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ADDISON  COUNTY  11-­12 ADDISON  COUNTY  LITTLE  League  Baseball  10-­  and-­11-­year-­old  all-­star  second  baseman  Oakley  Francis  WKURZV WR ¿UVW LQ D JDPH SOD\HG WKLV PRQWK LQ %XUOLQJWRQœV 6FKL¿OOLWL 3DUN /LNH WKHLU DQG FRXQWHU-­ SDUWV WKH $& WHDP SOD\HG FRPSHWLWLYHO\ DJDLQVW &KLWWHQGHQ &RXQW\ WHDPV 7KH WKUHH WHDPV IRU WKH ¿UVW time  drew  players  from  the  Bristol,  Vergennes  and  Middlebury  areas. Photo  courtesy  of  Leda  Francis

Little  Leaguers  join  forces All-­Star  teams  drawn  from  around  county  fare  well,  have  fun  By  ANDY  KIRKALDY ADDISON  COUNTY  â€”  The  ef-­ fort  to  unite  Little  League  Baseball  play  across  Addison  County  con-­ tinued  during  July’s  all-­star  season,  when  three  teams  made  up  of  play-­ ers  from  around  the  county  held  their  own  against  their  Chittenden  County  counterparts. The  joint  all-­star  teams  â€”  formed  from  players  still  technically  un-­ der  the  Mount  Abraham,  Vergennes  and  Middlebury  league  umbrellas  â€”  followed  up  a  regular  season  of  countywide  play  at  all  Little  League  levels  â€”  Farm,  Minors  and  Majors  â€”  among  the  leagues’  teams.  That  season  culminated  on  June  18,  when  Lincoln  defeated  Starksboro  for  WKH ÂżUVW HYHU 0DMRUV $GGLVRQ &RXQW\ Little  League  Baseball  championship. In  July,  wearing  brand-­new  gold  jerseys,  Addison  County  11-­and-­ 12-­year-­old,  9-­10  and  10-­11  all-­star  teams  took  on  Chittenden  teams,  some  of  them  also  newly  united. The  AC  11/12  team  earned  the  No.  2  seed  for  the  four-­team  double-­elim-­ ination  round  with  a  4-­2  round  robin  record,  but  two  upset  losses  to  No.  3  Shelburne,  sandwiched  around  a  win  over  No.  4  Williston,  ended  its  run. Organizer  and  11/12  team  manager  Tommie  Thompson  said  the  team  surprised  its  opponents,  easily  could  have  prevailed,  and  impressed  ob-­ servers  along  the  way. “Everybody  around  the  tournament  couldn’t  believe  how  competitive  it  was,â€?  Thompson  said.  â€œThree  or  four  teams  could  have  won  that  thing.  The  Williston  coach  came  up  to  me  the  last  night  and  said,  â€˜I  thought  it  was Â

ANDY KIRKALDY

Failure  to  ban  Russia  shows  money  talking “Follow  the  money.â€?  â€“  Advice  from  the  then  anonymous  Deep  Throat  source  advising  Wash-­ ington  Post  reporters  Carl  Bernstein  and  Bob  Woodward  during  the  1970s  Watergate  Scandal Âł,W LV LQFUHDVLQJO\ GLIÂżFXOW WR FRP-­ prehend  why  the  IOC,  WADA,  the  IAAF  and  other  major  bodies  opted  to  ignore  evidence  of  sys-­ tematic  wrong-­ doing.  Alterna-­ tively  it  is  easy  to  comprehend,  if  you  conclude  that  actually  they  don’t  really  care  about  doping  as  ORQJ DV WKH GROODUV FRQWLQXH WR Ă€RZ ´ –  Journalist  Nick  Harris,  who  supplied  convincing  proof  of  sys-­ tematic  illegal  Russian  athletes’  use  of  performance-­enhancing  drugs  to  those  agencies A  piece  Harris  wrote  on  Mon-­ day  about  that  issue  and  world  athletic  agencies’  failures  may  be  found  at  www.sportingintelligence. com/2016/07/25/exposed-­the-­story-­ behind-­the-­story-­of-­russia-­doping-­ and-­the-­ioc-­250701.  Harris  and  (See  Kirkaldy,  Page  8B)

LITTLE  LEAGUER  OAKLEY  Francis  rounds  third  and  heads  for  home  in  an  Addison  County  10-­  and  11-­year-­old  all-­star  game  played  in  Burlington  this  month. Photo  courtesy  of  Leda  Francis

you  guys.’â€? 7KH WHDP TXDOLÂżHG IRU WKH double-­elimination  phase  with  a  1-­3  record  among  four  teams,  and  then  lost  to  champion  South  Burlington.  Thompson  said  only  the  South  Burl-­ ington  games  weren’t  close.  â€œThey  were  competitive.  South  Burlington  was  just  a  whole  other  league  from  everybody,  and  those  were  the  only  games  they  weren’t  competitive,â€?  he  said.  Thompson  said  the  very  existence  of  the  10-­11  team  showed  the  value Â

of  drawing  all-­stars  from  the  Bristol,  Vergennes  and  Middlebury  areas.  A  few  years  back,  he  said,  Middle-­ bury  had  stopped  sending  all-­star  teams  to  compete  in  the  Burlington  district  tournament,  and  Vergennes  had  found  it  increasingly  harder  to  compete.  Middlebury  and  Bristol  combined  for  all-­star  teams  last  year,  and  this  summer  Vergennes,  in  the  late  going,  threw  its  hat  in  the  united  ring,  too. The  result  was  dozens  of  kids  try-­ ing  out  for  9-­10  and  11-­12  teams,  and  the  unexpected  addition  of  a  10-­11  team  â€”  10-­11  teams  are  composed  of  players  who  do  not  make  the  other  two  teams,  and  play  fewer  games.  Thompson  said  traditionally  the  indi-­ YLGXDO WRZQ OHDJXHV KDYH QRW ÂżHOGHG a  10-­11  team  because  of  lack  of  num-­ bers.  The  new  gold  uniforms  were  hast-­ ily  ordered.  â€œThey  (Vergennes)  said  they  were  in.  I  said,  â€˜Let’s  seize  the  moment  here  and  get  new  colors.  Let’s  make  us  a  team,’â€?  Thompson  said. About  40  players  ended  up  on  one  of  the  three  teams,  almost  double  2015’s  total  of  23  on  two  teams. “We  had  not  anticipated  a  10-­11  team,  and  it  was  40  kids,  and  oh  my  gosh,  maybe  we  can  do  a  third  team  here,â€?  Thompson  said.  â€œThe  kids  were  like,  oh,  yeah,  and  a  lot  of  smil-­ ing  faces  and  all  those  competitive  games.â€? The  10-­11  team  played  three  games  that  could  have  gone  either  way,  and  ¿QLVKHG “They  were  in  it  right  until  the  last  (See  Little  League,  Page  2B)

ADDISON  COUNTY  10-­11

ADDISON  COUNTY  9-­10

067 VZLPPHUV HGJHG LQ ÂżQDOH By  ANDY  KIRKALDY MIDDLEBURY  â€”  Visiting  Burlington  Country  Club  topped  the  Middlebury  Swim  Team,  263.5-­209.5,  on  Tuesday  in  a  com-­ petitive  meet  that  was  the  last  of  the  regular  Champlain  Valley  Swim  League  season.  Both  teams  will  next  head  to  Vergennes  on  Friday  and  Saturday  for  the  CVSL  championship  meet.  Against  BCC  on  Tuesday,  MST  swimmers  Holly  Staats,  Teagan  Baumann,  Devon  Kearns  and  Courtney  White  each  won  three  races,  while  Patrick  Stone  won  twice.  BCC  won  six  of  nine  med-­ ley  relays  and  six  of  10  freestyle  relays. MST  also  saw  action  at  St.  Al-­

bans  on  July  21,  losing  to  their  hosts,  291-­264.  In  that  meet  four  Middlebury  swimmers  won  three  races  apiece:  Staats,  Kearns,  Con-­ nor  McNamara  and  Ellie  Ross.  Middlebury  swimmers  scoring  points  vs.  BCC  on  Tuesday  with  WRS WKUHH ÂżQLVKHV ZHUH BUTTERFLY ‡ 8 JLUOV /XF\ 3RGXV-­ chnick. ‡ 8 ER\V 0F1DPDUD Stone. ‡ 8 JLUOV 6WDDWV Natalie  Rockwell. ‡ 8 ER\V &O\GH 0DO-­ hotra,  51.50. ‡ 8 JLUOV 5DFKHO 0HUULOO ,]]LH 2OVRQ ‡ 8 ER\V .HDUQV

2.  Oliver  Poduschnick. ‡ 8 JLUOV :KLWH Calista  Carl. ‡ 8 ER\V -DFRE %URRN-­ man.  BACKSTROKE ‡ 8 JLUOV 6DUDK %HYHUH ‡ 8 ER\V -RUJHQ 3LUUXQJ ‡ 8 JLUOV / 3RGXVFKQLFN ‡ 8 ER\V 6WRQH McNamara. ‡ 8 JLUOV 0LVFKD <XULVWD 5RFNZHOO ‡ 8 ER\V 0DOKRWUD ‡ 8 JLUOV %DXPDQQ 2.  Olson. ‡ 8 ER\V 6SHQFHU 'RUDQ ‡ 8 JLUOV :KLWH Kess  Moulton. (See  MST,  Page  2B)

Ralph  Myhre  golfers  vie  in  three  events MIDDLEBURY  â€”  Ralph  Myhre  Golf  Course  hosted  three  events  late  last  week,  adding  a  new  â€œLadies  Member-­Member  or  Friendâ€?  tournament  to  the  schedule  on  top  of  the  usual  Friday  Night  Golf  Mixer  and  Thursday  Men’s  Golf  competitions.  This  weekend  brings  the  three-­ day  Dud  Phinney  Member-­Guest  Tournament  to  Ralph  Myhre.  On  Saturday,  the  foursome  of  Betsy  Gossens,  Anna  Betz,  Eva  0DVWDORV DQG *LVHOOH /DĂ€HFKH ZRQ

the  inaugural  Ladies’  tournament.  The  quartet  of  Nicole  Laberge,  Julie  Vest,  Bev  Roberts  and  Bonnie  /XFH ÂżQLVKHG VHFRQG DQG WKH WULR of  Joan  Guertin,  Lisa  Patton  and  Michelle  Hadeka  took  fourth.  On  Friday  evening,  the  foursome  of  Frank  Broughton,  Jessica  Best,  Georgia  Best  and  Dave  Wemette  prevailed  in  the  Golf  Mixer.  The  group  of  Bernie  Andrews,  Liz  Andrews,  Jim  Hadeka  and  Debbie  Hadeka  earned  second  place,  with  the Â

Edge  sinks  Champs  in  last  duel  before  league  meet  By  ANDY  KIRKALDY VERGENNES  â€”  The  undefeated  ¿UVW SODFH (GJH 6ZLP 7HDP GHIHDW-­ ed  the  host  Vergennes  Champs  on  Tuesday,  331-­166,  as  the  Champlain  Valley  Swim  League’s  regular  sea-­ son  wrapped  up.  The  Champs,  a  smaller  team  than  most  of  their  opponents,  won  three  out  of  seven  meets,  losing  to  larger  Chittenden  County  foes,  and  are  set  to  host  the  CVSL  championship  meet  this  Friday  and  Saturday.  â€œOverall,  we’ve  had  a  great  season  and  are  looking  forward  to  hosting  leagues,â€?  said  parent  and  team  orga-­ nizer  Sue  Rakowski.  Against  the  Edge  on  Tuesday,  sev-­ en  Champs  won  races:  Madelyn  Gir-­ oux,  Calder  Rakowski,  Adam  Clark,  Noah  Engvall,  Nathan  Viera,  Hadley  Harris  and  Jacob  Viera.  The  Edge  swept  all  10  medley  re-­ lay  races,  and  the  teams  agreed  to  treat  the  freestyle  relays  as  exhibi-­ tions.  &KDPSV ÂżQLVKLQJ LQ WKH WRS WKUHH in  individual  races  and  thus  scoring  points  on  Thursday  were:  BUTTERFLY ‡ 8 JLUOV $PHOLD /D0RWKH

threesome  of  Mary  Ann  Broughton,  Jim  Reynolds  and  Ron  Kowalski  claiming  third.  In  Thursday  afternoon  Bill  Davidson  men’s  golf,  the  trio  of  'D\WRQ :DNHÂżHOG -LP 7ZLWFKHOO DQG John  Myhre  prevailed.  The  team  of  Mike  Adams,  Jim  Hadeka,  Pete  Damone  and  Deem  CORRECTION:  Our  July  7  6FKRHQIHOG ÂżQLVKHG VHFRQG DQG WKH threesome  of  Karl  Neuse,  Matt  Biette  roundup  of  local  boys’  lacrosse  play-­ and  Chris  Daly  were  third.  Biette  shot  ers  assigned  the  wrong  last  name  to  a  Mount  Abraham  Union  High  School  the  day’s  best  low  net  score. Â

‡ 8 ER\V :LOO &ODUN ‡ 8 JLUOV *LURX[ Acadia  Clark. ‡ 8 ER\V 5DNRZVNL 3.  Ethan  Croke. ‡ 8 JLUOV $OOLVRQ &URNH ‡ 8 ER\V &DUVRQ +RIIPDQ ‡ 8 JLUOV /HDK &URNH ‡ 8 ER\V 1 9LHUD ‡ 8 JLUOV 2OLYLD +DZNLQV ‡ 8 ER\V -DFRE 9LHUD BACKSTROKE ‡ 8 JLUOV (OHDQRU %URRNV ‡ 8 ER\V : &ODUN ‡ 8 JLUOV +DUULV ‡ 8 ER\V ( &URNH ‡ 8 JLUOV $XGUH\ 7HP-­ breull.  Â‡ 8 ER\V $GDP &ODUN 39.56. ‡ 8 JLUOV / &URNH ‡ 8 JLUOV .ULVWLQ 'H*UDDI ‡ 8 ER\V - 9LHUD BREASTSTROKE ‡ 8 JLUOV /D0RWKH ‡ 8 ER\V : &ODUN ‡ 8 JLUOV $FDGLD &ODUN ‡ 8 ER\V 3DUNHU .D\KDUW ‡ 8 JLUOV $ &URNH ‡ 8 ER\V (QJYDOO (See  Champs,  Page  2B) senior  in  one  reference.  Eagle  mid-­ ÂżHOGHU &KDUOLH 0H\HU ZDV QDPHG WR the  Division  III  all-­state  team.  The  reporter  apologizes  for  the  error.   Â

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