ADDISON COUNTY INDEPENDENT
B Section
THURSDAY, Â NOVEMBER Â 21, Â 2013
KARL LINDHOLM
They’re  dancing  in  the  streets The  Lions  are  in! On  Sunday,  the  Indomitable  Lions,  Cameroon’s  national  football  team,  defeated  Tunisia  4-Â1  in  a  knockout  game  at  Stade  Ahmadou  Ahidjo,  here  in  Yaounde.  So  Cameroon  will  be  go- ing  to  the  Really  Big  Dance  in  Brazil  next  June,  la  Coupe  du  Monde. They  were  dancing  in  the  streets  in  Yaounde.  The  World  Cup  is  a  very  big  deal  here,  and  just  about  everywhere  else  in  the  world  too.  I  wandered  up  to  George’s  neighbor- hood  store  on  Sun- day  afternoon  where  about  25  football  fans,  men  and  wom- en,  all  ages,  attired  in  Cameroon  green  and  yellow,  were  outside  watching  the  game  on  a  TV  set  up  on  the  porch.  Cameroon  scored  early  and  late,  and  there  was  much  cel- ebrating. I  communicated  with  the  interna- tional  gestures  of  celebration  —  high  ¿YHV DQG EHHU GULQNLQJ Now  we  have  six  months  of  train- ing,  preparation,  and  hype  before  the  actual  games  begin  in  June,  just  about  the  time  we  return  from  our  Africa  so- journ.  I  intend  to  be  ready,  so  I  asked  three  of  my  students  here  the  Ameri- can  School  of  Yaounde  (ASOY)  to  handicap  the  Cup  for  me  from  their  own  partisan  perspectives.  Jordi  Ngale,  Max  Ramaekers,  and  Jackson  Barratt  Heitmann  are  all  se- niors  who  play  on  the  ASOY  soccer  WHDP ÂłVRFFHU´ EHFDXVH LWÂśV DQ $PHUL- can  school),  which  just  wrapped  up  its  (See  Lindholm,  Page  3B)
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Middlebury  men’s  hoop  opens  3-Â0 Wins  tournament  on  road,  home  opener MIDDLEBURY  —  The  Middle- bury  College  men’s  basketball  team  made  it  three  straight  wins  to  open  the  season  by  topping  visiting  Green  Mountain  College  on  Tuesday,  94- 53.  They  were  ranked  No.  18   in  the  opening  NCAA  Division  III  poll  and  return  to  action  in  a  tournament  at Â
Stevenson  College  this  weekend.  That  result  followed  the  Panthers’  victory  at  Franklin  &  Marshall’s  season-Âopening  tournament  over  the  weekend,  which  they  accomplished  by  defeating  Baruch,  96-Â89,  in  Sat- XUGD\ÂśV ÂżQDO DIWHU NQRFNLQJ RII 1R (See  Panthers,  Page  3B)
ScoreBOARD COLLEGE SPORTS Men’s Basketball 11/19  Midd.  vs.  Green  Mt.   ..................94-Â53
Schedule
COLLEGE SPORTS Women’s Soccer NCAA Sectional At Middlebury 11/23  Middlebury  vs.  Misericordia   ...11  a.m. 11/23  J.  Hopkins  vs.  Williams   .......1:30  p.m. 11/24  Final   ........................................  1  p.m. 12/6&7  Final  Four   ..............San  Antonio,  TX Men’s Basketball 11/22-Â24   ...  Midd.  at  Stevenson  Tournament 12/1  Midd.  at  RPI   ..............................  1  p.m. Women’s Basketball 11/23  Emmanuel  at  Midd.   ..................2  p.m. 11/26  Midd.  at  Johnson  State   ...........  6  p.m. Women’s Hockey 11/22  Trinity  at  Midd.   .........................7  p.m. 11/23  Trinity  at  Midd.   .........................3  p.m. 11/30&12/1   .... Midd.  at  Plattsburgh  Tourney Men’s Hockey 11/22  Midd.  at  Tufts   ..........................  7  p.m. 11/23  Midd.  at  Conn.   ........................  3  p.m. 11/29&30  Midd  at  Great  Northern  Shootout ..............................................  At  Plattsburgh Spectators  are  advised  to  consult  school  websites  for  the  latest  schedule  updates. Â
PANTHER  SOPHOMORE  MATT  Daley  led  all  players  with  14  points  during  Tuesday’s  game  against  Green  Mountain  College.  Middlebury  won  the  game,  94-Â53.
GREEN  MOUNTAIN  COLLEGE  freshman  and  former  Middlebury  Union  High  School  player  Tyler  Provencher  blocks  out  Middlebury  College  junior  Chris  Churchill  during  Tuesday’s  game  in  Pepin  Gymnasium. Independent  photo/Trent  Campbell
Independent  photo/Trent  Campbell
5LĂ€H GHHU KXQWHUV RII WR IDVW VWDUW By  JOHN  S.  McCRIGHT  and  ANDY  KIRKALDY ADDISON  COUNTY  —  Local  deer  hunters  got  off  to  a  fast  start  dur- ing  opening  weekend  of  the  16-Âday  ULĂ€H VHDVRQ ZKLFK VWDUWHG WKLV SDVW Saturday,  as  they  reported  200  kills  at  Addison  County’s  eight  reporting  sta- tions.  That  was  up  from  148  during  the  ¿UVW ZHHNHQG RI ULĂ€H VHDVRQ ODVW 1R- vember  and  way  up  from  the  unusual- ly  low  count  of  122  deer  taken  during  opening  weekend  in  2011.  That  comes  on  the  heels  of  an  average  Youth  Hunt- ing  Weekend  (see  story,  Page  1B).
2EVHUYHUV VDLG WKH ÂżUVW ERZ VHDVRQ which  preceded  Youth  Weekend,  was  quite  frustrating  for  local  hunters.  That  may  have  been  because  a  relatively  warm  and  dry  fall  meant  hunters  made  more  noise  than  usual  when  tramping  through  the  woods. But  with  the  weather  turning  cooler  and  more  bucks  going  into  rut  there  appear  to  have  been  more  signs  of  deer  and  in  some  reporting  stations  more  carcasses  than  in  past  years. Âł,W ZDV DQ LQFUHGLEOH ÂżUVW ZHHNHQG ´ said  Vaneasa  Stearns  at  the  Lincoln  General  Store,  which  had  50  percent  more  deer  over  opening  weekend  from Â
last  year.  “I  was  out  there  for  two  hours  straight.  There  was  pickup  after  pickup  DIWHU SLFNXS ´ Kirk  Fuller  at  Jerusalem  Country  Store  likewise  had  a  banner  open- ing  weekend.  He  said  there  was  more  feed  in  the  woods,  which  kept  the  deer  moving.  He  had  heard  that  a  change  in  the  lunar  pattern  may  have  prompted  deer  to  feed  less  at  night  and  more  dur- ing  the  day,  too. Plus  the  weather  up  at  elevation  was  more  amenable  for  tracking  than  down  in  the  valley. “There  was  a  little  snow  for  tracking  (See  Season,  Page  2B)
Youth  weekend  numbers  drop  from  2011  and  2012 By  JOHN  S.  McCRIGHT  and  ANDY  KIRKALDY ADDISON  COUNTY  —  Younger  hunters  in  the  area  did  not  have  quite  as  much  success  on  the  Nov.  9-Â10  Youth  Hunting  Weekend  as  they  had  in  the  past  two  Novembers,  but  the  109  deer  they  had  weighed  at  seven  report- ing  stations  in  Addison  County  was  very  respectable  compared  to  UHVXOWV RYHU WKH SDVW ÂżYH \HDUV The  109  deer  this  Youth  Hunting  Â
Seniors  share  top  soccer  honors By  ANDY  KIRKALDY ADDISON  COUNTY  —  Al- though  the  results  for  the  area  high  school  girls’  soccer  teams  varied  this  fall  and  none  brought  home  banners,  DOO IRXU SURJUDPV EHQH¿WWHG IURP
VERGENNES  UNION  HIGH  School  senior  Ruby  Dombek  is  the  2013  Addison  Independent  High  School  Girls’  Soccer  Co-ÂPlayer  of  the  Year. Photo  by  Keith  Darwin
outstanding  individual  efforts  that  are  recognized  here  in  the  2013  Ad- dison  Independent  Girls’  Soccer  All- Star  Team. This  season  two  seniors  who  often  competed  directly  against  one  anoth-Â
er  over  the  years  deserved  top  hon- ors:  Mount  Abraham  defender  Harlie  Vincent  and  Vergennes  striker  Ruby  Dombek  are  the  2013  Independent  Co-ÂPlayers  of  the  Year. (See  All  stars,  Page  4B)
Weekend  is  down  slightly  from  the  124  tagged  over  the  same  week- end  in  2012,  and  one  less  than  the  number  in  2011.  In  both  2009  and  WKH ÂżQDO WDOO\ VWRRG DW There  were  some  decent-Âsized  deer  weighed  in  the  county  over  Youth  Hunting  Weekend,  but  far  and  away  the  largest  by  almost  20  pounds  was  Austin  Brown’s  193-Âpound  eight-Âpointer,  which  he  bagged  in  Weybridge  and  reported  (See  Youth,  Page  2B)
Sports BRIEFS Hockey  game  set  for  MUHS  alumni
MIDDLEBURY  —  Organizers  are  hoping  for  another  strong  turn- out  next  week  for  the  14th  annual  Middlebury  Union  High  School  Ti- ger  Alumni  Hockey  Games,  which  will  be  held  on  the  traditional  date  —  the  day  after  Thanksgiving.  This  year’s  games  are  set  for  6  and  8  p.m.  on  Nov.  29   at  the  Me- morial  Sports  Center.  The  6  p.m.  game  is  intended  for  older  alumni,  and  the  8  p.m.  game  for  younger  players.  The  participation  fee  is  $25,  while  admission  for  spectators  is  free.  Proceeds  will  go  to  the  sports  center  and  Friends  of  Middlebury  Hockey,  according  to  organizers.  They  said  50  or  60  players  typi- cally  attend. Those  interested  may  sign  up  online  at  https://tigeralumnihock- ey2013.eventbrite.com/  or  email  organizer  Dan  McIntosh  at  fng- dan@mac.com.  Participants  may  also  sign  up  at  the  door,  but  Mc- Intosh  said  he  would  appreciate  advance  notice.  Checks  may  be  MOUNT  ABRAHAM  UNION  High  School  senior  Harlie  Vincent  is  the  2013  Addison  Independent  High  School  made  out  to  Friends  of  Middlebury  Girls’  Soccer  Co-ÂPlayer  of  the  Year. Hockey  at  the  event.  Photo  by  Mark  Bouvier