Local Sports

December 30, 2012

By

Mike Olmstead, Sports Editor

NORTHFIELDâ€“The Falcon hockey girls overcame a 1-0 first period deficit to defeat Northfield 2-1 on Saturday afternoon. 
A late arrival at the Kreitzberg Arena led to more first periods trouble for North Country, as the Marauders (2-4) went up 1-0, putting the Falcons once again behind the eight ball. 
"It was one of those typical first periods that seem to be plaguing us as of late," said coach Claude Paul. 
In the second the girls played a little better, but still could not find the back of the net, and headed into the third still down a goal. 

December 30, 2012

By

Mike Olmstead, Sports Editor

JAY-Another game and another night of poor road conditions for the boy's hockey team from North Country. 
They must really like that holiday favorite 'Let it Snow,' because each of the last two times out, the weather was frightful, but inside was indeed delightful, as the Falcons once again scored five third period goals, besting 1-3 Rice to stay undefeated at 4-0 in the young season. 
"We pressured early, controlled the pace, but did not get any return on our efforts in the first two periods," said coach Andrew Roy. 

December 30, 2012

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Staff Reports

LYNDONâ€“After three close quarters, the North Country girl's basketball team shook loose for seventeen fourth quarter points en-route to a 42-25 win over the Lyndon Institute Vikings. 
The Falcons weren't helped out at all by the officials, as they had four players with four fouls by gameâ€™s end. 
"It is tough to adjust to officials when they change the way they are calling the game mid-way through," mused coach Christiane Brown. 
Early on, the refs were letting the girls play a fairly physical style of B-ball, but by the end, as Brown puts it, "they were calling some real ticky-tack stuff." 

December 30, 2012

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Staff Reports

NEWPORTâ€“BFA St. Albans completed the season sweep over the North Country boy's basketball team on Saturday, defeating the Falcons 88-63 to move to 2-3 in 2012. 
"We struggled in every facet of the game," said NCU coach Brian Bonvechio. " It was a very tough outing to say the least." 
At one point the game was tied 11-11, but the Bobwhites went on a mad tear, and at the break, they were up 49-2. 
In the second half they salted it away to put the Falcons' record at 1-4. 

December 30, 2012

BOYS BASKETBALL
HYDE PARKâ€“Drew Gallup's nineteen points paced the Lake Region Rangers, as they moved to 5-0 after defeating Enosburg (3-1) to win the Lamoille Holiday Tournament on Saturday. 
Shaquille Urie chipped in eight points in the victory, and now the team will ready itself for Matthieu St. Amour's antics on Thursday as they will host Missisquoi at 7:00. 
NORDIC SKIING
MT.  HORâ€“ It was a tough day at the races for the North Country Nordic ski teams this weekend, as both the boys and girls finished last their respective divisions. 

December 23, 2012

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Mike Olmstead, Sports Editor

JAYâ€“While the weather outside was frightful, the Falcons were so delightful, firing home eleven goals en route to a 11-0 holiday thrashing of the woeful Burlington Seahorses. 
"We had a lot of fun out there tonight," said coach Andrew Roy. " Our upperclassmen played well as did our younger guys, who are finding ways to help out in our offense." 
The fun got started right off the bat, errr, uh $200.00 composite stick. 
Kody Halikas scored the first of his three first-period goals 1:14 into the game, sniping home a low shot past Stephanie Landry from the slot. 

December 23, 2012

By

Mike Olmstead, Sports Editor

JAYâ€“The North Country girls hockey team continued their pattern of disorganized play in the first period, which eventually led to their downfall, as they lost 3-1 to the Harwood Highlanders on Saturday night. 
"Maybe the holiday's started early," quipped head coach Claude Paul. " I don't know what it was, but we couldn't seem to do anything right." 
The night started off with starting goalie Mikaella Doran sitting on the bench due to illness, so that opened the door for junior Brianna Bocelli to make her first start of the season. 
The Highlanders would not be kind to her. 

December 23, 2012

By

Mike Olmstead, Sports Editor

CRAFTSBURYâ€“Christmas came early to the Craftsbury Academy, complete with a visit from Bill "Santa Claus" Lee, as both the boy's and the girl's teams won their respective divisions of the Stephen Willey Memorial Tournament on Saturday. 

December 23, 2012

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Staff Reports

ORLEANSâ€“Drew Gallup had 16 points, and three other Rangers tied with 8 as Lake Region rolled over Peoples Academy 58-29 on Thursday. 
The boys set the stage early, outscoring the Wolves 19-2 in the first quarter. 
Gallup, Caleb Prue and Dennis Newland each had four points in the opening frame. 
From there the points kept on coming. 
Fourteen in the second, seventeen in the third, and finally eight in the fourth to wrap things up. 
Every member of the team, save for one got in the scorebook on Thursday, making the win a very dominating team effort. 

December 21, 2012

By

Mike Olmstead, Sports Editor

NEWPORTâ€“Anna Bingham led all scorers with fifteen points and the North Country defense held the Cougars to single digits in all four quarters, as the Falcons rolled over Mount Mansfield 54-23. 
"I think we played really well together today," said senior Michaela Stanley. " We made a lot of passes on offense and on defense our pressure was intense." 
It was evident form the tip-off that North Country was going to have an easy time of it. 
Bingham opened the scoring, followed by four points from Desiree Coffin and two form Britni Jewer before the Cougars' Rebecca Rapacz got MMU on the board.