HARDWICK – Head coach Kathy Fortmann will continue to rebuild with a young team this spring in her seventh season leading the Hazen Union track and field program. On the heels of having her largest and most competitive team at Hazen in 2022, Fortmann fielded a small team with limited[Read More…]
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Hill to Write Next Chapter at St. Mike’s
HARDWICK – Hazen Union’s Xavier Hill added to his growing trophy case last week, earning Player of the Year honors from the Times Argus in boys’ basketball. He will keep his talents in state at Saint Michael’s College after graduation. It has been a senior season for the ages for[Read More…]
No Baseball for CCSU Athletics this Spring
DANVILLE – For the first time since COVID-19 robbed student athletes of a high school sports season in 2020, Danville will not field a baseball team despite their cooperative agreement with Twinfield-Cabot as Caledonia Central Supervisory Union (CCSU) Athletics. CCSU Athletics officially kicked off this past fall in a big[Read More…]
Hazen and Peoples to Play for Lady Charger Program
CRAFTSBURY – With the recent agreement between Hazen Union and Craftsbury Academy (CA) to merge athletic programs and Peoples Academy’s (PA) inability to field a team this spring, both schools will send their softballers to Craftsbury Common this spring to play under head coach Ashley Gravel. Hazen Union senior Sarah[Read More…]
New Era in Many Ways for Wildcat Baseball Program
HARDWICK – The first pitch for the Hazen Union baseball team next week will usher in an era of new young players, a first-year head coach, and a newly formed partnership with Craftsbury Academy (CA) athletics. The Wildcat program is coming off their best three years of varsity baseball in[Read More…]
Local Athletes Shine at State Free Throw Championships
VERGENNES – Several local athletes in various age groups beat all comers over the weekend in the Knights of Columbus State Free Throw Competition held at Vergennes High School. Walden’s Mya and Reegan Lumsden and Trevor Smith and Lincoln Hill of Hardwick were the best in the state in their[Read More…]
Record-breaking Week for Thornton-Sherman at Nationals
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. – St. Johnsbury Academy (SJA) track star Andrew Thornton-Sherman can now add National Champion to his long list of accolades, after a record setting performance in the 800m at the High School Adidas Nationals in Virginia Beach two weeks ago. Thornton-Sherman’s time of 1:53.72 set a new[Read More…]
Allen Takes Over Wildcat Baseball Program
HARDWICK – Craftsbury Academy (CA) alum Shaun Allen will be the new varsity baseball coach at Hazen Union this coming spring, replacing Spencer Howard who stepped away from the program after four successful seasons. Howard helped put Wildcat baseball back on the map in the state of Vermont during his[Read More…]
Hill Claims Capital Player of the Year Honors
HARDWICK – Hazen Union’s Xavier Hill topped off a stellar senior season on the hardwood last week as he was voted Player of the Year by the coaches of the vaunted Capital League. The smooth lefty point guard averaged nearly 18 points per game for the top seeded 20-4 Wildcats[Read More…]
Briggs Awarded Tristan Southworth Memorial Scholarship
WINDSOR – Fair Haven senior Lily Briggs was awarded the Tristan Southworth Memorial Scholarship last weekend at the VBCA Senior All-Star weekend at Windsor High School. Southworth graduated from Hazen Union a multi-sport standout in 2007 before tragically losing his life in the line of duty in 2010 in Afghanistan.[Read More…]
Wilcox Finishes Fourth for Chargers at Senior Classic
CLAREMONT, N.H. – Matt Wilcox put a bow on his Craftsbury Academy (CA) high school bowling career earlier this month with an impressive fourth place finish at the Senior Classic. Ten of the top senior bowlers in Vermont gathered at Maple Lanes in Claremont two weeks ago to take on[Read More…]