By Tom Rogers courtesy of Vt. Fish & Wildlife Hunters are urged to wear a fluorescent orange hat and vest during Vermont’s popular Nov. 14-29 rifle deer season. Hunters are gearing up for the start of Vermont’s statewide traditionally popular 16-day rifle deer season that begins Nov. 14 and ends Sunday, Nov. 29. A hunter…

By Kate Troy Rutland’s Dan Beauregard, carries the ball in an “eight-man pick” off the base of a scrum in Rutland’s third place victory. By Maxx Steinmetz New England Rugby Football Union’s (NERFU) fourth division held their end of season tournament this weekend in Keene, N.H. hosted by their local club, the Monadnack Wolfpack. Rutland…

RUTLAND — It was a busy week in sports for College of St. Joseph athletics. With men’s and women’s basketball just getting started, and men’s soccer coming to an end, we look forward to an exciting winter season and look back on what was a terrific fall. Men’s soccer lost their opening round match in…

LUDLOW–Skiers and riders visiting Okemo Mountain Resort will no longer have to fumble with gloves, zippers and lanyards as they search for lift tickets and season passes prior to loading a lift. Instead, they can glide through special gates equipped with RFID readers that scan radio-frequency-identification-enabled cards that can be stowed safely inside jackets or…

CASTLETON–The Board of Governors of the Shrine Maple Sugar Bowl, at its October meeting, voted to hold the 63nd annual Bowl game at Castleton University. The game will be played Saturday, Aug. 6, 2016, with the usual spectacular parade at 3 p.m., followed by the football game at 5:30 p.m. The game brings together some…

Courtesy of Killington Mountain Bike Club A mountain biker crosses the finish line at a recent event held in Killington. Club receives chapter grant from Vermont Mountain Bike Association KILLINGTON – On Monday Nov. 2, the Killington Mountain Bike Club (KMBC) announced it had received the 2015 VMBA chapter trail grant and was awarded $2,000…

RUTLAND — With fall sports coming to a close and winter sports just on the horizon, it's a good time to reflect on what has been an impressive year so far for College of St. Joseph. Men’s soccer finished the regular season with a Yankee Small College Conference best 7-1 record and a 10-6-1 overall record.…

14-year-old fan charges field, meets idol who gives up winning metal By Maxx Steinmetz Bronze final The losers of the semifinal games, the Springboks of South Africa and Los Pumas of Argentina, got one last hurrah in this year’s world cup, as they played in a bronze medal match a day ahead of the final…

On Monday, Nov. 1, Vermont Fish & Wildlife Department and Vermont Department of Forests, Parks & Recreation announced the winners of the 2015 Reel Fun Vermont photo contest, a component of the recently-created Reel Fun Vermont fishing program aimed at making fishing in Vermont State Parks more accessible to park visitors. “We received dozens of…

Record bull taken in the archery season Vermont moose hunters had a successful hunting season, according to the Vermont Fish & Wildlife Department. “A preliminary count shows that by Oct. 26 the department had received official reports of 8 moose being taken by 42 hunters in the archery season and 107 moose taken by 230…

Courtesy of MSJ MSJ’s Bryn McClallen, the Vermont Sports Media Association’s August Athlete of the Month RUTLAND—The Vermont Sports Media Association has named Mount Saint Joseph Academy’s Sally Hogan (Class of ’15) and Bryn McClallen (Class of ’17) as its female athletes of the month for July and August, respectively. This prestigious statewide award is…

College of St. Joseph had a busy weekend in sports, highlighted by the men’s soccer team playing in the Yankee Small College Conference Tournament on Oct. 24-25. CSJ was able to make it to the championship game, but unable to come out with the victory. Fighting Saints baseball traveled to Boston, MA to play Fisher…

Eden man arrested for attempted poaching STOWE—A Lamoille County man was apprehended by state game wardens on Oct. 11 for taking big game by illegal means. Elwin H. Gale, 52, of Eden was arrested by wardens after he shot at a deer facsimile with the aid of his vehicle headlights in Stowe. Wardens witnessed Gale…

Young hunters get training, assist in state deer herd management With Youth Deer Hunt Weekend just around the corner, young hunters are encouraged to take to the field to hone their skills and to also help Fish & Wildlife biologists by reporting their deer at one of 23 biological reporting stations around the state. Youth…

Final four narrowed to two By Maxx Steinmetz The final four countries left in the World Cup played for a berth into the final this past weekend. The Springboks (‘Bokke”) of South Africa faced the New Zealand All-Blacks, whilst the Wallabies of Australia took on Los Pumas of Argentina. These four sides are no stranger…