUHS, VUHS boys win; girls, OV boys fall ADDISON  COUNTY  â€”  In  local  high  school  lacrosse  action  earlier  this  week,  the  Middlebury  and  Ver-­ gennes  boys  earned  road  wins,  but  WKH 0LGGOHEXU\ JLUOV WRRN WKHLU ÂżUVW loss  and  the  Otter  Valley  boys  lost  on  the  road.  MUHS  BOYS The  Tiger  boys  came  back  after  a  long  layoff  and  topped  host  Wood-­ stock,  6-­2,  on  Monday.  Connor  Quinn  scored  twice  to  lead  The Tiger the  attack,  and  Sam  Usilton,  boys came Bobby  Ritter,  back after Nate  Hermann  a long and  Nick  Au-­ layoff and det  tacked  on  a  topped goal  apiece.  Na-­ host than  Lalonde’s  12  saves  in  goal  Woodstock, backstopped  the  6-2, on victory.  Monday. The  4-­1  Ti-­ gers  were  set  to  host  defending  Division  I  cham-­ pion  Champlain  Valley  on  Wednes-­ day  and  are  scheduled  to  entertain  0RXQW 0DQVÂżHOG RQ 6DWXUGD\ DW p.m. VUHS  BOYS The  Commodores  clipped  win-­ less  host  Randolph  on  Tuesday,  9-­5.  Erik  Eisenhower  (three  goals)  and  (See  Lacrosse,  Page  3B)

Sports BRIEFS

Essex  nine  pulls  away  from  Eagles

ESSEX  â€”  Host  Essex  pulled  away  in  the  late  innings  for  a  13-­3  win  over  the  Mount  Abraham  Union  High  School  baseball  team  on  Tues-­ day.  The  Hornets  improved  to  3-­2,  while  Mount  Abe  dropped  to  1-­3.  Josh  Cyr  singled  and  poked  an  RBI  double  for  the  Eagles,  and  Aar-­ on  Benway  also  knocked  out  a  pair  of  hits.  Sawyer  Kamman  absorbed  the  pitching  loss.  The  Eagles  were  scheduled  to  host  Otter  Valley  on  Wednesday  in  a  game  already  once  postponed  by  rain;Íž  prospects  were  uncertain  at  presstime.  Middlebury  is  set  to  visit  Mount  Abe  on  Thursday,  and  the  Eagles  are  scheduled  to  entertain  St.  Johnsbury  on  Saturday  at  4:30  p.m.

Bulldogs  blank  OVUHS  baseball MANCHESTER  â€”  In  a  Monday  game  that  was  a  rematch  of  the  2013  'LYLVLRQ ,, ÂżQDO KRVW %XUU %XU-­ ton  defeated  the  Otter  Valley  Union  High  School  baseball  team,  3-­0.  Bulldog  hurler  Noah  Rizio  tossed  a  complete  game  and  struck  out  14  Otters  as  his  team  improved  to  3-­3.  C.J.  McCullough  took  the  loss  as  the  Otters  dropped  to  3-­2.  OV  was  set  to  travel  to  Mount  Abraham  on  Wednesday,  and  then  is  scheduled  to  visit  Windsor  on  Friday.

Softball:  VUHS,  Otters  win;Íž  MAU,  MUHS  lose ADDISON  COUNTY  â€”  The  Ver-­ gennes  Union  High  School  softball  WHDP ÂżQDOO\ KLW WKH ÂżHOG DQG ZRQ twice  to  highlight  area  action  earlier  this  week.  In  other  games,  Mount  $EUDKDP VXIIHUHG LWV ÂżUVW ORVV 2WWHU Valley  won  on  the  road,  and  Mid-­ dlebury  came  up  SOFTBALL short  at  home.  VUHS On  Monday,  the  Commodores  FUXLVHG WR D ÂżYH LQQLQJ ZLQ over  visiting  Champlain  Valley  (0-­ 4).  Tamara  Aunchman  paced  the  attack  with  three  hits,  including  a  grand  slam  and  a  two-­run  single.  Taylor  Paquette  added  a  pair  of  hits  and  three  RBIs,  and  Emilee  Trudo  earned  the  pitching  win.  Although  the  Commodores  had  picked  up  an  early  forfeit  win  over  Winooski,  they  saw  two  games  post-­ poned  last  week,  one  to  weather  and Â

one  because  Burlington  requested  a  postponement  because  the  Seahors-­ HV ODFNHG HQRXJK SOD\HUV WR ¿HOG D WHDP 0RQGD\œV JDPH ZDV WKH ¿UVW for  the  Commodores  this  spring.  On  Tuesday,  the  Commodores  rallied  for  seven  runs  in  the  seventh  to  knock  off  host  Colchester,  10-­5,  and  im-­ prove  to  3-­0.   Kayla  Char-­ ron  led  the  VUHS  offense  with  three  hits  and  a  walk,  Trudo  earned  the  pitching  win  and  also  doubled,  and  Natalie  Sal-­ ley  tripled  for  VUHS. EAGLES On  Tuesday,  host  Essex  (5-­0)  scored  all  of  its  runs  in  the  third  in-­ ning  off  losing  pitcher  Rachael  Mc-­ Cormick  and  edged  the  Eagles  3-­1.  0RXQW $EH VXIIHUHG LWV ¿UVW loss  despite  McCormick  allowing  9(5*(11(6 81,21 +,*+ 6FKRRO VRSKRPRUH 7DPDUD $XQFKPDQ JHWV D KLW DV WHDPPDWH .D\OD &KDUURQ just  six  hits  in  six  innings  and  get-­ ZDLWV WR FRPH KRPH IURP WKLUG EDVH GXULQJ WKH &RPPRGRUHVœ ZLQ RYHU &98 0RQGD\ Independent  photo/Trent  Campbell (See  Softball,  Page  3B)

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