Photos by Robin Alberti Saturday, Sept. 6, Killington Elementary School held its first soccer games of the school year at the Polo fields in Rutland. Top left: Sophia Nisimblat, a member of KES’s 3-4 grade team, challenges a Pittsford player for possession of the ball in Saturday’s game. Teammates Veda Cox and Clara Shortle follow in…

SWANTON—The Vermont Fish & Wildlife Department continued its Lake Champlain muskellunge restoration efforts by stocking more than 7,000 fingerlings into the Missisquoi River and Missisquoi Bay last week. For the second time this year, the muskellunge, or “muskies,” were stocked above Swanton Dam up to the Highgate Falls Dam. This section of the Missisquoi River…

By Alan Jeffery QUESTION: Diane and Greg are playing in a tournament. On the 12th hole Diane’s ball rests on the green. Greg accidentally steps on and damages Diane’s line of putt. She asks Greg to restore the line of putt the best he can. Greg says because he is her opponent, he is not allowed…

LUDLOW – On Sept. 6 and 7, Okemo Valley Golf Club hosted its annual Ladies’ Club Championship. The format was individual stroke play on 36 holes. Taking control on Saturday afternoon was Harriet Parot, who carded a first round 87  in the challenging conditions. She was followed by Darlene Remy and Rosemary Burns. Both shot…

WEST HAVEN–NASCAR Hall of Fame inductee Bobby Allison will make a long-awaited return to Devil’s Bowl Speedway on Sunday, Sept. 14, as he is honored as the grand marshal for the Vermont 200 Championship Weekend. The celebrated leader of the “Alabama Gang” will be part of the festivities some 42 years after making his first…

LUDLOW – September is off to a rousing start for golfers making holes-in-one at Okemo Valley Golf Club. On Sept. 3, Serge Tarasenko, of Adirondack, N.Y., aced the 14th hole from the white tee using his 7-wood. The 156-yard hole-in-one was witnessed by Bev Van Buren. Lynn Avery, a new OVGC member from Palm City,…

Saturday, Sept. 13 — PITTSFIELD — This Saturday Peak Races will host the last race in the New England Endurance Series, MTB6. This is not a USA Cycling sanctioned event, so no licenses are needed. The mountain bike course will wind through the Green Mountain Trails of Pittsfield, Vt. According the the course description at peak.com,…

KILLINGTON — This past Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 6-7, Killington Resort hosted the POC Eastern States Cup and the Enduro and SuperD Regional Championship finals for gravity mountain bike racing.

By Matt Baatz When Joe Desena (Spartan Race founder) decided to build a mountain bike network on the mountain behind his bucolic farm in Pittsfield, Vt., it was against the advice of nearly everyone. The trailbuilder at the time, Jason Hayden, recalls taking “experts” to scout the area and coming back full of doubt. So,…

A cyclist performs a stunt: riding over a car at the Killington Classic last week. Photo by Robin Alberti

By Alan Jeffrey QUESTION: Celia and Jimmy are playing in a tournament. On the 15th hole, Jimmy strokes his ball off the fairway into a treed area. The ball is in an unplayable position. He drops his ball within two club-lengths of the spot where it lay and it rests in its original position. Jimmy…

On Friday, Aug. 26, Killington hosted Country Western Night on the golf course. Golfers donned cowboy boots and hats and attempted to tee off while standing on a hay bale! Golfers also made their best attempt at the speed putting challenge, which was to putt 12 balls in under two minutes. Results are as follows.…

CASTLETON — Castleton Community Center Golf Committee members from left Jim Wright, Stan Patch, Al Gustafson, and Don Wood extend an invitation to all golfers to join them Sept. 12 at Lake St. Catherine Country Club for the 10th Annual Golf Outing to benefit the Community Center Elderly and Disabled Transportation program. The Center provides…

Hunters who take a bear, deer, turkey, or moose during the Vermont hunting seasons must bring the animal within 48 hours to the nearest game warden or to a Vermont Fish & Wildlife reporting station. Hunting season dates as well as wardens and reporting stations for 2014 are listed below. For more information, visit www.vtfishandwildlife.com.…

KILLINGTON — On Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 6-7, Killington will welcome back the POC Eastern States Cup and the Enduro and SuperD Regional Championship finals for gravity mountain bike racing. The Eastern States Cup is officially sanction by USA Cycling for Mountain Biking. All USAC rules apply. State and Series competitors must have annual USAC Licenses.…