CASTLETON –   The 62st Annual Shrine Maple Sugar Bowl will kick off on Aug. 1 at 5:30 p.m. on Castleton College’s Spartan Field and, as always, the game will be preceded by a spectacular Shrine Parade on Castleton’s Main St starting at 3:30 p.m. The parade will feature Shrine units from around the Northeast…

By Maxx Steinmetz In the final game leading up to the annual Can-Am rugby tournament held in Saranac and Lake Placid, Rutland hosted a Bennington/Black River (Ludlow) combined side dubbed the “Green Mountain Boys” in preparation for their games on Aug. 1. In a game chock-full of unrefined offensive efforts, Adam Diemar continued his form…

LUDLOW – A nationwide team of esteemed course raters from Golfweek recently named Okemo Valley Golf Club among its 2016 Best Resort Courses. In a letter of congratulations, Golfweek vice president and publisher Jereme Day wrote: “Reserved exclusively for golf’s top resort layouts, this elite ranking is a remarkable accomplishment and a true testament to…

HARTLAND – The Vermont Fish & Wildlife Department has completed its upgrades and reopened the Hammond Cove shooting range in Hartland on Thursday, July 23. Upgrades to the range include a new berm for the pistol range, improved acoustic tiling in the covered shooting ports, the installation of security cameras, and access road work. “Vermont…

By Alan Jeffery QUESTION: Carol and Chad are playing in a tournament. After finishing play on the 10th hole, Chad borrows Carol's putter and makes a number of practice strokes. Carol says Chad should be penalized for using her putter to practice putting. Is she correct? ANSWER: Practice putting is permitted on the putting green of the last…

Courtesy of pinehillpark.org “Halfpipe” is highlighted in solid yellow. By Tony Accurso “Halfpipe” is an advanced riders trail located in the Pine Hill Park trail system of Rutland. The trail is divided into an upper and lower section.The upper section can be accessed at the Watkins Road intersection near “Freefall,” and the lower off “Sisyphus.”…

Courtesy of Killington Resort A rider rides a trail at Killington Resort’s ever-growing Gravity Logic-built bike park. By Anthony Accurso, Upper Blue Magic is one of the new intermediate jump trails recently built by Gravity Logic at Killington Resort. Located on Snowshed Mountain, this trail is a flow rider’s dream! The trail begins just below the Snowshed…

By Robin Alberti Angel Shannon's (#12) team welcome him home after he hit a walk-off home run to give "Clearly" Moguls a 7-6  win. Playoffs? Playoffs? Don't talk about...playoffs? Yes, the playoffs are upon us and STF put quite a scare into the defending champion and number one seed "Clearly" Moguls. The game started with…

By Kate Troy Matt Manjuck beats his defender in Saturday’s game against the Mountaineers. By Maxx Steinmetz In the second home game leading up to Rutland Rugby Football Club’s trip to Lake Placid for the annual Can-Am’s tournament, the Roosters hosted the Saranac Mountaineers. In their previous meeting when the two sides played in a…

Courtesy of Killington Parks and Recreation The undefeated 11-12 girls relay team includes Justine Peters, Maeve Haff, Mattie Peters, Heidi Alf. KILLINGTON — How does one know it’s the season for competitive swimming? By hearing the early morning swimmers jumping into the pool at 8 a.m., chlorinated hair, Tuesday night meets, speedos (yes, speedos!) and…

By Alan Jeffery QUESTION: Roman and Mike are playing in a tournament. On the 5th hole. Roman, who started with 13 clubs, misses his short putt. In a moment of anger, he slams his club into the ground. The shaft on the club breaks. He then putts with his 3-wood. After the 9th hole, he…

LUDLOW–Skiers and snowboarders visiting Okemo Mountain Resort this winter will view the snowy landscape through the bright orange tint of a retractable, transparent dome when they ride in the comfort of another new, high-speed bubble chairlift, named Quantum Four. Okemo’s upgrade and renaming of the Jackson Gore Express Quad includes the replacement of chairs with…

KILLINGTON — On July 15 and 16 Green Mountain National Golf Course hosted a 36 hole stroke play tournament with a field of 100 players of age 55 and older. Jeanne Morrissey of Williston won the Ruth Raymond Jones Memorial Seniors’ Championship at Green Mountain National in a sudden death playoff over Margie Kaat of Ekwanok. In…

Submitted Runners take off for the trails at the start of a 10K at Blueberry Hill Inn. GOSHEN — Traveling from all over New England, the Mid-Atlantic and Canada there will be much anticipation in the air as this year’s pack of contenders line up for the start of the Goshen Gallop 10K race at 4…

Courtesy of KMS KRIS PEPE KILLINGTON—Killington Mountain School has recently hired Kris Pepe as its new freestyle mogul program director and head coach. From 2008-2014, Kris Pepe was the head mogul FIS/Nor-Am coach at Telluride, Colo., and served most recently as the head freestyle coach at Aspen. Pepe began his freestyle career as a competitive…