Sports

Girls on the Run needs coaches for season

VERMONT - Girls on the Run Vermont needs coaches. Girls on the Run is a physical activity-based, positive youth development program that inspires students in third through eighth grade to be joyful, healthy, and confident. The 10-week program incorporates movement to empower participants to...

Twin Valley rider Simon Wendel on a rail at Whaleback Mountain. S. Salway

Snowboarders riding with style

ENFIELD, NH- The Twin Valley snowboard team competed in their second meet of the season on Tuesday, February 6, at Whaleback Mountain. While the team is small, with only three riders taking the hill, they are working to build up their skills and their bag of tricks.
Senior Tim Contankos,...

Twin Valley girls drop pair of games

RUTLAND- The Twin Valley girls’ varsity hit the road for a game at Mount Saint Joseph Academy on Thursday, February 8. As has been the case for much of the Wildcats’ winless season, the team was long on effort but fell short to a better ball club. The Green Wave washed over the visiting Wildcats...

Dal Nesbitt, #14, drives by a Danville defender during the 2014 Division 4 championship game at the Barre Auditorium. He will be honored during Friday’s Twin Valley game with Mill River. Nesbitt died in a car crash in 2022. File photo

Dal Nesbitt, #14, drives by a Danville defender during the 2014 Division 4 championship game at the Barre Auditorium. He will be honored during Friday’s Twin Valley game with Mill River. Nesbitt died in a car crash in 2022. File photo

Wildcats can’t hold Raptors down

ORFORD, NH- Twin Valley knew it would be a difficult road trip to Rivendell Academy on Tuesday. Rivendell has a solid team, a throwback gym right out of “Hoosiers,” and a strong fan base ready to cheer on the Raptors against any opponent. Despite the odds, Twin Valley had a solid game but...

Twin Valley stays close, can’t close

WHITINGHAM- The Twin Valley girls’ basketball team was oh-so-close to their first win of the season Monday evening. They were within four points of the visiting Proctor Phantoms midway through the fourth quarter but couldn’t close the gap, and the Wildcats fell 38-28.
“We lost...

Ski museum talk with John Caldwell

STOWE - The Red Bench Speaker Series presents, “Part II: One-on-One with the Father of Cross-Country Skiing, John Caldwell” on Thursday, February 15, at 7 pm via Zoom.
Caldwell competed in the 1952 Winter Olympics and later became a cross-country ski coach. He ultimately became the...

Twin Valley's comeback bid falls short

WHITINGHAM- When ninth grader Brayden Brown calmly made two free throws with 12 seconds left in Tuesday’s game with White River Valley, it seemed like Twin Valley was about to pull out an improbable comeback. The crowd was going crazy, the bench players were rooting their teammates on, and all...

Winless Wildcats bounced in a trio of games

WHITINGHAM- The Twin Valley girls’ varsity had a solid first half during Thursday’s basketball game with Poultney. But a scoreless third quarter proved the Wildcats’ undoing and the Blue Devils headed home with a 44-13 win.
Twin Valley looked solid in the first quarter. After Jacque...

Snowboard team back on course, returns to rails

PERU- Twin Valley Middle High School once again has a snowboard team. With only four riders, including a novice, the team is taking baby steps on the way to being competitive.
“This is the first year when we’ve really been able to get back after it,” said veteran coach Scott Salway. “We’...

Rando race

PERU- On Saturday, February 3, Skimo racing returns to Bromley with the NE Rando Race “The Sun” event. The race is for recreational skiers interested in a fun Saturday challenge. Register at https://www.skireg.com/bromley2024 or contact bromleyuphill@gmail.com to find out more.