Dec 26, 2013 — B section

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ADDISON COUNTY INDEPENDENT

B Section

THURSDAY, Â DECEMBER Â 26, Â 2013

MATT DICKERSON

SPORTS

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Thoughts  on  hope,  hunting and  Christmas In  my  house  growing  up,  Christ-­ mas  was  a  both  a  joyful  time  and  a  time  of  hope.  It  was  mostly  about  being  together  as  a  family,  enjoy-­ ing  meals  and  games  and  snow  and  a  break  from  school  and  work,  and  about  church  services  celebrating  the  birth  of  Jesus.  It  was  not  so  much  about  the  com-­ mercial  aspects  of  the  season.  Still,  when  I  was  a  kid  I  ad-­ mittedly  had  a  certain  anticipa-­ tion  about  open-­ ing  presents  on  Christmas  morning.  It  was  an  an-­ ticipation  wrapped  up  in  hope  that  I  might  get  whatever  was  the  particu-­ lar  gift  I  really  wanted  that  year.  It  was  with  that  hope  I  went  to  bed  on  Christmas  Eve  after  my  last  glass  of  eggnog,  and  with  that  hope  I  arose  in  the  morning  and  urged  my  parents  out  of  bed  and  out  to  the  Christmas  tree.  Since  I  had  a  decent  sense  of  what  my  parents  were  (and  were  not)  able  to  afford,  my  expectations  were  generally  reasonable  and  my  hopes  were  usually  (though  not  always)  IXOÂżOOHG I  have  often  commented  that  hope  is  also  one  of  the  most  important  in-­ JUHGLHQWV LQ P\ HQMR\PHQW RI ÂżVKLQJ and  hunting.  Now  by  â€œhopeâ€?  I  do  not  mean  merely  wishful  thinking;Íž  I  mean  a  looking  forward  to  some  promised  or  desired  future  event  with  a  realistic  expectation  that  it  might  actually  happen.  Although  it  (See  Dickerson,  Page  2B)

Tiger hoops MIDDLEBURY  UNION  HIGH  6FKRRO MXQLRU Bobby  Ritter,  DERYH ORFNV DUPV ZLWK &ROFKHVWHUÂśV %UDG\ 'RXG GXU-­ ing  the  Tigers’  46-­ RYHUWLPH ORVV 0RQGD\ QLJKW Junior  Cullen  Hathaway,  right,  EORFNV D VKRW E\ 5HÂśJDO 6SHQFHU DQG VRSKRPRUH 2DNOH\ *RUGRQ OHIW PDNHV D PRYH DURXQG Tyler  Breen.

ScoreBOARD HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS Boys’ Basketball 12/23  VUHS  at  Burr  &  Burton   .............  Ppd. 12/23  OV  at  Arlington  Tourney   ..  Ppd.  to  1/4 12/23  Colchester  vs.  MUHS   .....  46-­39  (OT) Girls’ Basketball 0W 0DQVÂżHOG DW 98+6  .............  Ppd. 29 DW 6SULQJÂżHOG  ..........  Ppd.  to  1/25 12/23  Winooski  vs.  MUHS  ..................  29-­26 12/23  Mt.  Abe  vs.  Fair  Haven   .............37-­31

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HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS Hockey 1RUWKÂżHOG DW 08+6 *LUOV  .........5  p.m. 0W 0DQVÂżHOG DW 08+6 *LUOV  ..  5  p.m. 6SDXOGLQJ DW 08+6 *LUOV  .......  4:45  p.m. 1/4  Brattleboro  at  MUHS  Boys   .........  7  p.m. Boys’ Basketball 12/28  Peoples  at  VUHS   .............  11:30  a.m. 12/28  Randolph  at  Mt.  Abe   ........  12:30  p.m. 12/28  MUHS  at  Montpelier   ..........  2:30  p.m. 12/30  VUHS  at  Harwood   ..................  7  p.m. 12/30  OV  at  Mt.  Abe   .........................  7  p.m. 1/2  VUHS  at  Fairfax   ..........................  7  p.m. 1/2  MUHS  at  Rutland   ........................  7  p.m. 1/2  Mill  River  at  OV   ...........................  7  p.m. 1/2  Winooski  at  Mt.  Abe   ....................  7  p.m. 1/4  OV  at  Arlington  Tourney   .................  TBA 1/4  Fairfax  at  Mt.  Abe   ................  12:30  p.m. 1/4  Harwood  at  MUHS   ...............  12:30  p.m. 1/4  VUHS  at  Montpelier   ...............  2:30  p.m. Girls’ Basketball 12/27  Mt.  Abe  vs.  B&B  at  F.  Haven  ..   6  p.m. 12/27  MUHS  at  Mill  River   .................  7  p.m. 12/27  Arlington  at  OV   .......................  7  p.m. 12/30  Mt.  Abe  at  CVU   ..................  6:30  p.m. 12/30  Colchester  at  VUHS   ...............  7  p.m. 12/30  Fair  Haven  at  MUHS   ..............  7  p.m. 1/3  S.  Burlington  at  MUHS   ...............  7  p.m. 1/3  Winooski  at  VUHS   ......................  7  p.m. 1/3  OV  at  Windsor   ............................  7  p.m. 1/3  Mill  River  at  Mt.  Abe   ....................  7  p.m. Wrestling 12/27&28   ...... OV,  VUHS,  Mt.  Abe  at  MUHS 12/31  OV  at  Fair  Haven   ....................  9  a.m. 1/3&4  .......................MUHS  at  Peru  Tourney 1/4  ...........................  Mt.  Abe  at  OV  Tourney  1/4  ............................... VUHS  at  Keene,  NH Nordic 1/2  OV  at  Burr&Burton   .................  2:30  p.m. 1/2  MUHS  at  CVU   .......................  3:30  p.m. 1/4  MUHS  at  CVU   ..........................  10  a.m. Indoor Track 1/4  VUHS  at  UVM   .............................  1  p.m. Gymnastics 1/4  MUHS  at  S.  Burlington  ................  2  p.m. COLLEGE SPORTS Men’s Basketball 1/2  Midd.  at  Salve  Regina   ................  4  p.m. Women’s Basketball 12/29  Oberlin  at  Midd.   .......................1  p.m. 1/1  Smith  at  Midd.   .............................  1  p.m. 1/3  Midd.  at  Medaille   ........................  1  p.m. Women’s Hockey 1/4  Elmira  at  Midd.   ............................  7  p.m. Men’s Hockey Holiday Tourney 1/3  S.  Maine  vs.  Neumann   ...............  4  p.m. 1/3  Midd.  vs.  St.  Mike’s   .....................  7  p.m. 1/4  Consolation/Final   .....................  1/4  p.m. Spectators  are  advised  to  consult  school  websites  for  the  latest  schedule  updates. Â

Muzzleloader,  bow   kills,  weights  drop

By  ANDY  KIRKALDY ADDISON  COUNTY  â€”  Relative-­ ly  low  numbers  for  fall  and  December  archery  and  muzzleloader  deer  seasons  left  the  overall  2013  Addison  County  hunting  success  rate  short  of  that  in  most  recent  years. The  total  number  of  deer  weighed  at  the  county’s  nine  weigh  stations  ended  at  807,  down  by  almost  8  percent  from  last  year’s  total  of  875.  The  breakdown  for  this  year  was:  Â‡ %RZ VHDVRQ ‡ <RXWK +XQWLQJ :HHNHQG ‡ 5LĂ€H VHDVRQ ‡ 0X]]OHORDGHU VHDVRQ 7KH \RXWK ZHHNHQG DQG ULĂ€H QXP-­ bers  were  roughly  comparable  to  the  124  and  405  deer  taken,  respectively,  in  2012.  But  in  2012  the  combined  bow  and  muzzleloader  numbers  stood  at  346,  compared  to  277  this  year.  ,Q WKH SDVW ÂżYH \HDUV RQO\ SUR-­ duced  lower  overall  results  than  this  \HDU DOWKRXJK WKH ULĂ€H WRWDO LV LQ the  middle  of  the  pack:   Â‡ ,Q WKH OHDVW VXFFHVVIXO UH-­ cent  year  for  area  hunters,  the  four-­ VHDVRQ WRWDO VWRRG DW ULĂ€H youth,  232  bow/muzzleloader) ‡ ,Q GHHU ZHUH ZHLJKHG ORFDOO\ ULĂ€H \RXWK ZHHNHQG 498  bow/muzzleloader). ‡ ,Q WKH QXPEHU VWRRG DW ULĂ€H \RXWK ERZ PX]]OH-­

loader). ‡ ,Q WKH PRVW SURGXFWLYH RYHUDOO \HDU LQ UHFHQW PHPRU\ WKH Âż-­ nal  count  stood  at  1,026. Department  of  Fish  and  Wildlife  of-­ ÂżFLDOV DQG ORFDO ZHLJK VWDWLRQ RSHUD-­ tors  cited  several  factors  â€”  weather  being  a  major  one  â€”  for  2013’s  lower  bow  and  muzzleloader  numbers.  Lead  Vermont  deer  biologist  Adam  Murkowski  said  during  bow  season  plentiful  food  and  warm  weather  meant  deer  could  hunker  down  more  than  is  typical  â€”  they  weren’t  moving  around  to  be  seen  by  hunters.  â€œDeer  movement  â€Ś  wasn’t  as  consistent  as  it  usu-­ ally  is,â€?  he  said.  Weigh  station  operators  said  the  weather  also  didn’t  cooperate  during  the  nine-­day  muzzleloader  season.  Its  ¿UVW ZHHNHQG ZDV PDUNHG E\ IULJLG temperatures  that  kept  some  hunters  on  the  sidelines,  and  a  major  storm  struck  during  the  second  weekend.  Murkowski  cited  another  factor.  Addison  County,  he  said,  is  an  area  in  which  the  state  is  trying  to  encourage  growth  in  the  deer  herd.  Therefore,  ZLOGOLIH RIÂżFLDOV JUDQWHG IHZHU DQWOHU-­ less  deer  permits  to  local  hunters,  he  said.  â€œWe  think  we  can  allow  more  deer  in  the  (area),â€?  Murkowski  said.   Also,  in  Addison  County  the  av-­ HUDJH ZHLJKW RI D EXFN WDNHQ LQ ULĂ€H season  dropped  this  year  to  about  141  pounds,  down  from  146  pounds,  more Â

than  3  percent,  from  2012,  and  from  144  pounds  in  2011.  The  average  weight  had  dipped  down  to  139  in  2010  after  a  tough  win-­ ter,  and  the  average  in  both  2008  and  2009  was  141  pounds. 6WDWH RIÂżFLDOV KDG H[SHFWHG WR VHH D FRQWLQXHG XSZDUG WUHQG LQ ULĂ€H VHDVRQ weights  after  the  adoption  of  a  ban  on  shooting  antlerless  bucks  several  years  ago.  Murkowski  attributed  this  year’s  drop  to  scarce  food  in  the  fall  of  2012. “We  expected  to  see  a  de-­ cline  in  the  physical  condi-­ tion  of  our  deer,â€?  he  said.  Due  to  plentiful  food  this  fall,  Murkowski  said  he  ex-­ pects  weights  to  bounce  back  in  2014.  He  also  said  late  last  week  that  early  reports  from  the  2013  ULĂ€H VHDVRQ ORRN SURPLVLQJ ZLOGOLIH RIÂżFLDOV ZHUH FROOHFWLQJ WKHP ODVW week  and  hoped  to  have  an  announce-­ ment  by  the  end  of  this  week.  â€œWhat  we  hear  from  hunters  is  they  had  a  good  year  â€Ś  at  least  during  the  ULĂ€H VHDVRQ ´ KH VDLG The  following  hunters  had  success  during  archery  or  muzzleloader  sea-­ sons  and  had  their  deer  weighed  at  one  of  the  county’s  nine  reporting  stations:  Buxton’s  Store  in  Orwell,  Vermont  Field  Sports  in  Middlebury,  Village  Green  Market  in  New  Haven,  the  Lin-­ coln  General  Store,  the  West  Addison  General  Store,  C&S  Hunting  Supply  in  East  Middlebury,  the  Jerusalem  Corner  Country  Store  in  Starksboro,  and  Green  Mountain  Trails  End  LLC Â

in  Bristol.  They  are  listed  by  name,  town  of  kill,  weight  and  gender  of  deer,  and  by  pounds  and  points  if  they  are  antlered  bucks. VILLAGE  GREEN  MARKET BOW  (22) Bruce  Perlee,  New  Haven,  buck  114-­ 8;͞  Kyle  Kayhart,  New  Haven,  buck  115-­3;͞  Lemuel  Parker,  Shoreham,  70-­ 2;͞  Sterling  Pelsue,  Ferrisburgh,  80  doe;͞  Eugene  Van  Sternburg,  Monkton,  106  doe;͞  Shawn  Freegard,  Shelburne,  114  doe;͞  Shaw  Kipp,  Ferrisburgh,  137-­6;͞  Derek  Whitcomb,  New  Haven,  130-­5;͞  Mark  Deering,  Cornwall,  152-­5;͞  and  Shawn  Lacey,  Williston,  116-­5. Also,  Kevin  Kayhart,  Waltham,  122  doe;͞  Seth  Gebo,  Ferrisburgh,  100  doe;͞  Jason  Twenge,  Charlotte,  110  doe;͞  Matt  Leonard,  Ferrisburgh,  160-­ 6;͞  Joshua  Rochon,  Monkton,  99  doe;͞  Kyle  Delphia,  Middlebury,  133  doe;͞  Skylar  Silloway,  Shelburne,  47  fawn;͞  Miles  Shorey,  Ferrisburgh,  140  doe;͞  Christopher  Allen,  Lincoln,  92  doe;͞  Lucas  Smith,  New  Haven,  127  doe;͞  Bruce  Perlee,  New  Haven,  100  doe;͞  and  Michael  Brennan,  New  Haven,  82  doe;͞ MUZZLELOADER  (26) Judson  Larocque,  Orwell,  115  doe;͞  Michael  Jerome,  Poultney,  142  doe;͞  Michael  Hurlburt,  Monkton,  166-­8;͞  Charles  Rockwell,  138  doe;͞  Cale  Pel-­ land,  Bristol,  100  doe;͞  Ray  Davis  Jr.,  New  Haven,  110  doe;͞  Jeffrey  Fortune,  Cornwall,  138  doe;͞  Curt  Steady,  Salis-­ bury,  138-­4;͞  Andrea  Wernhoff,  Ad-­ (See  Deer,  Page  2B)

MUHS  wrestlers  fare  well  in  N.Y.  tourney By  ANDY  KIRKALDY PERU,  N.Y.  â€”  The  Middlebury  Union  High  School  wrestling  team  had  what  Coach  Ethan  Ray-­ mond  called  a  â€œvery  successfulâ€?  Saturday  at  a  tournament  hosted  by  Peru  (N.Y.)  High  School,  win-­ ning  two  weight  classes  and  tak-­ ing  seventh  out  of  16  teams,  the  second  best  showing  for  a  Ver-­

mont  team  competing.  Winning  their  weight  classes  were  senior  Jake  Trautwein  at  182  pounds  and  junior  Chris  Gobbi  at  220. Trautwein  improved  to  5-­0  and  defeated  Kyle  Record  of  Bellows  )DOOV LQ WKH ¿QDO E\ D VHFRQG SH-­ riod  pin  in  what  was  a  key  victory  over  an  instate  rival.

*REEL SLFNHG XS KLV ¿UVW HYHU tournament  victory  and  also  im-­ proved  to  5-­0;͞  he  defeated  Cam-­ bridge,  N.Y.,  wrestler  Nathan  :LOFK LQ WKH ¿QDO DOVR ZLWK D second-­period  pin.  Also  placing  for  MUHS  were  sophomores  James  Whitley  at  132  and  Nate  Gebo  at  106,  both  tak-­ LQJ WKLUG DQG ZLQQLQJ WKHLU ¿QDO

matches  with  pins.  Whitley  im-­ proved  to  6-­1,  while  Gebo  moved  to  5-­1.  Other  Tigers  to  earn  wins  were  sophomore  Cortland  Fischer  at  ZKR ZHQW LQ KLV ÂżUVW YDU-­ sity  tournament;Íž  and  sophomores  Nick  Beauchamp  at  170  and  Kyle  Desabrais  at  126,  who  each  went  1-­2  with  victories  by  pin. Â

Sports BRIEFS

Eagles  win,  Tigers  lose  in  girls’  hoop

ADDISON  COUNTY  â€”  In  lo-­ cal  high  school  girls’  basketball  on  Monday  night,  Mount  Abraham  won  a  key  Division  II  matchup,  while  Middlebury  came  up  just  short  of  its  ¿UVW YLFWRU\ The  Vergennes  girls’  Monday  KRPH JDPH YV 0W 0DQVÂżHOG ZDV postponed;Íž  no  new  date  was  imme-­ diately  announced.  The  Otter  Valley  JLUOVÂś JDPH DW 6SULQJÂżHOG ZDV SRVW-­ poned  to  Jan.  25  and  will  be  played  at  OV;Íž  OV’s  Feb.  14  home  game  will  EH PRYHG WR 6SULQJÂżHOG EAGLES-­SLATERS Host  Fair  Haven  took  a  15-­9  halftime  lead  vs.  the  Eagles  in  the  ¿UVW URXQG RI WKH 6ODWHUVÂś KROLGD\ tournament  and  stretched  its  ad-­ vantage  to  10  early  in  the  third  pe-­ riod.  But  Mount  Abe  fought  back  to  outscore  Fair  Haven  in  the  sec-­ ond  half,  28-­16,  and  come  away  with  a  37-­31  win  over  another  D-­II  title  contender. The  result  left  both  teams  with  a  2-­1  record.  Meghan  Livingston ÂżQ-­ ished  with  a  game-­high  11  points  for  the  Eagles,  while  Bethany  Lanfear  led  the  Slaters  with  nine.  The  tour-­ nament  will  conclude  on  Friday  with  Fair  Haven  meeting  Proctor  at  7:30  p.m.  and  Mount  Abe  facing  Burr  &  Burton  at  6  p.m. TIGERS Host  Winooski  picked  up  its  sec-­ ond  close  win  over  the  Tigers  this  season,  29-­26.  Spartan  Amanda  Nattress  hit  six  fourth-­quarter  free  throws  to  help  her  team  hold  off  08+6 DQG LPSURYH WR 6KH ÂżQ-­ ished  with  a  game-­high  10  points. The  Tigers  fell  to  0-­4  despite  scor-­ ing  a  season  high  in  points;Íž  Krisan-­ dra  Provencher  led  them  with  six.  Â

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