Category: Sports

Victory over Wasps preserves Tigers' winning streak

Posted on December 21, 2009 |

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By Andy Kirkaldy

MIDDLEBURY — After the Middlebury Union High School team opened on Dec. 2 with a 3-0 loss to Montpelier, co-coach Tim Howlett was not upset. The Tigers had an edge in shots on goal, and Howlett thought the team he heads with co-coach Wendy Leeds had played hard and well.

“That kind of effort will win us a lot of games this year,” Howlett wrote in an email.

The Tigers — a team that won three games last winter and finished 0-20 the year before — have not lost since.

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Final deer numbers drop 18 percent

Posted on December 17, 2009 |

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By Andy Kirkaldy

ADDISON COUNTY — With the addition of deer killed during the muzzleloader season that concluded this past Sunday, Addison County weigh stations handled 840 deer this fall during bow, muzzleloader and rifle seasons, plus Youth Hunting Weekend.

That total falls well short of 2008’s final tally of 1,026. The 186 fewer deer weighed in Addison County translates to an overall drop of 18.1 percent, with decreases across the board:

• The combined bow and muzzleloader seasons total this year was 448, a 14.7 percent decline from 2008.

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Division I Redhawks outlast Commodore boys

Posted on December 10, 2009 |

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By Andy Kirkaldy

VERGENNES — The Vergennes Union High School boys’ basketball team suffered a pair of losses on Monday night in the Commodores’ home opener.

Visiting Division I foe Champlain Valley hung on for a 59-49 victory over the D-II Commodores, and VUHS (1-2) also lost three-year starting point guard Jackson Alexander to what could be a serious knee injury. In the preseason, Coach Peter Quinn’s team, one of the favorites in D-II, had already learned it would play this winter without two other injured seniors projected to be key substitutes, Jesse Tynan and Josh Bushey.

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Women's basketball holds on for season's first victory

Posted on December 3, 2009 |

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By Andy Kirkaldy

MIDDLEBURY — A young and shorthanded Middlebury College women’s basketball team outlasted visiting Castleton on Tuesday for its first victory, 51-43.

The Panthers — who are playing this semester without key juniors Lauren Sanchez and Allison Needham, who are studying abroad, and on Tuesday were without senior guard Alana Wall due to a scheduling conflict — improved their record to 1-3.

Castleton dropped to 2-3 despite team highs from former Middlebury Union High School standout Katie Hoxsie, a senior guard, in minutes (36), rebounds (9), assists (5) and steals (2).

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