December 13, 2017--JOURNAL OPINION--Page 11
Girls Basketball
Game of the Week
WOODSVILLE 51 PROFILE 35
EPPING--Woodsville came back
to take their third game in a row to
open the season on Friday night at
Epping. They used a balanced
offense along with a stifling defense
to take the win.
It was a low-scoring first quarter
as both defenses played tight. The
lead changed hands and Woodsville
was able to squeak out a 9-8 lead at
the end. Epping was able to generate
more offense in the second frame
and garner a 20-18 halfiime lead, but
it was still a defensive battle as both
teams tried to work the ball inside
from half court offensive sets.
The third quarter was more or
less the same as the second.
Woodsville sturuggled offensively
but kept up sold defense, solid
enough to keep within range. The
Engineers threw 8 points on the
scoreboard and they trailed by 6 at
32-26 heading into the final eight
minutes of play.
The solid Engineer defense grew
more and more inpenetrable in the
4th quarter as time went on. With
Lily Kinder smothering Epping's
top scorer, the Woodsville offense
went to work.
Freshman Emily Prest mad a
crucial hoop and that was followed
by two Kinder fi'ee throws down the
stretch that gave the Engineers the
lead. Meanwhile the defense held
the Blue Devils to just 3 points over
the final 8 minutes.
Prest had 7 points as did
classmates Morgan Wagstaff and
Olivia Sarkis. Molly Clough and
Kinder each chipped in with 6 as
Woodsville moved to 3-0 on the
season.
Woodsville visits Blue Mountain on
Friday.
Haverhill and Rivendell 7th and 8th grade girls also played during the
two-day Orford-Fairlee Lions Club annual basketball tournament at
Rivendell Academy. Lion Richard Gray said the tourney raises money
for the Rivendell community including funds that help pay for college
scholarships, senior trips, and student government activities. "It all"
goes back into Rivendell," he said.
JO PHOTO BY RICHARD SWENSON
Boys Basketball
Game of the Week
WOODSVILLE 80 EPPING 70
EPPING--Woodsville's Garrett The Orford-Fairlee Lions Club annual basketball tournament was held
Olsen spent a lot of time at the free on Dec. 9 and Dec. 10 at Rivendell Academy. The preseason tournament
throw line on Friday night and it featured boys and girls middle school teams including these players
ended up being a large part of the fr.om Rivendell and Haverhill who were playing on the afternoon of De(;.
Engineer offense as he threw in 20 GO PHOTO BY RICHARD SWENSON
The Orford-Fairlee Lions Club held its annual middle school basketball
tournament over the weekend at Rivendell Academy, Most of the teams
in this year's tournament featured 5th and 6t" graders like these players
from Maacoma (left) and Piermont (right),
JO PHOTO BY RICHARD SWENSON
Bird count
gets underway
HUNTINGTON, VT--The annual
Audubon Christmas Bird Count will
be between Dec. 14 and Jan. 5,
according to Audobon Vermont.
This year, the Audubon Christ-
mas Bird Count will mobilize over
72,000 volunteer bird counters in
more than 2,500 locations across
the Western Hemisphere. The
Audubon Christmas Bird Count
utilizes the power of volunteers to
track the health of bird populations
at a scale that scientists could never
accomplish alone.
Data compiled in Vermont will
record every individual bird and bird
species seen in a specified area,
contributing to a vast citizen
science network that continues a
tradition stretching back more than
100 years.
To date over 300 peer-reviewed
articles have resulted from analysis
done with Christmas Bird Count
data. Bird-related citizen science
efforts are also critical to under-
standing how birds are responding to
a changing climate. This documen-
tation is what enabled Audubon
scientists to discover that 314
species of North American birds are
threatened by .global warming as
reported m Audubon's
groundbreaking Birds and Climate
Change Study. The tradition of
counting birds combined with mod-
em technology and mapping is
enabling researchers to make dis-
coveries that were not possible in
earlier decades.
• Birders of all ages are welcome
to contribute. Each individual count
is performed in a count circle with a
diameter of 15 miles. At least 10
volunteers, including a compiler to
coordinate the process, count in
each circle. The volunteers break up
into small parties and follow
assigned routes, which change little
from year to year, counting every
bird they see. In most count circles,
some people also watch feeders
instead of following routes.
This year, there are count circles
in Bamet and Norwich.
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED
BRADFORD--The Orange East Senior
Center is looking for volunteers to work
Monday night bingo. The hours are from
points from the charity stripe en
route to a 33-point night. This ~J~ ': A Piermont middle schooler (left) guards a Mascoma player (right) 5 to 9 p.m. It's not necessary to do every
VT ma~=s_,=~ game eense changes ; ~' during a game on Saturday in the Orford-Fairlee Lions Club annual Monday, a flexible schedule can,~,
helped Woodsville take their season
basketball tournament. Eight boys teams and five girlsteams featuring arranged. For more deiails, call tho,~
opener on the road. MONTPELLER, ~',Vc~6h~Tish&W~dlifeDepartmentisreminding 5'" and 6th graders play a round-robin style' preseason tourney. In at(802)222-4782. --
It was a hotly contested first hunters, anglersandtrappersofchangestopermanentlicensesthatgoint01 addition to Piermont and Mascoma, teams from Rivendell, Newbury,
quarter with both squads ready to effect starting Jan. 1, 2018. Haverhill, Norwich and Hanover participated.
roll their offensive sets out. The A permanent license is currently available free to Vermont residents 70, J9PHOTO, R CHARD SWENSON
final score at the end of the first 8 or older. Beginning Jan. 1, a resident 66 or older may purchase a
minutes of play was 14-13 withthe permanent license for a one-time fee of $60.
visitors on top. A run-and-gun All licenses may be purchased at a license agent or district office or
second frame saw little in the way of online. People who already have a permanent license do not need to
defense as shots flew on both sides purchase another, but need to renew theirs in 2018.
of the court. The lead changed hands A permanent license allows a qualified recipient to hunt, fish or trap
a few times but in the end the
Engineers managed to cling to their
one-point lead to the tune of 37-36.
Woodsville set up their defense
in the third stanza and it paid
dividends immediately as they were
able to open up their lead. Olsen
began to shoot free throws in
earnest in the second half, eventu-
ally taking 18 shots over the f'mal 16
minutes. The Engineers played their
way to a 59-48 lead heading into the
final quarter of play.
Epping pressed hard the last 8
minutes and actually cut into the
Engineer lead but the visiting team
was up to the task and they fended
offa late game surge to take the win.
Olsen led all scorers with 33 points
as he shot an amazing 20 of 23 from
the foul line. Cooper Davidson had a
good night with 26 points with Adam
Cataldo chipping in with 16,
including four 3-pointers.
Woodsville got their season off on
the right foot with a 1-0 record.
Woodsville visits Blue Moun-
tain on Friday.
without purchasing additional licenses for the rest of their
lifetime,Vermont' s permanent license can include all regular season tagg,
including archery deer, muzzleloader deer and turkey tags. Additional tags
for second archery, moose and antlerless lotteries and waterfowl stamps
must be purchased separately. A permanent license must be renewed every
year, which is free online or at any district office.
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Weekly Scores
Girls Basketball
Dec. 5
Woodsville 63 vs. Gorham 39
Dec. 8
Woodsville 40 at Epping 35
BMU at Cabot
Boys Basketball
Dec. 8
Woodsville 80 at Epping 70
BMU at Cabot
FOOD PANTRY
NORTH HAVERHILL--A food pantry
for the Haverhill area is located in the
downstairs of the Trinity Church of the
Nazarene. The pantry is open from 9 to
10:30 a.m. on the third Saturday of each
month and is open to Bath, Benton,
Piermont, Haverhill, Haverhill Comer,
North Haverhill, East Haverhill, Pike,
Woodsville, Swiftwater, Mounta'm Lakes,
Center Haverhill, Warren, Newbury and
Wells River residents. Donations may be
left at the church on Sunday or during open
hours.
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