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Big hits, fire, injuries mark demolition derby drama

Posted on August 12, 2013 |
By Andy Kirkaldy



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NEW HAVEN — With lightning providing a dramatic backdrop at Addison County Fair and Field Days on Thursday night, Ferrisburgh’s Andy Husk and what was left of his bright blue four-door sedan won the No. 1 Auto Parts Demo Derby feature after delivering one final blow to Chuck Havens’ bigger, but no longer mobile, black car.

Husk’s victory capped an evening in which the popular annual demo derby just dodged the thunderstorm, but was halted for about 20 minutes when Leicester’s Joe Kemp was injured in the evening’s second heat.

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Work to begin on VUHS roof, board to seek more upgrades

Posted on August 8, 2013 |
By Andy Kirkaldy



VERGENNES — Work should begin next week on a $600,000 project that Vergennes Union High School officials said is critical to the building’s integrity: New roofing and insulation on its classroom wing and auditorium.

After trimming the proposed work because bids came in higher than expected, a school board member said school directors were happy with the compromises, and he reminded district residents that further repairs are still needed on the building.

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Panthers, Champs make a splash at state swim meet

Posted on August 8, 2013 |
By Andy Kirkaldy



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WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — At the summer Vermont Swim Association championship meet in the Upper Valley Aquatic Center on this past Saturday and Sunday, Middlebury Panther swimmers won five races — in four of which 10-year-old Oliver Poduschnick earned gold — while one young Vergennes Champ swimmer earned a state title.

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Area teens compete in Cape Cod field hockey tournament

Posted on August 8, 2013 |
By Andy Kirkaldy



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BARNSTABLE, Mass. — Six local high school athletes recently played for the Vermont field hockey team in the Cape Cod Classic, a tournament that featured nine teams from New England states and New York.

Overall, the Vermonters, featuring players from all over the state, played competitively, but finished 1-3-1, including a July 28 playoff round loss to Maine decided by penalty strokes.

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VUHS summer school faces critical funding issues

Posted on July 25, 2013 |
By Andy Kirkaldy



VERGENNES — While eight Vergennes Union High School students and their teacher floated down Otter Creek this week on the rafts they built in their summer school class, the larger program that helped launch them could face an uncertain future.

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VUHS students learn many skills in raft-building class

Posted on July 25, 2013 |
By Andy Kirkaldy



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VERGENNES — Earlier this month, students in the Building Machines summer school class at Vergennes Union High School started chatting about Mark Twain’s stories of Huckleberry Finn and Tom Sawyer’s exploits in a small Mississippi River town.

Class member Malcolm Donovan-Cook described what happened next in a course taught by Ferrisburgh resident Peter Stapleford, and for which seven 7th-, 8th- and 9th-graders had signed up to spend time working with Lego robotics and computer programming.

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Film to revist '83 Tiger hoop team

Posted on July 22, 2013 |
By Andy Kirkaldy



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MIDDLEBURY — In 1983, the Middlebury Union High School boys’ basketball team shocked the Vermont sports world.

Despite an undefeated regular season, the Tigers were lightly regarded heading into the Division I playoffs. Almost all of their wins came against D-II teams, not against the D-I iron.

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Little League: Mt. Abe youth softball team wins state crown

Posted on July 18, 2013 |
By Andy Kirkaldy



LYNDONVILLE — The Mount Abraham 11-and-12-year-old Little League softball all-star team ran the table at this past weekend’s double-elimination state tournament in Lyndonville to earn the title of Vermont champions.

Mount Abe, the District I champion, opened the tournament by drawing a bye on Thursday, July 11, and then defeated the Essex all-stars, 11-7, on Friday. On Saturday, host Lyndonville eliminated Essex, and on Sunday, Mount Abe nailed down the crown by blanking Lyndonville, 10-0.

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Basketball: Local stars help Vermont take Twin State game

Posted on July 18, 2013 |
By Andy Kirkaldy



ESSEX — Two local high school basketball all-stars and one who will play in these parts next winter helped the Vermont boys defeat New Hampshire, 89-84, in Saturday’s Twin State Basketball Classic pitting recent high school graduates from each state in games played at Essex High School.

The New Hampshire girls defeated Vermont, 61-59, despite the coaching work of Mount Abraham’s Connie LaRose. No local athletes played for the Green Mountain State.

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Sports Column: Teams that stood out over the decades

Posted on July 18, 2013 |
By Andy Kirkaldy



This past sports year saw several teams, at least one from each local high school, enjoy historic seasons.

In the fall, the Middlebury boys’ soccer team earned the top seed in Division I for the first time ever.

In the winter, the Vergennes boys’ basketball team went undefeated and won the D-II crown, a feat nearly matched by the 23-1 title-winning Mount Abraham girls.

And then the Otter Valley baseball team rolled to the D-II baseball title with a 19-1 record that included a dominant playoff run.

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