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Meet the new Vermont high school football coaches for the 2024 season
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The 2024 Vermont high school football season is here.
Preseason practices began Monday, Aug. 12 before the season kicks off on Aug. 29.
Several Vermont high schools hired new head coaches for this upcoming season. Some of these new head coaches received a promotion while others are returning to a school they previously coached at earlier in their careers.
For more on this year’s new hires, read on below.
Andrew Breting, Poultney High School
Down in southern Vermont, Andrew Breting takes over as the head coach for the football-crazed town of Poultney following Dave Capman’s retirement after 42 seasons at the helm.
“Even though it is Division III football in Vermont they [Poultney] takes their football very seriously,” Breting said. “The whole town really gets behind the football team.”
Capman started traditions like hosting a pep rally the night before every game. The whole football team parades down Main Street before culminating the evening with a bonfire. Breting got to experience the Poultney football culture first hand having coached at Poultney for two years in 2019 and 2020.
Breting left Poultney when an opportunity arose to coach the offensive line at his alma mater of Vermont State University Castleton. He coached the Spartans for the last three years where he gained his most valuable coaching experience and now is transitioning back to high school football.
Poultney opens up the 2024 season on the road at Woodstock on Aug. 30.
More: Vermont high school football: Key dates for the 2024 season
Chris Cadorette, U-32 High School
Chris Cadorette, a lifelong Vermonter, fulfilled his dream of being the head coach at his alma mater, U-32. Cadorette was an offensive and defensive lineman in high school and college, playing at Southern Connecticut State University and Norwich University.
Cadorette has been a coach at U-32 since 2015. He has worked his way up from offensive and defensive assistant coaches to assistant varsity coach to now the head coach.
“Football has been a part of my life for as long as I can remember,” Cadorette said. “It’s an honor to give back to my community in this way by helping raise the next group of future leaders in Vermont through football.”
U-32 and North Country will play each other Week 1 as the first game of the 2024 high school sports season on Thursday, Aug. 29.
John Guebara, North Country Union High School
John Guebara, the former offensive coordinator for North Country the last three seasons, got the job after the previous coach Lonnie Wade stepped down after three decades following the program’s first title since 1997.
“I took over just to continue the continuity of the program from the previous coach,” Guebara said.
Guebara is originally from San Diego before playing college football in Dodge City, Kansas. He eventually made his way to Vermont in the early 2000s and was an assistant coach at North Country for five seasons.
Guebara has been a staple in the Northeast Kingdom for the past decade as a coach for the North Country Junior Falcon football program and has been overseeing the organization since 2015. The Junior Falcon team, a member of the Northern Vermont Youth Football League, team serves as the pipeline for the high school team.
Adam Perry, Fair Haven Union High School
A staple of the program for years, Adam Perry gets his turn to lead his alma mater at Fair Haven.
The 1997 Fair Haven graduate has been on the Slaters’ coaching staff since 2011; he took control as the defensive coordinator in 2015.
“I grew up here. I went to school here. My uncle Dennis Perry coached here for 20-plus years,” Perry said. “I’ve been around Fair Haven football since I was a little guy.”
Expectations haven’t dipped despite the loss of five North-South players headlined by Joe Buxton and Trey Lee. The Slaters went undefeated during the 2023 regular season but lost to Colchester in a low-scoring semifinal at home.
The Slaters do return a strong core of linemen and should have between 35-40 total players at the first week of preseason.
Perry succeeds Jim Hill, who had led Fair Haven since 2019. Fair Haven heads to Windsor for its opener on Aug. 31.
More: How Vermont rallied to beat New Hampshire in the 2024 Shrine Maple Sugar Bowl
Reid Rando, Mount Mansfield Union High School
Reid Rando, returns to Vermont for his first head-coaching gig.
Previously, Rando was added to the staff the year after Mount Mansfield won the state championship in 2018 and was the Cougars offensive coordinator for two years. Rando then followed his wife down to Maryland and spent the last three years working as an offensive assistant coach at the Gilman School in Baltimore before returning to the Cougars, this time in the lead role.
“When the previous coach stepped down and the job became open I jumped all over it,” Rando said. “The administration, the students, it feels like a good fit, feels like home.”
Rando is an experienced coach having coached every position except for kicking and punting throughout his career. He spent the first six years of his career coaching the defensive side of the ball, positions he never played.
Rando will seek his first win when Mount Mansfield opens its 2024 season at home against Burlington/South Burlington on Aug. 31.
Dustin Rock, Milton High School
After working under two championship-winning coaches the past two seasons, Dustin Rock is ready to take charge at his alma mater at Milton.
The 26-year-old who graduated from Milton in 2017 and played at Vermont State University Castleton on the defensive line, Rock called his new assignment “a boyhood dream.”
“I do know how valuable the program is because I was part of it,” said Rock, who is a behavioral interventionist at Milton. “I’m very integrated into my players’ life at school. IT was very easy for me to step into it.”
Rock replaces Mike Williams, who resigned due to personal reasons following one season at the helm, according to the Rutland Herald. Previously, Rock was on Jim Provost’s staff at Milton.
“I learned a lot from both of them, it’s been a blessing to work with them,” Rock said.
Rock said he expects around 45 players to show up for the first day of camp. He also has about 10 returning seniors for a Yellowjackets squad that went 2-7 in 2023, losing in the Division II quarterfinals.
While Rock didn’t reveal his planned schemes, he expects to go in his own direction compared to his predecessor.
“It will depend on what fits our personnel,” Rock said.
Milton opens at home vs. Colchester on Aug. 30.
Kris Sabourin, BFA-St. Albans
Kris Sabourin is back on the Bobwhite sidelines.
The 2009 BFA-St. Albans graduate and former Bobwhite assistant was hired to replace his former coach, Geoff Murray, who stepped away after a long, distinguished career.
Sabourin was an all-state quarterback at BFA and then a record-setting signal-caller for Norwich University. One of Norwich’s most accomplished football players who led the Cadets to a 30-13 record, Sabourin was inducted into the Cadets hall of fame last year. He was twice named co-offensive player of the year of his conference.
Prior to accepting the BFA head gig, Sabourin was in charge of the St. Albans Steelers youth program since 2018, according to the St. Albans Messenger.
BFA plays at Middlebury in Week 1 on Aug. 30.
Note: Otter Valley is working to hire a new head coach following Jordan Tolar’s recent departure, the Rutland Herald reported earlier this month.
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The last time many Vermonters saw Mikaela Shiffrin, the Alpine ski racer was standing atop Killington’s Superstar trail, seemingly a minute away from scoring an unprecedented 100th World Cup win.
Then, figuratively and literally, she went downhill fast.
The Burke Mountain Academy graduate had snagged the lead in the first of two giant-slalom runs on Nov. 30, 2024, only to follow up by slipping, somersaulting and slamming into a fence 12 seconds from the finish line.
Some 20,000 spectators went silent as the two-time Olympic gold medalist was rushed away on a rescue sled. They and 2 million national television viewers wouldn’t learn more until the skier took to Instagram at dusk from the nearby Rutland Regional Medical Center.
“I am so sorry to scare everybody,” Shiffrin said in a selfie video as she revealed an abdominal wound with a playful “ay, ay, ay.”
Fourteen months later, the 30-year-old is again on the rise in advance of next month’s Winter Olympics in Italy. Commentators point to her opening five-race winning streak this World Cup season. People with closer ties add that just returning to competition was a feat in itself.
“She’s been the best in the world for a long time, but given everything that has happened, to stay there is one of her most impressive accomplishments,” says Willy Booker, head of Shiffrin’s alma mater in the Northeast Kingdom.
Shiffrin graduated from the grade 8-12 ski school in 2013, the same year she became the youngest U.S. woman (at 17) to win a slalom world championship. Moving on to the Olympics, she scored slalom gold in 2014 and giant slalom gold and Alpine combined silver in 2018. A year later, she became the first skier to claim World Cup victories in all six disciplines — slalom, giant slalom, parallel slalom, alpine combined, super-G and downhill.
Booker, a onetime competitor himself, was at Killington on the 2024 Thanksgiving weekend when Shiffrin rocketed through the first of two runs of the giant slalom — a race down and around a series of gates — sparking the crowd to buzz about a potential new peak: a never-before-seen 100th World Cup win.
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“It was amazing, building towards this crescendo,” Booker recalls of the anticipation.
Come the second round, NBC sportscasters spoke of especially icy course conditions just before Shiffrin launched from the start at 50 mph.
“She’s nervous, she’s a little bit stiff, and why would you not be?” commentator Picabo Street said on air. “But she’s forward, she’s leaning into it.”
That’s when Shiffrin slipped, struck two gates, lost a ski, slammed into a fence and went scarily still — all in five seconds.
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Mikaela Shiffrin crashes during the second run of the Killington World Cup giant slalom on Nov. 30, 2024. Photo by Robert F. Bukaty/Associated Press“Nobody knew how bad it was,” Booker remembers of the sudden hush.
Medics transported Shiffrin about 15 miles west to Rutland Regional Medical Center, where hospital spokespeople maintained patient confidentiality even as the athlete and her crew set up cameras in the emergency room.
Shiffrin posted on social media that night, then appeared on NBC from Killington the next day.
“We’re just not totally sure how I got punctured,” she told viewers of the stab wound that missed perforating her colon by millimeters. “Very lucky to not have worse injuries.”
But Shiffrin added that it hurt to breathe, let alone move — similar to how she felt after the accidental death of her 65-year-old father in 2020 and her failure to medal after three falls in the 2022 Olympics.
After Killington, some would sit out the rest of the season, especially with the concluding world championships less than 10 weeks away. But Shiffrin was determined to return, even after fluid buildup and infection-signaling fever and chills forced her into surgery two weeks later.
Developing a step-by-step rehabilitation plan, the skier focused first on simply standing, then walking, then easy exercises and, after four weeks, stepping into ski boots and snow.
Two months after her crash, Shiffrin raced the World Cup slalom in Courchevel, France, on Jan. 30, 2025, finishing a seemingly confidence-building 10th. But she continued to struggle off the course, seeing occasional flashes of imagined stumbles and spills.
A therapist viewed the visions as signs of post-traumatic stress disorder before sharing words from the late children’s television star Mister Rogers: “What’s mentionable is manageable.” And so Shiffrin expanded her recovery efforts from body to mind.
“A lot of it is trust that with time and practice and exposure, clarity will come back,” the athlete recalled in a recent self-produced video series, “Moving Right Along,” on her YouTube channel.
Shiffrin went on to ski at the February world championships in Saalbach, Austria, placing fifth in the slalom and helping the U.S. team win a combined event. She capped the month a week later in Sestriere, Italy, by finally scoring her 100th World Cup victory.
Since then, Shiffrin has increased her World Cup total to 106. Students and staff at Burke Mountain Academy are set to watch her attempt to add to her medal count at next month’s Olympics.
“There is a huge amount of pride,” Booker says. “They go to the same school as the greatest ski racer of all time.”
One who has little else to prove — yet, in her estimation, still more to gain.
“I’ve been doing this for a while, but I’m still learning new things,” Shiffrin concluded in her video series. “There’s new exciting adventures always just around the corner, and I’m looking forward to seeing what’s next.”
Nursing what she referred to as minor back and ankle injuries in her true first meet of the season, Mount Anthony’s Ella Palisano made the long trek to the University of Vermont on Saturday, Jan. 10 for the high school indoor track and field state championships with very little pressure.
The state’s indoor and outdoor record-holder for high jump and long jump, Palisano put her focus on her biggest passion: Launching into the air.
“It wasn’t like I came in expecting to set records, I came here to jump,” the senior said. “And I love to jump; it’s literally my favorite thing ever. If I can jump and be happy, that’s what I’m going to do.”
Resetting one of her state records was just a nice bonus.
The Ohio State-bound Palisano broke her state mark in high jump, slipping over the horizontal bar at 5 feet, 9.25 inches on her third and final attempt. Palisano had three good offerings at 5-11.25 — three-quarters of an inch shy of her historic 6-foot clear from last spring — before then nabbing third in long jump to complete her day.
“I continued to work through (the injuries), they are minor issues,” said Palisano, the reigning New England indoor champion for high jump. “I had a few setbacks, but training did not stop.”
To qualify for states, Palisano competed at two New York meets.
“This is my first real meet of the season where I did 100% in everything,” Palisano said.
Palisano wasn’t Saturday’s only star. The CVU girls rode their distance crew to a team three-peat in Division I. The St. Johnsbury boys halted Essex’s two-year reign. In D-II, Burr and Burton girls won their first indoor crown in program history and Thetford boys went back-to-back.
For more on states, including other standout performances, full team scores and top-six individual results, read on below.
DIVISION I GIRLS
Kelsey Adams, South Burlington: The senior launched to first place in long jump (18-3.75), placed second in the 55 hurdles and third in high jump.
Brinlee Gilfillan, Colchester: The senior swept the 55 (7.22) and 300 (40.42) while also running legs on the Lakers’ victorious 4×200 and 4×400 relay squads.
Zoey McNabb, Champlain Valley: McNabb raced to victories in the mile (5:08.98) and two-mile (11:01.70).
Sydney Schoenbeck, St. Johnsbury: Captured the 55 hurdles (8.59) and 600 (1:40.77) and took second in high jump and long jump.
DIVISION I BOYS
Quintin Fortier, Champlain Valley: After finishing runner-up in the 55 dash, Fortier uncorked a 35.80-second 300 for the state title. He was also on CVU’s second-place 4×400 relay.
Greg Maiberger, Essex: The senior took the high jump title with a clear of 5-10.75). He also placed second in long jump and fourth in the 55 while running on the first-place 4×200.
Thomas Meek, Essex: Crowned the 55 dash champion with a time of 6.62. Also took runner-up in the 300 and ran on the Hornets’ first-place 4×200 and 4×400 relay teams.
Joel Thornton-Sherman, St. Johnsbury: The junior swept the mile (4:29.81) and two-mile (9:41.29) events, edging twin brother John.
Jeremiah Watson, St. Johnsbury: Watson won both throwing events, shot put (48-10.75) and weight throw (66-0.5).
DIVISION II GIRLS
Madelyn Harris, Burr and Burton: Harris went 1-2 in the 1,000 (3:18.01) and mile, respectively, and ran a leg on the Bulldogs’ victorious 4×800 relay.
Mollie Mislak, U-32: Mislak’s big day included a trio of runner-up finishes (55 dash, 55 hurdles, long jump) and a first-place run in the 300 (42.70).
Sydney Remenar, Burr and Burton: Swept the mile (5:29.59) and two-mile (11:44.78) events.
Patricia Stabach, Stowe: The sophomore showed her versatility, winning weight throw (32-10.25) while taking fourth in shot put and the 55 hurdles and sixth in long jump.
Robin Tashjian, Burr and Burton: The senior captured the 55 (7.47), 55 hurdles (8.39) and long jump (17-0.75). Also took second in the 300.
DIVISION II BOYS
Drew Frostick, U-32: Earned runner-up finishes in the 55 dash and 300 and ran legs on the Raiders’ winning 4×200 and 4×400 relay squads.
Sebastian Perdrizet, Thetford: The junior shined with an impressive four-win day, capturing the 55 dash (6.60), 300 (36.96), high jump (5-10.75) and long jump (21-11.75).
Cody Young, U-32: Young swept the mile (4:39.25) and two-mile (10:20.83).
2026 STATE CHAMPIONSHIP RESULTS
At the University of Vermont (Saturday, Jan. 10)
[Note: Throwing events were held at St. Johnsbury Academy on Friday, Jan. 9].
DIVISION I GIRLS
Team scores: 1. Champlain Valley 114; 2. Colchester 69; 3. St. Johnsbury 68; 4. Essex 47; 5. North Country 34; 6. South Burlington 32; 7. Mount Mansfield 27; 8. Mount Anthony 24; 9. Burlington 15.
55-meter dash: 1. Brinlee Gilfillan, Col 7.22; 2. Mallory Chicoine, MMU; 3. Darlene Abiti, Col; 4. Rosy Carvalho, NC; 5. Rowan Stockwell, Essex; 6. Addison Faaas, Col.
300: 1. Brinlee Gilfillan, Col 40.42; 2. Darlene Abiti, Col; 3. Alivia Porenta, Col; 4. Mallory Chicoine, MMU; 5. Adeline Cross, CVU; 6. Faith Lawton, SJ.
600: 1. Sydney Schoenbeck, SJ 1:40.77; 2. Isabella Gravina-Budis, CVU; 3. Alivia Porenta, Col; 4. Audrey Neilson, CVU; 5. Kate Bradford, Col; 6. Lucie Armata, Essex.
1,000: 1. Audrey Neilson, CVU 3:06.10; 2. Eden Leckey, CVU; 3. Dylan Carr, NC; 4. Olivia Neilson, CVU; 5. Isabella Gravina-Budis, CVU; 6. Emily Dall, Essex.
Mile: 1. Zoey McNabb, CVU 5:08.98; 2. Charlotte Crum, CVU; 3. Lydia Donahue, CVU; 4. Sophia Lu, Essex; 5. Sydney Rumsey, SB; 6. Tristan Martin, NC.
Two mile: 1. Zoey McNabb, CVU 11:01.70; 2. Lydia Donahue, CVU; 3. Charlotte Crum, CVU; 4. Madeleine Deyo, CVU; 5. Emily Dall, Essex; 6. Kaelyn McNamara, Essex.
55 hurdles: 1. Sydney Schoenbeck, SJ 8.59; 2. Kelsey Adams, SB; 3. Faith Newton, SJ; 4. Morgan Shaffer, NC; 5. Bailey Qualter, SJ.
4×200: 1. Colchester (Abiti, Gilfillan, Mpongui, Porenta) 1:50.95; 2. Mount Mansfield; 3. St. Johnsbury; 4. Essex; 5. Champlain Valley; 6. North Country.
4×400: 1. Colchester (Abiti, Bradford, Porenta, Gilfillan) 4:26.66; 2. Champlain Valley; 3. South Burlington; 4. Essex; 5. Mount Mansfield; 6. St. Johnsbury.
4×800: 1. Champlain Valley (Deyo, Neilson, Leckey, Zweber) 10:50.05; 2. Essex; 3. North Country; 4. St. Johnsbury.
High jump: 1. Ella Palisano, MAU 5-9.25 (state record); 2. Sydney Schoenbeck, SJ; 3. Kelsey Adams, SB; 4. Morgan Shaffer, NC; 5. Katelyn Conti, Essex; 6. Olive Martin, MMU.
Long jump: 1. Kelsey Adams, SB 18-3.75; 2. Sydney Schoenbeck, SJ; 3. Ella Palisano, MAU; 4. Mallory Chicoine, MMU; 5. Rowan Stockwell, Essex; 6. Leilah Santiago, SJ.
Shot put: 1. Layla Hamlin, BHS 31-1; 2. Joseph Bahny, MAU; 3. Adele Stubbs, Essex; 4. Nala Meyer, BHS; 5. Morgan Shaffer, NC; 6. Josephine Royer, SJ.
Weight throw: 1. Helena Goma Mabika, Essex 32-0; 2. Kathryn Zajko, SJ; 3. Morgan Shaffer, NC; 4. Mckenna Rettew, CVU; 5. Josephine Royer, SJ; 6. Layla Hamlin, BHS.
DIVISION I BOYS
Team scores: 1. St. Johnsbury 148; 2. Essex 115; 3. Champlain Valley 76; 4. Mount Mansfield 32; 5. South Burlington 20; 6. North Country 17; 7. BFA-St. Albans 12; 8. Mount Anthony 8; 9. Burlington 4; 10. Colchester 2.
55-meter dash: 1. Thomas Meek, Essex 6.62; 2. Quintin Fortier, CVU; 3. Evan Hughes, Essex; 4. Greg Maiberger, Essex; 5. Logan Baker, MAU; 6. Jack Foster, BHS.
300: 1. Quintin Fortier, CVU 35.80; 2. Thomas Meek, Essex; 3. Matthew Mallory, Essex; 4. Caleb Burnell, MMU; 5. Jack Foster, BHS; 6. James Hatch, SJ.
600: 1. Treson McEnaney, CVU 1:23.56; 2. James Hatch, SJ; 3. Hayden Gilbert, MMU; 4. Danie Carter, SJ: 5. Jack Snyder, CVU; 6. Jacob Sayre, MMU.
1,000: 1. Bryan Stocker, SJ 2:40.74; 2. Toby Hurteau, BFA; 3. Manny Fliegelman, SJ; 4. Treson McEnaney, CVU; 5. Ephraim Maciejowski, MMU; 6. Jude Waddington, MAU.
Mile: 1. Joel Thornton-Sherman, SJ 4:29.81; 2. John Thornton-Sherman, SJ; 3. Cole Hart, CVU; 4. Jack Snyder, CVU; 5. Jacoby Soter, BFA; 6. Samuel Houghton, Essex.
Two mile: 1. 1. Joel Thornton-Sherman, SJ 9:41.29; 2. John Thornton-Sherman, SJ; 3. Cole Hart, CVU; 4. Benjamin Holoch, CVU; 5. Garrett Soter, BFA: 6. Charlie Meisenzahl, CVU.
55 hurdles: 1. Beckett Versluys, Essex 8.19; 2. Henry Dimitroff, Essex; 3. Micah McDonald, SJ; 4. William Carter, SJ; 5. Collin Sicard, CVU; 6. Roman Wolny, CVU.
4×200: 1. Essex (Maiberger, Versluys, Mallory, Meek) 1:35.67; 2. South Burlington; 3. St. Johnsbury; 4. Mount Mansfield; 5. Champlain Valley; 6. Mount Anthony.
4×400: 1. Essex (Jackman, Dimitroff, Meek, Mallory) 3:36.78; 2. Champlain Valley; 3. St. Johnsbury; 4. Mount Mansfield; 5. Mount Anthony; 6. Burlington.
4×800: 1. St. Johnsbury (Carter, Fliegelman, Watson, Stocker) 8:48.74; 2. Mount Mansfield; 3. Essex; 4. Champlain Valley; 5. Colchester; 6. South Burlington.
High jump: 1. Greg Maiberger, Essex 5-10.75; 2. Luke Bostic, SJ; 3. Micah McDonald, SJ; 4. Nick Gordon, CVU; 5. Beckett Versluys, Essex; 6. Jahquan Burt, SB.
Long jump: 1. Jahquan Burt, SB 20-5; 2. Greg Maiberger, Essex; 3. Evan Hughes, Essex; 4. Beckett Versluys, Essex; 5. Logan Baker, MAU; 6. Kyle Wilcox, MMU.
Shot put: 1. Jeremiah Watson, SJ 48-10.75; 2. Cullin Ward, NC; 3. Diwash Maidali, Essex; 4. Declan Kendall, SJ; 5. David Kellner, MMU; 6. William Carter, SJ.
Weight throw: 1. Jeremiah Watson, SJ 66-0.5; 2. Cullin Ward, NC; 3. Maceo Kramar, SJ; 4. Declan Kendall, SJ; 5. Micah McDonald, SJ; 6. Noah Miller, SJ.
DIVISION II GIRLS
Team scores: 1. Burr and Burton 124; 2. U-32 74; 3. Hartford 34; 4. Peoples 31; 5. Green Mountain 25; 6. Thetford 20; 7. Stowe 19; 8. Lake Region 16; 9. Rice 14; 10. Milton 12; 11. White River Valley 11; T12. Arlington, Mount St. Joseph, 10; T14. Lyndon, Vergennes 8; 16. Springfield 6; T17. Spaulding, Missisquoi 4; 19. Oxbow 3; 20. Fair Haven 1.
55-meter dash: 1. Robin Tashjian, BBA 7.47; 2. Mollie Mislak, U-32; 3. Fiona Corbett, BBA; 4. Isabella Hanover, LR; 5. Adeline Cannella, U-32; 6. Clara Maker, U-32.
300: 1. Mollie Mislak, U-32 42.70; 2. Robin Tashjian, BBA; 3. Fiona Corbett, BBA; 4. Sophie Beck, PA; 5. Clara Maker, U-32; 6. Isabella Van Voorst, Verg.
600: 1. Fiona Corbett, BBA 1:44.38; 2. Samantha Hensel, Lyn; 3. Deborah Bounds, Rice 1:50.12; 4. Andie Hadeka, BBA; 5. Hazel Vander Pyl, U-32; 6. Kathryn Summarsell, Hart.
1,000: 1. Madelyn Harris, BBA 3:18.01; 2. Emily Harris, BBA; 3. Selah Majorell, MSJ; 4. Isobel Koger, U-32; 5. Casey Wiedrick, Oxbow; 6. Desi Broadley, GM.
Mile: 1. Sydney Remenar, BBA 5:29.59; 2. Madelyn Harris, BBA; 3. Madison Lacy, Rice; 4. Desi Broadley, GM; 5. Hazel Vander Pyl, U-32; 6. Casey Wiedrick, Oxbow.
Two mile: 1. Sydney Remenar, BBA 11:44.78; 2. Desi Broadley, GM; 3. Isabella Lombardi, Hart; 4. Selah Majorell, MSJ; 5. Elsie Koger, U-32; 6. Mya Gould, U-32.
55 hurdles: 1. Robin Tashjian, BBA 8.39; 2. Mollie Mislak, U-32; 3. Clara Maker, U-32; 4. Patricia Stabach, Stowe; 5. Maeda Urie, LR; 6. Sophia Calcagni, PA>
4×200: 1. Peoples (Beck, Bliss, Calcagni, Speers) 1:54.32; 2. U-32; 3. Thetford; 4. Missisquoi; 5. Hartford; 6. Vergennes.
4×400: 1. Peoples (Beck, Bliss, McClain, Speers) 4:32.54; 2. Hartford; 3. Vergennes; 4. U-32; 5. Green Mountain; 6. Rice.
4×800: 1. Burr and Burton (Harris, Hadeka, Remenar, Harris) 10:32.72; 2. U-32; 3. Hartford; 4. Thetford; 5. Green Mountain; 6. Rice.
High jump: 1. Kyrrah Maynard, Arl 5-0.25; 2. Sophia Cherubini, GM; 3. Sophie Beck, PA; 4. Maeda Urie, LR; 5. Catherine Preuss, Milt; 6. Naomi Kinsley, WRV.
Long jump: 1. Robin Tashjian, BBA 17-0.75; 2. Mollie Mislak, U-32; 3. Maeda Urie, LR; 4. Talia Jacobs, Spa; 5. Catherine Preuss, Milt; 6. Patricia Stabach, Stowe.
Shot put: 1. Imari Taylor, WRV 31-2.25; 2. Kaila Thompson, Milt; 3. Harper Palmer, Spring; 4. Patricia Stabach, Stowe; 5. Collette Dauchy, BBA; 6. Rowan Dumont, Hart.
Weight throw: 1. Patricia Stabach, Stowe 32-10.25; 2. Rowan Dumont, Hart; 3. Evelyn Hayden, Thet; 4. Greyson Beaucage, Thet; 5. Barrett Ouelette, Hart; 6. Morgan Oakman, FH.
DIVISION II BOYS
Team scores: 1. Thetford 115; 2. U-32 109; 3. White River Valley 39; 4. Fair Haven 26; 5. Rice 20; 6. Hartford 16; 7. Lamoille 15; 8. Vergennes 12; 9. Burr and Burton 11; T10. Spaulding, Mount Abraham, Springfield 10; T13. Green Mountain, Sharon 8; T15. Montpelier, Lake Region; 7. 17. Richford 5; 18. Peoples 4; 19. Missisquoi 2.
55-meter dash: 1. Sebastian Perdrizet, Thet 6.60; 2. Drew Frostick, U-32; 3. Shane Raetz, FH; 4. Jericho Thatcher, LR; 5. Joshua Pearson, U-32; 6. Emmett Terry, Thet.
300: 1. Sebastian Perdrizet, Thet 36.96; 2. Drew Frostick, U-32; 3. Emmett Terry, Thet; 4. Truman Sawyer, MA; 5. Joshua Pearson, U-32; 6. David Thaxton, Thet.
600: 1. Hayden Villarreal, BBA 1:29.08; 2. Carter McGuire, Verg; 3. Daniel Mann, Thet; 4. Aaron McKay, Rice; 5. Nate Leavitt, Lam; 6. Jackson Renfrow-Garrard, Mont.
1,000: 1. Oren Winters, U-32 2:46.43; 2. Finn Proulx, Sharon; 3. Owen Knapp, FH; 4. Ollie Emery, Thet; 5. Calvin Winters, U-32; 6. Elliott Brooks, Hart.
Mile: 1. Cody Young, U-32 4:39.25; 2. George Roda, WRV; 3. Sergio Sotomonte-Hammond, Rice; 4. Owen Knapp, FH; 5. Oren Winters, U-32; 6. Noah Blanco, LR.
Two mile: 1. Cody Young, U-32 10:20.83; 2. Ben Warfield, U-32; 3. Sergio Sotomonte-Hammond, Rice; 4. Ollie Emery, Thet; 5. George Roda, WRV; 6. Oliver Miller, U-32.
55 hurdles: 1. Cavan Farrell, U-32 8.40; 2. Malcolm Rose, U-32; 3. Nate Leavitt, Lam; 4. Liam Nichols, PA; 5. Jaret Sturtevant, MA; 6. Ethan Gratton-Derby, LR.
4×200: 1. U-32 (Frostick, Pearson, Farrell, Rose) 1:36.39; 2. Thetford; 3. White River Valley; 4. Hartford; 5. Vergennes; 6. Lake Region.
4×400: 1. U-32 (Frostick, Farrell, Rose, Cronin) 3:45.23; 2. Thetford; 3. Hartford; 4. White River Valley; 5. Vergennes; 6. Burr and Burton.
4×800: 1. Thetford (Emery, Durham, Horan, Mann) 9:17.32; 2. U-32; 3. Montpelier; 4. Rice; 5. Hartford; 6. White River Valley.
High jump: 1. Sebastian Perdrizet, Thet 5-10.75; 2. Gage Quimby, Spring; T3. Jack Hughes, WRV; Leland Goodroe, Rich; 5. Ryan Gould, Spring; 6. Isaac Kinsley, WRV.
Long jump: 1. Sebastian Perdrizet, Thet 21-11.75; 2. Jack Hughes, WRV; 3. Shane Raetz, FH; 4. Truman Sawyer, MA; 5. Jayden Forbes, Hart; 6. Matthew Nubin, Hart.
Shot put: 1. Alexander Poczobut, Spa 40-9.75; 2. Ezra Price-Wood, GM; 3. Connor Sloop, Thet; 4. Isaac Kinsley, WRV; 5. Eli Sherman, MVU; 6. Jacob Phelps, Thet.
Weight throw: 1. Jacob Phelps, Thet 40-9; 2. Connor Sloop, Thet; 3. Nolan Jones, Lam; 4. Ian Gemelli, FH; 5. Olivier Goodrich, Thet; 6. Nate Leavitt, Lam.
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The 2025-2026 Vermont high school winter season has begun. See below for scores, schedules and game details (statistical leaders, game notes) from basketball, hockey, gymnastics, wrestling, Nordic/Alpine skiing and other winter sports.
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SATURDAY’S H.S. GAMES
Girls basketball
Games at 12:30 p.m. unless noted
Missisquoi 50, Winooski 49
M: Kelsey Paradee 14 points. Aurora King 13 points.
W: Taraji Bradley 18 points. Moo July Htoo 14 points.
Note: King hit the game winner at the buzzer to give the Thunderbirds the win.
Enosburg at Colchester
Mount Abraham at Middlebury
Danville at Williamstown, 4 p.m.
Boys basketball
Games at 2:30 p.m. unless noted
Hazen 65, Vergennes 60
H: Jameson Lamarre 22 points, 7 rebounds, 5 assists. Sullivan Laflam 17 points. Ethan Gann 10 points, 6 rebounds.
V: Theo Elzinga 15 points, 12 rebounds. Cohen Howell 15 points. Ryan Wright 11 points.
Lake Region at Missisquoi, 1:00 p.m.
BFA-Fairfax at Danville
Stowe at Richford
Oxbow at Blue Mountain
Northfield at Williamstown, 7 p.m.
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Girls hockey
Burlington/Colchester at Chittenden Charge, 2:20 p.m.
Brattleboro at U-32, 2:30 p.m.
BFA-St. Albans at Essex, 3 p.m.
Burr and Burton at Stowe, 4:15 p.m.
Hartford at Rutland, 4:30 p.m.
Kingdom Blades at Rice, 4:35 p.m.
Harwood at Woodstock, 5:15 p.m.
Spaulding at Missisquoi, 5:30 p.m.
Boys hockey
BFA-St. Albans at Essex, 5 p.m.
Rice at Champlain Valley, 6:50 p.m.
Mount Mansfield at Burr and Burton, 5 p.m.
U-32 at Colchester, 4:50 p.m.
Stowe at Brattleboro, 4:45 p.m.
Middlebury at Saranac, NY
Milton at Missisquoi, 8 p.m.
Burlington at Hartford, 2 p.m.
St. Johnsbury at Woodstock, 7:15 p.m.
MONDAY’S H.S. GAMES
Girls basketball
Games at 7 p.m. unless noted
Spaulding at Lyndon, 6:30 p.m.
BFA-Fairfax at Twinfield/Cabot
Milton at Enosburg
Winooski at Danville
Boys basketball
Games at 7 p.m. unless noted
BFA-St. Albans at Burlington
Thetford at Peoples
St. Johnsbury at Champlain Valley
Montpelier at Harwood
Essex at South Burlington
Rice at Mount Mansfield
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