ADDISON COUNTY INDEPENDENT
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THURSDAY, Â NOVEMBER Â 6, Â 2014
ANDY KIRKALDY
The  hows  and  whys  of  success In  the  past  two-Âplus  years,  I’ve  been  repeatedly  asking  versions  of  the  same  question  to  many  happy  plaque-Âcar- rying,  medallion-Âwearing  and  trophy- hoisting  athletes:  How  did  you  do  it? 2I WKH ÂżYH TXHVWLRQV MRXUQDOLVWV DUH taught  to  answer  when  researching  and  writing  articles  —  who,  what,  when,  where  and  why  —  the  last  is  by  far  the  most  intrigu- ing.  How  is  really  a  variation  of  why.  “How  did  you  do  it?â€?  equals  “Why  was  the  team  so  successful?â€? In  2004  the  Mount  Abraham  Union  High  School  boys’  soccer  team,  after  years  of  knocking  on  the  door  un- GHU &RDFK 0LNH &RUH\ ÂżQDOO\ EURNH through  and  won  the  Division  II  cham- pionship.  I  asked  Mike  what  was  it  about  this  team  that  made  it  the  one  to  win.  Mike,  as  those  who  know  him  will  attest,  is  not  one  who  is  usually  at  a  loss  for  words.  But  he  hesitated  before  answering,  “That’s  a  good  question,â€?  and  giving  me  a  pretty  good  response.  Later,  he  said  he  led  off  the  team’s  postseason  banquet  by  name-Âchecking  me  and  trying  to  answer  that  question  further;Íž  KH WRR ZDV EXV\ WU\LQJ WR ÂżJXUH RXW what  makes  good  teams  tick. This  past  Saturday  after  the  Mount  $EH JLUOVÂś VRFFHU WHDP ZRQ LWV ÂżUVW ever  crown,  Eagle  seniors  Amy  Nault  and  Reed  Martin  talked  about  togeth- HUQHVV FRQÂżGHQFH DQG WKH PRWLYDWLRQ that  came  from  losing  a  playoff  game  a  year  ago  they  felt  they  should  have  won. “When  we  lost  to  Harwood,  me  and  Reed  and  Jesse  (McKean)  sat  on  the  (See  Kirkaldy,  Page  3B)
Sports BRIEFS OV  grad  Pinkham   gets  NAC  honor CASTLETON  —  Following  an  impressive  senior  season,  Castle- WRQ 6WDWH VHQLRU ÂżHOG KRFNH\ SOD\HU and  Otter  Valley  Union  High  School  graduate  Kristy  Pinkham  was  last  week  named  the  North  Atlantic  Con- ference  Player  of  the  Year.  3LQNKDP D PLGÂżHOGHU ZDV DQ RI- fensive  force  throughout  the  2014  season.  She  led  the  conference  in  the  regular  season  in  four  major  offen- sive  categories  including  goals  (12),  points  (26),  and  shots  on  goal  (43).  She  also  successfully  converted  two  penalty  stroke  attempts.  In  conference  play,  the  senior  recorded  six  goals,  ty- LQJ IRU ÂżUVW LQ WKH FRQIHUHQFH Castleton’s  season  came  to  an  end  on  Saturday  in  the  NAC  tournament,  when  the  fourth-Âseeded  Spartans  lost  at  No.  1  seed  Husson,  10-Â1.  Pinkham  scored  CSC’s  only  goal  in  that  set- back,  adding  to  her  offensive  output.  CORRECTION:  Due  to  incom- plete  information  supplied  to  the  Independent,  rushing  and  offensive  totals  for  the  Mount  Abraham  Union  High  School  football  team  in  the  (DJOHVÂś 'LYLVLRQ ,,, VHPLÂżQDO VHW- back  were  incorrectly  reported  in  our  Nov.  3  edition.  The  Eagles  totaled  136  yards,  rushed  for  80  yards  on  30  attempts,  and  were  led  by  Ryan  Pa- quin’s  42  yards  on  16  carries.
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Football  teams  pursuing  state  titles Tigers  go  for  repeat  in  D-ÂI  vs.  10-Â0  St.  J
Otters  eye  D-ÂIII  crown  in  rematch  vs.  Fairfax By  ANDY  KIRKALDY RUTLAND  —  This  Saturday  at  Rutland  High  School  the  Otter  Val- ley  Union  High  School  football  team  will  try  to  win  the  second  title  in  the  program’s  history.  The  Otters  will  meet  a  familiar  foe  in  the  Division  ,,, ÂżQDO %)$ )DLUID[ The  top-Âseeded  Otters  (8-Â1)  and  the  No.  2  Bullets,  who  will  square  off  at  2  p.m.  on  Saturday,  met  once  before  this  fall.  On  Sept.  8,  OV  out- scored  Fairfax  in  the  second  half  to  rally  for  a  54-Â42  victory  on  the  road. If  the  Otters  can  defeat  the  Bul- lets  for  a  second  time,  it  would  add  a  second  trophy  to  their  case:  OV  com- pleted  a  perfect  season  in  2005  by  defeating  U-Â32  for  the  D-ÂIV  crown.  The  Bullets  will  be  seeking  their  ¿UVW FKDPSLRQVKLS DOWKRXJK WKH\ have  been  knocking  on  the  door  in  277(5 6(1,25 -26() 6FDUERURXJK KHDGV GRZQ ÂżHOG IRU D ELJ JDLQ GXULQJ 29ÂśV ELJ ZLQ RYHU :LQGVRU WKLV the  past  two  years.  Like  the  Otters,  past  Saturday.  Photo  by  Lee  J.  Kahrs/Brandon  Reporter (See  OVUHS,  Page  3B)
Middlebury  men  move  on  to  semis  on  PKs,  5-Â4 MIDDLEBURY  —  The  Mid- dlebury  College  men’s  soccer  team  won  its  home  NESCAC  TXDUWHUÂżQDO YV :HVOH\DQ RQ 6DW- urday  in  dramatic  fashion,  as  goal- ie  Greg  Sydor  stopped  two  con- secutive  Cardinal  penalty  kicks  to  help  the  Panthers  advance,  5-Â4,  in  a  penalty-Âkick  shootout  after  the  WHDPV ÂżQLVKHG UHJXODWLRQ DQG WZR overtimes  in  a  1-Â1  tie. The  9-Â3-Â4  Panthers,  seeded  fourth  in  the  NESCAC  tourna- PHQW DGYDQFHG WR WKH OHDJXHÂśV Âż- nal  four,  which  No.  2  Amherst  will  host  this  weekend.  Middlebury  will  meet  sixth-Âseeded  Bowdoin  on  Saturday  at  11  a.m.,  and  the  Jeffs  will  take  on  No.  8  Connecti- cut  at  1:30  p.m.  The  champion- ship  game  will  be  played  at  noon  on  Sunday.  This  fall,  the  Panthers  defeated  Bowdoin,  2-Â0;Íž  tied  Am- herst,  1-Â1,  and  topped  Connecti- cut,  2-Â0.  1R :HVOH\DQ ÂżQLVKHG LWV VHD- son  at  8-Â5-Â3  in  what  will  be  count- MIDDLEBURY’S  HARPER  WILLIAMS  and  Wesleyan’s  Charlie  Gruner  ed  as  a  tie  on  the  team’s  records.  ¿JKW IRU D KHDGHU GXULQJ ODVW 6DWXUGD\ÂśV 1(6&$& TXDUWHUÂżQDO 0LGGOH- Wesleyan  had  the  best  chances  EXU\ ZRQ WKH JDPH RQ 3.V DQG ZLOO SOD\ %RZGRLQ LQ D VHPLÂżQDO JDPH WR VFRUH LQ WKH ÂżUVW KDOI EXW FRXOG on  Saturday. (See  Soccer,  Page  2B) Independent  photo/Trent  Campbell
By  ANDY  KIRKALDY RUTLAND  —  On  Saturday  at  5  p.m.,  the  Middlebury  Union  High  School  football  team  will  try  to  win  its  22nd  straight  game.  If  the  top-Âseeded  Tigers  do  so,  they  will  also  win  their  second  straight  Di- vision  I  title,  and  it  will  come  at  the  expense  of  another  team  that  has  com- piled  a  10-Â0  record  this  season,  No.  2  St.  Johnsbury. This  past  Friday,  the  Tigers  earned  WKHLU EHUWK LQ WKLV 6DWXUGD\ÂśV ÂżQDO E\ shutting  down  visiting  No.  5  Colches- ter,  42-Â0.  The  next  day,  the  Hilltoppers  scored  touchdowns  on  three  of  their  ¿UVW IRXU SRVVHVVLRQV RQ WKH ZD\ WR D 26-Â6  victory  over  visiting  No.  3  seed  Essex,  a  game  in  which  they  rolled  up  410  yards  of  offense.  A  year  ago,  the  Tigers  defeated  6W -RKQVEXU\ LQ D TXDUWHUÂżQDO when  the  Hilltoppers  were  the  No.  8  (See  MUHS,  Page  3B)
Women  race  to  NESCAC  victory MIDDLEBURY  —  Running  on  its  home  course  on  Saturday,  the  Middlebury  College  women’s  cross- country  team,  ranked  No.  3  in  NCAA  Division  III,  edged  No.  7  Williams  for  the  NESCAC  championship,  38- 47. The  league  title  was  the  13th  for  the  Panther  women,  and  Saturday  PDUNHG WKH ÂżUVW WLPH WKH WHDP KRVWHG the  NESCAC  championship  meet  since  2003. The  Panther  men,  ranked  No.  9, Â
took  third  place  with  80  points  be- hind  No.  3  Williams  (39)  and  No.  7  Colby  (76).  Panther  Alison  Maxwell  grabbed  the  individual  title  with  a  time  of  22:16.8  over  the  6-Âkilometer  course  WR EHFRPH 0LGGOHEXU\ÂśV ÂżUVW ZRP- en’s  individual  champion  since  Jes- sica  Johnston  in  1999  and  2000.  Maxwell,  a  senior,  ran  at  a  4:29-Âper- PLOH SDFH DQG ÂżQLVKHG MXVW RYHU seconds  faster  than  classmate  Sum- (See  Panthers,  Page  3B)
Panther  women’s  soccer  XSVHWV -HIIV LQ TXDUWHUÂżQDO $0+(567 ² 7KH ÂżIWK VHHGHG Middlebury  College  women’s  soccer  team  on  Saturday  topped  host  No.  4  seed  Amherst,  1-Â0,  to  advance  to  the  1(6&$& VHPLÂżQDOV IRU WKH WK WLPH in  15  years.  The  Panthers  improved  to  10-Â6  and  Amherst  dropped  to  11-Â5.  Top  seed  Williams  will  host  the  1(6&$& ÂżQDO IRXU WKLV ZHHNHQG The  Panthers  will  face  Williams  in  an  D P VHPLÂżQDO RQ 6DWXUGD\ 1R Bowdoin  will  meet  No.  3  Connecticut  in  the  other  contest  at  1:30  p.m.  The  winners  meet  for  the  NESCAC  title  on  Sunday  at  noon. This  past  Saturday,  Amherst  outshot  0LGGOHEXU\ LQ WKH ÂżUVW PLQXWHV
and  9-Â2  in  the  second  half,  but  only  put  one  of  those  shots  on  Panther  goalie  Emily  Eslinger,  who  stopped  it  to  earn  KHU ÂżIWK VKXWRXW +ROO\ %XUZLFN PDGH two  saves  for  Amherst. The  Jeffs  also  earned  seven  cor- ner  kicks  to  one  for  the  Panthers,  but  Middlebury  converted  its,  in  the  39th  minute,  when  sophomore  Katherine  +REEV VFRUH KHU ÂżUVW FROOHJLDWH JRDO Claire  Nishioka  lifted  the  corner  to  Hobbs,  who  slotted  the  ball  home. Williams  defeated  the  defending  NESCAC  champion  Panthers,  1-Â0,  in  the  regular  season,  outshooting  them  by  11-Â9.  The  Panthers  also  lost  to  Con- necticut,  3-Â0,  and  Bowdoin,  2-Â1. Â
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By  ANDY  KIRKALDY MIDDLEBURY  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  After  Satur- dayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  4-Â1  home  victory  over  Colby  in  D 1(6&$& TXDUWHUÂżQDO WKH 0LGGOH- EXU\ &ROOHJH ÂżHOG KRFNH\ WHDP ZLOO HQWHU WKLV ZHHNHQGÂśV OHDJXH ÂżQDO IRXU at  Bowdoin  with  an  11-Âgame  winning  streak,  a  15-Â1  record,  and  the  No.  3  ranking  in  NCAA  Division  III  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  be- hind  only  No.  1  Salisbury  and  No.  2  Bowdoin.  HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS Coach  Katharine  DeLorenzo,  who  Football earned  her  200th  coaching  win  at  Division I Final at Rutland High Middlebury  and  300th  college  victory  11/8  #1  MUHS  vs.  #2  St.  J   ................5  p.m.  overall  this  fall,  believes  the  Panthersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;  Division III Final at Rutland High 11/8  #1  OV  vs.  #2  Fairfax   ..................2  p.m.  depth  and  balanced  scoring  give  this  yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  team  an  excellent  shot  at  an- COLLEGE SPORTS Womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Soccer other  NESCAC  title  and  possibly  the  NESCAC Final Four at Williams programâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  second  NCAA  crown. 11/8  Midd  vs.  Williams  ...................... 11  a.m. Âł,ÂśP DV FRQÂżGHQW DV ,ÂśYH HYHU EHHQ 11/9  Final  ............................................. Noon and  this  is  a  different  kind  of  team,â&#x20AC;?  Menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Soccer she  said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;I  think  they  see  themselves  NESCAC Final Four at Amherst as  balanced.  They  have  proven  them- 11/8  Midd  vs.  Amherst  ......................11  a.m. selves  statistically  as  balanced.â&#x20AC;? 11/9  Final  ............................................. Noon Field Hockey The  Panthersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;  scoring  table  backs  NESCAC Final Four at Bowdoin her  contention:  Ten  players  have  11/8  Midd  vs.  Trinity  .......................1:30  p.m. recorded  at  least  four  goals  and  12  11/9  Final  ............................................. Noon SRLQWV OHG E\ VHQLRU PLGÂżHOGHU &DWK- Football erine  Fowler  (16  goals,  6  assists  in  11/8  Tufts  at  Midd.  .......................12:30  p.m. 0,''/(%85< &2//(*( )5(6+0$1 $QQLH /HRQDUG VFRUHG WKH RSHQLQJ JRDO LQ WKH 3DQWKHUVÂś 1(6&$& TXDUWHUÂżQDO ZLQ RYHU &ROE\ ODVW 6DW- Spectators  are  advised  to  consult  school  14  games),  junior  forward  Bridget  XUGD\ 0LGGOHEXU\ ZLOO IDFH 7ULQLW\ LQ D VHPLÂżQDO JDPH RQ 6DWXUGD\ (See  Field  hockey,  Page  3B) websites  for  the  latest  schedule  updates.  Independent  photo/Trent  Campbell
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