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Twin Valley girls’ hoops underway

VERMONT - Twin Valley Middle High School is not fielding a girls’ varsity basketball team this season. Instead, coach James Anderson and the team decided to play a junior varsity schedule with plans to return to the varsity level in the future. Currently the JV squad is 0-4, having played...

Residents packed the Twin Valley Middle High School auditorium for the March 3, 2020, Whitingham Town Meeting. File photo/RC

Whitingham keeping its options open for this year’s Town Meeting

WHITINGHAM - The Whitingham Selectboard discussed Town Meeting options at their regular meeting Wednesday, December 29. The discussion came in the midst of record-breaking cases of COVID-19 due to outbreaks of the Omicron variant.
It was also sparked by the beginning of the 2022 Vermont...

Twin Valley Middle High School's administrative office pod

Human rights complaint alleges racism at high school

Editor's note: This story has been updated to correct an error in the ACLU's original complaint that suggested school administrators told C.B.'s mother, Ms. Birch, that a transfer to another school would likely not be approved because one of the alleged perpetrator's parents was a Twin Valley...

Wildcats fend off Horde with a barrage of three-point shots

WHITINGHAM- What a difference a week makes. On Tuesday, December 14, the Twin Valley Wildcats were handed a deflating 66-11 loss by Mount Saint Joseph in the opening round of the Green Mountain Holiday Tournament. But this Tuesday, the Wildcats were the ones who dominated the hardwood, handing...

Twin Valley’s Liam Wendel goes in for a layup in the Wildcats’ game with MSJ. This is a screenshot taken from nfhsnetwork.com.

Wildcats’ difficulties scoring in first half lead to slow start of season

PROCTOR- The Twin Valley Wildcats opened their boys’ varsity basketball season with a winning performance in the second half of their game with Poultney. They outscored the Blue Devils 20-16 in their opening round matchup of the Bob Abrahamson Tournament. Unfortunately for the Wildcats, in the...

Twin Valley coach Chris Brown makes a point to the Wildcats during a March 2020 tournament win against Danville at the Barre Auditorium. File photo/RC

Boys hope to overcome adversity

WHITINGHAM- The Twin Valley Middle High School boys’ varsity basketball team has been practicing for the better part of two weeks in anticipation of the season tipoff at the Bob Abrahamson Tournament in Proctor Friday afternoon.
The only problem? The full team has yet to step on the...

The Twin Valley girls’ basketball team: From left, KayKay Betit, Alana Bevilacqua, Mia Wade, coach James Anderson, Reese Croutworst, and Bianca Place. Missing from the photo are Hannah Dockemeyer and Sara Stone. The team will play a junior varsity schedule. Randy Capitani

Wildcat girls rebuilding, will go JV

WHITINGHAM- Lots of changes have taken place with the Twin Valley High School girls’ basketball team.
As if replacing all five varsity starters from last season wasn’t enough, legendary coach Buddy Hayford has also stepped away from the bench.
That means a complete rebuild for...

Twin Valley looks at test-to-stay plans, considers abrupt resignation

WILMINGTON- Twin Valley School Board discussed implementation of their test-to-stay program, reviewed budget planning, and debated contract issues at their regular meeting Tuesday evening.
Windham Southwest Supervisory Union Superintendent Barbara Anne Komons-Montroll told board members...

Photo by Buddy Hayford

Students attend conference

BURLINGTON - Twin Valley Middle High School students Luke Rizio, Cody Magnant, Chloe Joyce, and Brooklynn Russell recently attended a student-athlete conference.

Hayford hangs up the whistle, will not return to coach girls’ basketball

WHITINGHAM- After hundreds of games, thousands of miles, 34 years, and countless late hours spent riding in a school bus, Twin Valley athletic director Buddy Hayford is stepping down as girls’ varsity basketball coach. For the first time in more than three decades Hayford will not be roaming the...