April 28, 1982-The Journal Opinion-Page 5
Thoughts on the
t-of-Doors
by Gary W, Moore
,J
iMPROVE RAPIDLY
r has been high and cold and the fishing pretty
few more nice days like Sunday, the action
By the time you read this, the ice may
lakes and the first week or so is usually
the waters in Orleans and Essex Counties
found plenty of ice on most of the lakes. It
to break away from shore so a little warm
I be all that is needed.
f the length of Lake Winnipesaukee and the
ast, by the time you read this it should be gone.
itting right now.
have been busy for me as I have been
imore than I have been in. I often think that I could
meetings to go to.
first week of the Vermont trout season in New
the Northeast Fish and Wildlife Conference.
but it sure is nice to get hack home.
spent three days on the Massachusetts
was nice, but again Vermont looked
only consolation is that the fishing hasn't
ction.
that the season has been open 16 days
e yet to wet a line. The closest that I got to any
day which 1 spent up north talking to
Clyde and Black Rivers. The
cold, yet the enthusiasm ran high and
were taken. It was funny seeing fishermen
that by this weekend the action should pick up
:k will be to fish slowly and with
bait seems to be the most effective for the
season, but hardware and even flies do
at the right time in New Hampshire
in lakes and ponds opened Saturday.
been legal since July 1, but needless to
ere out.
DATES TO REMEMBER
in the Connecticut River Salmon
should plan to attend the meeting to he
.m. at the Sheraton in W. Lebanon.
and Wildlife Service will begin a series of
as part of the procedure for preparing an
Statement on the restoration of
right and the action should be hot. Head to
7, 8, and 9 for the "Winni Derby". Over
awarded during the trout and salmon
days of the tournament the Weir's Trinity
will be serving a fishermen's breakfast
.m. with a complete and varied menu.
of New Hampshire Department of Safety has
boats being used by fishermen entered
operated without a valid registration. This
problem with the
i Lisbon (H)
Oxbow (H)
(A)
(H)
Lin-Wood ( H )
Thefford (H)
• Danville (A)
Lisbon (A)
Lin-Wood (A)
,, torthfield (A)
o. Royalton (A)
Oxbow (A)
School teams in Spring Sports Spor00
Victories in Woodsville baselmil and Oxbow softball play
BRADFORD-- Spring sports : : : veteran infield and their play apiece with Michele Fifield
so far this year. having little trouble rounding
in the Upper Valley finally
moved into high gear as most
local teams saw action this
past week.
Leading the way with two
victories each were the
Woodsville Engineer baseball
team and the Oxbow Olym-
pian softball team, notching
their 16th win over the last 17
games, including the 1981
season.
The Thetford Panther
softball team as well as the
Woedsville girls marked their
season openers with im-
pressive wins. As of last
Thursday, only the Thetford
baseball team had seen
defeat.
Woodsviile 9, Newfound 6
WOODSVILLE-- A sixth
inning, four run rally with the
aid of only two hits helped
spark the Woodsville
Engineer baseball team to an
opening season win. Wood-
sville was able to jump on the
Boars hurler in the first inning
for three quick runs. Mike
Frezelone pounded out a two
base hit and came home on a
RB1 single by Mike Aldrich.
Mike Slayton then poked
another single to the outfield
and both Slayton and Aldrich
crossed the plate on a solid
single by Bruce Lavasseur.
Down 6-5 in a well played
game to this point, the
Engineers went to work,
putting the game out of reach
in the Sixth. Three Newfound
errors, two passed balls,
singles by Nickerson, Aldrich
and Slayton made the dif-
ference. Before the rally was
over, Woodsville had scored
four times and put the game
out of reach.
Coach Tim Whalen was
pleased with his team's
performance. "I had .planned
to start Aldrich on the mound,
but because of a hand injury, I
had to call on Dave Nickerson.
He did a great job. After tiring
in the fourth, Aldrich was able
to come in and finish the job."
According to Whalen, "Both
fishermen should keep May 21 and 22 free pitchers put in a gutsy per-
an enter the competition at Moore Reservoir. formance."
After Bite $50,000 Trout Tournament. Leading the hitting attack
was Bruce Lavasseur with
three solid singles, with
TURKEY SEASON OPENS Magoon, Nickerson, Aldrich
turkey gobbler season starts May 8 and and Slayton all looking well at
31. The area open was expanded this year the plate. "We played well
south of I89.
turkey is allowed per hunter and the hunting together, didn't make any
a.m. to lh00a.m. Shotsizes of eighttotwoare costly mistakes and were able
and handguns are not legal and may not be to come back. I couldn't have
asked for much more. Todd
or a companion. Brill, a freshman played well
in right field, handling his
kRMIT HUNTING
is getting good now and many shooters position well."
Woodsville 17, Gorham 0
• while they are still visible GORHAM-- Mike Aldrich
in Vermont Friday after a six week pitched a solid two hitter,
reopen August 16. In New Hampshire the picking up his second win of
the year and was backed by a
I. strong I0 hit attack as the
Engineer won their second
game in as many tries, 17-0
over the Gorham Tigers.
registration The game was stopped at
the end of five innings after a
Little times, mean hitting barrage,
for the League officials emphasized produced a five run third
Little League that anyone interested in inning and an eight run fourth
tion for playing, regardless of ability, inning to demolish any hopes
May 3. are free to sign up and will be the Tigers had of being in the
aal Opinion able to participate in the ballgame. JonMellin was one
and program, of the sparkplngs bagging out
three hits, including a double,
I grand slam home run, good
for six RBI's.
SPORTS SChlED Aldrich not
only
impressed
on the mound, but helped-his
Oxbow own cause scoring three runs
JUNIOR HIGH and picking up three hits, one
BASEBALL&SOFTBALL more than he allowed•
Haverhill H 4:00 Gorham, playing their first
Montpelier A 4:00 game of the year, had trouble
St. Johns'bury A 3:30 with Aldrich's selection of
Thetford H 4:00
Haverhill A 4: O0
Montpelier H 4: 00
BMU A 4:00
St. Johnsbury H 4:00
Thetford A 4:00
Lisbon A 4: O0
SB Coach: Sandy Mercier
BB Coach: Rich Ciaflin
BLUE MT. UNION SCHOOL
ASEBALL SCHEDULE SPRING 1982
WOodsville (H) 4: 00 S
Danville (H) 1: 00 B&S .....
4:00 B&S
WOODSVILLE BASEBALL-- The opening pitch by
Dave Nickerson in Woodsville's first game in which
Woodsville defeated the Newfound Bears 9.6 in a come
from behind victory.
pitches, fanning ten times in
the five innings.
After the game, Whalen was
happy with his team's quick
start but noted that in the next
Week and a half he would be
meeting some of the highly
touted teams in the area.
"Playing Oxbow, Plymouth,
Mascoma and Littleton will
show us just how good we
are."
Oxbow 10, Montpelier 2
BRADFORD-- The Oxbow
softball team started off this
season as they ended last
season .... wirmig. An ex-
perienced team with only the
pitcher new to the squad, Paul
Munn's team broke to a 10-0
lead in the first five innings
and coasted to victory.
"Everything went as
planned, we had good pit-
Woodsville 16, Newfound 8
• WOODSVILLE-- It wasn't
easy. First game jinx and
frustration nearly was the
downfall of the Engineer
softball team, but as coach
Steve Walker put it, "We hung
in there, believed in ourselves,
and came away with the win."
A five-run first inning blitz
by the visiting Panthers made
the Engineers wake up and
take notice. Before the game
was over, however, they did
take notice.
A four run, fourth inning
brought Woodsville with one,
6-5. But the Engineers had just
begun to roll• They held
Newfound to only two more
runs and scored three, four
and four in the final three
innings, winning going away.
A hitting attack of 13
safeties, along with eight base
on balls, were too much for the
Panthers to overcome. Sandy
Boyce found the outfield for
three hits, while Tracy
Bumford, Sue Whalen and
Bonnie Boyce added two each.
Dora Boutin was on base four
times, including two hits, one
a double.
Trish Demers stayed on the
mound the entire game and
Although Thurston registered allowed an equal number of
the win, Teeter came back in hits (13) but good fielding and
the seventh to finish the game clutch pitching insured no
off. more runs crossing the plate.
Hitting star was again "We just waited our turn, took
Teeter, going four for four a our time, once we got
perfect eight for eight for the baserunners on, we were able
season. Kris Herman added to more of them around the
two double to her total and horn," according to Walker.
scored three runs while. Thetford20, S. Royaiton6
Doreen Smith and Penny Cook S. ROYALTON-- Before the
added two hits of their own, season started fifth year
including a triple by fleet- coach Debbie Lickley was
footed Cook. worried about her team's
Munn singled out the play of hitting ability. Her mind had
catcher Tina Davidsobehind to be put to rest, at least for a
the plate. "She played as well moment, as her Panthers
as she could have today, pounded out 15 hits to a rout of
Throwing out four runners is South RoyaRon.
nearly unheard of." The Thetford ran to a 10-0 lead,
fourth year coach was quick to never looked back as they
point out however that he start the season in hopes of
wasn't pleased with the matching, or bettering last
overall performance. "We've year's record of 12-3. Premier
the bases on a home run.
It was the opening game for
both teams and Lickley's
troops shined well at the plate
but committed seven errors.
"Our fielders will come, we
haven't had much work
outside up to this point. I'm
more worried about our depth
and consistent hitting. Our
pitching will keep us in many
games, and hitting will just
have to come through."
S. Royalton 8, Thetford 4
S. ROYALTON-- "We're
going to have to win our share
of games with defense and
speed," according to John
Bourgeois, veteran coach of
the Panther baseball team.
The opening game was a good
example of what was needed,
more defense.
Already pressed for an
offense, the Panthers ran up
against fireballing Mike
Ballou, and couldn't put
together a solid hitting per-
formance. But, the game still
could have been close except
for seven costly errors by
Thetford.
S. Royalton jumped all over
Thetford in the first inning,
scoring five unearned runs off
starter and loser Mark
Godfrey. Thetford was never
able to recover, although
managing to close the gap to 8-
4 after the fifth inning. It was
too little too late however, as
0tthe first inning jitters doomed
he gamely Thetford nine.
Before the season started
coach Bourgeois worried
about his hitting attack. "I'm
sure it will come along, but
we're going to have to work
awful hard at it." Last year,
although sporting only an 8-7
record, the Panthers clawed
their way to the State semi-
finals before bowing to
powerful Danville.
HIGH SCHOOL
SPORTS RECORDS
Baseball (as of 4-23) WL
Bradford speedway
opens for season
BRADFORD For the 15th night at 8:00 p.m. wltn
season Bear Ridge Speedway alternate rain dates on Sunday
will be opening May 9, 1982, nightsat7:30p.m.
with a car showing to be held Admission prices will
at Coutee's Drive-In remain the same as last year;
Restaurant in Bradford from Adult prices will be $3.50 and
10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. children under 12 will be $1.
Trophies will be awarded by We do have a few special
Fadden Automotive of N. races in which the adult price
Haverhill for the best looking will increaseby $1.
cars in both divisions and then A license fee of $10 plus $4
at 1:00 p.m. until 5:00 p.m. will be charged the first time
The race cars will then travel you go into the pits. All drivers
'to the track for tryouts and and pit crews will have to buy
warm-ups. A pit fee of $4.00 the license and all other times
will be charged for those who a fee of $4 will be charged. The
want to go in the pits. There $10 license fee will be returned
will be no rain date for this to the drivers in the form of
show. point money at the end of the
The first Friday night race 1982 racing season.
will be held on May t4 at 8:00 For rule books send $1 and
p.m. Rain datesforallregular your address to Bear Ridge
racing dates will be Saturday Speedway, Bradford, VT.
• " 05033.
BEAR RIDGE SPEEDWAY
Racing schedule for 1982 season
Sun., May 9.-- Showing Cars at Coutee's 10: 30 am to 12: 30 pro.
Trophies by Fadden Automotives.
Fri., May 14-- Regular card of racing.
Fri., May 21-- Regular card of racing.
Fri., May 28-- Regular card of racing-- Go-carts. Boy Scout
and Girl Scout night.
Sun., May 30--- Don Emerson Memorial Race.
Fri., June 4-- Regular card of racing -- Motorcycle races.
Little League Night.
Fri., June !1-- Regular card of racing -- Go-carts. Street
Mechanic race.
Fri., June 18--- Regular card of racing. Coupe mechanic race.
Fri., June 25--- Regular card of racing Motorcycle races.
Fri., July 2--- Regular card of racing.
Sun., July 4-- July 4th Special -- Fireowrks.
Fri., July 9-- Mid'Season Track Championship.
Fri., July 16-- Regular card of racing -- Street Powder Puff.
Fri., July 23-- Regular card of racing.
Fri., July 30-- Regular card of racing -- Go-carts. Coupe
Powder Puff.
Fri., Aug. 6-- Gregg Emery Memorial Race. Motorcycle
races.
Fri., Aug. 13-- Regular card of racing Bike races.
Fri., Aug. 26- Regular card of racing..
Fri., Aug. 27 Regular card of racing Adult bike races. .
Fri., Sept. 3- Regular card of racing Go-carts. Fireman's
night.
Sunday, Sept. 5-- Labor Day Special.
4:00 B
4:00 S .........
4:00 B ,
4:00 B&S
1:00 B&S
4:00 B&S .
4:00 B&S
4:00 B&S
4:00 B
4:00 B&S
II :00 am B
BB Coach: Bruce Beauvais 592-3503
SB Coach: Carla Lemnah 757-3727 - '
) ACADEMY ;" ":
AND SOFTBALL 1982 :"
VSB & VII at Sunapee "'
VSB & VB - TA at Whitcomb ....
VSB & VB Rochester at TA
VSB & VB - TA atS. Royalton
VB Concord at TA 1:00 pm '
VSB & VB Chelsea atTA ../%: .
VSB & VB - TA at Blue Mtn. 1:00 pin
• VSB & VB SunaPee at TA
VSB & VB Whitcomb at TA
VSB & VB - TA at Rochester
VSB - TA at woodstock
VB - TA at Concord
P.M,
INDICATED
ching, our defense was solid
and our hitting was immense.
Oxbow ripped the ball for a
total of 14 hits, including a four
for four performance from
hurler Janine Teeter. Kris
Herman added three hits,
including a double with
Marsha. Carbee, Angle
Dobbins and Annette Brooks
chipping in for two apiece.
Montpelier was able to get
on the board by virtue of three
base on balls, and two wild
pitches in the sixth frame. The
only other hit came in the first
inning.
In the top of the seventh,
Renee Thurston took over the
pitching chores from Teeter
after she fell hard on her right
shoulder chasing a foul ball.
The game ended on a nice
double play with the bases
loaded.., a grounder to third
baseman Carbee, throwing to
Tina Davidson at the plate for
a forceout and a perfect relay
to first before the runner
crossed the base.
Oxbow 17, Williamstown 9
WILLIAMSTOWN Oxbow
bad little trouble with the
softball team from
Williamstown as the Olym-
pians broke into an 8-0 lead at
the end of three inning.s, and
scored eight more m the
seventh, boosting their record
to 2-0.
Janine Teeter opened the
game on the mound and pit-
ched for two innings before
giving way to Renee Thurston.
DOUBLE PLAY-- A double':play being started by
Oxbow's third baseman Marsha Carbee in I0-2 bictory
against Montpelier last week.
played solid defensively, put pitcher Sheila Fifield was
together key hits, but our simply overpowering on the
pitching isn't where it should mound, whiffing 12 and
be. We're not throwing allowing but two hits. With
strikes. If we can only throw it pitching like that, along with a
down the middle of the plate, big lead, the Panthers will be
they're either going to miss it, tough tobeat any time.
or hit it to someone that can Veteran Cricket Doyle and
catch it." Munn was par- Sue McKinley paced the
ticularly pleased with his winner's attack with three hits
Woodsvllle
Blue Mountain
Oxbow
Thetford
Softball (as of 4-23)
Oxbow
Thetford
Woodsvii|e 1
Blue Mountain 0
2 0 Frl., Sept. I0--- Regular card of racing.
o o Twelve teams in
o o
o 1
o, o softball league
woODSVILLE SOFTBALL-- Trish Demers throws the opening pitch against the
Newfound Panthers. The Engineers went on to post a 16-8 triumph to start the
season off on the right foot.
Vermont sportswriters banquet
MONTPEL'ER The Vermont Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association will be
honoring outstanding atheletes from the State at their 27th annual Athlete of the Year
Banquet to he held at the Montpelier Elks Hall, Saturday, May I at 6:30 p.m.
Ticket reservations are available from the Journal Opinion office at $7 per person, $56 per
table of eight.
The following high school and college athletes have been nominated for awards:
High School Division
Month Player School Sport
April Mike Rochford So. Burlington Baseball
May Tom Hughes West Rutland Baseball
May Sue Spencer Rutland Track
June John Raleigh Missisquoi Baseball
Paul Platek Essex Junction Football
September
October Eileen Ellig Rutland Cross Country
November Mike Richardson U-32 Cross Country
December Henry Dalrymple St. Johnsbury Basketball
January Paul Doaner Mill Basketball
ebruary Kim Silloway St. Johnsbury Basketball
March Mike Johnson BFA-St. Albans Basketball
At Large Ron Huntington Oxbow Baseball
Soccer
Basketball
Wrestling
Baseball
Basketball
Baseball
Baseball
Football
Soccer
Football
Hockey
Skiing
Basketball
Swimming
Field Hockey
Basketball
April
May
June
July,
August
September
October
November
December
January
February
March
At Large
Open Division
Home town-school
Kevin Allen Mill River
Kirk McCaskill UVM
Keith Cleplicki Rice
Scott Dolan Rutland
Rich Ranier Burlington
Jeff Forte Rutland-Univ. of Iowa
Zaren Avakian UVM
Beau Coasch Middlebury
Mike Evelti UVM
Bill Koch Putney
Jim McCaffrey St. Michaels
Palmer Lewis Norwich Univ.
Shannon Porter Springfield
S. RYEGATE-- The officials Elks tournament, July 10 and
of Wells River Valley Softball 11, WRVSL ASA District
league have announced their tournament, July 17 and 18,
1982 league schedule. There and the Vermont ASA Class B
will be a total of 12 teams State tournament, August 7
participating in this year's and8.
schedule, including the 1981 Playoffs and league tour-
champions, the 2Q Lounge of nament will begin MOnday,
St. Johnsbury. August 16, final game to be
Each team will play a total played August 22. The annual
of twenty two league games WRVSL Labor Day tour-
before playoffs. Opening nament will be held between
game will be May 26 at 6:30 Sept. 2-6.
p.m. against the 2&Q Lounge There is no admission
and the HO Taylor Hobos. Two charge and attendance is
more games will follow, at encouraged. In weeks to
7:45 and 9:00 p.m. come, the Journal Opinion will
Special events during the carry the upcoming schedule
season are the St. Johnsbury and previous week's results.
Oxbow girls stay
in Division H
BRADFORD-- Oxbow High put back in Division II.
School, at the request of the Parents of the players also
varsity coaches of the softball requested the same to Oxbow
team, has petitioned the athletic director Charles
Vermont Headmasters Ottina.
Association to be allowed to According to Munn, "we're
play tournament competition a quality team, want to play
in Girls Division II. Oxbow is the bigger schools in Vermont,
defending champion, and show them our corn-
Because of the declining potitiveness. We won the
female enrollment at Oxbow. division last year, wewant the
all three girls sports have opportunity to win it again."
dropped to Division III status. When asked about the
Each sport has the option of committment for a three year
playing in that division or one period, and declining
higher, If petitioned, and enrollment. Munn was con-
approved by the Head- fident that the talent in soft-
masters, the school has to stay ball would be consistent in the
in the higher division for no next few years. "We have
less than three years, good teams and personnel
regardless of population size. coming up. Our feeder
Neither field hockey or system, beginning with little
basketball, a perennial power league, helps develop our
in Division II, decided to players. Our coaches work
petition upwards, well with the other coaches
According to Oxbow (little league on up) and the
sources, the request of the players learn the fun-
softball team was made damentalsearly.
originally before the begin- Richard Breen of the
ning of the year, but for some Vermont Headmasters told
reason had been sidetracked, the Journal Opinion that if he
Paul Munn. and Gunther received the request, in
Wernecke requested last week writing, by Thursday, April
that a letter to the Head- 29, it would be honored.
masters be sent asking to be
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April 28, 1982-The Journal Opinion-Page 5
Thoughts on the
t-of-Doors
by Gary W, Moore
,J
iMPROVE RAPIDLY
r has been high and cold and the fishing pretty
few more nice days like Sunday, the action
By the time you read this, the ice may
lakes and the first week or so is usually
the waters in Orleans and Essex Counties
found plenty of ice on most of the lakes. It
to break away from shore so a little warm
I be all that is needed.
f the length of Lake Winnipesaukee and the
ast, by the time you read this it should be gone.
itting right now.
have been busy for me as I have been
imore than I have been in. I often think that I could
meetings to go to.
first week of the Vermont trout season in New
the Northeast Fish and Wildlife Conference.
but it sure is nice to get hack home.
spent three days on the Massachusetts
was nice, but again Vermont looked
only consolation is that the fishing hasn't
ction.
that the season has been open 16 days
e yet to wet a line. The closest that I got to any
day which 1 spent up north talking to
Clyde and Black Rivers. The
cold, yet the enthusiasm ran high and
were taken. It was funny seeing fishermen
that by this weekend the action should pick up
:k will be to fish slowly and with
bait seems to be the most effective for the
season, but hardware and even flies do
at the right time in New Hampshire
in lakes and ponds opened Saturday.
been legal since July 1, but needless to
ere out.
DATES TO REMEMBER
in the Connecticut River Salmon
should plan to attend the meeting to he
.m. at the Sheraton in W. Lebanon.
and Wildlife Service will begin a series of
as part of the procedure for preparing an
Statement on the restoration of
right and the action should be hot. Head to
7, 8, and 9 for the "Winni Derby". Over
awarded during the trout and salmon
days of the tournament the Weir's Trinity
will be serving a fishermen's breakfast
.m. with a complete and varied menu.
of New Hampshire Department of Safety has
boats being used by fishermen entered
operated without a valid registration. This
problem with the
i Lisbon (H)
Oxbow (H)
(A)
(H)
Lin-Wood ( H )
Thefford (H)
• Danville (A)
Lisbon (A)
Lin-Wood (A)
,, torthfield (A)
o. Royalton (A)
Oxbow (A)
School teams in Spring Sports Spor00
Victories in Woodsville baselmil and Oxbow softball play
BRADFORD-- Spring sports : : : veteran infield and their play apiece with Michele Fifield
so far this year. having little trouble rounding
in the Upper Valley finally
moved into high gear as most
local teams saw action this
past week.
Leading the way with two
victories each were the
Woodsville Engineer baseball
team and the Oxbow Olym-
pian softball team, notching
their 16th win over the last 17
games, including the 1981
season.
The Thetford Panther
softball team as well as the
Woedsville girls marked their
season openers with im-
pressive wins. As of last
Thursday, only the Thetford
baseball team had seen
defeat.
Woodsviile 9, Newfound 6
WOODSVILLE-- A sixth
inning, four run rally with the
aid of only two hits helped
spark the Woodsville
Engineer baseball team to an
opening season win. Wood-
sville was able to jump on the
Boars hurler in the first inning
for three quick runs. Mike
Frezelone pounded out a two
base hit and came home on a
RB1 single by Mike Aldrich.
Mike Slayton then poked
another single to the outfield
and both Slayton and Aldrich
crossed the plate on a solid
single by Bruce Lavasseur.
Down 6-5 in a well played
game to this point, the
Engineers went to work,
putting the game out of reach
in the Sixth. Three Newfound
errors, two passed balls,
singles by Nickerson, Aldrich
and Slayton made the dif-
ference. Before the rally was
over, Woodsville had scored
four times and put the game
out of reach.
Coach Tim Whalen was
pleased with his team's
performance. "I had .planned
to start Aldrich on the mound,
but because of a hand injury, I
had to call on Dave Nickerson.
He did a great job. After tiring
in the fourth, Aldrich was able
to come in and finish the job."
According to Whalen, "Both
fishermen should keep May 21 and 22 free pitchers put in a gutsy per-
an enter the competition at Moore Reservoir. formance."
After Bite $50,000 Trout Tournament. Leading the hitting attack
was Bruce Lavasseur with
three solid singles, with
TURKEY SEASON OPENS Magoon, Nickerson, Aldrich
turkey gobbler season starts May 8 and and Slayton all looking well at
31. The area open was expanded this year the plate. "We played well
south of I89.
turkey is allowed per hunter and the hunting together, didn't make any
a.m. to lh00a.m. Shotsizes of eighttotwoare costly mistakes and were able
and handguns are not legal and may not be to come back. I couldn't have
asked for much more. Todd
or a companion. Brill, a freshman played well
in right field, handling his
kRMIT HUNTING
is getting good now and many shooters position well."
Woodsville 17, Gorham 0
• while they are still visible GORHAM-- Mike Aldrich
in Vermont Friday after a six week pitched a solid two hitter,
reopen August 16. In New Hampshire the picking up his second win of
the year and was backed by a
I. strong I0 hit attack as the
Engineer won their second
game in as many tries, 17-0
over the Gorham Tigers.
registration The game was stopped at
the end of five innings after a
Little times, mean hitting barrage,
for the League officials emphasized produced a five run third
Little League that anyone interested in inning and an eight run fourth
tion for playing, regardless of ability, inning to demolish any hopes
May 3. are free to sign up and will be the Tigers had of being in the
aal Opinion able to participate in the ballgame. JonMellin was one
and program, of the sparkplngs bagging out
three hits, including a double,
I grand slam home run, good
for six RBI's.
SPORTS SChlED Aldrich not
only
impressed
on the mound, but helped-his
Oxbow own cause scoring three runs
JUNIOR HIGH and picking up three hits, one
BASEBALL&SOFTBALL more than he allowed•
Haverhill H 4:00 Gorham, playing their first
Montpelier A 4:00 game of the year, had trouble
St. Johns'bury A 3:30 with Aldrich's selection of
Thetford H 4:00
Haverhill A 4: O0
Montpelier H 4: 00
BMU A 4:00
St. Johnsbury H 4:00
Thetford A 4:00
Lisbon A 4: O0
SB Coach: Sandy Mercier
BB Coach: Rich Ciaflin
BLUE MT. UNION SCHOOL
ASEBALL SCHEDULE SPRING 1982
WOodsville (H) 4: 00 S
Danville (H) 1: 00 B&S .....
4:00 B&S
WOODSVILLE BASEBALL-- The opening pitch by
Dave Nickerson in Woodsville's first game in which
Woodsville defeated the Newfound Bears 9.6 in a come
from behind victory.
pitches, fanning ten times in
the five innings.
After the game, Whalen was
happy with his team's quick
start but noted that in the next
Week and a half he would be
meeting some of the highly
touted teams in the area.
"Playing Oxbow, Plymouth,
Mascoma and Littleton will
show us just how good we
are."
Oxbow 10, Montpelier 2
BRADFORD-- The Oxbow
softball team started off this
season as they ended last
season .... wirmig. An ex-
perienced team with only the
pitcher new to the squad, Paul
Munn's team broke to a 10-0
lead in the first five innings
and coasted to victory.
"Everything went as
planned, we had good pit-
Woodsville 16, Newfound 8
• WOODSVILLE-- It wasn't
easy. First game jinx and
frustration nearly was the
downfall of the Engineer
softball team, but as coach
Steve Walker put it, "We hung
in there, believed in ourselves,
and came away with the win."
A five-run first inning blitz
by the visiting Panthers made
the Engineers wake up and
take notice. Before the game
was over, however, they did
take notice.
A four run, fourth inning
brought Woodsville with one,
6-5. But the Engineers had just
begun to roll• They held
Newfound to only two more
runs and scored three, four
and four in the final three
innings, winning going away.
A hitting attack of 13
safeties, along with eight base
on balls, were too much for the
Panthers to overcome. Sandy
Boyce found the outfield for
three hits, while Tracy
Bumford, Sue Whalen and
Bonnie Boyce added two each.
Dora Boutin was on base four
times, including two hits, one
a double.
Trish Demers stayed on the
mound the entire game and
Although Thurston registered allowed an equal number of
the win, Teeter came back in hits (13) but good fielding and
the seventh to finish the game clutch pitching insured no
off. more runs crossing the plate.
Hitting star was again "We just waited our turn, took
Teeter, going four for four a our time, once we got
perfect eight for eight for the baserunners on, we were able
season. Kris Herman added to more of them around the
two double to her total and horn," according to Walker.
scored three runs while. Thetford20, S. Royaiton6
Doreen Smith and Penny Cook S. ROYALTON-- Before the
added two hits of their own, season started fifth year
including a triple by fleet- coach Debbie Lickley was
footed Cook. worried about her team's
Munn singled out the play of hitting ability. Her mind had
catcher Tina Davidsobehind to be put to rest, at least for a
the plate. "She played as well moment, as her Panthers
as she could have today, pounded out 15 hits to a rout of
Throwing out four runners is South RoyaRon.
nearly unheard of." The Thetford ran to a 10-0 lead,
fourth year coach was quick to never looked back as they
point out however that he start the season in hopes of
wasn't pleased with the matching, or bettering last
overall performance. "We've year's record of 12-3. Premier
the bases on a home run.
It was the opening game for
both teams and Lickley's
troops shined well at the plate
but committed seven errors.
"Our fielders will come, we
haven't had much work
outside up to this point. I'm
more worried about our depth
and consistent hitting. Our
pitching will keep us in many
games, and hitting will just
have to come through."
S. Royalton 8, Thetford 4
S. ROYALTON-- "We're
going to have to win our share
of games with defense and
speed," according to John
Bourgeois, veteran coach of
the Panther baseball team.
The opening game was a good
example of what was needed,
more defense.
Already pressed for an
offense, the Panthers ran up
against fireballing Mike
Ballou, and couldn't put
together a solid hitting per-
formance. But, the game still
could have been close except
for seven costly errors by
Thetford.
S. Royalton jumped all over
Thetford in the first inning,
scoring five unearned runs off
starter and loser Mark
Godfrey. Thetford was never
able to recover, although
managing to close the gap to 8-
4 after the fifth inning. It was
too little too late however, as
0tthe first inning jitters doomed
he gamely Thetford nine.
Before the season started
coach Bourgeois worried
about his hitting attack. "I'm
sure it will come along, but
we're going to have to work
awful hard at it." Last year,
although sporting only an 8-7
record, the Panthers clawed
their way to the State semi-
finals before bowing to
powerful Danville.
HIGH SCHOOL
SPORTS RECORDS
Baseball (as of 4-23) WL
Bradford speedway
opens for season
BRADFORD For the 15th night at 8:00 p.m. wltn
season Bear Ridge Speedway alternate rain dates on Sunday
will be opening May 9, 1982, nightsat7:30p.m.
with a car showing to be held Admission prices will
at Coutee's Drive-In remain the same as last year;
Restaurant in Bradford from Adult prices will be $3.50 and
10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. children under 12 will be $1.
Trophies will be awarded by We do have a few special
Fadden Automotive of N. races in which the adult price
Haverhill for the best looking will increaseby $1.
cars in both divisions and then A license fee of $10 plus $4
at 1:00 p.m. until 5:00 p.m. will be charged the first time
The race cars will then travel you go into the pits. All drivers
'to the track for tryouts and and pit crews will have to buy
warm-ups. A pit fee of $4.00 the license and all other times
will be charged for those who a fee of $4 will be charged. The
want to go in the pits. There $10 license fee will be returned
will be no rain date for this to the drivers in the form of
show. point money at the end of the
The first Friday night race 1982 racing season.
will be held on May t4 at 8:00 For rule books send $1 and
p.m. Rain datesforallregular your address to Bear Ridge
racing dates will be Saturday Speedway, Bradford, VT.
• " 05033.
BEAR RIDGE SPEEDWAY
Racing schedule for 1982 season
Sun., May 9.-- Showing Cars at Coutee's 10: 30 am to 12: 30 pro.
Trophies by Fadden Automotives.
Fri., May 14-- Regular card of racing.
Fri., May 21-- Regular card of racing.
Fri., May 28-- Regular card of racing-- Go-carts. Boy Scout
and Girl Scout night.
Sun., May 30--- Don Emerson Memorial Race.
Fri., June 4-- Regular card of racing -- Motorcycle races.
Little League Night.
Fri., June !1-- Regular card of racing -- Go-carts. Street
Mechanic race.
Fri., June 18--- Regular card of racing. Coupe mechanic race.
Fri., June 25--- Regular card of racing Motorcycle races.
Fri., July 2--- Regular card of racing.
Sun., July 4-- July 4th Special -- Fireowrks.
Fri., July 9-- Mid'Season Track Championship.
Fri., July 16-- Regular card of racing -- Street Powder Puff.
Fri., July 23-- Regular card of racing.
Fri., July 30-- Regular card of racing -- Go-carts. Coupe
Powder Puff.
Fri., Aug. 6-- Gregg Emery Memorial Race. Motorcycle
races.
Fri., Aug. 13-- Regular card of racing Bike races.
Fri., Aug. 26- Regular card of racing..
Fri., Aug. 27 Regular card of racing Adult bike races. .
Fri., Sept. 3- Regular card of racing Go-carts. Fireman's
night.
Sunday, Sept. 5-- Labor Day Special.
4:00 B
4:00 S .........
4:00 B ,
4:00 B&S
1:00 B&S
4:00 B&S .
4:00 B&S
4:00 B&S
4:00 B
4:00 B&S
II :00 am B
BB Coach: Bruce Beauvais 592-3503
SB Coach: Carla Lemnah 757-3727 - '
) ACADEMY ;" ":
AND SOFTBALL 1982 :"
VSB & VII at Sunapee "'
VSB & VB - TA at Whitcomb ....
VSB & VB Rochester at TA
VSB & VB - TA atS. Royalton
VB Concord at TA 1:00 pm '
VSB & VB Chelsea atTA ../%: .
VSB & VB - TA at Blue Mtn. 1:00 pin
• VSB & VB SunaPee at TA
VSB & VB Whitcomb at TA
VSB & VB - TA at Rochester
VSB - TA at woodstock
VB - TA at Concord
P.M,
INDICATED
ching, our defense was solid
and our hitting was immense.
Oxbow ripped the ball for a
total of 14 hits, including a four
for four performance from
hurler Janine Teeter. Kris
Herman added three hits,
including a double with
Marsha. Carbee, Angle
Dobbins and Annette Brooks
chipping in for two apiece.
Montpelier was able to get
on the board by virtue of three
base on balls, and two wild
pitches in the sixth frame. The
only other hit came in the first
inning.
In the top of the seventh,
Renee Thurston took over the
pitching chores from Teeter
after she fell hard on her right
shoulder chasing a foul ball.
The game ended on a nice
double play with the bases
loaded.., a grounder to third
baseman Carbee, throwing to
Tina Davidson at the plate for
a forceout and a perfect relay
to first before the runner
crossed the base.
Oxbow 17, Williamstown 9
WILLIAMSTOWN Oxbow
bad little trouble with the
softball team from
Williamstown as the Olym-
pians broke into an 8-0 lead at
the end of three inning.s, and
scored eight more m the
seventh, boosting their record
to 2-0.
Janine Teeter opened the
game on the mound and pit-
ched for two innings before
giving way to Renee Thurston.
DOUBLE PLAY-- A double':play being started by
Oxbow's third baseman Marsha Carbee in I0-2 bictory
against Montpelier last week.
played solid defensively, put pitcher Sheila Fifield was
together key hits, but our simply overpowering on the
pitching isn't where it should mound, whiffing 12 and
be. We're not throwing allowing but two hits. With
strikes. If we can only throw it pitching like that, along with a
down the middle of the plate, big lead, the Panthers will be
they're either going to miss it, tough tobeat any time.
or hit it to someone that can Veteran Cricket Doyle and
catch it." Munn was par- Sue McKinley paced the
ticularly pleased with his winner's attack with three hits
Woodsvllle
Blue Mountain
Oxbow
Thetford
Softball (as of 4-23)
Oxbow
Thetford
Woodsvii|e 1
Blue Mountain 0
2 0 Frl., Sept. I0--- Regular card of racing.
o o Twelve teams in
o o
o 1
o, o softball league
woODSVILLE SOFTBALL-- Trish Demers throws the opening pitch against the
Newfound Panthers. The Engineers went on to post a 16-8 triumph to start the
season off on the right foot.
Vermont sportswriters banquet
MONTPEL'ER The Vermont Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association will be
honoring outstanding atheletes from the State at their 27th annual Athlete of the Year
Banquet to he held at the Montpelier Elks Hall, Saturday, May I at 6:30 p.m.
Ticket reservations are available from the Journal Opinion office at $7 per person, $56 per
table of eight.
The following high school and college athletes have been nominated for awards:
High School Division
Month Player School Sport
April Mike Rochford So. Burlington Baseball
May Tom Hughes West Rutland Baseball
May Sue Spencer Rutland Track
June John Raleigh Missisquoi Baseball
Paul Platek Essex Junction Football
September
October Eileen Ellig Rutland Cross Country
November Mike Richardson U-32 Cross Country
December Henry Dalrymple St. Johnsbury Basketball
January Paul Doaner Mill Basketball
ebruary Kim Silloway St. Johnsbury Basketball
March Mike Johnson BFA-St. Albans Basketball
At Large Ron Huntington Oxbow Baseball
Soccer
Basketball
Wrestling
Baseball
Basketball
Baseball
Baseball
Football
Soccer
Football
Hockey
Skiing
Basketball
Swimming
Field Hockey
Basketball
April
May
June
July,
August
September
October
November
December
January
February
March
At Large
Open Division
Home town-school
Kevin Allen Mill River
Kirk McCaskill UVM
Keith Cleplicki Rice
Scott Dolan Rutland
Rich Ranier Burlington
Jeff Forte Rutland-Univ. of Iowa
Zaren Avakian UVM
Beau Coasch Middlebury
Mike Evelti UVM
Bill Koch Putney
Jim McCaffrey St. Michaels
Palmer Lewis Norwich Univ.
Shannon Porter Springfield
S. RYEGATE-- The officials Elks tournament, July 10 and
of Wells River Valley Softball 11, WRVSL ASA District
league have announced their tournament, July 17 and 18,
1982 league schedule. There and the Vermont ASA Class B
will be a total of 12 teams State tournament, August 7
participating in this year's and8.
schedule, including the 1981 Playoffs and league tour-
champions, the 2Q Lounge of nament will begin MOnday,
St. Johnsbury. August 16, final game to be
Each team will play a total played August 22. The annual
of twenty two league games WRVSL Labor Day tour-
before playoffs. Opening nament will be held between
game will be May 26 at 6:30 Sept. 2-6.
p.m. against the 2&Q Lounge There is no admission
and the HO Taylor Hobos. Two charge and attendance is
more games will follow, at encouraged. In weeks to
7:45 and 9:00 p.m. come, the Journal Opinion will
Special events during the carry the upcoming schedule
season are the St. Johnsbury and previous week's results.
Oxbow girls stay
in Division H
BRADFORD-- Oxbow High put back in Division II.
School, at the request of the Parents of the players also
varsity coaches of the softball requested the same to Oxbow
team, has petitioned the athletic director Charles
Vermont Headmasters Ottina.
Association to be allowed to According to Munn, "we're
play tournament competition a quality team, want to play
in Girls Division II. Oxbow is the bigger schools in Vermont,
defending champion, and show them our corn-
Because of the declining potitiveness. We won the
female enrollment at Oxbow. division last year, wewant the
all three girls sports have opportunity to win it again."
dropped to Division III status. When asked about the
Each sport has the option of committment for a three year
playing in that division or one period, and declining
higher, If petitioned, and enrollment. Munn was con-
approved by the Head- fident that the talent in soft-
masters, the school has to stay ball would be consistent in the
in the higher division for no next few years. "We have
less than three years, good teams and personnel
regardless of population size. coming up. Our feeder
Neither field hockey or system, beginning with little
basketball, a perennial power league, helps develop our
in Division II, decided to players. Our coaches work
petition upwards, well with the other coaches
According to Oxbow (little league on up) and the
sources, the request of the players learn the fun-
softball team was made damentalsearly.
originally before the begin- Richard Breen of the
ning of the year, but for some Vermont Headmasters told
reason had been sidetracked, the Journal Opinion that if he
Paul Munn. and Gunther received the request, in
Wernecke requested last week writing, by Thursday, April
that a letter to the Head- 29, it would be honored.
masters be sent asking to be
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