Boys beat Northfield

10.29.10--In what was one of the hardest fought matches of the boys season yesterday, PA came away victorious against the Marauders from Northfield, 2-1. It was 0-0 at the end of the first 40. The boys took about 20 minutes to get going and for that first 20 Northfield looked really good. The Marauders were controlling the midfield and put several shots just wide of the PA goal. The next 20 minutes provided a much more balanced game with both teams getting scoring chances and both teams defending well. About 15 minutes into the second half, the boys struck first. A low corner kick from sophomore Owen F found the left boot of senior Ben A and he chipped it over everyone into the Northfield goal. PA 1, Northfield 0. Northfield would even the score about 8 minutes later. PA failed to clear a corner kick and it bounced right to a Marauder at the edge of the 18 and he blasted it past the PA defense to level the game at 1. With about 12 minutes left to play and a lot people thinking OT, the boys struck again on a corner. This time Owen found the head of Junior Center Middie Ryan D who snapped it into the Northfield net for the game winner.

The boys play Tuesday at 3pm vs. #6 seed BFA Fairfax.

Girls beat Windsor

10.27.10-First round of Girls playoffs PA 4 vs. Windsor 0

Kaleigh N makes one of her two saves in the game Wednesday

Little M and TT at it again

Hannah M about to turn yet another D.III defender inside out

Nomes and Molly D ("D" for defense) work together to contain Windsor's #15

Defensive Middie Alli S dominating the middle

--The Girls had their foot on the gas from kickoff on Wednesday and didn't let up until the half-time whistle sounded. Pouring in 4 goals in the first 40 minutes the girls shutout the Hornets 4-0 and advanced to Quarterfinals. The first goal was scored by sophomore Striker Marissa B. from a cross off the boot of freshman Middie Hannah M. The second goal was scored by junior Middie Sierra N from Stacy T, the third was scored by senior Middie Kay-ler H. (her first goal of her high school career...congrats) again on an assist from Hannah M, and the fourth goal was scored by Katie "TT" S. Keeper Kaleigh N. saw very little action and made 2 saves for the shutout.

Oxbow will be a much tougher opponent on Saturday and should make for a great match. If practice yesterday was any indication, the girls are focused on their goal...see you there...3pm

More pics from the game....

Sierra N scores on a corner kick from Stacy T

Freshmen Hannah M and Katie S work together...again

Caitlyn B puts the moves on a Windsor defender

All photos: David Bain

Senior day pictures...

Nomes and Principal Phil Grant

Nomes and Kay-ler

Nomes, Leesh, and Kay-ler

JV Striker Jess C. scores against N.C.

Striker "TT"  looks to goal

Middie Sierra N. keeps the ball in bounds

"Team defense, you know" Nutting, West, and Yando converge on N.C.'s #24

Striker B. Dub using his head

Senior Cap Ben A. gets some air

Exchange student Pablo M. receiving congrats from JV Hoop coach T. Griswold

Captains Ben A and Noi J look to lockdown Stowe's Luke M.

Avery and Noi make for a disruptive Stopper/Sweeper combo in the back


PHOTOS: David Bain

Soccer regular season ends on a high note; senior days

Both the girls and boys celebrated their senior days this past weekend. the girls on Friday and the boys on Saturday. The girls matched up against D.I North Country in an Non-League game on Friday evening. After Nomes, Kay-ler and Leesh received their flowers and recognition it was down to business. Junior middie Sierra N. scored the first goal of the game off of a perfect cross from freshman middie Hannah M. The second goal of the game was scored by defensive middie Allison S. on a beautiful shot from about 25 yards out. Sophomore striker Marissa B added the third off of a corner kick. 


The girls are seeded 3rd in the post season and will play on Wednesday 10/27 vs. Windsor at 3pm.

There are 12 seniors on the boys team and for them this would be their last regular season game against cross-county rival Stowe. According to senior captain Ben A. the Wolves had not beaten the Raiders since his freshman year. It was a beautiful day for soccer and celebrating these seniors. Special thanks for JV Boys hoop coach Thane Griswold for handing out flowers and handshakes for all the seniors. Again, once the recognitions were through it was game on...The game was tense at first. Stowe created most of the chances in the first 10 minutes, but the play evened out and both teams played well and created chances. The best of which was a beautiful run by sophomore middie Owen F. from midfield to 25 yards out. Owen spotted senior Adam D. making a far post run. Owen passed the ball to Adam and he bent it into the far upper corner of Stowe's goal for the only goal of the game. Stowe almost tied it in the second half on a free-kick from 30 yards out. The ball was headed by a Stowe player and was looking like it would score when Alex B. sprung into action and made an incredible save...


With the win on Saturday the boys clinched the #2 spot and will have to wait for the winner of Northfield/Windsor game. The boys will play on Friday 10/29 at 3pm...

Cross-country Invitational

10.9.10--PA...over 400 athletes representing all four divisions in Vermont High School Athletics participated in the annual Peoples Academy Invitational Cross-Country Meet. The day was chilly but bright and the new course  designed by Coach Paige was challenging. Previous wet weather left muddy spots thick and deep enough to swallow shoes. Several muddy shoes were delivered to the scoring table and several runners finished the race with one shoe. PAML XC was represented well by a full team and the PA high school team was also in full force. The day, however belonged to two D.I teams. St. Johnsbury and CVU scored many of the trophies. And took first place in boys and girls respectively.

PA races this weekend at the NVAC Mountain Division championships at Harwood. The Middle School races start at 10 with JV and Varsity to follow...

KL at the PA Invitational

CC and SG 

Girls Soccer update

The girls lost a close game last night in the rain at U-32 3-2. U-32 scored first, but then 2 minutes later Katie S. crossed a ball to Sierra N. who volleyed it into the back of the net. U-32 scored two more goals and Alysha J. added a second for the Lady Wolves. The girls play Friday at Lyndon at the Lyndon Town Fields at 4pm.

Boys tie Hilltoppers

10.5.10 St. Johnsbury--
In what can only really be described as a defensive battle, the boys played St. J to a 0-0 tie last night at St J. Offensive chances for both teams were hard to come by, but St. Johnsbury probably had the best opportunities of the day. Junior keep Alex B. had an amazing game making many difficult saves during both regulation and OT. The boys still earned 4 index points for the tie, so all wasn't for not. They are now in sole possession of 5th place in the D.III rankings. This was there 2nd 0-0 draw in a row. They play Lyndon at Lyndon on Thursday at 4pm.

The JV team also played to a draw. 2-2 was the final at the JV game.

Boys soccer update

The boys travel to St. J tomorrow to take on a tough Hilltopper squad. Through the season so far the boys are 5-2-1 and tied for 5th in the D.III rankings. They started out the year 4-0. After beating Fairfax, they had 1-0 win at home vs. Spaulding. The goal was a PK by Ben A.

After that was 1-0 loss at Harwood. Then another 1-0 win vs. Montpelier--goal by Harper K.

Homecoming was next and the game was fierce. The teams played to a 0-0 tie after regulation and about 2 minutes into the first OT the Lancers finished a PK to take the win. Touche' Lamoille.

The most recent match was at Thetford. Thetford is a very strong team that was just coming off a 2-1 win at Harwood. The game was even and ended in a 0-0 tie after 100 minutes.

Catching up with Girls Soccer

It's been a while since the Thetford game...Let's start with the most recent and work backwards...

St. J was down on Saturday for another Capital Division game. 30 seconds into the game there was handball in the St. J box and Stacy T. buried the PK in the back of the net for the first goal of the game. Less than fifteen minutes later, Katie S. put a great move on a Hilltopper defender and as she was going to goal, the defender tripped her in the box for another PK. Stacy T. buried another to put the girls ahead 2-0. The second half saw the Hilltoppers come on strong, but they only managed one goal Peoples came away with another win. They are now 4-1-2 and 4th in the D.III standings. They play at U-32 on Wednesday.

Before the St. J. game the girls faced tough Capital Division foe Montpelier. The game was an even match and ended that way as well 1-1. Alysha J. got her first goal of the season.


Prior to those two Capital Division matches was homecoming and the cross town rivalry of the Lamoille Lady Lancers...If you missed this game, you missed a great game. Lamoille scored first about 15 minutes into the game. PA struggled to put together solid play, but as the first half wore on they looked stronger and stronger. Finally, with about 2 minutes left, a Stacy T. corner kick was headed home by freshman Michelle Y. for the tying goal. The second half saw Peoples take their first lead of the game on a lefty shot that barely escaped the hands of the Lamoille keeper by another freshman, Hannah M.

Lamoille turned around and about 15 minutes later tied it up.
Less than 2 minutes after the Lamoille goal freshman Katie S. picked up a ball at midfield, beat two Lamoille defenders and was in on the Lamoille keeper. Katie shot it low and hard in the left corner for the winning goal.

The girls went down to Northfield on Sept. 16 and notched a 2-0 shutout. The last game of their rigorous 4 game road trip--they played their first 4 games on the road this year--was at Harwood. Harwood is always tough and this year proved to be no different as they handed the Ladies their first and only loss of the season 2-1.

Boys continue to play well

The boys notched their third win in a row yesterday as they beat BFA Fairfax at Fairfax 2-1.
Goals were scored by sophomore striker DG and senior RM.

The JV posted a 6-0 win over the JV Bullets and junior backup keeper TJB notched the shutout with help from solid D anchored by sophomore DB.

The boys will be tested Friday as they take on Capitol League foe Spaulding at home. It promises to be a stellar matchup of two strong teams. See you there, right?

Girls post first win...

At Thetford on Tuesday the girls posted their first win of the season by outscoring Thetford 3-0. The first goal of the game came when Junior AS scored just 9 seconds into the half. A 35 yard direct free kick goal was added by junior sweeper ST, and the third goal by freshman midfielder HM. All the goals were scored in the first half.

The JV girls also won at Thetford tallying 7 goals to Thetford's 2. Goals were scored by KF, MF (2), JC, CH, AB, and JF.

The girls Varsity team travels to Northfield today.

Boys 2-0 to start

Peoples 4, Hazen 1: At Hardwick, junior JH fired in two goals and set up another as the Wolves powered past Hazen. Sophomore OF scored the go-ahead penalty kick 17:30 into the second half and set up Hostetter’s first goal. Danny Stames added an insurance goal for the Wolves (2-0).



Pics from the Boys game vs. Rice (Courtesy D. Bain)

B.A. and A.C. breakdown Rice's Striker

D.S. evades a Rice defender

O.F. getting behind the Rice defense

Celebrations after the win.

Keeper A.B. with the save

"Man of the Match" D.G.

What a difference a year makes...KICK OFF

Welcome back everyone...After a fantastic summer vacation the BLOG is back...The boys and girls soccer teams and the XC team has been in full practice mode for about two and a half weeks now and last night the boys had their first game of the 2010 Fall season (the girls open up Saturday at Stowe at 11am, and XC opens up Saturday as well at the Essex Invitational at 9am).

The boys opened up against Rice at home last night and much to the large crowd's delight came away with a 3-2 victory (see picture above) in double overtime. Rice opened up the scoring in the first half, but with 37 seconds left in the first half, senior RM played a ball over the top to sophomore striker OF and he finished beautifully to knot the game at 1. Half way through the second half OF took a shot on goal that was saved by the Rice keeper, but bounced to the foot of senior striker HK and he shot it past vthe Rice keeper for the go-ahead goal. Ten minutes later Rice evened the score and the teams played to a 2-2 tie after regulation. The first overtime was riddled with chances for both teams, but neither could capitalize. The second overtime was played pretty even until about 3 minutes left when the boys really started pressuring hard. After two corner kicks failed to produce a goal, Rice had a goal kick. The Rice keeper kicked the ball low and hard but right to sophomore striker DG, who had been pestering the Rice defenders all game with his hustle, touch, and tenacity. DG controlled the ball, dribbled into the 18 and fired a shot that was deflected wide by the Rice keeper. OF jumped on the rebound and buried the game winner with 1:33 left in the second OT. The boys play at Hazen Saturday with an 11am start. The boys JV won handily yesterday 12-0.

The upper deck varsity field went through a major face lift this summer with many community members donating resources to the cause. The field has never looked or felt better thanks to an aggressive seeding, fertilizing, mowing, and watering regiment, and with the help of a grant from the Vermont Dairy Council, PA Boosters, Morrisville Youth Soccer, and many other community members we have a brand new Daktronics scoreboard to keep the time and score for the varsity teams for years to come.

The next home game is the 9/17 as the boys take on Spaulding at 4:30.