On Friday September 17, U-32’s homecoming sports weekend will begin. With school semi back to normal times, sports teams are practicing and competing against other schools. Here are the stats from our High School level sports teams: Varsity Girl’s…
Category: Sports
50@U-32: The Bradley Twins in Finland
This piece is part of the 50@U32 series celebrating and remembering old times till now. In the February of 1990, Markus and Timo Bradley, 16 year old twins from Calais, packed their bags and headed to the airport with…
Profiles in Resilience: Otis Loga
When Otis Loga was born at Gifford Medical Center he had a difficult time breathing. His parents, Amy Williamson and Joe Loga had no idea what was going on. This was frightening because throughout the pregnancy nothing had gone wrong.…
Winter Sports Unknowns: An Interview with Hank Van Orman
On Monday night (January 18th), U-32 senior Aiden Hawkins laced up his basketball sneakers in a U-32 gym for the first time since March 4th of last year. The senior got right down to business, shooting around, but making sure…
“All In It Together”: Cross Country’s Culture of Excellence
Two-thirds of the way through the 2020 Cross Country State Championships at Thetford Academy, Leo Cioffi, a senior on the U-32 cross country team, was running alongside his teammate Jed Kurts when he looked back and saw no one behind…
Bright Spots of 2020: Girls Soccer
The 2019 U-32 girls soccer season ended with a miscommunication between a referee and U-32 striker, Caroline Kirby with just minutes remaining in the D2 quarterfinal game against Rice. U-32 was supposed to have a corner kick. But it…
Covid Sports, Pt. One: A Strange Soccer Season
Editor’s note: The girls’ soccer team won the state championship this year (story coming soon), overcoming the many challenges of competing during Covid. This piece from a member of the team, Claire Obeldobel, details some of that journey. Last October…
Remembering Sports: Girls Basketball on the Rebound
On March 4, 2020, in one of the last games of U-32’s 2020 sports season, the girls basketball team played at Spaulding high school in the first round of playoffs. At the end of the first half, the score was…
Should 8th graders be able to play High School Girls Ice Hockey?
Caitlyn Fielder is an eighth grader at U-32 Middle and High school. She plays field hockey, ice hockey, and lacrosse. She’s been playing ice hockey for about 5 years. It all started when she was eight years old and got…
Fall Sports Playoff Preview
Here’s a recap of the 2017 fall sports season for U-32, as well as an outlook for the upcoming playoffs. Field Hockey Record: 2-12, 8th in DII Next Game: At home vs. Middlebury, 3:30pm Tuesday Season Recap The 2017…
Trading Players with Twinfield: Is It Fair?
In 2014, the Raiders were the D-2 Boys Basketball Runners up, carried by 3 Seniors who transferred from Northfield. Ryan Booth, Brad Medow and Chris Collins provided the majority of the Raiders’ points, rebounds and assists; these three players drove…
Molly McCreedy- Elite Athlete
Origins: One afternoon when she was a freshman, Molly McCreedy passed by the shot put circle walking back from softball practice. Jenna Jerome was working with coach Kathy Topping on technique, piquing Molly’s interest. “I watched Jenna Jerome throw, and…
Looking Forward: Girls Lacrosse
It’s five in the afternoon. Twenty high school girls are running in two lines in a steady pace down Gallison Hill Road. This is the Girls Lacrosse team’s daily team run. After three weeks of practice, the team has…
Why You Can’t Get PE Credit Through Sports
Lauren Morse started her freshman year ahead of track in science, but was faced with a difficult decision. “I wanted to be able to take advanced academic classes, but in order to fit those I had to drop music and…
What to Expect from the Girls Basketball Playoffs
The Raiders will look to build off of a semi-final appearance at the Barre Auditorium last year, and hope to reach the finals. After losing to the Fair Haven Slaters last year and losing a senior studded starting lineup, the…