After getting in some practice time on the turf at Norwich University, the Green Mountain Morgans girls softball team heads to Staten Island, New York, on Thursday to represent Vermont in the Eastern Regional Little League 10U Softball Championship.

Registration is open for youth teams around the region to sign up for the 12th World Soccer Festival on Saturday, Aug. 23, at Montpelier High School.

Harwood Union High School’s Cross Country team’s second Summer Fun Run held on Monday attracted 18 runners and even the youngest runners were eager to run the 3K, according to Assistant Coach Tom Cahalan. 

Leaving multiple teams scoreless in their wake, the Green Mountain Morgans — Central Vermont’s all-star 8-10-year-old softball team — claimed their division’s championship title in the recent Vermont Little League State Tournament. 

The Harwood Union Boys Varsity Ice Hockey team is running a summer-long bottle and can drive to help raise money for things like summer ice time, new practice equipment and our 2025 VT Division 2 Championship banner to hang at the Ice Center. 

Harwood Union’s Cross Country team announced that it will once again host summer Fun Runs on the Harwood Union High School trails starting on Monday, July 7.

Two wins and two sellouts marked this year’s women’s exhibition matches as a permanent team is in the works.

Spring sports have wrapped up and multiple Harwood Union High School student-athletes have received recognition for their accomplishments this season. Here’s a roundup with news about several standout players.

It’s not every day that you win a state championship. And it’s not every day that you graduate from high school. Eleven Harwood seniors did both last weekend.

Harwood Athletic Director Ian Fraunfelder announced that registration is open for middle and high school students to sign up for fall athletics teams. 

No. 1-seeded Harwood Boys Lacrosse (11-1) is the final HU team standing in the spring high school athletics season and they head to the Division II state championship game on Saturday.

Harwood Union Middle School Girls Track & Field made its mark at the state championship meet recently, bringing home a state title and setting four new Harwood Middle School records. 

Under gray skies and relentless rain at Burlington High School, 15-year-old Harwood freshman Isabella Pockoski landed a spot in the history books as the 2025 Vermont Girls Division-II Shot Put State Champion.

Harwood Athletic Director Ian Fraunfelder has announced a special fundraiser running through June 10 with proceeds to support school athletic programs. 

A team of 14 American youth runners heads to Italy this summer for the ninth World Youth Skyrunning Championships, led by coaches with deep Vermont roots.

In one memorable throw, Harwood Union freshman Isabella Pockoski has made school Track and Field history, breaking a shot put record that’s stood for 26 years.

Harwood varsity Track & Field competed at Burlington High School last Thursday. The boys team finished fourth out of nine teams ; the girls fifth out of nine teams. Highlight': A HU senior new this year to the team has catapulted to the front of the pack in javelin.

Harwood varsity Track & Field competed at Mount Mansfield Union High School last week with both girls and boys teams coming in third place out of four teams. 

Organizers of the Mad River Valley Soccer Association’s spring season say registration is now open for boys and girls at the pre-K through second-grade levels. 

A busy weekend for Harwood Union student-athletes and fans with Boys Basketball and Hockey teams making it all the way to the D-II title games ended with a firetruck escort through Waterbury.

Harwood Boys Basketball returns to the Barre Auditorium today for a sold-out Division II state championship game against the Montpelier Solons.

Harwood’s discipline and months of preparation have paid off with an 18-2 regular season record, and they have clinched the number one seed in the Division II state playoffs. 

On Wednesday, Feb. 26, Harwood Girls Basketball beat crosstown rival Montpelier, 47-24. The victory marked the 100th varsity victory for the team under Coach Tommy Young.

On Jan. 29, Harwood Girls Hockey secured a 3-2 win in front of a hometown crowd – their first since March 2022. The good vibes continue with the team 4-3 since and the D-II playoffs around the corner.

In front of a cheering home-court crowd at a game against Lake Region, Harwood senior guard Eloise Lilley reached her 1,000th basketball career point, becoming the school’s eighth and third-ever female athlete to hit this record.

Highlander Youth Lacrosse offers a spring program for boys and girls in grades K-8 and registration for 2025 is now open. 

Fall high school sports playoffs get under way this week. Here’s a schedule for the first-round matchups for Harwood Union teams with links to bracket pages.

The Stowe Nordic ski club is offering a seven-session program this winter for adults who are new to classic cross-country skiing or who have skied a little but have not received any formal instruction. 

This time of year brings remembrances that are both bittersweet and joyful. On Friday afternoon, one particular remembrance unfolded at Mad River Park as girls youth soccer players convened for what's become an annual tradition honoring the memory of Harwood student-athlete Mary Harris. 

Ethan Wagner has been fishing as long as he can remember, mostly as a hobby. So when the Essex High School senior injured his knee playing football, he joined the school’s varsity bass fishing team. He’s found a new bond taking part in Vermont's newest high school varsity fall sport.