The firing of Connie LaRose, winning girls’ basketball coach at Mt. Abraham Union High School is shocking to me.
BRISTOL — More than a week after Mount Abraham Union High School Athletic Director Devin Wendel fired Eagle girls’ basketball Coach Connie LaRose, 78, on Monday, June 13, the official reasons why she will not return after 31 seasons guiding the program ar … (read more)
Longtime successful Mount Abe coach doesn’t understand why she was fired.
The 29th annual Eagle Basketball Camp will be held in Bristol from June 27 to 30 for grades 2 through high school.
Nine members of the Mount Abraham, Vergennes, Middlebury and Otter Valley union high school girls’ basketball teams received postseason recognition from either the Lake Division or the Southern Valley League’s B Division.
Nine members of the Mount Abraham, Vergennes, Middlebury and Otter Valley union high school boys’ basketball teams received postseason recognition from either the Lake Division or the Southern Valley League’s B Division.
After a good season, the Commodores fell to No. 1 Winooski during the state tournament on Thursday.
High-powered No. 3 seed Spaulding eliminated the No. 14 Middlebury Union boys’ basketball team from the Division II playoffs on March 2, 89-37. The Tide improved to 18-2.
Host No. 2 Montpelier ended the No. 7 Mount Abraham boys’ basketball team’s strong season in a Friday Division II quarterfinal, 64-35.
The No. 4 Vergennes boys’ basketball team faced a challenge from No. 5 Bellows Falls in a quarterfinal this past Saturday, March 5.
Before the No. 6 Mount Abraham girls’ basketball team won the Division II title on Saturday the Eagles had to survive a rally by No. 2 Enosburg in Wednesday’s semifinal at the Barre Auditorium to win, 52-48.
Mount Abe brought down a higher seeded team with a dramatic finish and will play for the state title on Saturday.
It had been since 2008 that the Mount Abraham boys’ basketball program hosted a Division II playoff game, and since 2009 that an Eagle boys’ team had won in the postseason — that year the No. 12 Eagles defeated No. 5 Middlebury.
I’m so old, I predate the jump shot.
Tiger girls’ ice hockey, MUHS boys’ basketball, and Eagle girls’ hoop all had exciting playoff games on Wednesday.
The Addison Independent will be closed on Monday, July 4th. The newspaper will be published on Thursday, as usual.
