Author: Anthony Labor

BFA-St. Albans fans go wild after Will Hughes (15) makes a three to cut Rice’s lead to 64-61 with 40 seconds left to play on Wednesday (Ben Kaufmann, County Courier)

BOBWHITES NEARLY TOPPLE TITLE FAVORITES

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By Ben Kaufmann ST. ALBANS – After winning a third straight Division I championship last season, including a quarterfinal trouncing of BFA-St. Albans, perennial powerhouse (more…)

BFA-St. Albans' Jodie Gratton tracks the puck during Monday's championship game against Spaulding. Gratton finished the season with 25 assists, which is a program record for a season. (Ben Kaufmann, County Courier)

COMETS ANSWER  EARLY EXIT BY REWRITING RECORD BOOK

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By Ben Kaufmann A note from the author: The research for this story comes from the Comet Hockey website, a collection of the entire history (more…)

The BFA-St. Albans hockey team celebrates after winning the Div. I championship on Monday against Spaulding. (Ben Kaufmann, County Courier)

COMETS SINK TIDE FOR PROGRAM’S 12TH TITLE; FINISH FIRST UNDEFEATED SEASON

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By ANTHONY LABOR JR. BURLINGTON – The BFA-St. Albans girls hockey team completed its first undefeated season in program history when it came away with (more…)

Milton's Owen Severy scores the game-winning goal during the Yellowjackets' semifinal win over Stowe on Saturday. (Greg Lamoureux, County Courier)

YELLOW JACKETS ERASE THREE GOAL DEFICIT TO TOP RAIDERS IN SEMIFINALS

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By ANTHONY LABOR JR. HIGHGATE – With two minutes to go in the second period of its semifinal game against Stowe on Saturday, things looked (more…)

BFA. St. Albans' Levi Webb battles for the puck during the Bobwhites' semifinal game against Essex on Friday. (Anthony Labor Jr, County Courier)

BOBWHITES FALL JUST SHORT TO HORNETS IN SEMIFINALS

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By JOHN BONNETTE ST. ALBANS – The second-seeded BFA-St. Albans boys hockey team jumped out to an early 3-1 after the first period of Friday’s (more…)

BFA-St. Albans' Jodie Gratton celebrates her first-period goal with linemate Bri Jarvis during Friday's semifinal win over Rutland (Anthony Labor Jr., County Courier)

COMETS SHUT OUT RAIDERS; WILL FACE SPAULDING IN CHAMPIONSHIP

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By ANTHONY LABOR JR. ST. ALBANS – At the beginning of the season, BFA-St. Albans captain Sophie Zemianek had a message for her team.   (more…)

BFA-St. Albans' Liam Wood celebrates after a goal during Tuesday's quarterfinal win over CVU. (Anthony Labor, County Courier)

COUNTY COURIER QUESTION OF THE WEEK: 03-03-2022

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**Each week, the County Courier sports staff will answer one “Question of the Week” in regards to the high school sports scene. Check back each (more…)

Milton's Cooper Goodrich clears the puck out of the team's zone during the first period of Wednesday's Div. II quarterfinal against Burr & Burton. (Anthony Labor, County Courier)

YELLOWJACKETS FLY PAST BULLDOGS; WILL HOST STOWE IN SEMIFINALS

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By ANTHONY LABOR JR. HIGHGATE – On the shot chart alone, one would think the Milton boys hockey team had a comfortable lead after the (more…)

Emily Adams makes a jumper to get Enosburg within two points of Mt. Abraham early in the third quarter of Wednesday’s Division II semifinal (Ben Kaufmann, County Courier)

HORNETS FALL IN RAZOR-CLOSE SEMIFINAL

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By Ben Kaufmann BARRE – Enosburg battled back valiantly from an eight-point deficit entering the final quarter of Wednesday’s Division II semifinal against Mt. Abraham, (more…)