COLCHESTER — Legendary Saint Michael’s College men’s ice hockey student-athlete John Gurskis ‘98 will have his No. 9 raised to the rafters at Cairns Arena in South Burlington on Saturday, Dec. 7, when the Purple Knights officially retire a uniform number for the first time in program history.
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After 12 years of assistant coaching the Colchester High School’s (CHS) Varsity Boys Soccer team, Ty Pratt took the lead this fall as head coach. His trusty team manager was only nine years old and according to Pratt, she kicks balls—soccer balls. She’s also his daughter.
The fall high school sports season wraps up when the top senior high school football players in Vermont will take the gridiron for the annual North-South Senior All-Star Football Game. Representing Colchester High School (CHS) this year on the North team are seniors Russell Chase, Charlie Cu…
Men’s Soccer (3-7-2, 0-6-2) Falls to Two NE10 Opponents
ST. ALBANS — Cross County traveled to Harda’ack for the NVAC’s on Saturday. Teams from MVU, BFA St. Albans, BFA Fairfax, Enosburg, Richford, and Milton joined nine teams from around the state to compete in the 5,000 meters.
Great wins by the Colchester Catamounts this weekend against the Spaulding Crimson Tide.
Darren Beers, a record-breaking ice hockey star during his time at Saint Michael’s College, was inducted into the school’s Athletic Hall of Fame class of 2019. A four-year standout defenseman, Beers helped the Purple Knights claim the only NCAA Tournament title in St. Mike’s history: the Div…
The Colchester High School (CHS) bass fishing team took on 15 schools in the Vermont State Classic tournament and defended their 2018 Vermont State Bass Fishing Champions title. There were 30 boats in the competition and Colchester’s two boats placed first and sixth. Their bag of six fish we…
The Colchester High School girls field hockey team beat Essex High School in a 2-1 game.
Five Colchester swimmers competed with the Winooski Waves Summer Swim Team at the Vermont State Swimming Championship, taking home multiple first place wins and setting new state records.
Mike Blair represented Colchester High School this year for the 66th annual Shrine Maple Sugar Bowl Game as one of 36 seniors chosen statewide to square off against New Hampshire. Mike played an outstanding game in the position of defensive tackle and played a pivotal role defensively.
The Funatics played hard at their sixth annual pickleball tournament last week, tossing friendly trash talk around with the ball.
By ANTHONY LABOR JR.
The Lakers dance squad competed at BFA St. Albans last Saturday, taking the floor in the pom and jazz categories, where the team placed second and fifth respectively. The team has seen great success with top three finishes in both categories throughout the season. The next competition will b…
JERICHO — Three Colchester Cobra earned championships and CHS varsity wrestler Noah Quigley fought his way to a second-place trophy at Mt. Mansfield Union H.S. in the Jason Lowell Memorial Tournament on Feb. 2.
By HOLLY LAVOIE
This week’s winter storm brought inches, even feet, of snow and arctic temperatures to the region, but the St. Michael’s College women’s ice hockey team kept the arena fired up in its military appreciation game Friday night, defeating Anna Maria College 3-1.
By HEIDI LAVOIE
The Lakers blasted 50 shots at the Milton goal, but needed a late power-play goal to get past the Yellowjackets thanks to Jackson Ehler’s sensational play.
ARLINGTON, TEXAS — On Friday, Jan. 11 Laker senior Bailey Olson competed for the U.S. Select National Football team at International Bowl X in Arlington, Texas. After a week of training and practices the U.S. team took on Panama at AT&T Stadium, home of the Dallas Cowboys.
The Colchester dance team took first place in the jazz category on Jan. 5 at MVU. The Lakers will play host to the next competition on Friday, Jan. 11.
By BEN KAUFMANN
By HOLLY LAVOIE
The Colchester Lakers girls’ varsity basketball team suffered a hard loss at the hands of the Essex Hornets. The 48-28 loss added to a three game losing streak that the Lakers were able to break in their next game, making a statement and beating Spaulding by a 15 points. The girls take a the…
Special Olympics athletes participated in the holiday games on Dec. 9 at St. Michael’s College, Champlain Lanes in Shelburne and Spare Time bowling in Colchester. Events included swimming, floorball and bowling. Members of the Winooski Police Department attended the event to award athletes w…
BURLINGTON — Hunter Mason made the most of a second chance late in the middle period, Braylen Parent scored a huge insurance goal late in the third, and Missisquoi opened the boys hockey season with a 3-0 victory over Colchester.
By HOLLY LAVOIE
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By Holly LavoieColchester wrestlers are back in action.The Varsity members traveled to Ellenburg, N.Y. where Ben Stapleton took third place. At his very first varsity level competition, Noah Quigley racked up a tremendous second place finish. The junior high and junior varsity teams all comp…
Bailey Olson (11), Justin Datillio (51) and Mike Blair (74) competed on Saturday in the Annual North South Senior All-Star Game at Castleton University. Datillio was part of the North’s offense that racked up 57 points in their victory over the South, which could only muster a score of 35. O…
By LAUREN READ
Cross Country State Championships at Thetford Academy
The Lakers rolled into their fifth straight girls soccer semifinal, riding three goals from Madison Finelli and two from Emma Corriveau in a 6-1 victory over visiting Mt. Anthony Union on Friday afternoon.
Laker field hockey cruised into the Division I state tournament with its place in the school record books assured, smashing the program record for wins while finishing off an undefeated regular season in style.
By ANTHONY LABOR JR.
Petra Bajuk’s unassisted goal late in the second half kept Colchester’s hopes alive for an undefeated season, and Kelsey LeClair’s follow-up 1:06 later finished off the Lakers’ 10th victory of the season, a program record for the regular season with one big game remaining.
COLCHESTER — Max Anderson and Bailey Olson supplied the offense while the Laker defense pitched a shutout in the second half in route to the team’s 28-7 victory over Essex last Friday night.
The Colchester High School fishing team were crowned lords of the lake when they won the inaugural high school fishing championship on Saturday, Oct. 6. The combined weight of the team’s catches stood at 20.73 lbs., outdistancing the nearest competitors by nearly four pounds.
By DONNA FLANDERS
The Lakers’ squared off against the BFA St. Albans Bobwhites on September 25. Despite hard work by Chase Carey and the defense, the Bobwhites came away with the 5-0 win. The Lakers bounced back on September 27 to pick up their third win of the season when they beat Hartford with a score of 5…
Ally Peters, Maelyn Sartwell, Julia Correll and Jayme Baldwin make up the Colchester High School girls’ golf squad. The Laker team is seen here driving, swinging and putting their way through a match at Champlain Country Club on Sept. 20. With fall weather finally cooling off the region, the…
The Lakers took down the Hornets during Friday’s 1-0 victory over Essex. The CHS girls remain undefeated going into their game against BHS on September 26.
The Lakers girls’ varsity soccer team is off to a solid 3-1 start thanks to victories over Hartford, Rutland and BFA St. Albans.
SOUTH HERO — Fifteen high schools hit Lake Champlain on Saturday in Vermont’s inaugural bass fishing competition, won by an Essex H.S. team.
COLCHESTER — Hans Nedde and Evan Lamothe scored twice each, leading Colchester to its first victory of the boys’ soccer season Tuesday night, 5-0 over visiting Milton.
Colchester residents could soon see regulation-size pickleball courts in Airport Park.
The Lakers fell 4 – 1 to the Burlington Seahorses on Saturday, bringing their record to 0-3. CHS will look to garner their first win this week when they face Milton and BFA St. Albans.
Even though school didn’t start until Wednesday, student-athletes were already hard at work, running the trails at Hard’ack in St. Albans. The Lakers begin the season strong with team wins for the junior-senior boys and girls in their first meet of the year.
Allison Loebs (above left) finds her stride in the Fairfax Egg Run 5k on Saturday. Top finisher for Colchester was Ben Hershey (above right) who was closely followed by Tyrus Pratt (number 233). Offering a beautiful course and omelets cooked to order, the annual event boasted hundreds of par…
On Saturday, Aug. 4 and Sunday Aug. 5, the Malletts Bay Boat Club hosted the 16th annual Martin16 sailing regatta for sailors with disabilities who enjoy the competitive sailing experience.
