Oct 8, 2015 — B section

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ADDISON COUNTY INDEPENDENT

B Section

THURSDAY, Â OCTOBER Â 8, Â 2015

KARL LINDHOLM

SPORTS

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Wait’ll  next  year! Sunday,  October  4,  last  day  of  baseball’s  regular  season:  â€œIt  breaks  your  heart.  It  is  de-­ signed  to  break  your  heart.  The  game  begins  in  the  spring,  when  everything  else  begins  again,  and  it  EORVVRPV LQ WKH VXPPHU ÂżOOLQJ WKH afternoons  and  evenings,  and  then  as  soon  as  the  chill  rains  come,  it  stops  and  leaves  you  to  face  the  fall  alone.â€?  â€”  A.  Bartlett  Giamatti I  watched  the  Red  Sox  play  the  Indians  in  Cleveland  and  drop  their  fourth  in  a  row,  3-­1,  ending  their  sea-­ son  once  again  in  last  place  in  the  American  League  East  Division.  7KH KLJKOLJKW RI WKH ÂżQDO JDPH was  the  tribute  paid  popular  TV  an-­ nouncer  Don  Orsillo,  who  was  doing  the  play-­by-­play  for  the  last  time  af-­ ter  15  years  in  the  booth  with  partner  Jerry  Remy.  In  the  ninth  in-­ QLQJ D SODQH Ă€HZ over  Progressive  Field  in  Cleveland  with  the  message  â€œRed  Sox  Nation  (heart)  Don  Orsillo.â€?  After  the  third  out  to  end  the  game,  the  Red  Sox  players  emerged  from  their  dugout,  waving  their  caps  in  salute  of  Orsil-­ lo,  a  rare  gesture  of  mutual  respect. During  the  game,  I  found  myself  thinking  about  the  1966  Red  Sox  season,  and  speculating. What?  You  don’t  remember  the  â€™66  season?  True,  that  was  a  long  time  ago  â€”  it  seems  now  I  write  most  often  for  the  geriatric  set,  my  homies.  So  listen  up,  young  â€™uns,  a  little  Red  Sox  history  coming  up.  They  say  history  repeats  itself. The  Red  Sox  were  really  bad  in  ¿QLVKLQJ LQ QLQWK SODFH LQ D team  league,  before  Major  League  Baseball  went  to  a  divisional  format  in  1969.  They  lost  90  games,  won  DQG ÂżQLVKHG JDPHV EHKLQG WKH ÂżUVW SODFH 2ULROHV But  all  was  not  lost.  There  was  a  FRQVRODWLRQ 7KH <DQNHHV ÂżQLVKHG tenth,  26½  games  out,  marking  the  nadir  of  the  20th  century  for  the  Bronx  Bombers.  Any  time  the  Sox  ¿QLVKHG DKHDG RI WKH <DQNHHV UH-­ gardless  of  standing,  there  was  cause  for  celebration. Then  the  next  year,  1967:  the  Im-­ possible  Dream!  (See  Lindholm,  Page  4B)

OTTER  JUNIOR  OLIVIA  Drew  dribbles  around  a  Leland  and  Gray  de-­ fender  during  Monday’s  game  in  Brandon.  The  Otters  won  the  game,  3-­2. Photo  by  Lee  Kahrs/Brandon  Reporter

OV  girls’  soccer ties  victory  mark Team:  Offseason  work  key  to  success  By  ANDY  KIRKALDY BRANDON  â€”  The  Otter  Val-­ ley  Union  High  School  girls’  soccer  team  on  Monday  survived  a  slow  start  and  strong  second-­half  pressure  from  visiting  Leland  &  Gray  to  earn  a  3-­2  victory  and  a  small  piece  of  history. The  result  pushed  the  Otters  to  7-­3  and  tied  the  2005  team’s  program  re-­ OTTER  VALLEY  UNION  High  School’s  Molly  McGee  chases  down  the  ball  during  Monday’s  game  against  cord  for  regular-­season  victories  â€”  Leland  and  Gray. Photo  by  Lee  Kahrs/Brandon  Reporter an  accomplishment  that  comes  just Â

Field  hockey:  Otters  work  OT,  Eagles  win,  Tigers  fall ADDISON  COUNTY  â€”  In  lo-­ OTTERS  On  Monday,  the  Otters  defeated  FDO KLJK VFKRRO ÂżHOG KRFNH\ DFWLRQ earlier  this  week,  Otter  Valley  and  Woodstock  for  the  second  time  in  Mount  Abraham  picked  up  victories,  three  days,  this  time  at  OV  in  over-­ but  Middlebury  came  up  shorts.  (See  Field  hockey,  Page  2B)

Runners  compete  at  Thetford  Invitational By  ANDY  KIRKALDY Middlebury  Union  runners  fared  the  best,  with  the  THETFORD  â€”  Cross-­country  runners  from  all  Tiger  boys  taking  22nd  out  of  63  qualifying  teams  in  four  local  high  schools  competed  this  past  Saturday  WKHLU UDFH ZKLOH WKH 7LJHU JLUOV ÂżQLVKHG RXW RI at  the  Thetford  Invitational,  which  drew  more  than  WHDPV ZLWK DW OHDVW ÂżYH UXQQHUV LQ WKHLU HYHQW 1,400  athletes  from  more  than  100  high  schools  The  Mount  Abraham  boys  were  55th,  and  the  Ea-­ around  New  England.  (See  Invitational,  Page  4B)

Sports BRIEFS

ScoreBOARD HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS Field Hockey 10/5  OV  vs.  Woodstock  .................. 3-­2  (OT) 10/6  Mt.  Abe  vs.  Colchester  .....................3-­2 10/6  Essex  vs.  MUHS  ..............................2-­0 Girls’ Soccer 10/5  OV  vs.  Leland  &  Gray  ......................3-­2 10/6  Mt.  Abe  vs.  MUHS  ...........................1-­0 10/6  VUHS  vs.  Milton  ..................... 1-­0  (OT) Boys’ Soccer 10/5  Milton  vs.  VUHS  ..............................5-­0 10/5  Rice  vs.  MUHS  ................................5-­1 10/5  Mt.  Abe  vs.  GMVS  ...........................2-­0 10/6  OV  vs.  Mill  River  ..............................1-­1 COLLEGE SPORTS Field Hockey 10/6  Midd.  vs.  St.  Lawrence  ....................6-­1

Schedule

HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS Field Hockey 10/8  MUHS  at  Burlington  ...............3:45  p.m. 10/8  Essex  at  Mt.  Abe  ....................3:45  p.m. 10/10  CVU  at  MUHS  .....................3:45  p.m. 10/10  S.  Burlington  at  Mt.  Abe  ..........10  a.m. 10/10  Hartford  at  OV  ........................11  a.m. 10/13  OV  at  Mt.  Anthony  ....................4  p.m. 10/14  Mt.  Abe  at  CVU  ....................3:45  p.m. 10/14  S.  Burlington  at  MUHS  ........3:45  p.m. 10/15  Rutland  at  OV  ...........................4  p.m. 10/16  MUHS  at  Mt.  Abe  .................3:45  p.m. Football 10/10  OV  at  Mt.  Abe  ...........................1  p.m. 10/10  MUHS  at  Rice  ...........................1  p.m. 10/10  Mill  River  at  OV  .........................7  p.m. 10/16  MUHS  at  CVU  ..........................7  p.m. 0W $EH DW 0W 0DQVÂżHOG  ...........1  p.m. 10/17  Mill  River  at  OV  .........................7  p.m. Girls’ Soccer 10/9  VUHS  at  Rice  .............................7  p.m. 10/9  Mt.  Abe  at  Missisquoi  ..................4  p.m. 10/10  Milton  at  MUHS  ......................10  a.m. 10/10  OV  at  Bellows  Falls  ................11  a.m. 10/13  Windsor  at  OV  ..........................4  p.m. 10/14  VUHS  at  Mt.  Abe  ......................4  p.m. 10/14  Missisquoi  at  MUHS  .................4  p.m. 10/16  OV  at  Leland  &  Gray  ................4  p.m. 10/17  Rice  at  Mt.  Abe  .......................10  a.m. 10/17  MUHS  at  VUHS  ........................1  p.m.

(See  Schedule,  Page  3B)

one  year  after  a  winless  season. 6HQLRU PLGÂżHOGHU ,VDEHOOH .LQJV-­ ley,  whose  two  goals  helped  the  Ot-­ ters  recover  from  an  early,  2-­0  hole,  said  what  happened  between  the  end  of  the  2014  season  and  beginning  of  this  season  sparked  the  turnaround.  â€œIt’s  the  offseason  work  every  one  of  us  puts  in.  Our  coaches  give  all  their  free  time.  We  play  in  the  sum-­ mer,  we  play  in  the  winter.  We  prac-­ (See  OVUHS,  Page  4B)

MAHA  offers  youth ice  hockey  clinics

EAGLE  SOPHOMORE  LYDIA  Pitts  fends  off  Middlebury  defend-­ er  Amelia  Ingersoll  during  Tues-­ day’s  game  in  Bristol. Independent  photo/Trent  Campbell

Eagle girls hold on to win rematch with MUHS By  ANDY  KIRKALDY BRISTOL  â€”  In  a  Tuesday  high  school  girls’  soccer  game  that  saw  momentum  switches,  host  Mount  Abraham  scored  early  and  came  away  with  a  1-­0  victory  after  surviv-­ ing  stretches  during  which  Middle-­ bury  controlled  play. Both  teams  entered  Tuesday  far-­ ing  well  this  season  after  slow  starts.  The  defending  Division  II  champion  Eagles  improved  to  5-­6  with  their  ¿IWK ZLQ LQ VL[ JDPHV VLQFH IDOOLQJ WR 1-­5  with  a  loss  at  MUHS  on  Sept.  19.  Their  only  setback  in  that  streak  was  a  2-­1  loss  to  D-­II’s  top  team,  Milton.  â€œWe’re  moving  forward,  and  it’s  good  to  because  the  playoffs  are  just  around  the  corner,â€?  said  Eagle  Coach  TIGER  SENIOR  KELSEY  Smith  steps  between  Eagle  senior  Morgan  Pratt  and  the  ball  during  Mount  Abra-­ Dustin  Corrigan.  ham’s  1-­0  win  in  Bristol  Tuesday  afternoon. (See  Eagles,  Tigers,  Page  2B) Independent  photo/Trent  Campbell

MIDDLEBURY  â€”  Middlebury  Amateur  Hockey  Association  is  of-­ fering  some  mentoring  that  will  en-­ able  youth  hockey  players  to  get  a  jump  on  the  2015-­2016  youth  hock-­ ey  season  and  skate  with  the  Mid-­ dlebury  Union  High  School  Tigers.  MUHS  hockey  coaches  Derek  Bartlett  and  Matt  Brush,  along  with  high  school  hockey  players,  will  run  a  youth  clinic  from  Monday,  Oct.  12,  through  Friday,  Oct.  16,  at  the  Memorial  Sports  Center. The  clinic  will  focus  on  skill  de-­ YHORSPHQW DV ZHOO DV VSHFLÂżF KRFN-­ ey  concepts  involving  offensive  and  defensive  play.  The  fee  for  the  clinic  is  $90,  which  covers  ice  costs  and  includes  a  donation  to  the  MUHS  boys’  and  girls’  hockey  programs. For  more  information,  visit  www. middleburyhockey.org.  To  register,  send  an  email  to  caseyratti@my-­ fairpoint.net. For  beginners,  MAHA  will  host  session  1  of  its  â€œLearn  to  Skate  Pro-­ gramâ€?  in  two  sessions  beginning  next  month. This  initiation  to  ice  hockey  is  a  six-­week  program  introducing  hockey  skills  with  an  emphasis  on  skating  and  fun.  The  program  is  geared  for  children  age  approxi-­ mately  4  to  7. Session  1  runs  each  Saturday  from  Nov.  7   to  Dec.  12.  The  second  session  begins  Jan.  2,  2016.  Skates  and  protective  gear  (helmet,  knee  and  elbow  pads,  and  gloves  or  mit-­ tens)  are  required.  The  fee  is  $80  per  session. To  register  for  â€œLearn  to  Skateâ€?  send  an  email  to:  registrar@middle-­ buryhockey.org.   For  more  infor-­ mation  on  this  program  and  other  MAHA  youth  hockey  programs,  visit  www.middleburyhockey.org.

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