Girls scrimmage canceled for Thursday Sept. 1

Due to the damage done to the southern part of the state by Tropical Storm Irene, Woodstock will NOT be making the trip up to PA to scrimmage the girls on Thursday. The girls first and only scrimmage will be Saturday at the Essex Jamboree.

Team hike

The day before Tropical Storm Irene slammed into the Green Mountains, the girls soccer team took full advantage of the calm before the storm by organizing a team hike up Mt. Elmore on Saturday. Great fun was had by all as you can see in the pictures. The girls host Woodstock on Thursday Sept. 1 for 4pm scrimmages.

PA Girls Soccer Team with beautiful Lake Elmore in the background.

The Seniors

Schedule for Lamoille Soccer Jamboree on Saturday

This for boys JV and Varsity Soccer, Saturday, Aug. 27 @ Lamoille:

9-9:30 vs. North Country
9:40-10:10 vs. Harwood
10:20-10:50 vs. U-32
11:40-12:10 vs. Montpelier

JV games are on the lower fields and the varsity will be played on the upper fields.

Midnight madness

It's 12:01am  8/22 and Coach Rogers addresses the boys after a quick sprint to get things started.

Push-ups anyone?

A small-sided possession game

Thanks to Morrisville Soccer Club and PA Booster's Grand Pooba, Tom Stames, the boys soccer program kicked off pre-season under the lights at 12:01 am this morning. About 2/3 of the projected amount of boys showed up and coach Rogers ran them through some team building fitness drills and some small sided possession games...Pre-season starts for everyone else later today at more reasonable afternoon starting times...The boys will have three pre-season scrimmage opportunities this year. All three will be home or close to home. They start at the Lamoille Jamboree on Saturday Aug. 27 and then host MVU on Aug. 31 at 4:30 and BHS on Sept. 3 at 1pm for JV and 3 for Varsity.

The girls' pre-season scrimmage season kicks off with Woodstock coming to town on Aug. 30 for a 4pm start and then they travel to Essex for the Essex Jamboree on Sept. 3.

DON'T FORGET IF YOU DID NOT ATTEND THE SPORTS INFO NIGHT ON AUG. 18 YOU NEED TO ATTEND TUESDAY AUG 23 AT 7PM IN THE AUDITORIUM. THIS IS FOR STUDENTS AND THEIR PARENTS.

UH-OH...HERE WE WENT AND WON ANOTHER

For the second time in three years the softball team has brought home the hardware from the D III State Championship. After an up and down season full of adversity and big wins, the girls went into the championship game an underdog #6 seed against #1 seed Randolph. The girls beat Enosburg in the semifinal game with 7 run bottom of the 6th rally and seemed to carry that momentum into the 'chip game on Wednesday. After a highly charged and exciting Last Chapel, where many of the awards presenters were indeed prescient and several made bold predictions, the girls got on the road to Poultney...again...and made good on the predictions...what a way to end the school year...to read about the game click the link below...

Congrats to all the girls.

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Uh Oh Here we go....again

For the second time in three years the softball team will be playing for a state championship. The girls had to fight hard against Enosburg on Tuesday, but a bottom of the 6th 7 run rally gave them an 8-7 lead and sealed their spot in the D III finals this weekend.

The game will be played at Poultney at 2pm Saturday June 11. The girls face the number 1 seed Randolph.

Tickets are $7.00 for adults, $4.00 for students and seniors and $20.00 for a family pass (up to 6 people)

Directions to Poultney:

HOW DO YOU GET TO POULTNEY?

Burlington Area:

                South on to Route 7 to Vergennes. 

Turn Right in Vergennes onto Route 22A South

Follow Route 22A South through Fair Haven South into New York State.

In Hampton, NY turn left on to Route 18A to Poultney

In Poultney turn left at the blinking light

Straight to the Poultney Elementary school and the Recreation Softball Fields on your left

Rutland Area:

                Route 4 West, Get Off at Exit 4

                Turn left onto Route 30 South to Poultney

                As you enter Poultney take your first Right onto Church St.

                Follow Church Street (1/4 Mile) to a Stop sign

                Turn Right on to York Street

                Follow York Street to the blinking stop Light, Turn Right

Straight to the Poultney Elementary school and the Recreation Softball Fields on your left.

Manchester Area:

                Route 30 North to Poultney

                In Poultney Turn Right at the Blinking Light on to Grove Street

                Follow Grove Street. (1/4 mile) to a Stop light, Turn left on to Main Street

Follow Main Street (1/2 Mile) towards Green Mt. College, Turn Right on to College Street

Follow College Street (1/4Mile) to a Blinking Stop Light

Go straight through the light (Keeping the Gas Station on your Right) to the

Poultney Elementary School and the Recreation Softball Fields on your left.

Congratulations Spring Sports Teams

The Baseball team ended its season on Friday with a hard fought loss to 2 seed Bellows Falls 6-4. Overall it was a fantastic season with the boys finishing a respectable 10-6 and second in the Mountain Division.

The Track team finished up at the State Meet on Saturday at Green Mountain Union High School. Highlights from Saturday were Kayla henry's second straight D III championship in the pole vault. She set a state meet record with her jump of 8'6". Freshman Hannah Merriam burst onto the track scene taking home two individual championships in the 100m and 200m races. Allison Scarf was a four-event scorer, placing 2^nd in the 100 meter hurdles, 2^nd in the long jump, 6^th in the high jump, and 6^th in the 200 meter dash. Naomi Paige, Carie Wan, and Jade Segreto ran great legs in a strong 4x800 race. The 4x800 quartet returned to the track for the final event, the 4x400 meter relay, finishing in a very respectable (and points-scoring!) 5^th place.  Andrea Coles ran a personal best (15.45) in the 100 meters. The girls finished 4th overall.

The boys were led by the 3^rd place finish of the 4 X 400 meter relay of Dylan Ballard, Ben Wan, Danny Stames, and Dylan Baker.  Sophomore Dylan Ballard capped of a tremendous season in the javelin with a fifth place finish (125’ 5”).  He threw 143’ 1” the previous Saturday at the New England qualifier to place 7^th, narrowly missing qualifying for this prestigious competition. Danny Stames ran a personal best 4:33.33 to place 6^th in the 1500 meter run. 

Junior Ian Sudol ran a personal best in the 200 meter (25.75) and threw the javelin (89’ 9”).  Dylan Baker ran the 200 meter (26.16), and Ben Wan ran another strong race in the 300 hurdles (49.74).  Danny Stames ran a personal best in the 3000m (10:38.45), while easing off in the final laps in anticipation of the soon to follow 4 X 400 meter relay.

The softball team is still playing. After beating 3 seed Windsor on Saturday the girls will host 7seed Enosburg tomorrow at 4:30...They beat Windsor 4-2.

GO WOLVES

 

 

Directions for quarterfinal games...

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Link above has directions for Bellows Falls Academy our quarterfinal opponent in Baseball for June 3 at 4:30pm...

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Link above has directions to Windsor High School our quarterfinal opponent in softball for June 4 at 4:30pm...

Spring sports are springing...

The baseball and softball teams have gotten off to two totally opposite starts this season with the girls winning their first two games with Vergennes (9-3) and Fairfax (8-4) and the dropping their next two to Lamoille and Richford. The boys dropped their first two games with Enosburg and Fairfax and then beat Winooski 2-1 in 10 innings, Richford 12-6, and then used a walk-off two-run homer by Junior DQ in the bottom of the 7th to beat Lamoille last night 3-2.

The games continue tonight (weather permitting) as the teams host Danville at 4:30. Then we hit the road for games at Lake Region on Thursday and wrap up the week at home on Saturday against Fairfax at 4:00pm.

Golf and Track updates are coming soon...

It was a loooooooong winter...

With Winter behind us--oops wait did I say that?--I mean with Winter sports season behind us, we look forward to the spring teams taking the fields, track and links, but first a little recap of the basketball, hockey, skiing, and indoor track seasons:

After several years of dominance and high numbers of participants in Nordic Skiing, this year was lean. Peoples had one girl and one boy this year on the team. Sophomore A.Coles led the way for the girls, and competed hard all season. Sophomore D. Stames led the way for the boys and skied strong all season long. He logged several top 5 finishes and medaled in 10th place in the boys state classic race, and 11th in the boys state skate race...Stames was also 11th, 1st Honorable Mention on the All-State Nordic Ski Team...

In indoor track it was the same story...A. Scarf was the lone girl and D. Safford was the lone boy. They both competed hard, but it was Scarf who was a one-woman show at states. Scoring enough points to beat  entire girls teams, she placed 4th in the long jump, 3rd in the high jump and 2nd in the 55M hurdles. She set new school records in the high jump and the hurdles as well.

In Girls Hoop, the teams did well with the JV improving their skills and increasing their knowledge of the game under first year coach Darcie Jones, and the Varsity finishing 7-13 and losing their first round playoff game to Lake Region. Junior K. Newton was named to the All Mountain League first team, Senior Jill Stein was named to the second team, and Freshman J. Bohannon was named Honorable Mention. The team also earned the sportsmanship award for the league.

In Boys Hoop, both teams also did well with the JV team coming together as a team and playing some very exciting games, and the varsity finishing up 7-13 and hosting Poultney in the first round of the playoff. Winning that game the boys moved on to play rival Hazen at Hazen. The boys lost that game, but had a good season. All-League announcements have not been made yet...

In Boys Hockey the team finished 15-5, got a first round bye and hosted Northfield in the Quarterfinals. They lost 2-1 in OT, but the season was one of the best in recent memory. Junior C. Hinrichs was named first team All Lake Division and Honorable Mention on the All State Team with a 34 goal and 21 assist season. Junior S. Loh was named second team All Lake. Many new kids came out for the team this year and next year the boys should be strong again.

Until next winter...

Boys' updates

The Hockey team traveled down to Brattleboro and the Basketball team hopped on over to Lamoille on Friday night. The hockey team came away with the 4-3 win as Sophomore Center J. Thompson netted two goals for the Wolves. The boys play next at home on Saturday vs. the Hilltoppers from St. J. Face off time is 5pm.

The Boys' Basketball team was looking for a little payback after being crushed by 30 points at The Den by the Lancers in the first of two games this season. The game was back and forth all night with the score being tied at 22 at the half and Lamoille being up 29-27 after 3. The game stayed close (31-31), but with 4 minutes left in the 4th, Lamoille started scoring and PA found it hard to fill the hoop. The final score was 44-34, but many of the boys felt good about their effort. They play at Lake Region on Friday 1/14 at 6/7:30

1.4.11 updates

It was a lose-lose situation last night for boys winter sports...First let's get to the hoop action...The boys hosted Lake Region last night at The Den and came away with two L's. The JV game started out with the boys going down 10-1 and after one it was 13-1. The boys then held the JV Rangers scoreless for the first 6 minutes of the second quarter and clawed their way back to make it 20-14 at halftime. The boys fought hard, but the Rangers led the rest of the game and came away with the W. The Varsity game was a different animal all together. the boys jumped out to a 13-3 lead early and led the game until about 4:30 left in the 4th quarter, when Lake Region tied the game at 20. The game then went 22-22, 24-24, and then the Rangers pulled away with two quick layups and a three to go up 31-24. The Rangers added four more and the boys added 4 more and Lake Region came away with the 35-28 win. The boys are now 1-4 on the season and travel to Lamoille on Friday for 6 and 7:30 games.

Top to Bottom:

S.Shane with the jumper 

K.Mandigo with the layup

E. Cross with the runner

R. Davis with the driving jumper

The boys hockey team, which had been a goal scoring tear for its first 7 games (50 goals), was held scoreless last night at Stowe and suffered their first loss of the season. Stowe won 4-0 and Senior Stowe player Ross Mandigo picked up his 100th career point during the game. The boys look to get back on track as they travel to Brattleboro on Friday for a 3:00pm game with Colonels.

Updates, updates, and oh yes more updates

Hope all you PA sports fans had a fun and relaxing Winter break...school is back in session and a lot happened over the break, so let's get right to it...

First off we have to talk Hockey. As we head into the new year the Hockey Team is now 7-0 and on top of the Lake Division. The first day of the break they traveled to Norwich to take on St. Johnsbury in the first round of the Scott Boyce Memorial Tournament. They won the game 6-5 and took their spot in the championship game the next day against host Northfield. They beat Northfield 8-5 for the championship in game that saw senior J.Caldwell score 4 goals. 

With the hardware for the Boyce Tourney in hand they returned to Green Mountain Arena on 12/27 to face cross-county rival Stowe. In what would prove to be a fantastically played hockey game for both teams, tied 2-2 going into the 3rd period, the Wolves would pull off the W in dramatic fashion. Senior T. Guy would score the go ahead goal unassisted with about 9 minutes left in the game. Caldwell added an insurance goal about 5 minutes later. While the offense got the goals that solidified the win, the team could not have won without the stingy goal-tending of sophomore L. Caldwell. Caldwell was a beast between the pipes stopping 47 of Stowe's 49 shots on net. 

Two nights later on 12/29 the boys  had a rematch with Northfield at Green Mountain Arena. The boys jumped out to a 4-0 lead and it was 4-1 after the 1st period. Northfield came out strong in the 2nd, and with 5 minutes left in the 3rd Northfield took the lead 6-5. With the momentum shifted in the Marauders direction, Coach Loh called a timeout and gathered the team. They responded well and scored 3 goals in the next 1:41. It started with the tying goal from junior S. Loh on a 5-3 power play. Senior J. Caldwell then went the length of the ice skating through the entire Northfield team to deliver a blistering wrist shot past the Northfield netminder for the game winner. Loh added the insurance goal and the boys pulled out the gutsy win 8-6.

The boys travel south down RT 100 tonight for a rematch with Stowe. Face-off time is 6:30...Get there early for a seat and dress warm...

It's hard to see here, but T. Guy is scoring the go-ahead goal against Stowe on 12/27.
Captured from video courtesy of    R. Hinrichs Sr.

Next let's talk hoop. With both the boys and girls starting of winless this year, it was nice to see last week 12/30 and last night 1/3 for them both to get their first wins of the season. 

With the Lamoille game--a 61-31 loss--still fresh in their minds, the boys took to the floor against another cross-county rival Stowe on 12/30. The game started off very evenly matched but ended with the boys getting their first victory of the still young season. Sophomore S. Angione poured in 11 hard-earned points, and R. Davis added 9. Angione was named WLVB/Booth Bros. player of the game by radio announcer Brent Curtis. The offense was good, but the real story was seniors N. Jones and C. Mandigo holding Stowe standout J. Scrubb to just 9 points for the game. The boys tip-off with Lake Region tonight at home; game times are 5:30/7pm...

With Stowe canceling their girls season, we looked to add two game to the schedule for the teams. On 12/28 the girls made the trek down to Oxbow for one of those makeup games. Coach Mac sasid the girls played their best game of the season to that point and were extremely competitive for the duration of the game. However, everytime the Lady Wolves would get close, Oxbow would pull away. The game ended 49-40.

Last night the girls got their first win of the season over Craftsbury 44-26. The girls are 12 deep this year and Coach Mac has no problem playing everyone. All the girls contributed in the W, but it was K. Newton who came away with player of the game honors from Curtis. The Ladies travel south tomorrow to take on Twinfield. Game times are 5:30/7pm. 

Top: Jill S. plays tough D under the boards
Bottom: Olivia P. Grabs a defensive board and looks to outlet

Not much to report on the Nordic Skiing front. The fickle weather has played a huge role in how much actual skiing is happening, but we'll keep you up-to-date as the season progresses...