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.…

Following the results of the Aug. 26 primary election, State Senate candidate William Tracy Carris is pleased to announce that he will appear on the general election ballot as a Democrat. With 100 percent of precincts reporting, Carris received 36.5 percent of the votes for a first place finish in the Democratic primary. “I am…

PITTSFORD — The Mendon Fish & Game Club held their annual 3-D Bow Shoot on Saturday, Aug. 16 and Sunday, Aug. 17 at the Mendon Fish & Game Club in Pittsford. At the event, 118 bow shooter enthusiasts tried their skill with the new Rinehart targets, and improved course layout. Several trophies were awarded to…

Rutland’s Chloe Levins takes second place with Kristin Mahoney of Rutland, Terry Boyce and Patti Haas of Killington finishing in the top 10 Madison Corley of Essex Junction fired a blistering one-under par round of 71 to secure her second straight State Amateur Championship, Vermont State Women’s Golf Association officials announced Thursday, Aug. 21. Madison Corley lead…

KILLINGTON — This is Linwood Jackson with his 8-point buck that he got last hunting season, finally back from the taxidermy.  Linwood is part of the maintenance team at Mountain Green Condos. Photo courtesy of Susan Roddy

LUDLOW – On Monday, Aug. 18, Dave Higley, an Okemo Valley Golf Club member from Ludlow, made a hole-in-one at Okemo Valley Golf Club. Higley aced the fourth hole from the green tee, using his 8-iron, for a 152-yard hole-in-one. Gene Arnone and Cindy Arnone witnessed the amazing feat. Higley’s name will be engraved on…