Highlander Youth Lacrosse offers a spring program for boys and girls in grades K-8 and registration for 2025 is now open. 

Fall high school sports playoffs get under way this week. Here’s a schedule for the first-round matchups for Harwood Union teams with links to bracket pages.

The Stowe Nordic ski club is offering a seven-session program this winter for adults who are new to classic cross-country skiing or who have skied a little but have not received any formal instruction. 

This time of year brings remembrances that are both bittersweet and joyful. On Friday afternoon, one particular remembrance unfolded at Mad River Park as girls youth soccer players convened for what's become an annual tradition honoring the memory of Harwood student-athlete Mary Harris. 

Ethan Wagner has been fishing as long as he can remember, mostly as a hobby. So when the Essex High School senior injured his knee playing football, he joined the school’s varsity bass fishing team. He’s found a new bond taking part in Vermont's newest high school varsity fall sport.

Registration has opened for the annual Leaf Peepers Half Marathon and 5K set for Oct. 6. Started in 1984, the popular fall ritual attracts hundreds of runners from around Vermont and the region. Organizers say the event is “timed for optimal fall scenery.”

Harwood Youth Basketball is looking forward to another winter of basketball and organizers are hoping for a strong turnout for sign-ups this fall. Registration is now open through Oct. 6.

The Harwood Union Hall of Fame Committee has announced its 12th annual class of inductees to be honored at a ceremony in November. 

The Harwood Union High School Cross Country Team holds its Summer Fun Runs at Crossett Brook Middle School through Aug. 21.

Registration is now open for players to sign up for Waterbury Youth Soccer’s fall season. 

A spirited community soccer event that took a pandemic hiatus has reorganized and is returning to Central Vermont next month. 

The annual Harwood Basketball Camps run by Varsity Girls Coach Tommy Young recently wrapped up another summer season of basketball instruction with local youngsters in grades 2 through 9. 

UPDATED: Harwood Union High School Cross Country team’s Summer Fun Runs have been moved from Harwood High School to Crossett Brook Middle School starting Wednesday, July 24.

Eighty-seven runners completed Saturday’s Green Mountain Mile ahead of the Not Quite Independence Day parade on Main Street in Waterbury.

Harwood’s No. 2 Highlanders will face No. 1 Hartford today in the Division II Boys Lacrosse championship game at Norwich University at 4:30 p.m.

Spring high school athletic playoffs are coming down the wire with two Harwood teams - baseball and boys lacrosse - in their Division II tournaments this week.

Saturday’s opening day schedule at Thunder Road International Speedbowl – including the Kenley Dean Squier Extravagana at noon – has expanded as raceway and American-Canadian Tour officials have moved the Sunday race program up given a rainy forecast for the second half of the weekend. 

The Harwood Girls 4x800m Relay Team began the season exceeding expectations.

Four local weightlifting athletes were among 20 who took part in the “Luck of the Lift” meet the day before St. Patrick’s Day last month at LiftVT in Williston.   

A meeting of Thunder Road and Vermont state government officials with representatives of the Squier family has resulted in planning for the Kenley Dean Extravaganza – A Celebration of Life honoring Thunder Road International Speedbowl founder Ken Squier on Saturday, May 4. 

Harwood Boys Hockey and Girls Basketball teams advance in the state playoffs to their semifinal matches.

Harwood Boys Basketball standout Tobey Bellows took care of a hard-earned individual milestone in the first half of the Highlanders’ Feb. 9 home game against North Country.

Here’s a look at the Harwood varsity athletics schedule for the upcoming week submitted by HUHS. Schedules could change due to weather or other circumstances.

Here’s a look at the Harwood varsity athletics schedule for the upcoming week submitted by HUHS. Schedules could change due to weather or other circumstances. For the most up-to-date information, be sure to check the Harwood Athletics homepage and the daily calendar listing details for practices and games/meets.

Veteran Harwood coach John Kerrigan announced his retirement this week. 

Registration is open now for Mad River Valley Soccer’s spring travel youth soccer program. 

The Stowe Nordic Ski Club offers programs and events for all levels of skiers.

The former Mad River Lacrosse and Harwood Youth Lacrosse programs have combined into one new program called Highlander Lacrosse and registration is now open for the 2024 spring season of practices, games and events.

Harwood Girls XC had a stellar finish to their season and the Boys XC shows promise for the near future, according to their coach, following the Vermont Division II Championships at Thetford Academy on Saturday, Oct. 28.