SPORTS
Coach, community campaign for a second chance
Despite a petition signed by more than 1,300 people and multiple interviews with local news media, Jacob Grout’s campaign to return to coaching boys hockey has been met with silence from Harwood Union High School administrators.
Thurston makes a mark at Nordic Junior World Championship
Waterbury’s Ava Thurston has returned from the FIS Nordic Junior World Championships in Vuokatti, Finland, last week just in time for school winter break to get back into her hometown time zone.
Harwood replaces boys hockey coach
Harwood boys hockey is off to a rocky start to the delayed high school winter sports season after the abrupt departure of head coach Jacob Grout before the team’s opening game.
Thurston wins Vermont Cup, heads to Finland with Green Lantern support
Harwood Union High School’s standout Nordic skier Ava Thurston heads out on an adventure to Finland today where she will compete in the Junior World Cross Country Ski Championships.
Thurston, Sweet head to Finland for Nordic Jr. Championships
U.S. Ski & Snowboard last week announced the teams to represent the United States at the 2021 U23 and Junior FIS Cross Country World Championships in Finland where Vermont - and Waterbury - will be well-represented.
Winterfest, Bicycle Express promote winter fat bike recreation
As a way to offer a new opportunity for outdoor recreation during the COVID-19 pandemic, Waterbury Winterfest and Bicycle Express have partnered to make a new winter-friendly fat bike available for daily rental.
Harwood Girls XC wins Meet of Champions
Harwood Girls XC pulled off a stunning victory at the Meet of Champions last weekend, topping 12-time defending Division I champion Champlain Valley Union.
Harwood X-C celebrates a Thurston top finish as teams take 2nd, 3rd
Harwood Cross-Country runner Ava Thurston made it three years in a row being first to the finish line at the Vermont State Division II XC Championships last weekend - a victory her team savored while they took second place in the team competition.
Playoffs: U-32 stops HU Girls Soccer winning streak; boys soccer goes down to the wire in quarterfinals
After an exciting double overtime followed by penalty kick rounds in the state playoff quarterfinal match, third-place Harwood Boys Soccer fell to the sixth-seeded Montpelier Solons on Halloween.
Some fall season special honors announced for student-athletes
A season started during the COVID-19 pandemic was billed a “season of gratitude” and coaches and players alike across Harwood Union fall sports teams say they were thankful to play during fall 2020.
Highlanders host girls and boys soccer quarterfinal matches today
Fall high school championship season is well underway and Harwood Girls and Boys Soccer both advance to the quarterfinal matches at home today.
Harwood players in U-32 program learn football at arm’s length
Although Harwood Athletics does not have its own football program, student-athletes this fall have still had the opportunity to pad up, travel, and play with neighboring U-32’s football program run at the U-32 High School campus in Montpelier.
Harwood XC competes for state titles on Halloween
The Harwood Boys and Girls Cross-Country teams travel to Thetford on Saturday to race in the Vermont state title meet on trails designed by Olympian and master trail builder John Morton.
Cross-Country teams finish strong with double wins at Rice, Barre
Harwood Cross-Country went into the final week of the season with strong momentum that carried both boys and girls teams to double victories ahead of the state championship.
Highlander Cross-Country teams win 33rd annual Harwood Co-Ed Invitational
The 33rd annual Harwood Co-Ed XC Invitational had a COVID-19 twist: The start/finish line was adjusted to allow for safe-distancing; disposable chips were utilized for timing to reduce contact between meet officials and runners; and in keeping with state guidelines for sports competitions from the Agency of Education, the number of runners on site at Harwood were capped at 150.
Harwood Roundup: Girls X-C chases CVU; girls golf lands 3rd in state
Four years since the tragic wrong-way crash on Interstate 89 that claimed the lives of five area teens, Harwood Union athletes this past week marked the anniversary to celebrate the lives of Mary Harris and Cyrus Zschau of Moretown; Liam Hale and Janie Cozzi of Fayston, and Eli Brookens, of Waterbury.