After No. 5 South Burlington narrowly missed a game-winning shot at the buzzer, players from No. 4 BFA-St. Albans storm the court to celebrate the schoolÕs first final-four berth since 1996. Ben Kaufmann, County Courier

BOBWHITES BREAK DROUGHT IN DRAMATIC FASHION

By Ben KaufmannCounty Courier ST. ALBANS – Before heading off to UVM’s Patrick Gym for the Division I final four for the first time since (more…)

OPINION: WHO IS RESPONSIBLE?

Editor’s Note: This column is written by Ben Kaufmann, who spearheads the County Courier’s weekly sports coverage. On January 19th, I was covering the Milton (more…)

TENSIONS FLARE AFTER GAME FOLLOWING ALLEGATIONS OF RACIAL ABUSE

Following Thursday’s varsity basketball game between the boys’ teams from Milton High School and BFA-Fairfax, fans and players confronted each other on the court regarding allegations from the Milton team that Fairfax fans had directed racist remarks at Yellow Jacket players.

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

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…)

COMETS HANG ON FOR FIRST LAX TITLE

By Ben KaufmannCounty Courier BURLINGTON – BFA-St. Albans went more than 10 minutes without getting across midfield in a slog of a first half Friday (more…)

Milton coach Bryant Perry hoists Milton’s first hockey championship since 1982 and waves over assistant coach Ryan Maskell at the conclusion of Friday’s overtime win over previously unbeaten Hartford (Ben Kaufmann, County Courier)

SURREAL COMEBACK GIVES ‘JACKETS FIRST HOCKEY CROWN IN 40 YEARS

By Ben KaufmannCounty Courier BURLINGTON – Midway through the second period of Friday’s Division II boys’ hockey championship game, Milton’s Owen Severy took a crunching (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

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

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…)