SPORTS
New England PGA names Waterbury’s Josh Olney golf pro of the year
Josh Olney of Waterbury Center was recently honored by the New England Professional Golfers Association with two awards.
School district announces COVID-19 rules for winter sports and activities
As student athletes begin practices this week for winter sports, Harwood Union school officials Wednesday released details on the public health guidance both athletes and spectators will be asked to follow to prevent the spread of the COVID-19 virus.
Coaches announce All-League teams
Soccer: Harwood girls named players of the year; Yalicki boys coach of the year.
Harwood Girls XC finishes 5th in New England
Harwood Girls XC wrapped up the 2021 fall season with an impressive performance at the elite New England XC Championships held on the muddy 5K trails at Thetford Academy last weekend.
Harwood Girls XC eyes upset at New England’s today
Harwood Girls XC runners have a chance to make Vermont and school history today when they take to the trails at Thetford Academy in the New England Cross Country Championships.
Another fall season in the books
It was blue skies for last Saturday's youth soccer jamboree at Hope Davey Park for players in the kindergarten and 1st/2nd grade divisions.
Championship season
High school fall sports playoffs are well underway with Harwood Union teams competing in multiple contests this weekend and next week. Here’s the schedule for the next round. Any schedule changes due to weather will be noted on the Harwood Tandem calendar.
Calling all youth hoopsters
Basketball sign ups for grades 1-6 close Oct. 15 for Harwood Youth Basketball. Register online now to sign up players in grades 1-6 for the season starting next month.
‘Love Like Mary’: Fun, games, kindness and remembrance at Mad River Park
A soccer tradition continued on Sunday, Oct. 4, at Mad River Park where the skies offered a reprieve from steady rain as dozens of youngsters converged to don new blue tie-dyed t-shirts that celebrate a young player whose soccer career was cut short five years ago.
Leaf-peeping at a fast clip
Sunday marked the 37th running of the Leaf Peepers Half Marathon and 5K in downtown Waterbury and along the Winooski River in Duxbury.
Leaf-peeping on the clock: Half marathon/5K returns
It’s that time of year again and this year, the Leaf Peepers Half Marathon & 5K is back on and scheduled for this Sunday, Oct. 3. The popular foot race started in 1984 with the 5K added in 1990. This is the 37th running after it skipped 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Zenbarn soccer team tops Reeves Tournament
For the second year in a row, Zenbarn's soccer team in the Central Vermont Soccer League took top honors in the annual Matt Reeves memorial soccer tournament held last weekend in Bethel. The event raised over $800 for its student-athlete college scholarship fund.
Mary Harris Girls Youth Soccer Day is Oct. 3
Harwood Girls Soccer will host the annual Mary Harris Youth Day on Sunday, Oct. 3, starting at 10 a.m. at Mad River Park in Waitsfield.
Clyde Whittemore Little Leaguers play ball at Fenway Park
This spring, baseball and softball players from more than 60 little leagues across New England participated in Major League Baseball’s Pitch Hit and Run regional competitions that seek out some of the best youth players around.
Sunshine returns for first August HUXC Fun Run
The Aug. 2 Fun Run hosted by the Harwood Cross Country team saw a break from the rain and muck and the dozen or so runners enjoyed a pleasantly cool evening with sunshine on the Harwood trails.
Father-son Kerrigan coaching duo leads U.S. skyrunners to world competition in Italy
When the elite sport of skyrunning holds its Fifth Annual World Junior Skyrunning Championships in Italy later this week, two familiar figures from the Vermont running community will be leading Team USA.
Waterbury’s Tanner Woodard pulls upset for Myers Triple Crown win at Thunder Road
At Thunder Road Friday night, Waterbury Center’s Tanner Woodard pulled the year’s biggest upset to date by earning his first career Lenny’s Shoe & Apparel Flying Tiger victory in the Myers Container Service Triple Crown Series feature. Thunder Road Media has the story and all of Friday's racing results.
Harwood takes down Rice, 11-7, for state D-II championship
SOUTH BURLINGTON — Losing to Rice late in the regular season may have been the best thing that happened to the Harwood boys lacrosse team.
Harwood Boys Lacrosse gets hero’s welcome after D-II title win
Waterbury Fire Department gives Harwood Boys Lacrosse a three-truck escort from Interstate 89 through town as the team headed home from its 11-7 victory over Rice Memorial HS to win the Division II state championship on Friday.
No. 2 Harwood stares down No. 1 Rice in D-II boys lacrosse state title match Friday
About halfway through the Highlanders regular season, when asked what things his team had been doing well, varsity boys lacrosse coach Russ Beilke said, “Any time you hold a team under five goals, it is a solid win for the defense!”