Track State Meet Results...

The Peoples Academy girls’ team took second place overall out of more than 20 teams. With just five girls on the team, and freshman AC unable to compete due to an injury, the team performed extremely well, racking up 78 points behind first place Woodstock Academy’s 98 points. This was the first state championship for the Woodstock girls. Peoples’ girls have now taken first place (5 times) or second place (3 times) in the last eight years!

Leading the pack was senior Chelsea Hostetter with a first in the long jump (16’-9”) which set a new school record; a second in the 100m dash, edged out by only.01 of a second, which was a P.R.; a second in the 200m dash, also a P.R.; and a fifth in the javelin, also a P.R. Sophomore AS took second in the 100m hurdles, second in the high jump, and third in the triple jump. Junior KH took first in the pole vault, matching her previous P.R. height of 8’-0”; third in the 300m hurdles, a P.R., fifth in the 400m dash, a P.R.; and an eighth in the 3000m run. Junior NP took second place in the 800m run, fifth in the 3000m run, and seventh in the 1500m run. Freshman AC helped her fellow teammates and coaches all day, as she has all season.
The Peoples boys’ team, also a small group with 12 athletes, improved its performance over last year by taking eighth overall out of 22 teams, with very strong relay team finishes.
The relay team of KB, KM, NJ, and RM finished second in the 4 x100m and set a new school record of 46.30, besting their own record set earlier this season. The 4x800m relay team, made up of BW, KB, DS, and CC recorded a P.R. and finished fourth. Earning another P.R. and taking sixth place in the 4x400m relay was the relay team of KB, CW, BW, and RM.
In individual events, Junior NJ took fifth in the javelin and competed well in the long jump, achieving a P.R., and in the triple jump. Junior CC took sixth in the 1500m run and competed well in the 3,000m run, earning a P.R. Junior RM also competed in the 100m dash, and the 200m dash, earning P.R.s in both events. Junior KM earned P.R.s in the 100m dash and in the triple jump, and the long jump. Freshman DS earned a P.R. in the 3000m run and competed well in the 1500m run. Freshman CW earned P.R.s in the 200m dash and the 400m dash, and competed well in the 100m dash. Junior JD earned P.R.s in the triple jump and discus. Sophomore KN earned a P.R. in the 1500m run and competed in the triple jump. Freshman DB toughed it out, competing with a taped sprained ankle in the 100m dash, 400m dash, and javelin. Junior BW also competed in the 300m hurdles. Sophomore IS competed well in the 200m dash, pole vault, and javelin.

John Guillot

Girls golf...you go girl...

Freshman C.E. took second yesterday at the the D.II Golf Championships at Middlebury. She shot an impressive 95, which was only 4 shots off the lead.

Baseball and Softball seasons cut short by Oxbow

On Saturday, June 5, the PA softball season ended withg a loss in the Quarterfinals to Oxbow 3-1. The game was a good one with Oxbow scoring first in the first inning. The Olympians never relinquished the lead. The girls had several chances and left  many runners on base at the end of the innings. According to the  coaches, this is the first time in 11 seasons PA has not made it to at least the semifinals. The girls say goodbye to seniors Devaney Cote, Chelsea Hostetter, Heather Courchaine, and Amber McCullock.

Tuesday June 8, the PA baseball season also came to an end at the hands of Oxbow. The boys played well all season and entered the game on a 14-game winning streak. Oxbow struck first getting out to a 4-2 lead. The boys cut it to 4-3 and then the Olympians' bats caught fire. They scored 6 more runs to end the game at 10-3. This was the first time since 2006 that the baseball team made the semifinals. The boys say goodbye to seniors Lucas Fitzgerald, Ryan Cross, Kasey Small, Colby Putvain, and Geoff Jaquish.

Baseball and Softball roll on

Thanks to some scorching bats and some great pitching and defense, the baseball and softball teams played their way into the quarterfinals yesterday. Both pitchers pitched complete games. Senior L.F. had a two-run homer for the baseball team and Sophomore K.N. also had a two-run homer for the softball team. The boys won 16-1 and the girls 12-0.

The boys play Friday vs. Winooski in a 4:30 matchup of #2 and #7 seeds and the girls play Saturday at 4:30 vs. Oxbow, which  is also a matchup of #2 and #7 seeds.... 

Peep the links for BFP stories
http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/article/20100602/SPORTS05/100602059/1029/sports05/Bushey-pitches-BFA-Fairfax-to-win

Boys golf wins sectionals

The foul weather yesterday couldn't keep the boys varsity golf team from dominating the Northern D.III Sectional Tournament at Stowe Country Club. Sophomore S.L. was medalist with a blistering 77. He was the only golfer to break into the 70's. PA placed two more in the top 5. Sophomores I.J. and A.B. shot 86 and 90 respectively. The top four PA golfers shot a combined 351 and were the first overall team followed by Stowe with a 389 and Hazen with 401. The State Tournament is next Tuesday at Middlebury.

Freshman T.F. with an approach (top) and on the green (bottom) at a home match in May.

Track team at Essex

The track team ran it's final meet before States on Saturday May 29. There were plenty of PRs (personal records). C.H. -100Dash; A.S.-100Hurdles; R.M. 100Dash and 200Dash; C.C 1500 and 3000 runs; D.S. 1500run.A.S. qualified for NE's in Highjump and 100Hurdles and C.H. qualified in the 100Dash

Click this link for a mini slide show from our home meet...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bHyAyC6E3u0

Softball playdowns tomorrow

In their bid to defend their 2009 D.III Championship, the softball team will host #15 seed Twin Valley tomorrow at 4:30 in the first round of the playoffs. The girls secured the #2 seed with a shining 15-1 record with their only loss coming at the hands of Mountain League rival BFA Fairfax. A win tommorow and the girls will host either #7 Oxbow or #10 Lake Region on Saturday at 3pm.

Baseball playdowns today

After the long weekend, the D.III baseball pairing are out and we have a playdown game scheduled for today with Mountain League foe Richford. The boys secured the # 2 seed with  a stellar 14-2 record and a second consecutive Mountain League Championship. A win today and we host the quarterfinals on Friday against either #7 Winooski or #10 Stowe.

More news from the track...

Yesterday was the freshman/sophomore meet at U-32 and the PA team shined once again. Aside from the many podium trips from the entire team (updates later), congratulations to sophomore AS on garnering the Female Track Athlete of the Meet award. AS placed either 1st or 2nd in all the events she competed in.

The home meet on Saturday May was a fine success. The rain held of for most of the day and PA competed against Harwood and Oxbow.

Updates on podiums, PR's, and points to come. Ditto for the Harwood Invitational on Tuesday May 18.

Catching up with the Track team...man are they fast...

The Peoples Academy track team competed in the Burlington Invitational Friday and Saturday, May 7th and 8th. With over 800 athletes representing mostly division I and II schools competing, PA placed 15th overall, and was the top division III school at the meet. PA athletes took the podium 4 times, others achieved personal best performances, and everyone gained valuable experience competing in a big meet.

Sophomore AS took 3rd in the girls long jump, tied for 4th in the high jump, and placed 6th in the 100m hurdles. The boys 4 X 100 team of KB, KM, DB, and RM took 5th place in a school record time of 48.01.

Personal best performances were turned in by KH in the girls pole vault, NJ in the boys javelin throw and triple jump, and AS in both the girls long and triple jumps. On the track NJ, DB, RM, and KM all set personal bests in the boys 100 dash, while RM did so in the boys 200 dash, and NP in both the girls 800 and 1500 meter runs.

It was a team effort that also produced seasonal best times in both the boys 4 X 400 relay (RM, NJ, DS, CC) and the boys 4 X 800 relay (CC, BW, CW, KB).

Thanks to Coach Paige for the update.

Catching up with the Baseball/Softball teams

Well it has been a long long time without a post, so I will do my best to get you all updated as we head into the last week and a half of the spring regular season. The spring weather has been fickle and we have had to deal with two crazy snowstorms and a bit of wet weather. Two batting cages were heavily damaged by heavy wet snow, but thanks to long-time PA Athletics supporter Dale Allen the baseball cage is back in action and the softball cage is on it's way to being fully functional.

As far as results and highlights, I'll lead off with baseball...

Kasey at the bat

The boys are playing extremely well under new/old coach Bob Jones and assistants Chris Davis and Barry Small. The boys are 9-2 right now and sit in 5th place in the D.III standings. They are on top of the Mountain Division and with key league victories over BFA Fairfax and Lake Region, they are undefeated in League play.  4 of their last five games will be league games with Enosburg (home), Hazen, Stowe, and Danville (home/senior day). After going 2-2 to start the season the boys are on a 7 game winning streak. Losses came at the hands of Mountain League rival BFA Fairfax in a non-league game 3-5 and D.II Harwood, who hammered the boys for 18 runs in a six inning contest that ended 18-3 (15 run rule).

KS warms up the curve ball.

Since the drubbing by Harwood, it has been 7 straight for the boys including a bottom-of-the-seventh comeback at Winooski, 2 huge wins (16-5, 13-0) against Lake Region, a 15-4 demolition of Hazen, and a 5-0 shutout at Danville. While the pitching and defense have been strong for the Wolves (2 shutouts and a total of 20 runs allowed in the last 7 games), the bats have been on fire. In their last 7 wins the boys have driven in 67 runs. All the bats have contributed, and the pitching has been mostly by committee. Only junior TG and senior LF have pitched complete games:  a 6-5 win at Fairfax and a 13-0 shutout at Lake Region for TG and a 5-0 shutout at Danville for LF. With contributions from seniors KS, LF and CP, junior TG, sophomores EC, JH, RD and DQ, the Wolves aces have been getting it done. 

Top: LF ready to pounce on a fast ball.

Bottom: "Hits on three"

I'll bat clean up with some softball updates...

                                     

JS windup

The defending D.III champs are back at it again or should I say "Uh Oh here they go..." With everyone back from the 2009 team one year older and one year wiser and some key senior additions and some young Wolf pups, the girls are perfectly poised to make another run to the finals. Through 11 games they are 10-1 with their only loss coming in a Mountain League game at league rival and 2009 D.III runner-up Fairfax 1-2.

Sophomore ace JS has picked up where she left off last year and is throwing harder than ever, and Junior ace JS (same initials, different pitchers) has been throwing hard and having fun. Between the two pitchers and the veteran defense, the girls have given up just 31 runs in 11 games while driving in 95 of their own.

They are 1-1 in Mountain League play and look to make it 2-1 when they face Enosburg at home tomorrow. Their last league win was yesterday over Lake Region 10-3. The girls are currently 2nd in the D.III standings.

                                     

Top: The other JS waiting on the pitch.

Bottom: Defending champs; "Uh Oh here we go"

The remainder of the varsity SB/BB schedule looks like this: Thursday 5/20 home vs. Enosburg (League); Sat. 5/22 @ Hazen (10am) (League); Monday 5/24 @ Lamoille (NL); Tuesday 5/25 @ Stowe (League); Thursday 5/27 home vs. Danville (League/senior day).

BFA St. Albans track meet update from Coach Guillot...

What a great meet, nice new track,wonderful weather, and successful performances. I think it was the first meet held on their new surface. On the girls side, in the 100m Dash H.W. and A.C. finished 13th and 23rd repectfully (out of 28) with very good times. They were both the fastest  Div.III athletes in that event. They were on the 2nd place Hybrid 4x100m relay team. H.W. also had two 10th place finishes in the long jump and high jump.

On the boys side, In the 100m Dash, K.M. was 6th, R.M. 9th, N.J. 11th, I.S. 15th out of 27 runners. In the 200m Dash, R.M. was 4th and K.M. was 8th. In the 800m run, C.C was 3rd, J.D. was 8th, and K.N.was 11th. In the 1500m run Collin was 5th, and Ben was 10th. The 4x100m relay team (R.M. , K.M., B.W, N.J.) took 1st place. The 4x800m relay team(C.C., J.D., B.W., K.N.) took 2nd place. Long jump saw K.M. take 2nd place, and in Javelin, N.J. and I.S. took 8th and 9th (out of 18) respectfully.

These are excellent results in light of the fact it was our first meet of the season, the first high school meet for many, and we were up against mostly D-I and D-II schools and only 1/2 of our team participated (vacation week). I know I speak for the other coaches when I say we are very impressed with the cooperation and hard work our athletes have put in these first 6 weeks of the season. Our next meet of the season is april 29th at U-32 (3:30), followed by our Home meet on May 4th (3:30). We will need about 25 to 30 volunteers for our home meet (may 4th). No experience neccessary (come to the finish line and let me know at 3:00 that day).

St. Albans meet results

Spring sports spring today

While the Baseball, Softball, Track, and Golf teams have been practicing for the last few weeks both inside and out, the season really jumps off today with the Softball team heading to Essex for a scrimmage. The girls are both defending Mountain Division Champs and D. III State Champs, and are looking to defend those titles. The Ladies have everyone back from that team last year and a few new girls too.

The boys are also defending Mountain Division Champs and with new/old coach Bob Jones at the helm look to make a run deep into the post season. Their scrimmage on Saturday at CVU will be their first contest  of the year.

The golf team hit Copley for some practice and for the first time in a while have 3 girls playing which means scoring as a team that will qualify for states. There are 10 boys on the team this year and Coach Maynard is looking forward to some competitive golf this season.

The track team has been training hard thanks to the coaches Guillot, Paige, Henry, and Scarf. The girls are looking to repeat as D.III champs this year and have a strong enough team to do it. The boys look to improve and have added a few boys who could make the difference. They kick off their season on April 20 at BFA St. Albans.

GO WOLVES

Winter season wrap up

The winter sports season ended yesterday at the conclusion of the nordic classic state race at Prospect Touring Center in Woodford, Vermont. The PA teams faired well with the boys coming in 9th overall (skate and classic combined) and the girls coming in 6th overall.
The first day of events, the skate races, were cohosted by PA and North Country and were held at the beautiful Craftsbury Outdoor Center. The Center was alive with skiers from all over the state, and the weather was great for skating. A huge thanks to all the volunteers, Mike Kiser (NC A.D.) and to Judy Geer and Dick Dreissengacker and their staff for helping to create a welcoming and spirited atmosphere at Craftsbury.

A week ago today the boys basketball team played their final game of the season and lost to a tough Oxbow tea in the playdowns by 5. The game was at a packed Carter Gymnasium at Johnson State College. The boys played hard, but were never able to rebound from the third quarter run that Oxbow made to start the second half. Check back for pictures and stats from the game.

It was indeed a long winter season: the boys ski team is young and will be back next year with a fresh look, while the girls team graduates SD, DB, KW, and looks to rebuild for next year...anyone interested see me...

The girls basketball team graduates 4 seniors and will welcome in a large freshman class next year, while the boys team graduates 5 seniors and also welcomes a big group of freshman to the program next year.

The indoor track team had a great season and looks to build on their success this year. They will also be looking to add to the team...interested athletes should see me.

The boys hockey team, while it didn't show in the wins column, had a tremendously successful season. They battled through a ton of adversity brought on mostly by injury and lack of numbers, but their resiliency and work ethic carried them through a long and grueling 20 game season. Also looking to grow; any skaters out there should get in touch with me.

Congrats all on a great season...we had record successes in regards to eligibility and our reputation as a school that takes pride in our sportsmanship continues to grow...Again, you inspired many and made many proud...