MIDDLEBURY — Five members of the Middlebury Union High School girls’ and boys’ hockey teams earned Division II league recognition, and all five will also play in Saturday’s Essex Rotary Key Bank All-Star Hockey Classic at the Essex Skating Facility.
Senior forward Timi Carone, a member-to-member player from Fair Haven Union who skated for the D-II champion Tiger girls, was named the D-II player of the year, and senior defender Paige Viens joined her as a first-team all-star. Senior forward Sara Boe earned a spot on the girls’ D-II second team.
Senior defenseman Jordan Stearns, a member-to-member player from Vergennes Union who played for the D-II runner-up Tiger boys, was named to the D-II first team. Senior forward Keenan Bartlett earned a spot on the D-II second team.
Saturday’s 30th annual Hockey Classic games pit Vermont senior all-stars against one another.
Carone, Viens and Boe will play together along with fellow D-II skaters and members of the BFA-St. Albans team against D-I all-stars in Saturday’s first Classic game, which will begin at 1 p.m.
The boys’ game pits southern all-stars vs. northern all-stars. Stearns and Bartlett will play for the South team, which will be led by MUHS coach Derek Bartlett. That game is set to face off at 3:30 p.m.
Tickets are $10 per person, and the price includes admission to both games. Children 12 and under are admitted free of charge. The Essex Rotary Club will donate all proceeds to charity.