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ADDISON COUNTY INDEPENDENT

B Section

THURSDAY, Â DECEMBER Â 4, Â 2014

ANDY KIRKALDY

SPORTS

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2Q 3DWV ÂżHOG KRFNH\ PRUH In  honor  of  what  still  may  still  lurk  from  Thanksgiving  in  our  refrigera-­ tors,  some  leftover  sports  thoughts: ‡ ,W UHPDLQV D EHWWHU TXHVWLRQ WR DVN how  have  the  New  England  Patriots  managed  to  have  winning  seasons  ev-­ ery  year  since  2004,  not  why  have  they  not  won  another  Super  Bowl.  The  Pa-­ triots  have  been  the  best  team  overall  in  the  NFL  in  that  time  frame  despite  being  upset  in  two  Super  Bowls. ‡ 6LPLODUO\ LW LV EHWWHU WR DVN KRZ the  Middlebury  &ROOHJH ÂżHOG hockey  team  has  earned  berths  in  12  straight  NCAA  Division  III  tour-­ naments  while  playing  in  the  na-­ tion’s  most  com-­ petitive  league,  not  why  the  team  has  not  won  a  championship  in  those  tour-­ naments. ‡ %DFN WR WKH 3DWULRWV VSHFLÂżFDOO\ TXDUWHUEDFN 7RP %UDG\ +HUH DUH WZR sets  of  statistics,  one  for  Brady’s  career  for  games  played  in  domes,  and  one  for  Denver  QB  Peyton  Manning’s  career  games  played  in  domes.  (Of  course,  Manning  has  played  almost  half  of  his  games  in  a  dome  in  Indianapolis,  while  Brady  has  performed  outdoors  in  New  England  falls.) MIDDLEBURY  COLLEGE  SENIOR  Alexis  Coolidge  guards  against  Norwich  senior  Kelsey  Lotti  during  Tuesday  night’s  game  in  Pepin  Gymnasium.  QB  No.  1:  66.16  percent  completion  The  Panthers  lost  the  game,  55-­49. Independent  photo/Trent  Campbell rate,  7.8  yards  per  attempt,  6.1  percent  of  passes  for  touchdowns,  2.4  percent  of  passes  intercepted,  99.72  QB  rating. QB  No.  2:  67.4  percent  completion  rate,  8.64  yards  per  attempt,  6.9  per-­ cent  of  passes  for  touchdowns,  2.62  percent  of  passes  intercepted,  106.42  QB  rating. Those  facts  are  courtesy  of  a  cold-­ MIDDLEBURY  â€”  Visiting  Nor-­ hardfootballfacts.com  piece  titled  â€œNo  wich  held  on  for  a  55-­49  victory  over  Debate:  Facts  Show  Tom  Brady  Better  the  Middlebury  College  women’s  Than  Peyton  Manning.â€? basketball  team  on  Tuesday  evening,  holding  off  a  late  Panther  rally  to  im-­ (See  Kirkaldy,  Page  2B) prove  to  5-­1. The  Panthers  dropped  to  4-­2  head-­ ing  into  a  pair  of  weekend  home  JDPHV WKDW ZLOO FRQFOXGH WKHLU ÂżUVW semester  play:  They  will  host  Alfred  State  at  6  p.m.  on  Friday  and  Skidmore  at  2  p.m.  on  Saturday.  The  Skidmore  Women’s Basketball game  is  part  of  a  doubleheader,  as  the  0LGG YV -RKQVRQ 73-­36 undefeated  Middlebury  men  will  host  1RUZLFK YV 0LGG 55-­49 the  Thoroughbreds  at  4  p.m.  following  Men’s Basketball the  women’s  game.  0LGG YV 53, 87-­78 On  Tuesday,  Norwich  jumped  out  0LGG YV 6W -RVHSKÂśV 90-­64 of  the  gate  early,  scoring  15  of  the  Women’s Hockey JDPHÂśV ÂżUVW SRLQWV IRU D HGJH (OPLUD YV 0LGG 4-­1 0LGG YV * $GROSKXV 3-­2  (OT) with  14:40  left  in  the  opening  half.  Men’s Hockey 0LGGOHEXU\ FXW WKH GHÂżFLW WR &RQFRUGLD YV 0LGG 4-­3 on  a  put-­back  from  Holly  Lanchantin,  3ODWWVEXUJK YV 0LGG 4-­2 but  Norwich  rattled  off  the  next  seven  SRLQWV WR WDNH LWV ODUJHVW OHDG RI WKH ÂżUVW session  at  24-­11  with  5:46.  Shyan  Jo-­ sler  capped  that  run  with  a  pair  of  free  throws. PANTHER  SENIOR  ALEXIS  The  Panthers  cut  the  Norwich  lead  HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS Coolidge  puts  a  shot  up  over  Nor-­ back  to  24-­16  after  a  three-­pointer  Girls’ Hockey 08+6 DW 1RUWKÂżHOG S P from  Sarah  Kaufman  set  up  by  Alexis  wich  defender  Kelsey  Lotti  Tues-­ day  night.  Coolidge  scored  nine  08+6 DW 6WRZH S P Coolidge  at  5:08  but  the  Cadets  scored  points  in  the  Middlebury  loss. 08+6 DW 8 S P WKH ÂżQDO IRXU SRLQWV RI WKH KDOI DQG Independent  photo/Trent  Campbell Boys’ Hockey took  a  28-­16  edge  at  the  break.  Both  08+6 DW %XUU %XUWRQ S P WHDPV VWUXJJOHG IURP WKH ÂżHOG LQ WKH Lotti  with  11:27  left.  The  Panthers  08+6 DW 0LOWRQ S P ÂżUVW KDOI 1RUZLFK KLW MXVW QLQH RI FXW WKH GHÂżFLW WR ZLWK D UXQ RQ 08+6 DW 5XWODQG S P shot  attempts,  while  the  Panthers  were  a  three  from  Kaufman,  a  free  throw  Boys’ Basketball from  Sabrina  Weeks  and  a  jumper  in  limited  to  seven  of  30.     0LOO 5LYHU DW 29 S P the  paint  from  Coolidge. In  the  second  half,  Norwich  secured  )DLUID[ DW 0W $EH S P PANTHER  RACHEL  CREWS  battles  for  a  rebound  with  Norwich  senior  The  Cadets  pushed  their  lead  back  its  largest  lead  of  the  evening  at  17  98+6 DW 0RQWSHOLHU S P Tory  Kethro  Tuesday  night  in  Middlebury. Independent  photo/Trent  Campbell 6HH 3DQWKHUV 3DJH 3B) 29 DW 3RXOWQH\ S P (46-­29)  on  a  three-­pointer  from  Kelsey Â

Cadets  hold  off  Middlebury  women

Panthers  (4-­2)  to  host  weekend  games

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Schedule

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Men’s hockey edged twice at home tourney MIDDLEBURY  â€”  The  Middle-­ bury  College  men’s  hockey  team  dropped  a  pair  of  games  on  home  ice  this  past  weekend  during  the  annual  PrimeLink  Great  Northern  Shootout. The  1-­3-­2  Panthers  will  look  to  bounce  back  this  weekend  when  they  host  Amherst  on  Friday  at  7  p.m.  and  Hamilton  on  Saturday  at  4  p.m. Concordia  (Minn.)  (5-­3-­2)  defeated  Norwich  (7-­0-­1)  in  a  shootout  on  Sat-­ urday  evening  to  take  home  the  Shoot-­ out  trophy  after  the  teams  skated  to  a  WLH LQ WKH ÂżQDO Also  on  Saturday,  Plattsburgh  de-­ feated  Middlebury  in  the  consolation  game,  4-­2.  In  the  consolation  game,  the  Car-­ dinals  took  a  1-­0  lead  10:34  into  the  game  when  Kevin  Emmerling  sent  D SXFN LQ IURQW WKDW GHĂ€HFWHG LQ RII D defender. Plattsburgh  went  up  2-­0  in  the  sec-­ ond  when  Dillan  Fox  took  advantage  of  a  failed  poke  check  and  found  the  back  of  the  net  at  12:51.  Exactly  three  minutes  later,  Mark  Constantine  found  Connor  Green  on  a  power  play  to  6HH +RFNH\ 3DJH 3B)

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5LĂ€H GHHU season:  Nice,  but  few,  bucks By  ANDY  KIRKALDY $'',621 &2817< ² 7KH ÂżQDO count  of  bucks  weighed  in  Addison  &RXQW\ GXULQJ WKH ULĂ€H VHDVRQ ended  up  at  a  below-­average  total  of  359,  but  weigh  station  operators  all  said  the  animals  were  mostly  good-­ sized. “A  lot  of  nice  deer  were  taken  this  year,â€?  said  Steve  Ploof  of  East  Middle-­ bury’s  C&S  Hunting  Supplies. After  nine  years  of  Vermont’s  much-­debated  2005  law  that  banned  ULĂ€H KXQWHUV IURP VKRRWLQJ WZR SRLQW “spikehornâ€?  bucks,  Dick  Phillips,  owner  of  Vermont  Field  Sports  in  Mid-­ dlebury,  said  more  and  more  hunters  are  beginning  to  believe  that  the  ban  is  meeting  its  goal  of  creating  more  tro-­ phy  bucks.  â€œI  think  now  there  are  a  lot  of  people  who  are  putting  their  arms  around  it,â€?  Phillips  said. As  for  the  total,  the  359  from  No-­ vember  compares  to  a  local  average  RI RYHU WKH SDVW ÂżYH \HDUV ZLWK counts  ranging  from  a  low  of  301  in  2009  to  a  high  of  428  in  2010.  7KH ULĂ€H WRWDOV LQ WKH SDVW WZR \HDUV were  421  in  2013  and  405  in  2012.  There  were  no  easy  explanations  for  the  decline,  as  most  hunters  told  store  employees  and  owners  they  were  see-­ ing  deer.  Phillips  continues  to  believe  fewer  hunters  head  out  each  year  and  has  pointed  in  the  past  to  the  tendency  6HH 5LĂ€H VHDVRQ 3DJH 3B)

Leagues  honor  area  athletes ADDISON  COUNTY  â€”  Many  local  high  school  athletes  earned  statewide  and  league  all-­star  rec-­ ognition  this  fall  for  their  efforts  in  JLUOVÂś VRFFHU ÂżHOG KRFNH\ DQG ER\VÂś soccer. Named  to  the  Division  II  girls’  soccer  all-­state  team  were  Mount  Abraham’s  Zoe  Cassels-­Brown,  Er-­ nesta  McIntosh,  Jesse  McKean,  Juni-­ per  Nardiello-­Smith  and  Amy  Nault,  and  Middlebury’s  Claire  Armstrong  and  Kelsey  Smith.  Smith  was  also  named  the  Lake  Division  Defensive  Player  of  the  Year.  Earning  berths  on  the  Vermont  7ZLQ 6WDWH VHQLRU ÂżHOG KRFNH\ WHDP were  Middlebury’s  Baily  Ryan  and  Mount  Abe’s  Bailey  Sherwin. Named  to  the  Division  II  boys’  soccer  all-­state  team  were  two  Ver-­ gennes  players,  Dana  Ambrose  and  Jake  Dombek. Three  coaches  also  earned  honors:  2WWHU 9DOOH\ ÂżHOG KRFNH\ FRDFK 6WD-­ cey  Edmunds-­Brickell  was  named  the  Marble  Valley  League  A  Division  Coach  of  the  Year  after  the  Otters  went  undefeated  in  league  play,  and  (See  All-­stars,  Page  2B)

Panther squad to host benefit game, skate event MIDDLEBURY  â€”  On  Dec.  5  and  6  the  Middlebury  Col-­ lege  men’s  hockey  team  will  be  helping  the  organization  Help-­ ing  Overcome  Poverty’s  Effects  (HOPE).  Admission  to  these  two  hockey  games  will  be  free,  but  hockey  team  supporters  are  hop-­ ing  that  all  in  attendance  will  bring  a  children’s  game,  canned  fruits  or  canned  vegetables  and  contribute  a  voluntary  $5  admis-­ sion.  This  will  help  make  Christ-­ mas  a  little  brighter  for  those  in  need. On  Friday  the  Panthers  will  host  Amherst  College  in  a  game  begin-­ ning  at  7  p.m.  and  on  Saturday  they  will  host  Hamilton  College  at  4  p.m.  During  this  weekend,  New  England  Hockey  Journal  will  be  ¿OPLQJ D VWRU\ DERXW WKH KRFNH\ program  at  Middlebury  College. Following  the  Saturday  game  against  Hamilton,  the  men’s  hockey  team  will  host  the  annual  â€œSkate  with  the  Panthers.â€?  All  fans,  young  and  old,  will  be  invit-­ ed  on  the  ice  at  Kenyon  Arena  to  MIDDLEBURY  COLLEGE  MEN’S  hockey  captain  George  Ordway,  left,  goalie  Mike  Peters,  and  captain  skate  with  the  team  an  will  be  pro-­ Derek  Pimentel  present  HOPE  with  turkeys  for  those  in  need  during  this  holiday  season.  The  Panthers  vided  team  pictures  to  get  signed  noted  their  appreciation  to  Hannaford  Supermarket  for  their  help  in  acquiring  turkeys.  This  was  the  kick  by  players.  It’s  a  great  time  for  all. off  to  a  HOPE  fund-­raiser  in  conjunction  with  the  team’s  Dec.  5  and  6  games.

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