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MUHS boys’ soccer squad earned the No. 1 seed in Division I with a 14-2 record and reached the semifinal round before falling, giving longtime coach Doc Seubert an appropriate farewell.

Having Bret Weekes, an assistant to Seubert for the past four years, take over as the head coach is not the only change for the program this fall: Eleven seniors, many of them starters, graduated from that 2012 team.

During the preseason, Weekes ac-knowledged what everybody knew a year ago would be the case.

“It’s a new look, and a very young

Middlebury Union High SchoolBoys’ Varsity Soccer

Date Opponent/Event Time9/4 Colchester 4:30 p.m.9/7 @ U-32 10 a.m.9/10 Stowe 4:30 p.m.9/13 @ CVU 4:30 p.m.9/16 Missisquoi 4:30 p.m.9/19 J.P. Carrara Tourn. v. Milton 4:30 p.m.9/21 J.P. Carrara Tourn. Cons. Noon9/21 J.P. Carrara Tourn. Champ. 2 p.m.9/24 @ Rice 4:30 p.m.10/2 @ Milton 7 p.m.10/4 @ Missisquoi 3:30 p.m.10/8 J.P. Carrara Tourn. 3rd Game 4 p.m.10/11 Rice 4 p.m.10/16 @ Mount Abraham 4 p.m.10/19 @ Vergennes 10 a.m.

Middlebury Union High School Varsity Boys’ Soccer TeamCoach: Bret WeekesAssistant coach: Connor RossName GradeN. Cole Bennett 12Jacob Codding 12Max Livingstone-Peters 12

Gabrio McCarty 12Matias Van Order Gonzalez 12Robert Avery 11Luke Benz 11Calder Birdsey 11Oliver Clark 11

Jacob Lawson 11Evan Ryan 11Bo Tran 11Jerald Staret 11Drew Barnicle 10Wilder Perera 10

Burke Weekes 10Duncan McCabe 9Lucas Pyle 9Sullivan Swearingen 9

squad. I’ve been very happy with the energy they’ve had,” he said.

But the new program head was by no means singing the blues.

“Our young leaders are stepping up,” Weekes said. “We’re going to learn on the job.”

Several key players return. Senior Max Livingstone-Peters will move from starting at outside defense to one of two defensive midfield posi-tions, while another senior who saw plenty of time off the bench, Rio Mc-Carty, will start as one of three offen-sive midfielders.

Versatile junior Oliver Clark played a variety of roles last year, and Weekes has placed him as a flank defender this fall, while junior mid-fielder Calder Birdsey moves into a starting offensive midfield role. Se-nior Cole Bennett saw some time at defense a year ago and will be one of two starters at central defense this season.

Newcomers fill out the roster. Ju-nior Bo Tran takes over in goal, and Weekes believes his athleticism and fearless attitude will make up for lack of varsity experience. Sophomore Wilder Perera will back up Tran.

Sophomore Burke Weekes will join Bennett in the middle of the defense, and Matias Van Order Gon-zalez was set as the other flank de-fender. Senior Jake Codding and ju-nior Jake Lawson are also available in the back.

Junior Jerry Staret will pair with Livingstone-Peters at defensive mid-field, and sophomore Drew Barnicle

will be the third offensive midfielder as the season opens. Other midfield-ers ready to step in are juniors Bob Avery and Luke Benz and fresh-men Duncan McCabe and Sullivan Swearingen.

Junior Evan Ryan will line up as

the Tigers’ target forward up front, and freshman Lucas Pyle or Birdsey could spell him there.

Offense and speed should be plus-es, Weekes said.

“I feel very good about our ball skills in the attacking and midfield

area,” he said. “And our pace is good as well … I’m not concerned about players running by us in the defense.”

If the defense gels as Weekes hopes, he thinks the rebuilt Tigers will hold their own.

“Two keys for us lie in our defen-sive communication and our defen-sive shape … Everything builds out of that,” he said. “Our attacking play-ers are skilled. If we hold our shape and we communicate well in the de-fensive third, I like our chances.”

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Middlebury Union High SchoolGirls’ Varsity Soccer

Date Opponent/Event Time9/3 Otter Valley 4:30 p.m.9/11 Vergennes 4:30 p.m.9/14 Stratton Mountain 10 a.m.9/18 @ Missisquoi 4:30 p.m.9/20 @ Milton 4 p.m.9/23 @ Mill River 4 p.m.9/25 Rice 4:30 p.m.9/28 Mount Abraham 10 a.m.10/1 @ Rutland 6 p.m.10/4 Missisquoi 4 p.m.10/9 Milton 4 p.m.10/12 @ Rice 10 a.m.10/15 @ Mount Abraham 4 p.m.10/18 @ Vergennes 4 p.m.

Middlebury Union High School Varsity Girls’ Soccer Team

Coach: Wendy LeedsName GradeSophia Abdul Sater 12Sara Boe 12Kate DaPolito 12Gabrielle Ingenthron 12Nathalie Ingersoll 12Sophie McKeever-Parkes 12Emily Robinson 12Anna Roy 12Sophie Ryan 12Marvella Avery 11Jennifer Cyr 11Katherine Holmes 11Abby Lane 11Julia Rosenberg 11Katherine Townsend 11Jesse Wulfman 11Claire Armstrong 10Molly Campbell 10Annina Hare 10Faith Isham 10Kelsey Smith 10Julia Vorsteveld 10

Tiger girls’ soccer looks to continue moving forwardBy ANDY KIRKALDY

MIDDLEBURY — The Middle-bury Union High School girls’ soc-cer team this spring will be looking to build on a five-win season that was the program’s two-decade high water mark — and, just maybe, to do some playoff damage.

Like the Tiger girls’ basketball and softball programs, MUHS girls’ soc-cer for the next two academic years will compete in Division II. That means first-round matchups with

powerhouses like Champlain Val-ley will not be in the cards, and that some new foes will dot the Tigers’ non-league schedule.

“It’s nice to be in the division we really should be in,” coach Wendy Leeds said. “It will be fun to see some new teams. It will be mentally really good for the girls to come in with absolutely no preconceptions about who this team is and what they can do.”

In the preseason, Leeds was also

looking forward to seeing what her team can do. Although a few valu-able players received diplomas in June, the Tigers were a deep team last season and have been reinforced by more solid talent at all positions.

And, Leeds said, the team devel-oped unity and communication al-most immediately.

“To build from where we came in is exciting,” she said. “It usually takes a few weeks to create that kind of a climate or that kind of a culture,

and they’ve come in with it.”The most obvious question is in

net, but Leeds believe sophomore Molly Campbell, who has club as well as JV experience, can step in successfully behind what she be-lieves will be a solid defense. Junior Jennifer Cyr will press for playing time in goal as well.

Leeds plans to start the season with four defenders, with veteran seniors Sophia Abdul Sater and Kate DaPolito in the middle and speedy

sophomores Annina Hare and Claire Armstrong on the flanks. Juniors Jes-se Wulfman and Marvie Avery could also step into the defense.

Leeds also intends to deploy four midfielders, probably pairing sopho-more Kelsey Smith and senior Sara Boe in the middle, with junior Katie Holmes rotating in to spell both of them. Smith can also drop back and give the central defenders a breather, Leeds said.

Seniors Emily Robinson and So-phie Ryan are the probable starters outside, with junior Julia Rosenberg (when she recovers from an illness), sophomore Julia Vorsteveld, senior Anna Roy and Avery also available at flank midfield.

In 2012 Leeds platooned players in the two forward spots, and there will be a rotation on the front line rotation again this year. Juniors Katherine Townsend and Abby Lane, senior So-phie McKeever-Parkes, sophomore Faith Isham, and, when she recovers from a preseason injury, senior Ga-brielle Ingenthron are all in the mix at striker.

Leeds sees better ball control and passing as a team strength, but wants her team to use those fresh legs to be more aggressive near the goal.

“We need to be more attack-mind-ed in the final third, especially in the box,” she said.

Overall, Leeds liked what she saw heading into the season.

“If we can build from here, I am re-ally optimistic,” she said.

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By ANDY KIRKALDYMIDDLEBURY — No, the Mid-

dlebury Union High School football team is not changing its basic philos-ophy this fall. Fans of Coach Den-nis Smith’s Tigers can expect to see three running backs line up behind the quarterback as the team tries to impose a ground game on its Divi-sion I opponents.

That formula has led to postseason appearances year after year, even if titles have been elusive since 2002.

“We’re Middlebury, and we’re going to be doing what we’ve been

doing,” Smith said. “We’re going to stick with what keeps getting us in the playoffs. And hopefully we’ll get over that hump from there.”

But there will be one new wrinkle: The Tigers will introduce a no-huddle look with signals coming in from the sideline. Smith said that hurry-up ap-proach should wear down opponents, prevent them from making substitu-tions, and allow the Tigers to dictate the pace of games.

It does not mean they will become pass-happy, however, like other Ver-mont teams that have adopted the no-

huddle strategy. “No-huddle doesn’t mean you’re a

throwing team,” Smith said.Smith was happy with the Tigers’

offseason work ethic, and how quick-ly they took to the new tactics.

They’ve come in and worked hard, and they’ve picked things up very well,” he said. “I’m ahead of where I thought I would be in terms of in-stalling new stuff with the no-huddle and all signals. They’re there to work, they’re listening, and they get along real well.”

Smith will use a deep corps of backs

to make the approach work. Junior quarterback Austin Robinson will do some of the ballcarrying and hand off to senior fullback Jakob Trautwein or one of four running backs: senior Nick Felkl or juniors Sam Smith, Cul-len Hathaway and Bobby Ritter.

Opening holes will be center Sam-uel Messenger, guards Josh Stearns and Holden Yildirim, and tackles Sam Usilton and James Ploof. Junior Justin Stone and senior Josiah Ben-oit will rotate at tight and split ends, and Ritter or junior Connor Quinn could also line up wide.

On the other side of the line of scrimmage, Trautwein is the nose tackle, juniors Sam Killorin and Lu-cas Plouffe are the defensive tack-les, and Usilton and Stone the ends. Stearns and Nicholas Audet are the top linebackers, Ritter and Smith the corners, and Robinson and senior Nathan Peck the starting safeties, Coach Smith said.

They will be spelled frequently on both sides of the ball: Smith said the team has depth.

“I feel we can rotate guys and not lose much this year, offensively or

defensively,” he said. The Tigers schedule, as always is

tough, notably early on. They opened at home with Essex, which defeated them on the road last fall, and three-time defending champion Hartford, with 2012 playoff teams Colchester and Rutland up next.

“We’ll learn a lot the first four or five weeks. Our schedule doesn’t soften up,” Smith said. “But we’ll take on anybody. We don’t worry about that. You’ve got to take them all on eventually. We look forward to the challenge.”

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Coach: Dennis SmithAssistant coaches: John Nuceder& Jed MalcolmName GradeNicholas Audet 12Josiah Benoit 12Nicholas Felkl 12Nathan Herrmann 12Jonah Lefkoe 12Samuel Messenger 12Nathan Peck 12Isaac Rooney 12Samuel Smith 12Joshua Stearns 12Jakob Trautwein 12Samuel Usilton 12Seth Wright 12Holden Yildirim 12Ashton Bates 11Calvin Desforges 11Matthew Dunton 11Ian Gill 11Christopher Gobbi 11Cullen Hathaway 11Samuel Holmes 11Joseph Hounchell 11Sam Killorin 11Nathan Lalonde 11James Ploof 11Lucas Plouffe 11Connor Quinn 11Bobby Ritter 11Austin Robinson 11Justin Stone 11Bruce Wright 10

Middlebury Union High SchoolVarsity Football

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Cross country blends veterans, newcomersBy ANDY KIRKALDY

MIDDLEBURY — After a number of runners graduated from MUHS boys’ and girls’ cross-country teams that each finished sixth in Division II a year ago, Coach Chas Lyons will be looking to youngsters to step up and fill in some of the gaps.

“We have a very young squad,” Lyons said.

The boys’ team does have more depth, and boasts two seniors who broke 20 minutes at the state cham-pionship meet: Max Moulton, who was sixth in D-II, and Sam Ferguson.

“Max Moulton will be our top run-ner. Sam Ferguson will be our next fastest,” Lyons said.

Junior Matt Becker was the next Tiger across the finish line at the 2012 state meet. After that trio, Lyons will look to a group of sophomores, two of whom finished among the Tigers’ top seven at the state meet, Matt Ferguson (fifth) and Nikhil Plouffe (seventh).

“From there you’re looking at … freshmen from last year that are moving up to sophomores,” Lyons said. “Those guys will probably step up quite a bit.”

That group also includes James Whitley, Dave Dregallo and Kyle Pecsok.

There are fewer female runners on the MUHS team, and fewer return-ing scorers. But the top two are back, sophomores Emily Fleming and Dan-

ielle Morris, and Lyons expects junior CareyAnne Howlett to improve.

“CareyAnne Howlett returns as captain for us. I think she’ll be a good backbone in the middle portion of the group,” Lyons said.

Freshmen Indigo Wood and Allison Cherrier are among those who could join the scoring group, he said.

“There is some young talent that is supposedly strong,” Lyons said. “They’re probably going to step right up as well.”

And, as he noted, there are always surprises.

“We have several new members of the team that have not proven themselves that are coming in as sophomores and juniors,” Lyons said. “Someone always comes out of the woodwork, so I hope we have a stronger guys’ team and girls’ team for that.”

The team’s Middlebury Invitational will again be held at Rikert Nordic Center, in the afternoon so as not to conflict with Homecoming Week-end’s other scheduled athletic events on Sept. 28.

“Being Homecoming Weekend we want to maximize everyone’s view-ing potential,” Lyons said.

As usual, the coach is seeing the work ethic and positive attitude that make his job a pleasure.

“You can never repeat that enough,” Lyons said. “They’re always a great bunch.”

Middlebury Union High School Varsity Cross Country Team

Coach: Chas LyonsName GradeAnna Caliandro 12Thomas Crowne 12Sam Ferguson 12Merritt Gleason 12Austin Grimm 12Luke Jackson 12Max Moulton 12Sharon Palmer 12Jonah Supernovich 12Miles Waldron 12Anthony Woods 12Forrest Wright-Lapin 12Matt Becker 11Ryan Biette 11Simon Broucke 11

Carey Anne Howlett 11Adam Joselson 11Michelle Peterson 11David Dregallo 10Matthew Ferguson 10Emily Fleming 10Gretta Groves 10Eric Mathewson 10Danielle Morris 10Kyle Pecsok 10Nikhil Plouffe 10James Whitley 10Allison Cherrier 9Meigan Clark 9Henry Ganey 9Ronan Howlett 9Indigo Woods 9

Middlebury Union High School Varsity Cross Country

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New coach aiming for field hockey bounce-backBy ANDY KIRKALDY

MIDDLEBURY — The MUHS field program has had its ups and downs the past two years, going from 2011’s Division I title to a one-win season after heavy graduation losses.

But with a few veterans back and an infusion of athletes from a suc-cessful 2012 JV team, new coach Megan Sears — who led that eight-win JV squad — said she is at least “cautiously optimistic” about 2013.

“I’m really excited about the pos-sible combinations on the field. And I think with the right combinations we could be really successful,” Sears said. “I don’t want to get too excited, but I’m definitely excited about this bunch. And they’re really a great group of girls.”

Four players return who were full-time starters a year ago. Senior Paige Viens was the team’s leading scorer and is back at right wing, and junior Baily Ryan is back in the goal. Two seniors, Kate Knowles and Ki-era Kirkaldy, will play center and right midfield in some configuration. Knowles moves back from the front line and could start in the middle, while Kirkaldy played on the right side a year ago but could also play centrally. Sears said the two will have a lot of freedom to switch.

Several other players saw varsity action in 2012. Junior Megann Wat-kins started part-time at midfield and defense and will take over at center back, junior Alli White was a JV call-up and will start at left defense, senior Jess Brisson will share time at right defense, sophomore Sara Kelley will move into the starting line-up at left wing, and sophomore Mikayla Humiston will back up the front line.

Newcomers will round out the starting lineup. Sophomores Lau-ren Bartlett and Makayla Foster are the starting inners, and junior Har-

ley Downey-Teachout will also see plenty of action up front.

Sears believes the Tigers will score goals this fall.

“I see our forward line being re-ally strong this year. We have four, six actually, really great forward line players,” she said.

Sophomore first-year field hockey player Tajah Marsden’s ice hockey skills translated quickly to grass, and Sears said she will play left middie. Junior Emma Snyder-White will spell the midfielders, who Sears said have the skills and quickness across the board to create plenty of opportu-nities for the offense.

“Ultimately what will make us most successful is being able to tran-sition the ball,” she said.

Sophomore Alex Whipple is the final member of the team, and could well earn the final starting spot, at right back. Sears said all her defend-ers had strong sticks in the circle, while Ryan “definitely has grown” in goal.

In the preseason, Sears said even the players commented they seemed to be playing as a unit and communi-cating well.

“If we just keep that up and stay focused, the season could be really fun,” she said.

Middlebury Union High SchoolVarsity Field Hockey

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Middlebury Union High School Varsity Field Hockey Team

Coach:MeganSearsName GradeJessicaBrisson 12KieraKirkaldy 12KateKnowles 12PaigeViens 12HarleyDowney-Teachout 11BailyRyan 11EmmaSnyder-White 11

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By ANDY KIRKALDYBRISTOL — The Mount Abra-

ham field hockey team returned to prominence in 2012, winning 10 times and contending for a Division II title after a few leaner seasons.

Although the Eagles will have to rebuild in the back, Coach Mary Stetson is optimistic her team can again make some noise in the D-I Metro Conference and then the D-II postseason.

“We’re trying to go as deep as we can into the postseason and to be competitive every time out in the Metro,” Stetson said.

To reach the long-range goal of be-ing a strong tournament team, Stet-son said the first step for the Eagles

will be learning to play their best on a daily basis against challenging competition.

“Trying to be that competitive team every time we play is that first goal,” she said.

It helps that the Eagles entire mid-field returns intact: Seniors Madi Wood, Sam Reiss and Sara Cousino all started in 2012, and Wood and Reiss are three-year starters. Versa-tile juniors Olivia Scott and Gabri-elle Ryan will spell them if neces-sary.

Three players who either started last fall or saw major minutes on the front line also return: seniors Hailey Sayles, Sam Driscoll and Gabrielle Schlein. Juniors Bailey Sherwin

and Kennady Roy will join them up front, and Scott will also see time on the attack, Stetson said.

Senior Anna Thompson returns to anchor the defense, where senior Melinda Lathrop and juniors Court-ney Panton, Vanessa Malloy and Jen Gordon will join her. Ryan could also see action in the back.

How well that group gels will be critical, Stetson said.

“Our defense is very new in front of the goalkeepers, so it’s going to be that communication,” she said.

For the first time in four years, the goalkeeper will be also be new — all-star and four-year starter Lizzie Huizenga graduated. In the pre-season, senior Jessica Martell and

sophomore Danielle Morse were sharing the load in the cage.

Stetson expects all the Eagles to see time.

“Everyone’s going to have to con-tribute. We’re not a huge squad,” she said.

Quickness should be an asset, es-pecially when the Eagles hone their skills.

“Our stick skills need to match that speed, and our passing needs to match that speed,” Stetson said.

She is optimistic that will happen. “As a group they’re real cohesive,

and they work hard. They’re looking to get better,” she said. “It’s been a fun preseason.”

Eagle field hockey setting its sights highMount Abraham Union High School Varsity Field Hockey Team

Coach: Mary Stetson. Assistant coaches: Lisa Roscoe, Carolyn Brown, Ann Pollender and Jen StetsonName GradeSara Cousino 12Samantha Driscoll 12Melinda Lathrop 12Samantha Reiss 12Hailey Sayles 12

Gabrielle Schlein 12Anna Thompson 12Madi Wood 12Vanessa Malloy 11Courtney Panton 11Kennady Roy 11Gabrielle Ryan 11Olivia Scott 11Bailey Sherwin 11

Mount Abraham Union High School Varsity Field Hockey

Date Opponent/Event Time9/3 Colchester 4 p.m.9/7 U-32 10 a.m.9/11 @MountMansfield 4p.m.9/13 @ Middlebury 4 p.m.9/17 @ Essex 7 p.m.9/21 @ CVU 10 a.m.9/25 South Burlington 4 p.m.

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Coach optimistic for Eagle boys’ soccerBy ANDY KIRKALDY

BRISTOL — In 2012, the Mount Abraham boys’ soccer team shrugged off injuries to finish at .500 and reach the Division II semifinal round.

Coach Mike Corey is optimis-tic — given a little better luck with health — his 2013 Eagles can do even better.

“This is a team that will be very technical, have very good overall team speed. It will be heavy in ex-perience,” Corey said. “It’s a mature group of young men. They have great team chemistry … They are incredibly dialed in and supportive of each other.”

They also return a number of key players, including a goalie and de-fenders that cut their teeth last fall and should be a solid unit this sea-son.

Converted striker Ira Fisher, a senior, returns in goal with a year of experience, as do junior center backs Whit Lower and Gus Catlin. At flank back, senior Calvin Joos and junior Theo Weaver likewise have plenty of seasoning, and will also be asked to step into the attack at times. Sophomore Charlie Meyer

will back up the field players, and Nick Sczcecinski will be ready to step in for Fisher if needed.

“Defense should be our strength this year,” Corey said.

Skilled seniors Cale Thygesen and Aiden White-Pifer return to orches-trate the attack at midfield, where they will be joined in the starting lineup by sophomore Jackie Gorton, a part-time starter as a freshman. Seniors Turner Brett, Lucas Calzini and Logan Tow, and sophomores Cobi Badger and Tucker Paradee will spell the midfielders and at times the forwards.

Seniors Ethan White, Sawyer Kamman and Rider MacCrellish will run up front, with sophomore Dylan Weaver ready to step in.

The Eagles’ 4-3-3 formation is new, but Corey said they have learned it quickly.

“They are very bright. We’ve cov-ered a lot … and they’ve taken it in readily,” he said.

Overall, Corey described himself as “very encouraged” entering the season.

“I’m expecting a lot from this team,” he said. “It should be a step up from last year.”

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Mount Abraham Union High School Boys’ Varsity Soccer

Date Opponent/Event Time9/4 Green Mountain Valley 4:30 p.m.9/7 Mill River 10 a.m.9/10 @ BFA-Fairfax 4:30 p.m.

9/16 Milton 4:30 p.m.9/19 J.P. Carrara Tournament in Middlebury vs. Vergennes 4:30 p.m.

9/24 @ Missisquoi 4:30 p.m.9/30 Rice 4 p.m.10/2 Vergennes 4 p.m.10/11 Missisquoi 4 p.m.

10/14 @ Green Mountain Valley 4 p.m.10/16 Middlebury 4 p.m.10/19 @ Rice 10 a.m.

Mount Abraham Union High School Varsity Boys’ Soccer Team

Coach: Mike CoreyAssistant coach: Chris WilsonName GradeLucas Calzini 12Ira Fisher 12Calvin Joos 12Sawyer Kamman 12Rider MacCrellish 12Cale Thygesen 12Logan Tow 12Brett Turner 12Ethan White 12

Aiden White-Pifer 12Gus Catlin 11Whit Lower 11Theo Weaver 11Cobi Badger 10Jackie Gorton 10Charlie Meyer 10Tucker Paradee 10Enrique Serrano 10Nick Szczecinski 10Dylan Weaver 10

Mount Abraham Union High SchoolGirls’ Varsity Soccer

Date Opponent/Event Time9/3 CVU 4:30 p.m.9/6 MountMansfield 4:30p.m.9/11 @ U-32 4:30 p.m.9/14 @ BFA-Fairfax 10 a.m.9/17 Milton 4:30 p.m.9/20 @ Vergennes 4:30 p.m.9/25 @ Missisquoi 4:30 p.m.9/28 @ Middlebury 4:30 p.m.10/1 @ Rice 4 p.m.10/4 @ Milton 4 p.m.10/9 Vergennes 4 p.m.10/12 Missisquoi 10 a.m.10/15 Middlebury 4 p.m.10/18 Rice 4 p.m.

Mount Abraham Union High School Varsity Girls’ Soccer Team

Coach: Dustin CorriganAssistant coach: Denny CotaName GradeBrittany Atkins 12Addy Campbell 12MK Charnley 12Ashlie Fay 12Quinn Gervia 12Meghan Livingston 12Melanie Rotax 12Harlie Vincent 12

Isabel Brennan 11Mary Kate Clark 11Iris duPont 11Reed Martin 11Amy Nault 11Kendra Thompson 11Stephanie White 11Zoe Cassels-Brown 10Jesse McKean 10Juniper Nardiello Smith 10Ernesta McIntosh 9

By ANDY KIRKALDYBRISTOL — The Mount Abra-

ham girls’ soccer team has been on the upswing, and Coach Dustin Cor-rigan expects more of the same this season.

“We’ve kind of gotten a little bet-ter each year the last few years,” Corrigan said. “We’ve got a lot of girls who have really worked hard, done a lot in the offseason … It’s ex-citing, the potential in this group.”

One strength should be experi-ence.

“The senior class has eight re-turning players, eight of whom have three or more years of varsity expe-rience,” Corrigan said.

A number of players from 2012’s undefeated JV team have also signed on.

“There are some underclass-men who look like they are going to make some really big contribu-tions,” Corrigan said.

One player who fits each of those categories will start on the attack. Senior Meghan Livingston popped in a dozen goals in 2012, and join-ing her at striker in the Eagles’ base 4-4-2 formation will be talented freshman Ernesta McIntosh.

Corrigan at times might run three up front, with juniors Stephanie White and Isabel Brennan and ei-ther senior Ashlie Fay or sopho-

more Zoe Cassels-Brown also available. Either Fay or Cassels-Brown will start in goal, with that decision still pending during the preseason.

Veterans will anchor the center of the Eagle midfield, senior M.K. Charnley and junior Amy Nault. Senior Melanie Rotax and sopho-more Juniper Nardiello-Smith were the probable starters on the flanks, with seniors Quinn Gervia and Brittany Atkins, juniors Mary Kate Clark and Iris DuPont, and Bren-nan also in the mix.

Senior Harlie Vincent and junior Reed Martin will start in central de-fense in the primary 4-4-2 set, with

senior Addy Campbell and sopho-more Jesse McKean on the flanks. Atkins might step in at wing back if Corrigan goes with three defend-ers, and junior Kendra Thompson could also see time in the back.

Which of several formations Corrigan deploys will depend on circumstances.

“How good is the opponent? Are they going to play with two or three up top? The field matters. If it’s a narrow field it’s easier to go with three in the back,” Corrigan said.

Producing consistently on the attack, which the Eagles did dur-ing the preseason, will be the key against what is a tougher schedule

this fall. “The real test will be if we can

do that against a real quality op-ponent,” Corrigan said. “It’s a very competitive schedule this year. We

made it that way. There shouldn’t be any easy games. That’s a chal-lenge for the girls … We’ll be more battle-hardened come playoffs this year.”



By ANDY KIRKALDYBRISTOL — The Mount Abraham/

Vergennes football team has earned one of four Division III playoff berths in each of the past two seasons, and with the postseason field expanded to eight this fall Coach Ernie Sene-cal believes a return to the playoffs is, while by no means assured, at least likely.

“We should make the playoffs, but we’d like to set our sights higher this year. I think our goals are, No. 1, to have a winning season, No. 2, to host at least one playoff game,” he said. “Of course, we’d like to make it to the championship game, and ultimately to win it.”

To reach those targets, the Eagles

will not change their basic offensive philosophy, although Senecal said some individual plays have been changed or discarded and others add-ed within the framework.

“We’ve gotten good production running out of the I, with a little bit of spread mixed in,” he said. “What’s worked for us is to run the football and play some pretty solid defense.”

It helps those tactics that speedy senior tailback Tommy Lee Hodsden and bruising fullback Austin Lafay-ette both return to lug the ball.

“We’ve got to match up (running backs) with anybody in D-3. We’ve got a great pair,” Senecal said.

Junior Joey Payea moves up from the JV team to take over at quarter-

back, and Senecal said his passing ability and mobility in the pocket could add an extra dimension.

“We might look to throw the foot-ball a little more this year,” he said.

When the Eagles do throw, targets will include senior wide receivers Kyle Mailloux, Aaron Rowell and Mike White, and junior tight ends Tyrus Keith and Brandon Mansfield.

The line returns one starter, senior Paul Sabourin at left tackle, and two players who saw plenty of snaps in 2012, junior guard Erik Eisenhower and sophomore guard Matt Mullin. Junior Derek Whitcomb takes over at center, and junior Ty Combs at right tackle. Senior Jason Hartman was set to start on the line, but suffered a

season-ending injury. Senecal said he likes the line’s

quickness, and said he hopes a new zone-blocking scheme will also help open up holes for the backs.

The defense will see some change, from a 5-2-4 to a 4-3-3 alignment. Lafayette and Mullin will start inside on the line, with sophomore Bradley Sturtevant spelling them. Sabourin and Keith are the ends, with Combs the top sub there.

The inside linebackers are senior Josh Cyr and Eisenhower, with White and Mansfield on the outside. Junior Ethan Gendreau will see time filling in for the backers. Mailloux and Row-ell are the top corners, and Hodsden the starting safety.

Mt. Abe/VUHS football team seeking playoff successIn all, Senecal liked what he saw

heading into the season. “We have good quality football

players,” he said. “We should be com-petitive in our division.”

Mount Abraham Union High SchoolVarsity Football Team

Head coach: Ernie SenecalAssistant coaches: Lee Hodsden, Mike Crane, Matt Senecal and Eric HartmanName GradeTravis Bachand 12Josh Cyr 12Jason Hartman 12Tommy Lee Hodsden 12Austin Lafayette 12Kyle Mailloux 12Aaron Rowell 12Paul Sabourin 12Will Van Buren 12Mike White 12Alex Bushey 11Ty Combs 11Erik Eisenhower 11Ethan Gendreau 11Isaiah Goff 11Josh Litch 11Brandon Mansfield 11Joey Payea 11Joe Sawyer 11Keith Tyrus 11Derek Whitcomb 11Broc Clark 10Jack Eisenhower 10Matt George 10Jeb Hodsden 10Josh Johnson 10Tate Maille 10Matt Mullin 10Elias Nezin 10Ross Norton 10Ryan Paquin 10Isaac Record 10Anthony Robideau 10Hunter Reyes 10Nate Rowell 10Bradley Sturtevant 10

Mount Abraham Union High SchoolVarsity Football

Date Opponent/Event Time8/31 U-32 1 p.m.9/6 @ Winooski 7 p.m.9/14 @ BFA-Fairfax 1 p.m.9/21 Spaulding 1 p.m.9/28 @ Windsor 2 p.m.10/5 Oxbow 3 p.m.10/12 @ Mill River 1 p.m.10/19 Poultney

Eagle cross country blessed with numbersBy ANDY KIRKALDY

BRISTOL — With a continued strong turnout to buoy both the girls’ and boys’ teams, Mount Abraham cross-country coaches Brent Crum and Vicki Wright are hoping for at least a modest step forward this sea-son.

“Our numbers are really good right now,” Crum said.

On the boys’ side, that turnout in-cludes six of the seven runners who competed for the Eagles at the 2012 state meet, all of them juniors, includ-ing Chris Carter, whose time of just over 20 minutes was more than two minutes faster than any of his team-mates.

“He’s done a summer of training, and he’s looking pretty fast. So I think he’s up for a good season,” Crum said.

The other five are Robin Kuhns, Cullen Jemison, Nick Turner and Sam Daniels, all of whom scored points, and Matt Giles, who was the seventh Eagle across the finish line.

“They will probably form the core of the boys’ varsity team,” Crum said.

Crum said senior Josh Cousineau could earn one of the seven varsity positions, as could sophomore Eliot Brett or one of several freshmen.

“It will be fun this year because, like last year, there’s going to be competition for those top seven var-sity spots, which makes for a stronger cross-country team. I think we will be solidly in the mix in some of our smaller meets, and we will perform better than we have in some of the big invitationals,” Crum said. “So I’m re-

ally optimistic on a really successful season.”

On the girls’ side, five of the top seven at the state meet return, includ-ing top finisher Natalie May, a senior and team leader. Junior Sarah Sodano and sophomores Genevieve Chiola and Laura Sundstrom also scored for the Eagles at the state meet, and soph-omore Harmony Taggart ran for the team there.

Wright expects senior Bakari Olivetti and junior S.J. Grundon, tal-ented runners who missed the state meet, to be top-five runners, but Grun-don, who had trouble staying healthy in 2012, was nursing an injury in late August.

Wright also cited freshman Anna Iliff as one of several of the team’s younger runners who could emerge this fall.

“There’s quite a few of them,” she said. “We’ll see where the others come in.”

The group appears to have the ap-proach to succeed, Wright said.

“They’ve been working hard in practice, and really showing good leadership, too, especially Natalie and Bakari,” she said.

Crum echoed that sentiment. “We have the best bunch of kids.

Our cross-country runners, I don’t know if it’s like this at every school, we just have the greatest group of kids. They’re nice. They’re friendly. They’re supportive. They cheer every-body on. They’re the hard workers,” he said. “I’m psyched to have them all out.”

Mount Abraham Union High School Cross CountryDate Opponent/Event Time8/31 CVU Relays 10 a.m.9/7 Essex Invitational 9:30 a.m.9/10 Spaulding Invitational 4 p.m.9/14 Burlington Invitational 10 a.m.9/17 @ Missisquoi 4 p.m.9/24 Host: Enosburg Falls, Milton,

Missisquoi, Rice 10 a.m.10/1 @ Milton 4 p.m.10/5 Thetford Invitational 10 a.m.10/8 Fairfax Relays 3:30 p.m.10/19 NVAC Champs. @ Missisquoi 1:30 p.m.

Mount Abraham Union High School Varsity Cross Country TeamCoaches: Vicki Wright and Brent CrumName GradeHannah Bonar 12Josh Cousineau 12Natalie May 12Bakari Olivetti 12Chris Carter 11Sam Daniels 11Matthew Giles 11

S.J. Grundon 11Cullen Jemison 11Robin Kuhns 11Nick Myers 11Kiley Pratt 11Jackson Radler 11Louissa Rozendaal 11Sarah Sodaro 11Myles Towsley 11

Nick Turner 11Lyn Ackert-Smith 10Jezriel Berry 10Eliot Brett 10Genevieve Chiola 10Laura Sundstrom 10Harmony Taggart 10Will Aldrich 9Xzavia Berry 9

Jude Bunch 9Peter Foley 9Anna Iliff 9Delaynah Leavitt 9Connor Norland 9Fiona O’Niel 9Andrew Raymond 9

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By ANDY KIRKALDYBRANDON — The trend of low

numbers continued this year for the Otter Valley cross-country team, but despite the lack of quantity Coach Jim Samler believes there is some quality among the two boys and three girls who signed up.

Samler was also hoping to boost those numbers as school was open-ing.

“I am scouring the halls for some new faces, but for now it’s pretty thin,” he said.

Unless Samler’s recruiting strikes gold, the Otters will not reach the five-strong threshold on either the boys’ or girls’ side to score as a team at the Division II meet.

Still, Samler expects some strong individual results. Junior Emmett Thurston and sophomore Jacob

Scarborough ran 20:30 and 20:38 on the challenging Thetford course at the 2012 D-II championship meet, right in the middle of a large pack of runners. Any improvement on those times could move them quickly up in the standings.

“I think Emmett and Jake will do pretty well in the state this year,” Samler said.

Sophomore Emma Cijka, the team’s lone female runner in 2012, gets some company this year: For-mer field hockey player Danarose Weaver, a senior, and freshman Maria Wiles signed on this fall.

Samler sees potential.“The girls will hold their own,”

he said.All five understand their results

depend on their effort, Samler said. “Everyone is working hard in

practice,” he said.

Otter cross country: Quality, not quantity

Otter Valley Union High SchoolCross Country

Date Opponent/Event Time9/3 @ Rutland 4:30 p.m.9/10 Otter Valley 4:30 p.m.9/17 @ MSJ 4:30 p.m.9/21 @ Sudbury Road Race 9:45 a.m.9/24 @ Mill River 4:30 p.m.

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Otter Valley Union High SchoolVarsity Cross Country Team

Coach: Jim SamlerName GradeDanarose Weaver 12Emmett Thurston 11

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OV football looks strong in Division IIIBy LEE J. KAHRS

BRANDON — Buoyed by a new divisional status, a big win at home last week, and a roster of tough, ath-letic players, the Otter Valley Union High School football team could have its best season in years.

Third-year Head Coach Jim Hill said Monday that his team this year may lack the overall size of some opposing teams, but they are fast … and tough.

“This is the most physical group I’ve coached,” Hill said. “They love to bring it. They hit it hard.”

The Otters have split their two games so far, with a loss to Fair Ha-ven followed by a huge 42-14 win over BFA-Fairfax on Sept. 7 in front of the home crowd. That was one game where Hill said OV had a size advantage over Fairfax, a new oppo-nent now that the Otters have moved from Division II to Division III ball.

“Our line is not very big,” Hill said of the Otter offensive line. “The big-gest kid I have is 220 pounds, anoth-er kid is 6-foot-3, 215. We were big-ger than Fairfax, and I think we’re bigger than most D-III teams, but not all.”

Hill said he is perfectly happy to be playing D-III ball. OV is a small school with only 200 eligible boys, he said, and the football team has faced an uphill battle in D-II for years.

“We’ve been playing at a level above our size for the last few years,” the coach said. “I’m excited about playing teams our size or similar size. We’re going to compete where we’re put.”

To that end, Hill said the Otters’ running game is in mid-season form, thanks to a pair of talented backs in senior captain Mike Winslow and sophomore Carson Leary, who have helped OV earn hundreds of total rushing yards in each the first two games.

Senior Tyler Jones is also a captain this year.

The Otters are led by junior quar-terback John Winslow, who is prov-ing to be a reliable and athletic passer. He was 20 for 32 in the Fair Haven game and 10 for 13 against BFA-Fairfax.

“We’re working on big passing plays,” Hills said, adding that the Ot-ters receiving corps took a hit from graduation, and that is an area that Hill is rebuilding. OV graduated four talented receivers in Jim Winslow, Justin Owen, Brett Patterson and Chad Lonergan. Hill said now he is working with a new crop of receiv-ers, senior Justin Wedin, juniors Joey Scarborough and Derek Bassette, and sophomore Robertas Nielsen.

“Justin is our most consistent re-

ceiver right now,” Hill said, “Joey has great speed and Derek and Ro-bertas have a lot of athleticism. We’re just struggling with catching and holding onto the ball.”

OV has a big game coming up on Friday night in Mill River under the lights, and Hill said it will be a game to remember. After that, the coach said he thinks this Otter team can be in the final four teams in D-III at the end of the season. After the Mill River game, the Otters face more manageable teams for the final four games: Mount St. Joseph at home, Poultney, Winooski, then Oxbow at home to end the season.

Overall, Hill is enjoying his team this year and is optimistic about the

season and the players.“It’s a great chemistry,” he said.

“There is no ‘me first’ attitude. It’s all about the team with these guys. And that intensity. This is certainly the best group I’ve had since I was hired as head coach.”

Otter Valley Union High SchoolVarsity Football

Date Opponent/Event Time8/31 Fair Haven 1 p.m.9/7 BFA-Fairfax 7 p.m.9/13 @ Mill River 7 p.m.9/28 MSJ 1 p.m.10/5 @ Poultney 3 p.m.10/11 @ Winooski 7 p.m.10/19 Oxbow 1 p.m.

Otter Valley Union High School Varsity Football Team

Coach: Jim HillAssistant coaches: Kipp Denis, Chaz Hall, Michael Havens and James HelakName GradeTyler Jones 12Evan Lovely 12Vytas Nielsen 12Joe Palmer 12Erik Stage 12Thomas Stanley 12Justin Wedin 12Michael Winslow 12Dillin Baldwin-Costa 11Derek Bassette 11Hunter Birchmore 11Alex Hunt 11Josef Scarborough 11Adam Sherwin 11

John Winslow 11Tyler Allen 10Marcel Denis 10Jared Felkl 10Trevo Lear 10Carson Leary 10Robertas Nielsen 10Trevor Peduto 10Matthew Wedin 10Hannah Williams 10Jove Bautista 9Tyson Cram 9Jeremy Frasier 9Conor Mackie 9Brent Nickerson 9Collin Parker 9William Ross 9Greg Whitney 9



Veterans could boost field hockey in D-IIBy ANDY KIRKALDY

BRANDON — With many key players returning and a strong pre-season following on the heels of a winning 2012, Otter Valley field hockey coach Stacey Edmunds-Brickell said she and the Otters were feeling optimistic heading into the regular season.

“I just think we have great strength all the way across,” Edmunds-Brick-ell said. “We certainly have veteran players.”

Several of those veterans return up front. Senior Brittany Bushey, a four-year starter, will line up at inside forward along with another senior veteran, Emily Lowell, if Lowell re-covers from an early season injury. Two juniors will be the wings, Kylee Bissette and Jenna Elliott.

One promising newcomer and a member of one of three sets of sis-ters on the team, Allison Lowell, will back up a group of forwards that Edmunds-Brickell said should be productive.

“We certainly have a fast and skilled front line. They want to score goals,” she said.

Junior Laura Beth Roberts and sophomore Maia Edmunds will share the center and right middie positions, and junior Marissa Colburn will line

up on the left side. Freshman Court-ney Bushey will come off the bench to spell what Edmunds-Brickell said should be another strong unit.

“Our midfield is working hard at transitioning … better than we did last year,” she said. “They’re really supporting the front line.”

Senior Olivia Bloomer returns to anchor the defense in the middle, with senior Alexia Colburn on one side and sophomore Ann Manning on the other. Seniors Erin Flood and Caitlyn Curtis and freshman Meghan Hallett can also step into the back.

“Our defense, they’re solid play-ers,” Edmunds-Brickell said.

Freshman Myliah McDonough is the goalie, and Edmunds-Brickell said she worked hard over the sum-mer to learn the position.

Edmunds-Brickell said she and the Otters, who lost only two D-II games in 2012, one a close playoff contest to eventual champion Harwood, are setting their sights on the title game this season.

“I think we have a strong team that is strong across the field … I think they are working well together,” she said. “If they play the field hockey they are capable of playing, there’s no reason they can’t be there.”

Otter Valley Union High School Varsity Girls’ Soccer Team

Coach: David BrownAssistant coach: Rick HeddingName GradeTaylor Aines 12Jessica Frazier 12Brianna Hedding 12Julie Jackson 12Kelli Jerome 12Savannah Lynch 12

Michelle Maseroni 12Megan McKeighan 12Cortney Poljacik 12Alexis Hedding 10Shana Houle 10Isabelle Kingsley 10Jillian Flanders 9Abigail Pinkowski 9

Otter Valley Union High School Girls’ Varsity SoccerDate Opponent/Event Time9/3 @ Middlebury 4:30 p.m.9/6 Vergennes 4:30 p.m.9/10 Springfield 4:30p.m.9/13 @ Black River (vs. Green Mtn.) 6 p.m.9/14 Black River Tournament 6 or 8 p.m.9/19 @ Mill River 4:30 p.m.

9/25 @ Woodstock 4:30 p.m.9/28 Proctor 10 a.m.10/1 @ Burr & Burton 4 p.m.10/4 Mill River 4 p.m.10/8 @Springfield 4p.m.10/14 Woodstock 4 p.m.10/16 @ Proctor 4 p.m.10/19 @ MSJ 10 a.m.

Senior leadership key for OV girls’ soccerBy LEE J. KAHRS

BRANDON — “Our team is small in numbers but I feel we have the ability to speak volumes.” That is the OV girls’ soccer coach Dave Brown’s take on his 2013 team, which is looking good despite a 0-2 start as of Sept. 8.

With only 14 players on the squad, Brown is looking to his core of nine seniors to help improve on last season. The Otters ended the 2012 campaign ranked No. 13 in Division II with a 4-8-2 record, and lost in the playdowns to Lake Region. Brown said the experience was one the team is using to fuel it-self this year.

“Four of our games last season were decided in double overtime,” Brown said. “This left a bitter taste with our team and we would like to be competitively strong enough to carry a home playoff match this season.”

Almost all of the seniors are re-turning starters from last year, in-cluding captains Brianna Hedding and Michelle Maseroni, speedy forwards Taylor Aines and talented Jessica Frazier up front, tough mid-fielder Savannah Lynch and Cort-ney Poljacik returning to the goal.

There are no juniors on this team. Three sophomores, Alexis Hed-ding (playing midfield with Lynch), Shana Houle and Isabelle Kingsley,

and two freshmen, Jillian Flanders and Abby Pinkowski, round out the squad.

In the early part of the season the Otters have made a good showing despite their 1-2 record. They lost their opener on the road against pe-rennially strong Middlebury, 1-0, and lost a tough match against Ver-gennes, 4-3.

Brown said his goal this season is to pound the basics of soccer, the bare bones of the game: ball han-dling, passing and scoring.

“Our areas of focus this year are on the basic fundamentals of a simple game,” he said. “We scored 32 goals last season and allowed 33. Soccer is simple ... If you score more than you allow, you win!”

The schedule is not on the Otters’ side this season. They face strong teams like Mill River, Woodstock, Springfield and Burr and Burton on the road, and will now play peren-nial powerhouse Proctor as well, now that the Marble Valley League has moved the Phantoms up in di-vision. All told, there are 10 road games and only five home games for the OV girls this season. Brown is optimistic nevertheless.

“We have a tough schedule this season and every game is going to be a dog fight,” Brown said. “But, I think our Otter girls are more than capable of handling their own.”

OV boys’ soccer to feature new lookBy LEE J. KAHRS

BRANDON — Muffie Harvey loves coaching her Otter boys’ soc-cer team. That love has been evident each season since she was hired in 2011, regardless of the number of wins or losses. She simply loves to teach kids the game of soccer.

This season, the boys are off to a promising 2-1 start as of Sept. 8 with wins over Fair Haven and Windsor, and Harvey is thrilled with what she’s seen so far.

“The boys are looking really good this year,” Harvey said in an inter-view last week. “We’ve got a lot of solid talent and some strong, upcom-ing talent as well.”

Harvey also has the privilege of coaching her son, Barron Harvey, a senior who is co-captain this year with seniors Will Claessens and Nick Mischanko.

Coach Harvey said the leadership her captains are showing has led to a great overall team atmosphere this season.

“I see a better chemistry this year,” she said. “Not that I thought we had a chemistry problem last year, but these guys are real leaders.”

Harvey also singled out tenacious defenseman Connor Gallipo, a ju-nior who came out of the gate to play

from the very first game this season.“He’s awesome,” the coach said.

“He’s a leader and he’ll shine this season, as long as I can keep him healthy.”

Harvey also has two seniors re-turning to soccer after a two-year hiatus. Devin Beayon is back after recovering from a severely broken leg, and baseball standout Shane Quenneville is in the goal as the Ot-ters’ keeper.

“He does a nice job for us and I’m thrilled to have him back,” Harvey said of Quenneville.

For juniors, Harvey has one, Ben Lones, whom she described as “a force to be reckoned with” as far as his ball handling.

Among the 11 sophomores is Col-lin Eugair, who made the switch from football. Five freshmen round out the 27-member team this season.

The Otter boys ended last season with a loss to No. 5 Woodstock in the playdowns and a record of 4-9-1. Harvey said she had no problem with the way her team played last season, bouncing back from a five-game los-ing streak.

“We lost to the teams we were sup-posed to lose to,” she said. “We can’t compete with the Burr and Burtons and the Hartfords. They recruit!”

Through some divisional shuf-fling, Burr and Burton and Hartford have both been moved to Division I, leveling the playing field a bit for the D-II Otters.

“We need to play teams we can be competitive with,” Harvey said. “If I could have a .500 season this year, I’d be tickled. I think it’s doable.”

Otter Valley Union High School Varsity Field Hockey TeamOtter Valley Union High School Varsity Field Hockey

Coach: Stacey Edmunds-BrickellName GradeOlivia Bloomer 12Brittany Bushey 12Alexia Colburn 12Caitlyn Curtis 12Erin Flood 12Emily Lowell 12Kylee Bissette 11

Marissa Colburn 11Jenna Elliott 11Laura Beth Roberts 11Maia Edmunds 10Ann Manning 10Courtney Bushey 9Meghan Hallett 9Allison Lowell 9Myliah McDonough 9

Date Opponent/Event Time8/30 @ Hartford 4 p.m.9/4 @Springfield 4p.m.9/6 @ Woodstock 4 p.m.9/9 Fair Haven 4 p.m.9/17 Burr & Burton 4 p.m.9/19 Rutland 4 p.m.9/23 @ Fair Haven 4 p.m.

9/25 @ Rutland 4 p.m.9/28 Hartford 11 a.m.10/3 @ Woodstock 4 p.m.10/7 Mount Anthony 4 p.m.10/14 @ Mount Anthony 4 p.m.10/16 Bellows Falls 4 p.m.10/18 Woodstock 4 p.m.

OVUHS Boys’ Varsity SoccerDate Opponent/Event Time8/31 Fair Haven (@ Proctor) 1 p.m.9/4 @ Proctor 4:30 p.m.9/6 @ Windsor 4:30 p.m.9/9 @ Twin Valley 6 p.m.9/14 @ Green Mountain 11 a.m.9/17 @ Fair Haven 7 p.m.9/25 @Arlington(Springfield) 5p.m.9/27 @ Arlington 5 or 7 p.m.9/28 Green Mountain 4:30 p.m.9/30 Windsor 4:30 p.m.10/7 Arlington 4 p.m.10/8 Black River 4 p.m.10/15 Stratton 4 p.m.10/18 Twin Valley 4 p.m.

Otter Valley Union High SchoolVarsity Boys’ Soccer Team

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Vergennes brings back experienced runnersBy ANDY KIRKALDY

VERGENNES — Once again, the Vergennes cross-country team will be small. But this year, unless more athletes decided to sign up after the semester started, there will be little margin for error: As school opened, the Commodores had seven boys, just enough to form a varsity team — plus two girls who will run as in-dividuals.

The good news for Coach Brad Castillo’s program is that four of his seven boys ran for VUHS at the D-II state meet in 2012, and all finished with respectable times of between 20:21 and 21:31.

Those four, in order, are seniors Matteo Palmer and Jarret LaFleche, junior Wesley Miedema, and sopho-more Jesse Barnes. Sophomore Silas Mullin also ran for VUHS a year ago, Castillo said, but not in the state meet.

All will bring something to the table, Castillo said.

“Matteo has come into the season looking fantastic. I’m hoping he will pull the other guys along quicker,” he said.

LaFleche will have to work into top shape, something Castillo is con-fident will occur.

“Once he gets into the swing of things, he’ll push Matteo,” he said.

Castillo said Miedema is “long and

lean” and has “a good pace,” while Barnes is “much improved from last season” and Mullin is “smart and coachable.”

The newcomers were unknowns as the preseason opened, and Castil-lo will look for them to develop and possibly emerge. They are sopho-mores Quinn D’Andrea and Xavier Provencher.

With only two female runners, the Commodores will not score points, barring highly successful recruiting early in the school year. But Castillo said freshman Alyse Beauchemin was

a strong runner in middle school, and Sophia Parker, a novice to the sport, is “incredibly eager” to learn.

As for the boys, who can compete in the D-II championship meet, Cas-tillo said he would bring them along slowly to avoid injury and burnout. Then, he said, they could surprise some people.

“I think we can make some noise. Unfortunately, other teams are big-ger and more established,” Castillo said. “But I’m convinced if everyone runs to form and stays healthy, we can definitely play the spoiler.”

Vergennes Union High SchoolVarsity Cross Country Team

Coach: Brad CastilloName GradeJarret LaFleche 12Matteo Palmer 12Wesley Miedema 11Jesse Barnes 10Quinn D’Andrea 10Silas Mullen 10Xavier Provencher 10Alyse Beauchemin 9Sophia Parker 9

Vergennes Union High SchoolCross Country

Date Opponent/Event Time8/31 CVU Relays @ Keenan Farm 10 a.m.9/4 SBHS Class Races @ Red Rocks 4 p.m.9/7/13 Essex Invitational 9:30 a.m.9/14 Burlington Invitational 9:30 a.m.

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Young soccer team to rely on skill, teamworkBy ANDY KIRKALDY

VERGENNES — Graduation hit a number of teams hard this fall, but probably none harder than Ver-gennes boys’ soccer: Fourteen 2012 team members walked across the stage in the VUHS gym in June.

But Coach Kevin Hayes believes the 2013 Commodores just might be able to hold their own despite the wholesale changes. Many of them, he said, have been teammates on successful youth and club squads.

“This bunch has been playing to-gether for a few years, so they’ve got some good soccer IQ. They’re a unit,” he said. “They can move the ball. They have some skill. They un-derstand the game.”

The question, of course, is how

well a young team short on varsity experience will handle a challenging new level of play.

“That’s the key right there. They’ve been very successful in all the youth levels … But adapting to the varsity level, we’re facing that now,” Hayes said. “It’s how they deal with that first year of varsity, most of them.”

The Commodores do have players with experience. Six players return from the 2012 opening roster, all now seniors. Jordan Stearns and Josh Benning will probably start as defen-sive central midfielders, Ryan Mori-glioni at central defense, and Shane Lawrence as a flank midfielder. Jared Birchmore will come off the bench at midfield, and Logan Ambrose will

see time at wing back. Two more saw time as JV call-

ups, juniors Liam Godfrey and Liam Hayes. Godfrey will start out this fall as the team’s offensive central mid-fielder in what will be a lineup with three defenders, five midfielders and two strikers, and Hayes will be one of the two frontrunners.

Running with Hayes up front will be junior Luke Paquin, while junior Dana Ambrose will spell both God-frey and the forwards.

Junior Jake Dombek rounds out the midfield starters, with junior Chris Castillo and the team’s only sophomore, Aaron Gaines, ready to step in at midfield.

Junior Elan Hugo was slated to be the third defensive starter, with se-

nior Logan Ambrose backing up the defenders.

The Commodores’ schedule called for, to start, challenging non-league games against Stowe and Montpelier sandwiched around a tough Lake Di-vision game vs. Rice.

“I feel it’s a good test,” Hayes said. “The early games will tell us where we land and what we need to do.”

Hayes does expect the young Commodores to improve as the sea-son goes along and they adapt to var-sity play.

“I’m looking forward to this bunch,” he said. “There’s a big hole left by the seniors … but these are soccer players who can hang with teams from a skills standpoint.”

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Vergennes Union High SchoolVarsity Boys’ Soccer Team

Coach: Kevin HayesName GradeLogan Ambrose 12Josh Benning 12Jared Birchmore 12Shane Lawrence 12Ryan Moriglioni 12Jordan Stearns 12

Dana Ambrose 11Chris Castillo 11Jake Dombek 11Liam Godfrey 11Liam Hayes 11Elan Hugo 11Luke Paquin 11Aaron Gaines 10

Date Opponent/Event Time9/7 Stowe 10 a.m.9/10 Rice 4:30 p.m.9/13 Montpelier 4:30 p.m.9/19 @ Middlebury Tournament 4:30 p.m.9/21 @ Middlebury Tournament TBD9/24 Milton 4:30 p.m.

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Experience should boost girls’ soccer teamBy ANDY KIRKALDY

VERGENNES — In 2012, a young Vergennes girls’ soccer team won five games and was competi-tive in several more. Only three starters graduated from co-coaches Dwight Irish and Peter Maneen’s squad, two midfielders and the goal-ie, and they are optimistic for better results in 2013.

“I think (we’ll take) a good step forward. I don’t know how big,” Irish said. “If it goes according to plan, I think we can make a little run in the playoffs.”

In part, the progress will depend on how well the team’s newcomers adapt to varsity play.

“We’ll see how these young players respond to this next level,”

Irish said.A good place to start when build-

ing a team is defense, and the Com-modores return their starters: steady senior sweeper Phoebe Plank; sophomore stopper Kareena Vor-steveld, who Irish said is ready to have a big year; and senior flank backs Samara Sausville and Keyan-nah Smith. Backing them up will be freshman Megan Rooney and, if she returns from an injury, junior Sam-my Kepes.

“We’ve got our returning de-fense,” Irish said. “We really like the prospect of that,”

In goal, the coaches in preseason were mulling two options. Junior K.C. Ambrose, a striker a year ago who volunteered for the job, and

sophomore Emma Gardner were the choices.

Two juniors return as central midfielders, Tia Hunt with a more defensive orientation, and Haley Paquette on the offensive side. Irish said he and Maneen are happy to have an axis of Plank, Vorsteveld, Hunt and Paquette in the center of the field.

“Up the middle has really looked good for us,” he said.

Sophomore Julia Johnson steps up to start at right midfield, and sophomore Sara Stearns was the choice on the left side. Irish said speedy sophomore Felicia Armell and freshman Caroline Johnston would also see time at midfield.

One of the two strikers will be

high-scoring four-year varsity vet-eran Ruby Dombek. The coaches plan to pair sophomore Tea Keifer with Dombek.

“Up top, Ruby, obviously, I think is going to have a good year,” Irish said. “And Tea I think is going to be a nice complement.”

In the preseason, the team was scoring and moving the ball well, Irish said.

“We’ve got the short thing going a little bit, and the combinations, and we’re putting the ball in the net,” he said.

In all, Irish and Maneen believe the Commodores will hold their own.

“I think we’re going to compete pretty well,” Irish said.

Vergennes Union High SchoolVarsity Girls’ Soccer Team

Coaches: Dwight Irish and Peter ManeenName GradeRuby Dombek 12Phoebe Plank 12Samara Sausville 12Keyannah Smith 12Felicia Armell 10K.C. Ambrose 11Tia Hunt 11Tea Keifer 10Sammy Kepes 11Haley Paquette 11Julia Johnson 10Emma Gardner 10Sara Stearns 10Kareena Vorsteveld 10Caroline Johnston 9Megan Rooney 9

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