In women’s basketball, Rice shuts down the Redhawks’ 57-game win streak
CVU women hoopsters saw their 57-game regular season winning streak, dating back to 2018, come to an end last Friday.
Fall sports wrap-up and Redhawk basketball teams triumph
Congratulations to junior Tess Everett, a Redhawk midfielder who was named to the Free Press’ First All-State Field Hockey Team. She was also named to the Metro Division team.
Coaches’ football all-stars include many Redhawks
Vermont’s high school football coaches selected all-star teams recently.
Redhawk Football gives Essex a run and a pass for its money
It was not that long ago when CVU was known as “Soccer Central” and football did not exist at the high school level.
Red Sox run for the pennant
As the air becomes cooler and the leaves begin to fall, so too the Major League Baseball season comes to an end. For the Red Sox who are, at the moment, 89-69 (20 games over the .500 mark), this season was a huge turnaround from the 2020 campaign, in which the Sox were only 24-36.
Fall sports season is off to a full start
The Redhawk fall sports season is off to a full start. Football, volleyball, soccer, field hockey, golf, cross-country running—with exception of football and field hockey, all others carry both men’s and women’s teams.
Metro Division coaches name all-star team
Along with Tim Albertson being named Coach of the Year, the Redhawks had a number of players achieve recognition for their accomplishments.
Lots of activity despite COVID
Between the playing of Twin State and North-South All Star Classics, plus the naming by the coaches of the players to participate, Vermont High School athletes have been kept busy. In fact, the CVU Redhawks, have been some of the busier ones.
Charlotte Trails Committee and CVU art and design students pair up to paint the underpass
Last fall, Laurie Thompson from the Charlotte Trails Committee contacted me about doing a mural in the underpass beneath Route 7 in the section of the Town Link Trail between Mt. Philo State Park and the Charlotte Berry Farm.
CVU seniors graduate after four long years
Three hundred and fifty-nine Champlain Valley Union high school seniors walked across the stage Friday to receive their diplomas at the Champlain Valley Exposition. Jerry Greenfield, co-founder of Ben & Jerry’s Ice Cream, offered words of wisdom to the graduates.
Redhawk Catherine Gilwee is Gatorade’s Basketball Player of the Year
CVU senior Catherine Gilwee has been named the Vermont high school girls’ basketball Player of the Year for the past season despite the fact that two state tournaments were called off due to the coronavirus.
Spring sports start, but first the coaches’ all-league winter teams
The Vermont high school coaches of hockey and basketball for the 2021 season named a number of Redhawks to both men’s and women’s teams.
CVU one of five U.S. high schools recognized for inclusive environments
Champlain Valley Union High School was recognized through a virtual celebration by ESPN and the Special Olympics Program for being a “Unified Champion School.” Others were in New Mexico, Iowa, Delaware and Minnesota.
Local teachers get vaccinated
Teachers from across the state were lined up outside Champlain Valley Union High School to receive their first dose of their COVID-19 vaccine Wednesday morning.
Five Redhawk women hoopsters celebrate Girls Senior Night
March 2 saw the lady Redhawks honor five teammates playing their final years at CVU and carrying on the winning tradition. A dominating victory over St. Johnsbury Academy, 55-23, helped matters. The five are Maddie Reagan, Josie Pecor, Cathy Gilwee, Jade Leavitt and Maddie Mfochive.
SB Takes Revenge Win Over CVU
In a rematch of Metro leaders, the South Burlington boys did what they couldn’t do only 11 days earlier and took home a hard fought 47 – 36 victory over Champlain Valley Union. Using a 14 – 4 margin in the 4th quarter, the Wolves outlasted their opponents on 3/9 at the Dave Bremner Gym, in Hinesburg.
CVU basketball highlights from February 25 and 26
CVU girls continued their dominance over opponents over the Green Knights while the boys outscored South Burlington by 14 points in the second half.
From rinks to slopes to trails to courts
For a pandemic-driven school year, sports crop up at odd times and in limited spaces – limited in terms of fans-in-the-stands and in terms of where competition occurs so as not to endanger fellow competitors.
Sports Report – February 11, 2021
CVU’s ski racers saw only members of their own team on trails as they raced through the woods and down the slalom courses. This wariness of clustering several teams together was designed to limit the possibilities of interpersonal contact and, hence, the chance for corona infection.
Twin-State soccer team rosters include a number of Redhawks
Both men’s and women’s Twin-State soccer teams that are scheduled to play New Hampshire in July were named recently.