ADDISON COUNTY INDEPENDENT
B Section
THURSDAY, Â SEPTEMBER Â 24, Â 2015
ANDY KIRKALDY
SPORTS
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Fall  schedule  posing  challenge  to  Independent So,  please  be  patient  with  photog- rapher  Trent  Campbell  and  me.  We  are  doing  our  best  to  show  up  at  your  team’s  games  this  fall,  really.  %XW LWœV EHHQ GLI¿FXOW 7R VWDUW ZLWK PDQ\ ORFDO KLJK VFKRRO VSRUWV WHDPV KDYH RSHQHG RQ the  road.  For  example,  two  teams  we  KDYHQœW VHHQ \HW 0RXQW $EUDKDP DQG 0LGGOHEXU\ ¿HOG KRFNH\ played  four  of  WKHLU ¿UVW ¿YH DQG ¿YH RI WKHLU ¿UVW six  games,  re- VSHFWLYHO\ DZD\ from  their  home  turf.  Those  other  two  games?  Wednesdays. $QG :HGQHVGD\V SRVH DQRWKHU problem  for  us.  Wednesday  games  happen  after  the  deadline  for  our  Thursday  paper.  $QG WKH\ KDSSHQ WKUHH GD\V EHIRUH WKH GHDGOLQH IRU RXU 0RQGD\ SDSHU (YHQWV RQ D :HGQHVGD\ DUHQœW MXVW \HVWHUGD\œV QHZV WKH\œUH DQFLHQW history.  $QG VFKHGXOHV WKLV VHDVRQ DUH QRW RQO\ RYHUORDGHG ZLWK :HGQHVGD\ JDPHV DOZD\V D SUREOHP LQ KRFNH\ season,  but  that’s  another  story),  but  WKRVH JDPHV DOVR LQFOXGH DQ XQXVXDO QXPEHU WKDW SLW ORFDO WHDPV DJDLQVW one  another.  :H UHO\ RQ WKRVH ULYDOU\ JDPHV ² DPRQJ 08+6 0RXQW $EH 9HU- JHQQHV DQG 2WWHU 9DOOH\ WHDPV ² WR NLOO WKH SURYHUELDO WZR ELUGV ZLWK RQH stone.  This  fall,  Wednesdays  offer  games  EHWZHHQ WKH 29 DQG 98+6 ER\Vœ VRFFHU WHDPV WKH RQO\ PHHWLQJ RI 08+6 DQG 0RXQW $EH ¿HOG KRFNH\ 98+6 ER\Vœ VRFFHU JDPHV DJDLQVW ERWK 0RXQW $EH DQG 08+6 DQG D FODVK EHWZHHQ WKH &RPPRGRUH DQG (DJOH JLUOVœ VRFFHU WHDPV 5HPDUNV XWWHUHG DW WKLV GHVN XSRQ (See  Kirkaldy,  Page  3B)
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Panther  men  win  at  home,  but  lose  at  Amherst,  1-Â0
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ScoreBOARD
HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS Field Hockey 9/22  OV  vs.  Burr  &  Burton  .......................1-Â0 Girlsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Soccer 9/22  Mt.  Abe  vs.  Missisquoi  .....................6-Â0 9/22  Rice  vs.  VUHS  .................................6-Â0 9/22  Milton  vs.  MUHS  ..............................4-Â1 Boysâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Soccer 29 YV 6SULQJÂżHOG DW $UOLQJWRQ  .........1-Â0 COLLEGE SPORTS Menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Soccer 9/22  Midd.  vs.  Colby-ÂSawyer  ...................6-Â0 Womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Soccer 9/22  Plattsburgh  vs.  Midd.  .............. 2-Â1  (OT)
Schedule
HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS Field Hockey 9/24  OV  at  Hartford  ............................4  p.m. 9/24  CVU  at  Mt.  Abe  ...........................4  p.m. 9/24  S.  Burlington  at  MUHS  ...............4  p.m. 0W 0DQV¿HOG DW 08+6  .............10  a.m. 9/26  Burlington  at  Mt.  Abe  ..................4  p.m. 9/28  OV  at  Rutland  .............................4  p.m. 9/30  Mt.  Abe  at  MUHS  ........................4  p.m. 10/1  Woodstock  at  OV  ........................4  p.m. WRO FRXUWV VDZ FRPSHWLWRUV FRPLQJ 0W 0DQV¿HOG DW 0W $EH  ........3:45  p.m. IURP 9HUPRQW 1HZ <RUN DQG &RQ- 10/2  Colchester  at  MUHS  ..............3:45  p.m. 10/3  OV  at  Woodstock  ......................11  a.m. QHFWLFXW 'HVSLWH WKH IRUHFDVW UDLQ\ Football ZHDWKHU 0LNH %URZQ VDLG WKHUH ZDV 9/25  S.  Burlington  at  MUHS  ...............7  p.m. VXQ RQ WKH FRXUWV 9/25  OV  at  Spaulding  .........................7  p.m. 7KH FOXE UDLVHG RYHU IRU 9/26  Mt.  Abe  at  Lyndon  .......................1  p.m. WKH $PHULFDQ &DQFHU 6RFLHW\œV 10/2  Essex  at  MUHS  ..........................7  p.m.
Sodbustersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;  tourney  nets  $1,100  for  cancer  society MIDDLEBURY  UNION  HIGH  School  junior  Henry  Ganey,  center,  leads  a  pack  of  teammates  away  from  the  start  of  Tuesdayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  cross-Âcountry  race  hosted  by  Mount  Abraham.  Ganey  won  the  race  with  a  time  of  18:44. Independent  photo/Trent  Campbell
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(See  Sodbusters,  Page  2B)
(See  Schedule,  Page  4B)