Sports

Basketball camps for youth grades pre-K through 9

DEERFIELD VALLEY - The 26th annual Deerfield Valley Basketball Camp for boys and girls entering grades 5 through 9 will be held from Monday, June 27, to Friday, July 1, from 1 to 4 pm at Twin Valley Middle High School. The camp director is Buddy Hayford.
The daily schedule includes the...

Twin Valley ninth grader Lizzy Barber, seen here in a game with West Rutland earlier this season, had a solid first year catching behind the plate and hitting at it. She scored three times in the Wildcats’ game at Proctor last week and added another at Friday’s game with Woodstock. RC

Twin Valley Wildcats wrap up softball season

PROCTOR- The Twin Valley Wildcats had a big challenge ahead of them last Thursday in high school varsity softball, playing the top-ranked Phantoms. While the Wildcats couldn’t pull off the upset, they did manage to hit the ball well and push some runs across the plate in a 24-7 loss.
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Wildcats runner Lucky Lucchesi, left, leads a group around a turn in the 800-meter run during Tuesday’s SVL-B meet at Springfield High School. Buddy Hayford

Local athletes finish strong at SVL meet

SPRINGFIELD- It was a big day for athletes from around the region Tuesday, as Springfield High School hosted the Southern Vermont League B division track and field finals.
For local athletes from Twin Valley Middle High School, the day was challenging as they went up against a number of...

Twin Valley’s Katelyn Gatti makes a play at third base in a game earlier this season. RC

Wildcats show up against Phantoms

WHITINGHAM- The Twin Valley varsity softball team played the top-ranked Division 4 team in the state on Saturday. While the host Wildcats may have had an upset on their minds, Proctor played like a number one team and the visiting Phantoms came away with a 25-7 win in five innings.
Proctor...

Twin Valley catcher Lizzy Barber lunges at West Rutland’s Peyton Guay in a close play at home during Thursday’s game. Guay managed to evade the tag and score. R. Capitani

Wildcats on short side of wild week

WHITINGHAM- The Twin Valley varsity softball team had a rough week, continuing a murderer’s row of teams from Rutland County and dropping two games by a combined run total of 67 to 1.
On Thursday, May 12, the powerful West Rutland Golden Horde invaded the diamond on the hill. It was the...

Track and field team on bell lap, sprinting to season end

SOUTHERN VERMONT- Local high school track and field teams are on the bell lap of their season and sprinting toward district and state finals. For the local varsity team from Twin Valley Middle High School last week was critical, with two meets helping determine who would be competing in...

Trout Unlimited receives grant for project

DEERFIELD VALLEY - Last year the Connecticut River Valley Chapter of Trout Unlimited did a project placing strategic wood into 1.8 miles of Vose Brook, a coldwater tributary to the Deerfield River in Searsburg. Half the project area was located on private land, with public access managed by Great...

Wildcats drop close games to Minutemen, bullied by Bulldogs, Horde

MANCHESTER- Burr & Burton Academy used an eight-run first inning to get the jump on the visiting Twin Valley Wildcats. The Bulldogs grabbed that early lead and didn’t let go, as they topped the Wildcats 13-2 in high school softball on Thursday, May 5.
The Wildcats tried to claw back...

Trout Unlimited wants anglers to know the upper Deerfield is a great option for fishing.

The secret is out: Deerfield River a top spot

DEERFIELD VALLEY - Many throughout Windham County and Cheshire County, NH, know of the two trophy stretches for trout in the area: the Black River in Cavendish and the Sugar River in Newport, NH. The reaches of river have a two-fish limit but what fish they are. The problem of knowing about...

Lynne Sullivan was one of two Mount Snow Academy staff members honored at a recent VARA event.

Sullivan, Wyckoff recognized

STOWE - On Saturday, April 2, Mount Snow Academy staff members Lynne Sullivan and Brian Wyckoff were honored at the annual Vermont Alpine Racing Association recognition event.
Sullivan helped start MSA over 30 years ago and she was inducted into the VARA Hall of Fame for her contributions...