A busy weekend for Harwood Union student-athletes and fans with Boys Basketball and Hockey teams making it all the way to the D-II title games ended with a firetruck escort through Waterbury.

On Wednesday, Feb. 26, Harwood Girls Basketball beat crosstown rival Montpelier, 47-24. The victory marked the 100th varsity victory for the team under Coach Tommy Young.

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

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. 

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. 

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.

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. 

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. 

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.

Mad River Valley Soccer Association will hold its skills assessments on Sunday at Mad River Park for U10 and U12 youth players interested in spring travel soccer. 

The Harwood Union Varsity Field Hockey team will host a student clinic at the Harwood track on Sunday, Oct. 29, from 10 a.m. to noon.