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Frost  Mountain  skiers  compete STOWE  —  Frost  Mountain  Nor- dic  Club  skiers  competed  this  past  weekend  at  the  Trapp  Family  Lodge  —  site  of  the  upcoming  Junior  Na- tional  Championships  in  March  —  in  the  third  set  of  races  in  the  highly  competitive  Eastern  Cup  Series,  with  some  solid  results.   ,Q 6DWXUGD\œV NLORPHWHU FODVVLF sprint  competition,  Cornwall’s  So- SKLH +RGJHV DQG :H\EULGJHœV 'RUR- thy  Punderson  competed  for  Frost  Mountain  in  the  girls’  races.  +RGJHV TXDOL¿HG IRU WKH VHPL¿QDO
rounds  by  taking  sixth  in  the  indi- vidual  16-Âand-Âunder  preliminary  TXDOLI\LQJ UDFH ZRQ KHU VHPLÂżQDO heat,  and  ended  up  third  overall.  3XQGHUVRQ ÂżQLVKHG UG LQ WKH 8 competition.  On  the  boys’  side,  U-Â16  skiers  Nick  Wilkerson  of  Middlebury  and  6DP +RGJHV RI &RUQZDOO MXVW PLVVHG the  12-Âperson  preliminary  cut,  with  Wilkerson  in  15th  and  Hodges  in  22nd. ,Q 6XQGD\ÂśV . VNDWH UDFHV 6R- phie  Hodges  took  sixth  in  the  girls’ Â
U-Â16  event,  Punderson  was  42nd  in  the  girls’  U-Â18  race,  and  in  the  boys’  U-Â16  competition  Sam  Hodges  was  15th  and  Wilkerson  took  26th. Frost  Mountain  coach  Cam  MacKugler  also  noted  that  several  club  alums  skated  for  college  teams  as  the  University  of  Vermont  carni- val  wrapped  up  on  Sunday:  Britta  Clark  for  Bates,  Alia  Johnson  for  Middlebury  and  Mac  Groves  for  Bowdoin.  Groves  fared  the  best,  taking  third  in  a  sprint  event,  MacKugler  said. Â
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on  the  West  Branch  of  the  Colorado  River  in  Granby. 3HUKDSV PRVW FOHDUO\ WKRXJK , can  still  picture  that  beautiful  moun- tain  meadow  where  the  river  took  a  big  bend  around  an  old  stump  and  emptied  into  a  reservoir.  We  had  to  hike  about  a  mile  into  it.  But  it  was  worth  the  hike.  The  three  of  us,  VSUHDG RXW DURXQG WKDW MXW RI ODQG DW WKH ULYHU EHQG FDXJKW ÂżVK DIWHU ÂżVK DOO WKDW ODWH DIWHUQRRQ DQG LQWR the  evening  on  Adamses  and  Horn- burgs.  They  were  mostly  rainbows  and  cutthroat,  but  one  brother  land- ed  a  mackinaw.  Not  a  36-Âpounder,  but  still  one  that  bent  his  rod. , KDYH QR GRXEW WKDW P\ PHPR- ries  —  whether  about  snow,  or  FROG RU WURXW ÂżVKLQJ ² DUH RIWHQ if  not  always  clouded  with  roman- tic  nostalgia.  Nonetheless,  the  type  of  memories  that  do  stick,  and  the  clarity  with  which  those  memories  stick  even  as  others  fade,  tells  me  something  very  important  about  the  SRZHU RI ÂżVKLQJ
ELEVEN-ÂYEAR-ÂOLD  THATCHER  TRUDEAU,  son  of  Darcy  and  Apachie  Trudeau  of  Salisbury,  holds  up  WKH SRXQG 1RUWKHUQ SLNH KH FDXJKW GXULQJ .DPSHUVYLOOHÂśV DQQXDO ÂżVKLQJ GHUE\ KHOG )HE DQG RQ /DNH 'XQPRUH 7KDWFKHUÂśV FDWFK WRRN ÂżUVW SODFH LQ WKH 1RUWKHUQ SLNH FDWHJRU\ DQG ZDV WKH VHFRQG ODUJHVW ÂżVK FDXJKW LQ WKH GHUE\ Photo  by  Jonathan  Blake
Girls’  basketball (Continued  from  Page  1B) led  the  1-Â15  Tigers  with  seven  points.  The  Tigers  also  played  on  Jan.  31,  when  visiting  Missisquoi  (2-Â13)  snapped  a  13-Â13  halftime  tie  and  claimed  a  32-Â21  win  over  MUHS.  OTTERS On  Jan.  30,  visiting  Fair  Haven  won  a  defensive  battle  at  OV,  30-Â20.  Bethany  Lanfear  (nine  points)  and  Orwell’s  Elizabeth  Fyles  (seven)  helped  the  Slaters  improve  to  11-Â3  DQG WDNH RYHU ÂżUVW SODFH LQ ' ,, from  Mount  Abe.  Brittany  Bushey  topped  OV  with  seven  points. On  Saturday,  visiting  Burr  &  Bur- ton  pulled  away  from  a  16-Â13  half- time  lead  for  a  39-Â23  victory  over  the Â
Otters.  Amy  Jones  paced  OV  with  11  points,  and  Taylor  Aines  added  ¿YH On  Tuesday,  the  Otters  used  bal- anced  scoring  to  pull  away  from  vis- iting  Windsor  in  the  second  half,  51- 28.  Laura  Beth  Roberts  led  the  way  with  15  points,  Jones  and  Bushey  contributed  seven  apiece,  and  Cort- ney  Poljacik  and  Aines  added  six  each  as  OV  moved  to  6-Â10.  COMMODORES On  Jan.  30,  visiting  Milton’s  14-Â0  second-Âquarter  surge  proved  deci- sive  in  its  43-Â29  victory  at  VUHS.  K.C.  Ambrose  contributed  11  points  and  10  rebounds  and  Breanna  La- Pan  scored  seven  for  the  3-Â11  Com-Â
modores.  Milton  moved  to  9-Â4. On  Saturday,  the  Commodores  trailed  visiting  Montpelier  at  the  half,  26-Â19,  but  erupted  in  the  second  half  to  outscore  the  Solons  by  28-Â6  in  a  47-Â32  victory.  Taylor  Paquette’s  13  points  and  12  boards  sparked  VUHS,  and  Ta- mara  Aunchman  and  Nikki  Salley  chipped  in  nine  points  apiece  for  VUHS. On  Monday,  host  Colchester  im- proved  to  12-Â4  with  a  42-Â24  victory  over  VUHS.  Ambrose  led  the  4-Â11  Commodores  with  six  points,  Bri- anna  Gebo FDPH XS ZLWK ÂżYH VWHDOV and  Jane  Russell  pulled  in  a  team- KLJK ÂżYH ERDUGV
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Basketball (Continued  from  Page  1B) Kamman  scored  14  to  lead  the  4-Â11  Eagles.  OTTERS On  Jan.  31,  OV  lost  a  chance  to  reach  .500  with  a  49-Â47  home  set- back  to  Bellows  Falls,  a  game  in  which  the  Otters  trailed  most  of  the  way.  John  Winslow  (15)  and  Car- son  Leary  (10)  led  the  OV  offense.  The  Terriers  improved  to  5-Â8.  OV  bounced  back  on  Monday  to  win  at  Woodstock,  71-Â64,  as  four  Ot- ters  scored  at  least  15  points:  Con- nor  Gallipo  (20),  Winslow  (19),  Kai  Norwood  (16)  and  Leary.  Winslow  also  hauled  in  17  rebounds  as  the  Ot- ters  moved  to  7-Â8;Íž  they  were  seek- ing  to  reach  .500  when  they  took  on  West  Rutland  on  Wednesday.  The  Wasps  dropped  to  8-Â6. Â
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