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Twin Valley’s Ella Martinez, right, and West Rutland’s Peyton Guay race after the ball during Monday’s match. Guay ended the play by scoring the game’s first goal. RC

Golden Horde overcomes bad directions, finds back of the Wildcats’ net

WILMINGTON- The start of the Twin Valley girls’ varsity soccer game with West Rutland was delayed for about half an hour Monday evening, because the Golden Horde’s bus got lost on the way to Hayford Field. After first going to Twin Valley Elementary School, then Twin Valley Middle High School in...

Twin Valley bounces back, tops Terriers to snap three-game losing streak

ORFORD, NH - Twin Valley and Rivendell Academy have developed a healthy rivalry in boys’ high school sports, and that competitiveness was on full display during Friday afternoon’s soccer match. In the evenly-played game the host Raptors took advantage of a pair of penalty kicks and came away...

Charity golf tournament a big success

WEST DOVER - On Monday, September 20, the Southern Vermont Board of Realtors held a charity golf tournament at the Mount Snow Golf Course. John Hatton, SVBR president, presented a check for $3,454.10 to Chloe Leary, executive director of the Winston-Prouty Center for Child & Family...

Wildcats lose a double-overtime heartbreaker

WILMINGTON - The Twin Valley girls’ varsity soccer team played one of its best games of the season on Thursday, October 7, but were unable to come away with the win. The Wildcats lost 3-2 on a penalty kick to visiting Long Trail School in a double-overtime heartbreaker.
“They left it all...

Twin Valley boys lose in final seconds, drop match to top-ranked Mounties

WILMINGTON - One day after the Twin Valley girls’ varsity lost a double-overtime match, the Twin Valley boys’ varsity was also dealt a cruel blow by the soccer gods. A last-minute corner kick broke a tie and gave visiting White River Valley a 2-1 win Friday evening.
“We knew it would be a...

Twin Valley’s Leann Crafts, #10, takes on Leland & Gray’s Jacy Stillwagon in a match earlier this season. Crafts was cited for her play in the Wildcats’ most recent game. RC/File

Twin Valley process progressing

WILMINGTON - At the start of the current high school soccer season, new Twin Valley coach Taryn Lawrence said the young Wildcats would go through a developmental process this fall. With only one senior, no juniors, and several talented but inexperienced eight-, ninth-, and tenth graders, the...

Twin Valley’s Matt Hammond, in a game earlier this season, had the winning goal in Tuesday’s Twin Valley win. RC

Wildcats mauled by Bears, rally for big road win at White River Valley

ARLINGTON - “Some days you eat the bear, some days the bear eats you.”
That was Twin Valley boys’ varsity soccer coach Buddy Hayford’s assessment of Friday’s John Werner Tournament championship game, as the Wildcats were pummeled by the Stratton Mountain School Bears, 7-0. The loss was...

Rebels sparkle in win over Wildcats

TOWNSHEND- When Twin Valley and Leland & Gray get together, sparks tend to fly. On Monday, it was the Rebels who lit the fuse, as they exploded with a scoring barrage against the young Wildcats for a 9-0 win in girls’ varsity soccer.
Twin Valley was able to hold the Rebels scoreless in...

Wildcats survive overtime battle with Bears, turn back Golden Horde

WILMINGTON- Earlier this season, Twin Valley boys’ coach Buddy Hayford said “the soccer gods can be cruel” following an overtime loss. On Friday, September 17, the gods smiled on the Wildcats as they pulled out a 2-1 overtime win against the Stratton Mountain School Bears.
“I’m not sure...

Twin Valley girls earn first win of season

WILMINGTON - The young Twin Valley girls’ varsity soccer team continues to show improvement. On Saturday, the Wildcats had one of their best matches of the season but came up short, losing 3-1 to visiting Sharon Academy.
“We sadly lost but if you didn’t know the score, you would have...