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ADDISON COUNTY INDEPENDENT

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THURSDAY, Â NOVEMBER Â 28, Â 2013

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Frost  Mountain  coach  to  lead  regional  team

MIDDLEBURY  â€”  Local  Nordic  skiing  coach  Cam  MacKugler  has  been  named  the  head  coach  of  the  team  that  will  represent  New  Eng-­ land  at  the  Junior  National  Champi-­ onships  at  the  Trapp  Family  Lodge  in  Stowe  from  March  1-­8.  MacKu-­ gler  is  executive  director  and  head  coach  of  the  Frost  Mountain  Nordic  Club The  March  races,  sanctioned  by  the  United  States  Ski  Association  (USSA),  will  be  held  on  the  Lodge’s  100-­kilometer  network  of  cross-­ country  ski  trails.

MacKugler  will  lead  a  New  Eng-­ land  team  that  has  captured  four  of  WKH ÂżYH SDVW QDWLRQDO WLWOHV ² NQRZQ as  the  Alaska  Cup  â€”  and  has  often  featured  Vermont  and  local  athletes. “I  am  very  excited  to  be  lead-­ ing  the  charge  for  the  New  England  Team  and  am  optimistic  that  New  England  can  reclaim  the  coveted  Alaska  Cup,â€?  MacKugler  said.  â€œIt  is  a  big  honor  to  play  this  large  of  a  role  on  the  national  stage,  and  our  local  Addison  County  athletes  have  been  training  hard  and  will  hopefully  (See  MacKugler,  Page  3B)

Men’s  hockey  claims  road  wins,  now  3-­0-­1 Â

MIDDLEBURY  COLLEGE  JUNIOR  Hannah  Bielawski  tries  to  backhand  a  shot  past  Trinity  goalie  Alexa  Pujol  during  Saturday’s  game  at  Chip  Ke-­ nyon  Arena.  The  Panther  women’s  hockey  team  has  opened  the  season  with  four  straight  wins.

Independent  photo/Trent  Campbell

Panther women’s hockey opens  4-­0 Top  teams  to  test  skaters  at  Kenyon By  ANDY  KIRKALDY MIDDLEBURY  â€”  The  early  re-­ turns  look  promising  for  the  Middle-­ bury  College  women’s  hockey  team,  which  swept  visiting  NESCAC  foe  Trinity  this  past  weekend,  3-­2  in  overtime  on  Friday  and  7-­0  on  Satur-­ day  to  improve  its  record  to  4-­0. Tougher  challenges  lie  in  wait  for  a  team  that  will  play  as  many  as  seven  freshmen  on  a  regular  basis  as  it  seeks  its  eighth  NESCAC  title  and  sixth  NCAA  Division  III  crown,  but  Coach  Bill  Mandigo  said  after  Satur-­ day’s  win  the  Panthers  are  pointed  in  the  right  direction.  Mandigo  was  pleased  that  his  young  team  played  a  complete  60  minutes  on  Saturday  after  surren-­ dering  a  2-­0  lead  the  evening  before  against  the  1-­2-­1  Bantams,  typically  a  competitive  NESCAC  squad  that  was  15-­7-­3  in  2012.  (See  Hockey,  Page  2B)

NEW  LONDON,  Conn.  â€”  The  3HWHUV ÂżQLVKHG ZLWK VDYHV LQ JRDO Middlebury  College  men’s  hockey  ZKLOH &RQQHFWLFXWÂśV 7RP &RQOLQ ÂżQ-­ team  won  a  pair  of  one-­goal  NES-­ ished  with  33  saves  in  goal. CAC  road  games  this  past  weekend  Middlebury  carried  a  3-­2  advan-­ to  improve  to  3-­0-­1  heading  into  this  tage  after  one  and  was  clinging  to  a  weekend’s  Great  Northern  Shootout  4-­3  edge  as  they  headed  into  the  sec-­ in  Plattsburgh,  N.Y.  ond  intermission.  With  50.6  seconds  There,  the  Panthers  will  take  on  left  in  regulation,  the  Camels  forced  Norwich  at  4  p.m.  overtime.  on  Friday,  while  host  This past With  2:03  remain-­ Plattsburgh  meets  Wis-­ ing,  the  Camels  were  consin-­Superior  at  7  Saturday, Jake assessed  a  two-­minute  p.m.  The  winners  will  Charles scored minor  penalty.  Dona-­ meet  at  7  p.m.  on  Sat-­ two goals, hoe  made  a  nice  feed  urday  after  the  4  p.m.  including the from  the  blue  line  and  consolation  game.  &KDUOHV ZDV DEOH WR ÂżQG On  this  past  Sat-­ game-winner open  net  from  the  slot  urday,  Jake  Charles  in overtime, to for  the  game-­winner. scored  two  goals,  in-­ lift Middlebury Middlebury  held  a  cluding  the  game-­win-­ 38-­15  advantage  in  to a 5-4 ner  in  overtime,  to  lift  shots  and  went  three  for  Middlebury  to  a  5-­4  overtime win at six  on  the  power  play. overtime  win  at  Con-­ Connecticut. On  Friday,  Middle-­ necticut  (0-­4  overall,  EXU\ VFRUHG WKUHH ÂżUVW 0-­4  in  NESCAC).  period  goals  and  hung  on  for  a  4-­3  Charles  scored  the  game-­winner  victory  at  Tufts.  Donahoe  and  Pi-­ with  1:04  remaining  in  the  extra  ses-­ PHQWHO ERWK ÂżQLVKHG ZLWK D JRDO DQG sion  after  taking  a  pass  from  Robbie  an  assist  to  lead  the  Panthers.  Tufts  Donahoe  in  the  slot  area  for  the  visi-­ dropped  to  0-­3. tors.  Charles  has  accounted  for  four  0LGGOHEXU\ ZDV ÂżUVW RQ WKH VFRUH-­ JRDOV DQG ÂżYH DVVLVWV WR OHDG WKH 3DQ-­ board  when  sophomore  Evan  Neu-­ thers. gold  snapped  one  off  the  post  and  Louis  Belisle,  Max  Greenwald  and  LQ MXVW XQGHU ÂżYH PLQXWHV LQWR WKH George  Ordway  supplied  goals  for  game.  The  Panthers  increased  the  Middlebury,  while  Derek  Pimentel  margin  to  2-­0  on  an  extra-­man  goal  dished  out  a  pair  of  assists.  Michael  (See  Panther  men,  Page  2B)

Men’s  hoop  drops  tough  road  games

CORNWALL’S  KATIE  MANDIGO  tallied  two  assists  in  Middlebury  College’s  win  over  Trinity  Saturday.

Independent  photo/Trent  Campbell

OWINGS  MILLS,  Md.  â€”  The  Middlebury  College  men’s  basket-­ EDOO WHDP GURSSHG LWV ÂżUVW WZR JDPHV of  the  season  against  tough  com-­ petition  at  the  Stevenson  College  Hoopsville  Classic  this  past  Saturday  and  Sunday.  The  3-­2  Panthers  were  ranked  No.  18  in  NCAA  Division  III  before  the  losses.  They  return  to  ac-­ tion  on  Dec.  1  at  RPI.  On  this  past  Saturday,  the  Pan-­ thers  fell,  80-­69  to  host  Stevenson  in  the  Hoopsville  Classic.  Stevenson  (2-­1  after  a  70-­69  loss  to  Birming-­ ham  Southern  on  Sunday)  scored  29  points  on  25  Panther  turnovers.  Middlebury  trailed  by  eight  mid-­ (See  Basketball,  Page  2B)

VUHS  rowers  do  well  at  big  meet

MIDDLEBURY  COLLEGE  SENIOR  Sara  Ugalde  scored  two  goals  in  the  Panthers’  7-­0  win  over  Trinity  Saturday  afternoon.

Independent  photo/Trent  Campbell

HULL,  Mass.  â€”  Teams  from  the  Vergennes  Union  High  School  row-­ LQJ FOXE SRVWHG WRS ÂżQLVKHV RQ 1RY 19  at  the  Icebreaker  New  England  Youth  Rowing  Championships  in  Hull,  Mass.,  an  event  that  drew  200  high  school  and  middle  school  row-­ ers  on  teams  from  as  far  away  as  New  York  City.  Earning  the  best  result  was  the  VUHS  middle  school  team  of  Em-­ ily  Jackson,  Olivia  Lorrain,  Brook  Beamish,  Shawn  Richards,  Gabe  Quinto  and  Devon  Coleman,  which  EHFDPH WKH ÂżUVW 9HUPRQW PLGGOH VFKRRO WHDP WR ZLQ ÂżUVW SODFH LQ WKH event’s  middle  school  competition.  The  VUHS  club’s  other  two  teams  each  settled  for  second  place.  In  the  top  class,  the  Experienced  Division,  98+6 ÂżQLVKHG MXVW EHKLQG 6WDWLRQ Maine,  in  the  round-­robing  competi-­ tion.  The  rowers  on  that  team  were  Emily  Weber,  Rachel  Clark,  Bailey  Dieterle,  Levi  Baldwin,  Josh  New-­ ton,  Malcolm  Donovan-­Cook  and  Nick  LaFleche. The  VUHS  Intermediate  Division  team  also  took  second.  Its  members  were  Jacob  LaFleche,  Orion  Cabot,  Reggie  Grady,  Ellie  Martin,  Kobe  Lee  and  Camden  Dieterle.

ScoreBOARD

COLLEGE SPORTS Women’s Soccer NCAA Sectional At Middlebury 11/23  Middlebury  vs.  Misericordia   ..........5-­1 11/23  J.  Hopkins  vs.  Williams   ...... 2-­1  (2OT) 11/24  Midd.  vs.  Johns  Hopkins   ..............  1-­0 Men’s Basketball 11/22  Stevenson  vs.  Midd.   .................80-­69 11/24  St.  Mary’s  vs.  Midd.   ......... 81-­78  (OT) Women’s Basketball 11/23  Emmanuel  vs.  Midd.   .................65-­43 Women’s Hockey 11/22  Midd.  vs.  Trinity   .................... 3-­2  (OT) 11/23  Midd.  vs.  Trinity   .............................7-­0 Men’s Hockey 11/22  Midd.  vs  Tufts   ...............................  4-­3 11/23  Midd.  vs.  Conn.   ...................  5-­4  (OT)

Schedule

HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS Hockey 12/4  MUHS  Girls  at  Colchester   ....4:30  p.m. 12/4  MUHS  Boys  at  MMU   ...........  8:45  p.m. 12/7  MVU  at  MUHS  Girls   .............  4:45  p.m. 12/7  Rutland  at  MUHS  Boys   .............  7  p.m. COLLEGE SPORTS Women’s Soccer NCAA D-­III Final Four In San Antonio 12/6  William  Smith  vs.  Capital   ............ Noon 12/6  Midd.  vs.  Trinity  (TX)   .............3:30  p.m. 12/7  Final   .................3:30  p.m.  (Times  EST) Men’s Basketball 12/1  Midd.  at  RPI   ..............................  1  p.m. 12/3  Castleton  at  Midd.   ................  7:30  p.m. 12/7  Midd.  at  Skidmore   .....................  4  p.m. Women’s Basketball 11/26  Midd.  at  Johnson  State   ...........  6  p.m. 12/3  Castleton  at  Midd.   ................  5:30  p.m. 12/7  Midd.  at  Skidmore   .....................  2  p.m. Women’s Hockey Panther-­Cardinal Classic At Kenyon 11/30  Midd.  vs.  Elmira   ......................  1  p.m. 11/30  Plattsburgh  vs.  Amherst   ..........  4  p.m. 12/1  Amherst  vs.  Elmira   ....................  1  p.m. 12/1  Midd.  vs.  Plattsburgh   .................4  p.m. 12/7  Castleton  St.  at  Midd.   ...............  3  p.m. Men’s Hockey Northern Shootout At Plattsburgh 11/29  Midd.  vs.  Norwich   ....................4  p.m. 11/29  Plattsburgh.  vs.  Wisc.-­Super.   ..  7  p.m. 11/30  Consolation/Final   .................  4/7  p.m. 12/6  Midd.  at  Amherst   .......................  7  p.m. 12/7  Midd.  at  Hamilton   ......................  3  p.m. Spectators  are  advised  to  consult  school  websites  for  the  latest  schedule  updates. Â


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