Gymnasts soar at home meet MIDDLEBURY  —  The  Middle- bury  Union  High  School  gymnastics  WHDP GLG QRW UDFN XS DQ\ ¿UVW SODFH ¿QLVKHV LQ LWV KRPH PHHW YV 8 RQ Saturday,  but  the  Tigers’  depth  trans- ODWHG LQWR D RQH VLGHG YLFWRU\ RYHU WKH 5DLGHUV LQ D PDWFKXS RI teams  that  normally  compete  at  the  'LYLVLRQ ,, OHYHO *\PQDVWLFV ZLWK IHZ WHDPV GRHV QRW UHFRJQL]H GLYLVLRQV LQ 9HUPRQW but  is  dominated  by  larger  Chittenden  County  schools  with  students  who  KDYH HDV\ DFFHVV WR \HDU URXQG J\P-Â
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MATT DICKERSON
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VERGENNES  UNION  HIGH  School  senior  Brendon  Huestis  gets  around  Mount  Abraham’s  Sawyer  Kamman  during  Tuesday  night’s  game  in  Vergennes.  Huestis  scored  nine  points  in  the  Commodores’  66-Â32  win. Independent  photo/Trent  Campbell
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1/21  MUHS  vs.  Milton   .........................61-Â53 1/21  Green  Mt.  at  OV   ........................  56-Â32 Girls’ Basketball 1/20  Harwood  vs.  VUHS   ....................  44-Â42 1/20  Milton  vs.  MUHS   .........................62-Â27 1/20  Brattleboro  vs.  OV   .....................  38-Â25 1/20  S.  Burlington  vs.  Mt.  Abe  ............  43-Â31 COLLEGE SPORTS Men’s Basketball 1/19  Midd.  vs.  Conn.   ..........................  64-Â61 1/21  Midd.  vs.  Johnson  State   ............  95-Â65 Women’s Basketball 1/19  Conn.  vs.  Midd.   ..........................  70-Â63
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Schedule HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS Hockey 1/24  Brattleboro  at  MUHS  Girls   ...  4:45  p.m. 1/24  Burlington  at  MUHS  Boys   .........  7  p.m. 1/29  MUHS  Boys  at  Milton   ..........  6:25  p.m. 1/29  MUHS  Girls  at  Hartford   .............  7  p.m. 1/31  U-Â32  at  MUHS  Girls   ..................  5  p.m. 1/31  Stowe  at  MUHS  Boys   ...............  7  p.m. Boys’ Basketball 1/24  OV  at  Leland  &  Gray   ................  7  p.m. 1/24  Missisquoi  at  Mt.  Abe   ................  7  p.m. 1/24  VUHS  at  Milton   .........................  7  p.m. 1/24  MUHS  at  St.  Albans   .............  7:30  p.m. 1/28  Proctor  at  OV   ............................  7  p.m. 1/29  VUHS  at  St.  Albans   .............  7:30  p.m. 1/29  Missisquoi  at  MUHS   .................  7  p.m. 1/29  Milton  at  Mt.  Abe   .......................  7  p.m. 1/31  Bellows  Falls  at  OV   ..................  7  p.m. 2/1  Milton  at  MUHS   ...................  12:30  p.m. 2/1  VUHS  at  Mt.  Abe   .................  12:30  p.m.
(See  Schedule,  Page  6B)
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