WHITE RIVER JUNCTION During her three seasons playing for Hartford High girls lacrosse, senior Zoe Pfeiffer has rewritten the program record book.She missed her junior season because of the COVID-19 pandemic but set five different Hartford records.
Ali Spencer has loved skiing for as long as she can remember. Spencer, who was raised in Fayston, grew up skiing at Mad River Glen before attending ski racing academy Green Mountain Valley School (GMVS) for high school, where she graduated in 2010.
As a child, Spencer thought she would grow up to be a professional skier. “I wanted to be a ski racer!” she said. However, a traumatic injury led her to rethink her life path. “I had an ACL injury fairly young, when I was 15,” she said. While recovering from her injury, Spencer was exposed to another side of ski racing: athletic training and rehabilitation. “I saw the athletic training side of ski racing through that injury. I saw that it was a path I could take but still be involved in ski racing. Fifteen-year-old me was like, I could do this!”
GILFORD, N.H. The Newport High boys track and field is on the cusp of its first NHIAA state championship.The Tigers were leading Wednesday’s Division III state meet at Gilford High when it was suspended because of rain with two events left. Newport.
How one Harwood graduate is bringing clean drinking water to the Caribbean and beyond
Tucked away in the small surf town of Rincón, Puerto Rico, a 2011 Harwood Union High School (HUHS) graduate is living his tropical dream life. “My life here pretty much consists of surfing, eating delicious local food and finding time to work in between!” said Nate Deflavio of Waitsfield. “My day normally starts in the ocean. If there s swell, I’ll go surfing. Otherwise, I ll try to go for a swim.” Advertisement
“I feel very fortunate to be able to live here,” he continued. “Puerto Rico is a place that has an extremely vibrant culture, and I am constantly learning about the local people, their history, language and their deep love and respect for the island.”
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Vermont’s Ben Ritchie was among the few to navigate a tricky course in a warm beginning to the U.S. Alpine Championships on Monday, winning the men’s slalom at Aspen Highlands.
The sunny, spring conditions forced race organizers to move up the start to 7:30 a.m. Only 23 racers officially finished, with 33 recording DNFs did not finish on the first run alone. Among those were notable names such as Vail’s River Radamus and Steamboat’s Jett Seymour.
Still, Ritchie chimed in that the course held up better than expected. For him, at least.