Sports

Mount Snow part of ski area plane crash presentation at ski and snowboard museum

STOWE - Vermont Ski and Snowboard Museum presents “Tragedy in the Green Mountains; a History of Plane Crashes within Ski Area Boundaries;” Thursday, October 17, at 6:30 pm at the Vermont Ski and Snowboard Museum.
There are 13 known aircraft crashes inside Vermont ski area boundaries. There...

Twin Valley holds on for a close win

WILMINGTON- The Twin Valley boys’ varsity is in the most difficult stretch of their fall soccer season, with three challenging games. On Wednesday, they took care of business in the first of those matches, edging visiting White River Valley 1-0 at Hayford Field.
“It was a good win,” said...

Wildcats push top team to overtime

WILMINGTON- West Rutland has been one of the dominant teams in girls’ high school soccer this fall. The Golden Horde came into Tuesday’s match with Twin Valley sporting a spotless 10-0 record. That didn’t seem to deter the host Wildcats, as they held the Horde’s high powered offense scoreless...

Rotary winter sports sale returns

Items for sale can be dropped off this Saturday DOVER - As the winter season approaches, the Rotary Club of Deerfield Valley is excited to bring back its Winter Sports Sale. This year it is scheduled for two days; Saturday, October 26, from 8 am to 1 pm and Sunday, October 27,...

Twin Valley girls soccer drops a pair

PROCTOR- The Twin Valley girls’ soccer team has hit a lull. On Tuesday, they dropped a tough 2-0 decision to the Proctor Phantom. It was the Wildcats’ fourth consecutive loss.
“The girls lost but it was a good game,” said Twin Valley coach Taryn Lawrence. “They played hard and had equal...

Choose Snow program returns, deadline nears

DOVER - Choose Snow, a program sponsored by the Deerfield Valley Community Partnership in collaboration with Mount Snow Resort and Vail Corporation, is a program to inspire healthy lifestyle choices.
To participate in Choose Snow, students currently in grades seven to 12 who are full-time...

Wildcats blank Rebels, roll Raptors

WILMINGTON- The Rivendell Raptors and Twin Valley Wildcats have played some epic boys’ soccer matches during the past decade. Monday evening wasn’t one of them, as the Wildcats dominated the visiting Raptors from start to finish and took a 9-1 win in Southern Vermont League play.
“...

Twin Valley takes home a trophy, loses thriller

CHESTER- Twin Valley coach Buddy Hayford said Tuesday’s match at Green Mountain would be a good test for the Wildcats. While the team gets a passing grade for effort, they ran out of time before completing the final exam, as Green Mountain pulled out a double-overtime 2-1 win.
“It was a...

Eagles soar over short-handed Wildcats, Blue Devils come from behind

WILMINGTON- Twin Valley hosted Poultney Wednesday evening. The Wildcats took a 2-0 lead in the first half, but couldn’t hold on. The visiting Blue Devils came from behind to tie the match, then scored the winning goal with less than three minutes to play.
“We were up two nothing and it...

State golf championship

WILMINGTON- The Vermont State Women’s Golf Association Mid-Amateur Championship was held at Haystack Golf Club this past Saturday and Sunday.
Coming back from three strokes down in round one, Lin Culver, of Neshobe Golf Club, shot an even par 74 round Sunday to become the this year’s mid-...