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Franklin-1 Sports Briefs
by Chris Santee

This page is for Franklin-1 Sports.
Please send your scores, stories, stats, etc. to:
csantee@myfairpoint.net
and I'll post them as quickly as possible.

Attention BFA Fairfax Sports Fans
Check out Cold Hollow Photo

Vermont Principals Rankings
BFA Fairfax boys and girls are in Division III.

Updated March 14th at 9:30am
We're in the process of cleaning this webpage.

Lady Bullets Vermont State Champions
B.F.A. Fairfax Girls Ski Team # 1 in D-2
B.F.A. Boys are Vermont State Runners-Up !
Story by Reverend Elizabeth
photos by Tom Snyder thru Henry Raymond

Vermont State Cheerleading Results
Congratulations to Richford High School.
Cheerleading Championships Saturday

Olympic Results
Canada 3, U.S.A. 2 for Gold
U.S.A. 6. Finland 1
U.S.A. 2, Switzerland 0
U.S.A. 5, Canada 3
U.S.A. 6, Norway 1
U.S.A. 3, Switzerland 1

Cambridge Sportsmanship to be honored

Monster Walleye Caught on Lake Champlain

Vermont's Hannah Kearney Strikes Gold

Vermont Students Recovery "A Miracle"

Georgia at Fairfax in Basketball
7th grade Georgia girls won.
7th grade Fairfax boys won.

Kevin Pearce moved to Denver hospital

BFA Fairfax Skiers Fare Well at Stowe

BFA Fairfax Girls Varsity Basketball
by Chris Santee

Round One of the Vermont State Championship
Lady Bullets lost at Oxbow Tuesday 41-38
With the loss comes the end of a tremendous rebuilding
at Bellows Free Academy Fairfax.
Lady Bullets finish 12-9. Congratulations !!!
Story from Tucker Labare

Lady Bullets lost at Lake Region
It was the last game in the girls regular season.
Expect a trip to Oxbow. Oxbow beat Lake Region.

Senior Night for the Lady Bullets
BFA Fairfax beat Winooski 43-29 on a special night.
Casey Baczewski, Olivia Root, Paige Gardell
and Ashley Airoldi were honored pre-game.
BFA Fairfax JV won also, easily.

Northfield 35, BFA Fairfax Lady Bullets 27

Lady Bullets Beat Danville Saturday
BFA JV also won again.

Enosburgh beat the Lady Bullets
Lady Bullets Highlights 2009-2010

Hazen beat the Lady Bullets Thursday at BFA.

Lady Bullets beat Richford Thursday 36-19

Twinfield Gets Late Christmas Gift
Twinfield was in Fairfax Monday to play the BFA
Fairfax Lady Bullets in a make-up game originally
scheduled for December 22nd, which was postponed
due to a snowstorm. Fairfax led throughout and
with 6:00 left on the clock, they enjoyed a 31-21
lead. With 4:17 left, the Lady B's lead was cut
to 31-27. Another basket cut the lead to two, but
a rare Fairfax free throw extended the lead to
32-29 which held up to the 1:51 mark, when a
Twinfield free throw cut the lead to two again.
With a 32-30 lead, Fairfax played keep away until
they were fouled but free throws couldn't be made.
With 4.2 seconds on the clock, Fairfax was on the
line and the game seemed wrapped-up, but another
missed free throw gave Twinfield the ball back and
as the clock ticked down, Fairfax Coach Jim Driscoll
was screaming "No Fouls, No Fouls", but Fairfax
fouled as the Twinfield player was launching a long
desperation three point shot at the buzzer.
She made the first two, but missed the game winner.
Fairfax didn't score in overtime, Twinfield did.

Lake Region beat the Lady Bullets Saturday

Lady Bullets Roll Over Stowe 48-23
The BFA Fairfax Lady Bullets came out running
and opened up a 12-4 lead with 6 of 7 shooting
from the field and continued to dominate the
Lady Raiders throughout the game with a well
balanced scoring attack, sharp passes and
hard nosed defense. Freshman Meghan Bochan-
ski led Fairfax with 16 points. Casey Baczew-
ski added 12, Olivia Root had 9, including
a three pointer. Freshman Kayla Baczewski
had 6 points, Ashley Benard had 3 and Whitney
Maxham had 2 from the line.
Maureen McGuinness left the game in the first
quarter with an ankle injury.
With the win, the Lady Bullets are 7-2 and are
currently tied for fifth in the D-3 standings.
Each team in the top four gets two home games
in the Vermont State Championship Playoffs.
#1 Lake Region (8-2) comes to Fairfax Saturday.
More to come.

Lady Bullets Survive E-Burgh Thriller 51-48
Buzzer Beater too late for Lady Hornets

# 2 Lady Bullets 39, Winooski 23

BFA Fairfax Lady Bullets 33, Peoples 19
Lady Bullets are 4-1

Milton 37, BFA Fairfax Lady Bullets 30
Milton won the jv game also, 34-20.
This was the first regular season loss for the
Fairfax girls since the Peoples softball game.
Seven Months Ago !!!

1st Place Lady Bullets 48, Stowe 25
Casey Baczewski led the Lady B's with 20 points.

Lady Bullets Sweep Colchester
The BFA Fairfax Lady Bullets beat Colchester last
week down by the Bay and on Thursday evening in the
Chamber, the Fairfax girls completed the sweep.
BFA led 37-9 entering the fourth quarter and won
the game 48-26 as all Lady B's contributed.
Lady Bullets Host Colchester Friday

Wednesday night 12/2/09
Lady Bullets Shocked D-1 Colchester !!!
The Fairfax girls won 33-25.
Casey Baczewski led the way with 10 points.
The Lady Bullets WON at Colchester



Deer Season (Rifle)
Hunters Face Ammunition Shortage
Vermont Hunters Head to Deer Camps
The Deer Camp Tradition
Vermont Hunters Bag Bigger Bucks
Youth Hunting Weekend was successful
Deer Hunters Breakfast Opening Day
Eggs, Bacon, Coffee and much more.
Baptist Church Building, Main Street in Fairfax
4:00-9:00am. All were Welcome !!!

The BFA Fairfax Boys JV2 team beat Milton
December 2nd, but the JV2 girls lost.
After shaking off some season opening
jitters the boys played some defense and
came away with the "W".
Boys are coached by Mark Irish and the girls
are coached by Nelson Murray.

LeClair a hero in Montreal
but a star in Philadelphia

The kid from B.F.A. St. Albans
is in the U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame !


BFA Fairfax Academic All-Stars
Lukas LaRiviere, Casey Baczewski Honored

Fairfax Football lost a close playoff game to
Windsor 19-17 after losing to them earlier in
the season 42-0 in Fairfax.
Many teams would have given up, but not BFA.
BFA Fairfax Football Coach Mike Williams
"The loss certainly stings quite a bit,
we had the #1 seed on the ropes and if not
for a bounce or two here or there, it may
have been a different outcome.
Needless to say we are very proud of our
players, their efforts this season and where
they have taken the program in such a short
time, is unbelievable.
The work of the assistant coaches, the boosters
and the support of the parents, school and fans
all factored into our historic season.
Many ups and downs, many laughs and tears,
but memories that will last these young men
a lifetime."


Windsor 19, BFA Fairfax 17
Windsor held on through a scoreless fourth.
Fairfax Football's First Trip to Playoffs
The Bullets football team practiced "under the lights"
all week at the Recreation Park Field in
Fairfax. Andrew Barden hit Jeremy Lawrence
for a touchdown and Fairfax led 10-7.
Windsor was ranked # 1 and beat Fairfax 42-0
earlier in the season in Fairfax.
Last week, Fairfax needed a win to get here.
BFA Fairfax Bullets 28, Winooski Spartans 7
Photos of the first "Battle for the Bonnet".
BFA’s 12 seniors
Mark Rainville & Sons outfitted the football
equipment trailer with logos free of charge to
the program.


Peoples Academy 3, BFA Fairfax Lady Bullets 1
Lady Bullets first loss - ends season.
The Lady Bullets finish at 15-1-1.
The Lady Bullets outscored their opponents
75-12 this season.
Peoples scored two goals early and kept the
pressure on adding a third halfway through the
second period before BFA scored.
BFA Fairfax Lady Bullets 2, Lake Region 0
Lady Bullets Advance to Semi-Finals
The Girls beat Windsor 7-0 on Wednesday.

Vermont Boys Cross Country Championship
Fairfax Runners Finish Fifth
BFA Girl Runners Runners Up
Speeding Bullets are NVAC Champions
Cross Country State Meet Preview

Friday Night at Collins Perley Field
Rutland 21, BFA St. Albans 13

Enosburgh Hornets' Sportsmanship

BFA Fairfax Cross Country won the NVAC's !
Fairfax Boys & Girls both win NVAC titles !

Upsets galore this year in NCAA
Michigan State beat # 22 Michigan
Akansas beat # 17 Auburn
Colorado beat # 17 Kansas
Texas Tech beat # 15 Nebraska
# 22 Miami Florida beat # 13 Georgia Tech
Virginia Tech beat # 9 Miami Florida.
Miami Florida beat # 8 Oklahoma
Clemson beat # 8 Miami Florida
Purdue beat # 7 Ohio State.
Oregon beat # 6 California
Oregon beat # 5 USC
South Carolina beat # 4 Mississippi
Georgia Tech beat # 4 Virginia Tech
Washington beat # 3 USC
BYU beat # 2 Oklahoma

# 5 Enosburgh 3, # 12 BFA Fairfax Bullets 2
BFA's boys soccer team had a rough start to the
season and really turned it around and almost
advanced to the second round. Well done.

Boys Soccer Saturday Under the Lights
Winooski 3, BFA Fairfax Bullets 1
Bruce Mossey gave the Bullets a 1-0 first half lead,
but the Spartans picked up three second half goals.

Oxbow 20, BFA Fairfax Bullets 19
Bullets Football & the American Cancer Society
Saturday, October 24th in Fairfax
Football hosted Oxbow at 1:00pm
Fairfax Field has special paint job !!!

BFA Fairfax Lady Bullets 3, Lake Region 2 (OT)
The win wraps up an undefeated regular season.
Fairfax girls are 13-0-1 and have
have outscored their opponents 65-9
Lady Bullets 3, Oxbow 0
Fairfax Wins Mountain Division title
Young Leads Fairfax Over Oxbow
from link on nwvtsports.net

Williston Country Club & NY Life donated
prizes for the Fairfax for Food Golf Tournament on
Saturday. We raised about $500.
Thanks to Nate Muehl of New York Life for providing
prizes and for putting together a foursome.
Thanks to Lafe & Shelly Pottala.
Thanks to John Workman of A.W. Rich Funeral Homes.
Thanks to Chief Gary Taylor of the St. Albans
Police Department and police officer Ben Couture.
Thanks to Lt. Judy Dunn.
Thanks to Todd Trono and John Goodchild of
Williston Country Club.
Thanks to Todd Baumeister of Fletcher.
Thanks to Don Tedford of Anchor Foundations.
Thanks to Representative Carolyn Branagan.
Thanks to Ray Bouffard of Georgia Market.
Thanks to Nan's Mobil & Deli in Fairfax.
Special thanks to Arrowhead Golf Course
Arrowhead is open through October.

Fairfax Fun Relays Tuesday

Lamoille River Water Use Advisory
Downstream from Lake Arrowhead in Georgia.
Lamprey Control Set for Lamoille River
Pesticide kills Lamoille River mudpuppies
Lamoille River water use advisory lifted

Moose in Marvin's Gardens
Laurie Pigeon bagged the beast that was hanging
next to Marvin's Gardens on Hunt Street.
The moose weighed in at 540 pounds.
Adam Rainville also got a 500+ pounder.
Moose hunting season is on break.
Georgia Market is now an official Vermont Weigh
Station for turkey, moose and deer.
Georgia Market will custom cut your deer and moose.
Special thanks to Georgia Market
for a very generous donation of cleaning products to
the Fairfax Food Shelf. Hand soaps fight the flu.

BFA Fairfax Bullets 3, Oxbow 0
Dameon Young, Bruce Mossey and Nick Woodward
scored for the Bullets. Cameron Loller had
11 saves to record the shutout win.

BFA Fairfax Lady Bullets 3, Richford 0
Fairfax girls are 11-0-1 and have
have outscored their opponents 59-7

BFA Fairfax JV Football 20, Mt. Mansfield 19
at the Recreation Park Field in Fairfax.

Horseshoes On the Recreation Path
On September 28, 2009 Freemasons from Lamoille
Lodge #6 in Fairfax, installed three regulation
horseshoe pits on the Fairfax Recreation Path.
The horseshoe pits are available for use by the
public during normal Rec Path hours of operation.
They were installed by the local Masonic lodge
in an effort to promote healthy activities that
engage the community.
Playing a game of horseshoes is a great excuse
to get outside and have fun, so get down to
the Rec Path and throw some horseshoes....
but please, take'em off the horse first !
You will need to bring your own horseshoes in
order to play. If there is enough interest,
a league may be formed in the spring.
If you are interested in joining a league
or looking for a team to play against before
the snow flies, contact John Schraven.

BFA Fairfax Bullets 60, Montpelier 20

BFA Fairfax Lady Bullets 7, Danville 3

BFA Fairfax 33, Poultney 26
Bullets hang on against a very tough team.
Andrew Barden and ben Langelier led the way
but Cody Ballard had a key interception to
seal the win for the Bullets.
Poultney was huge, Fairfax blocked well.
Patriots Youth Football played against South
Burlington at the Fairfax Recreation Park Field.
Injured Fairfax player is home safe and sore.

American Legion Baseball Raffle
1st prize is a 2 game overnight for 2 people
next summer July or August between the New
York Yankees vs Boston Red Sox !!!
2nd place is a single game for 2, Yankees vs.
Red Sox.
$10.00 a chance. you can call Richard Underwood
for raffle ticket 802-527-1535

Fairfax Football Thanks You !!!

UVM Hockey Cats Stun # 1 Denver
Outscore Pioneers 10-9 in Rocky Mountain Split

The Boston Red Sox have been eliminated !
Papelbon can't close door, Sox lose.
Angels scored three runs in the ninth.

Enosburgh Hornets 2, BFA Bullets 1

Lady Bullets 2, Hazen 1
JV girls also hosted Hazen.
The Lady Bullets are 9-0-1 and have outscored
their opponents 49-4.
Hazen and Fairfax played to a 1-1 tie earlier
on the season up at Hazen.

The BFA Fairfax Lady Bullets keep on winning.
BFA Fairfax 7, Winooski 0
The Lady Bullets are 8-0-1 and have outscored
their opponents 47-3.

Donahue wins Milk Bowl at Thunder Road

At the Recreation Park Field in Fairfax
Windsor 42, BFA Fairfax 0
Patriots lost both games too.

Bullets Blank Indians
BFA Fairfax boys now have three wins.
from nsnsports.net

BFA St. Albans 30, Rutland 13 in Rutland
from nwvtsports.net

Lady Bullets ease past Lake Region
The BFA Fairfax Lady Bullets are 7-0-1
and have outscored their opponents 40-3.

Bullets Win in Overtime 2-1
Justin Bollam scored from Bruce Mossey.
Damien Young also scored and Cameron Loller
had nine saves for the Bullets who have won
two consecutive games.

Friday Score
Lady Bullets 2, Oxbow 1

BFA Cross Country Runs to Victory

Patriots Youth Football Played Winooski early
Saturday at the Fairfax Recreation Park.
Fairfax Free Fitness Day held today
Exercises started at 9:00am.

Also on Saturday in Fairfax,
Bullets were picked at Mt. Abraham
and they won easily, 44-0.
Andrew Barden and Brandon Bates scored
two touchdowns apiece in the Bullets win.

Bullets 5, Richford 2
BFA Boys soccer grabs first win.
Bruce Mossey had 2 goals and an assist.

Lady Bullets 11, Danville 0
Fairfax girls are 5-0-1 and have outscored
opponents by a score of 33-2

CVU 42, BFA Fairfax 6
The Bullets had a tough time down at CVU
on Saturday falling by a score of 42-6.

Lady Bullets 2, Enosburgh 1
The Lady Bullets are 4-0-1 and have scored
22 goals to their opponents 2 goals.
The Girls beat Richford 6-0 Tuesday.

Patriots Flag Football played the Milton Broncos
Thursday at the Fairfax Recreational Park Field.
Milton scored on the last play to tie the game.
Michael Roy made a "Sports Center" tackle late
in the game.

In high school boys soccer Wednesday:
Peoples Academy 2, BFA Fairfax Bullets 0
BFA Fairfax MS Boys and Girls hosted Westford.
Boys tied 0-0 in a great game.
Apologies for not having the girls results.
Fairfax MS Boys & Girls were at Georgia Thursday.

Bullets Even Record at 1-1 at Mill River
BFA-Fairfax 32, Mill River 26
Fairfax's football team is one to watch.

In the Milton Jamboree Soccer Tournament
Milton 5, Fairfax 0 on Saturday.
In the first round: Enosburgh 2, Fairfax 1
BFA Girls Soccer 1, Hazen 1 at Hazen.
Boys Soccer were at Milton against the
Yellowjackets, coached by Glen Button.
Patriots Youth Football plays at Milton under
the lights on Saturday night.
Cross Country was on the road (and off the road).

Moose Permit for Cancer Patient ?

Girls Soccer Wednesday
Lady Bullets 10, Winooski 0
Boys Soccer Tuesday
Hazen 5, Bullets 0
In JV Football Tuesday in Fairfax
BFA Fairfax 26, Mt. Abraham 6
BFA JV Football hosted Mt. Abraham on
the Fairfax Recreational Park Field.

Fairfax Fall Ball Baseball Doubleheader
Fairfax 3, Franklin 1
Fairfax 9, Franklin 8
11:00am at Bellows Free Academy Fairfax
Some varsity players mixed with some recent
grads and played against Franklin County.
Nate Charboneau had the game winner in the
first game with a hard single to center that
got by the centerfielder and scored two.
Ben Rabideau pitched well for Fairfax.

Jean Paul Cyr, of Milton won the Championship
at Thunder Road in Barre, Vermont
Senator Scott won the race and David Ragan
finished in the top ten.

Vermont Recreation Warnings
Vermont River Recreation Warning
Hikers Being Rescued at Historic Levels

Sports Saturday at BFA Fairfax
High School Girls Soccer
BFA Fairfax Lady Bullets 3, Mt. Abraham 0
Forsey from Root twice and Brooke Benoit once.
JV Mt. Abe 4, BFA Fairfax JV 1

High School Football Kicked Off
Milton Yellowjackets 32, BFA Fairfax Bullets 8
Fairfax played very well throughout the game.
Ben Langelier outrushed Milton 122-102.
A blocked pass interception and two miscues
on punts resulted in 24 Milton points.
Mikey Bourdeau, Milton scored first touchdown.
Ben Langelier scored first Fairfax touchdown.
Mike Cain has some nice photos on his site !
Milton was heavily favored in Fairfax opener

Monsters last home stand ???
Check out the Lake Monsters Website

Fairfax Egg Run Saturday August 1st
Click here for results !

Vermont Storm Player Dies

LeClair to enter Hall of Fame

Fairfax Summer basketball wrapped up a 10 game
summer season Thursday with their only loss at
the hands of Milton at BFA Fairfax gymnasium.
Jeremy Lawrence looked like he left off last
spring at the Vermont State Championship.
He should be bringing crowds to their feet
when the regular season starts this winter.
Josh Woodward was also solid underneath,
but an elbow to the nose sent him to the E.R.
Alex DeRaps also had a good summer season.
Best Wishes to Josh. Hope it's not broken.
Mark Buehrle threw a perfect game
for the Chicago White Sox this afternoon.
Vermont Lake Monsters split a Wednesday
double header with Brooklyn and they led
five to nothing in Lowell tonight.
Red Sox have the night off.
Fairfax, Fletcher, Westford Little League
wrapped up their very successful season.

World Series Trophies at Centennial
Monday night against the Brooklyn Cyclones.

Vermont Plan for Big Game
Expanded Hunting Season in Vermont ?

Stewart Cink beat Tom Watson in a four hole
playoff to win the British Open.

North Stars 21, Ice Storm 0
The Vermont Ice Storm
played the Plattsburgh North Stars Saturday.
Game was at Burlington High School at 1:00pm.

Joey Logano won the Nationwide race in
Chicagoland. Nate Bellows of Fairfax is Joey's
Car Chief for the # 20.
Sprint Cup Races Tonight

Vermont Seeks Input on New Big Game Plan

Summer Basketball for Girls

Vermont North South Baseball
Bullets Andrew DuPrat was selected to team

Vermont North South Softball
Lady Bullets Stephanie Karr and Brittany Sweet
were selected to the All-Star team.

Vermont State DIII Softball Championship
Peoples Academy 3, BFA Fairfax 0 (Final)
Great job Lady Bullets, 17-3 on the year.

Congratulations Lady Bullets
Congratulations Stephanie Karr
2009 Mountain Division Player of the Year

Sports Article by Maxx McNall

Tony Stewart Packs Thunder Road
from the Burlington Free Press
Smoke vs. Thunder Road
with video from WPTZ

North Hero teen lands record trout
Lake Champlain Father's Day Derby
Lake Champlain International Derby
Could Franklin-1 have its own Fishing Derby ?

Trevor Murphy Made the Cut
St. Johnsbury, Vermont's Trevor Murphy
was happy to make the field in the US Open
and he was happy to make the cut.
Noon Sunday, when play resumed from rain,
he found himself tied with the world's best.
Murphy shot a +13 in the third round.

Fairfax Community Day & Ducky Race
It's our favorite time of year again and on
Saturday, June 6th, the town of Fairfax
celebrated Community Day featuring the
World Famous Fairfax Ducky Race.
Activities started at 10:30am.
Leftover Band Played at Noon
Ducky Race started at 2:00pm
Ducky Race ended at 4:09pm
Lady Bullets beat Green Mountain at 4:30pm
Sunshine covered all the events.
Thanks Katrina Antonovich !!!

Douglas hosts Lake Champlain Fishing Derby
Could Fairfax have a Lamoille River Derby ?

A World Record holder was fishing at Fairfax Falls
recently and met up with Tom Schmidt, of Fairfax
.

Fairfax Runners Dominated Y.A.M. Scram
Nick Place won the Yam Scram in Burlington
and Josh Powers finished tied for second.
Josh Coon and Matt Gross also finished well.

Comeback Catamounts Score 10 in Ninth

High school baseball loses a giant
Peter Dorwaldt was a friend, a coach and he enjoyed
his time spent on North Hero and Lake Champlain.

The Annual Plant Sale at J & L Field for the
Fairfax, Fletcher, Westford Little League
Henry Raymond got photos.


BFA Fairfax Girls Varsity Softball
by Colin Santee


BFA Fairfax Girls Varsity Basketball
by Colin Santee



Other Local Sports & Activities

Say it ain't so, Manny !
Ramirez suspended 50 games for fertility drug

Thunder Road Started Today

Fairfax Fletcher Soccer Club
held a field maintenance.
Little Leaguers were also "greening up".

Bruins swept the series 4-0 against:
# 8 Montreal Canadiens
100 Years of Blanc, Bleu et Rouge - FINI

BFA Hoop Camp Sign-Up
Youth Football sign-ups have already started.

Boston Red Sox Sweep New York Yankees
Sox won Friday night 5-4 in a thriller.
Sox won Saturday afternoon 16-11
Sox completed the "sweep" on Sunday.
They won their 11th in a row Monday.

NASCAR Racing
Joey Lagano won the Nationwide race.
Nate Bellows, of Fairfax, is Joey's Car Chief !

Vermont All-State Basketball Team
Seth Rebeor is named to the Second Team.

Bellows Free Academy Fairfax Cheerleaders
are N.V.A.C. Champions !!!

Congratulations seniors Elizabeth Blackburn and Kat
Hogan, juniors Davis Bodette, Brandy Lamore, Brittney
Merrihew, Samantha Province and Jessica Turner,
sophomores Chelsea Adams, Gabrielle Aiosa-Perrin,
Marissa Cary, Shelby Cushing, Kelsie Irish, Caitlin
Masse, Shelby Mossey and Ketelynn Wehner, fresh-
men Alexis Combs, Marissa Langley and Kali Santor.
The head coach is Jen Cary and assistant coaches
are Kim Combs and Nancy Adams.

Colin Santee reports from the Essex Fair Grounds
the NVAC Champion BFA Fairfax Cheerleaders finished
third in the Vermont State Championships.
Richford won, Winooski was second.


NCAA Basketball from CBS Sports

Cats Beat Air Force in second overtime
Cats are off to the "Frozen Four" in Washington, D.C.
UVM Beat Yale 4-1 Friday Night

UVM Cats beat U-Wisconsin Green Bay but
lost to Oregon State in the CBI tournament
on Monday night in overtime.
CBI Tournament Schedule

March Madness
Syracuse Beat UConn in 6 Overtimes !!!

Button & Rebeor
Bullets fans are happy to hear Glen Button
has been named Coach of the Year in the Mountain
Division of Vermont High School basketball and
Seth Rebeor was named Player of the Year !!!
Josh Woodward made second team.

Gatorade Selects BFA St. Albans' Johnson

BFA's girl skiers are # 2 in Vermont
Boys won second in the Relay.

Ice Fishermen Report Bigger Fish
Sea Lamprey Control Petition

BFA Fairfax Skiing was at Colchester.
BFA Fairfax Skiing was at Craftsbury Sunday
Results from Henry Raymond's site

Help Name the Basketball Alumni
BFA Fairfax Alumni Basketball

BFA Fairfax Nordic Ski Race
Photos of Cross Country Event

College Bowl Games (ESPN)
Results.
Jim "Skip" Carter in Rose Bowl Parade

Ski Season Opens to Fresh Powder
Vermont enjoyed Thanksgiving Skiing

Fairfax/Fletcher Youth Basketball
Contact Cheryl Veren at 849-2898

Rifle Season Ends with a Bang
WCAX's Andy Potter reports from Fairfax, Vermont.

Nate Charboneau got a bear !

Apparent Hunting Accident
Please be safe in the woods.
Deer Hunters Breakfast
On Saturday, November 15th, there was a
Deer Hunters Breakfast from 4:00am to 9:00am
at the Baptist Building on Main Street
in Fairfax.
Menu included bacon, sausage, eggs,
home fries, toast, juice & coffee.
Sponsored by the Lamoille Lodge #6.
All were welcome !!!
For info, call 849-6313.
Vermont Youth Hunting Weekend

Ways to stay safe during hunting season
Best of luck to all hunters this year.


BFA Cross Country 2008
Girls Vermont Champions


BFA Fairfax Cross Country
Vermont State Championships in Thetford
BFA Girls are Vermont State DIII Champions !

BFA Fairfax Boys finished third after
frontrunner Jeremy Lawrence cramped up
.
James Minor was the first place BFA boy.





Patrick Laperle won the Milk Bowl at Thunder Road

Uncle Mike has a video of Anthony Cain
winning a heat for the first time

for all you high speed internetters.

Special Thanks to Kevin Cahoon & Henry Raymond
for the 9th Annual Fairfax Egg Run Results !!!
By Age and Overall. Congrats to all finishers !

The Egg Run was very busy Saturday morning.
Fairfax Egg Run - August 2nd
The Fairfax Parks and Recreation department
held the 9th Annual Egg Run Saturday.
Click on the link for more, or contact Katrina
Antonovich, Parks and Recreation Director by
e-mail or call her at 849-2641.

Infielders Tyler Moore and James Keithley of the
First Place Vermont Lake Monsters
caught the Reading Bug at the Community Library
at BFA Fairfax on Wednesday morning.
The ballplayers read stories, took pictures,
and signed many autographs for happy kids.
Have you been to a ball game this summer ?
Thanks to Tyler and Keith.

BFA's touchdown and conversion video
from Anthony Mapes on Youtube.

Thanks to Fairfax Rescue

Humor (Maybe)
Some folks take biking seriously

Fairfax Rider Makes State 4-H Team
Katana Gifford and her horse, Emperor Maxamillian,
were selected for the 4-H team that will represent
Vermont at the Eastern States Exposition in September.
Katana, who is Assistant Riding Instructor at her
family horse farm on Route 104 in Fairfax, has been
a 4-H member for nine years.

Vermont Lake Monsters
Home season has wrapped up.

Lynn Benoit of Fairfax won the Gymkhana
She rode Ransom again at the Champlain
Valley Fair.

Little Leaguers back from Cuba
with a little help from a friend


Fall Baseball Home Opener
Sunday August 24th Double Header 11:00am
Concession stand was open.
Jeff Loller ws cooking at the grill.
Fairfax dropped the first game 15-4
to the Colchester Cannons.

Franklin County Softball 9-10
(with many Fairfax players)
won the Vermont State Championship !!!

Pick up Wednesday's Messenger for photos.
Congratulations to Fairfax Little League.
Scroll down all the way for the results

Special thanks to groundskeeper Gary Stewart.

BFA Fairfax Varsity Basketball
by Chris Santee

Back to Barre in 2010
BFA Fairfax Bullets Returned to Barre
Bullet Proof Defense Stops Fairfax

B.F.A. Fairfax 57, Thetford 45
Play Hazen Thursday evening in Final Four.
Josh Woodward led the way, but Tyler "Mini"
Meunier was huge in the Bullets victory.
Jeremy Lawrence played with foul trouble.

Peoples Academy Shocks Fairfax 51-44

Senior Night was Wednesday in the Chamber.
BFA Fairfax Bullets 64, Enosburgh 38
It was a special Senior Night in the Chamber.
BFA opened up a 21-1 lead and cruised.
BFA's JV won 66-45 to move to 17-1.
Josh Woodward, Jeremy Lawrence, Craig LaPine
and Keith Rabideau were honored.
Senior Cheerleaders Jessica Turner and
Brittney Merrihew were also honored along
with Jack Gagnon and Dakota Senasac of "D.C.".

Bullets 66, Richford 43
With the win, the Bullets move past Winooski
into the # 3 seed for the upcoming playoffs.
Bullets host Enosburgh next Wednesday and close
their season off at Peoples Academy next week.
Fairfax boys could have two home playoff games
before a return trip to Barre.

Bullets Fly Past Northfield 70-43
BFA Fairfax varsity boys basketball team opened
the game with a 14-0 run and never looked back.
Jeremy Lawrence and Josh Woodward had double-
doubles.

BFA Bullets 90, Stowe 53

BFA Fairfax Bullets beat Winooski Spartans

Danville 63, BFA Fairfax Bullets 60

Lake Region 67, BFA Fairfax 61
Lake Region Rangers are still undefeated.
Fox 44 has highlights.
Girls beat Richford 38-26 Tuesday.
BFA JV girls won also.

Hazen beat Fairfax in basketball Friday
6' 7" Ryan Tatro of Hazen scored underneath and
grabbed rebounds on both ends while slam dunking
to bring the Hardwick crowd to their feet.
Jeremy Lawrence drove past Tanner Benjamin and
Josh Woodward powered past Billy Boyd but the
collapsing defense and rebounding beat Fairfax.
BFA's JV won to move to 11-1.

Bullets Won in Enosburgh Friday
Jeremy Lawrence led the Bullets with 24.

Bullets Win in Winooski 43-41
Physical would be an understatement.
Jeremy Lawrence and Josh Woodward led the way.
Craig LaPine was great under pressure.
Vermont Principals Rankings

In St. Albans:
BFA St. Albans Bobwhites 80
BFA Fairfax Bullets 46


Tuesday night, way up in Orleans, Vermont
Lake Region 59, BFA Fairfax 55
The Lake Region Rangers remained undefeated and
now boast a record of 7-0 with a long win streak.
We'll have more on the win streak later.
It started out with Emmitt Simpson's speed in
the opening minutes and closed with his composure
on the charity stripe with the game on the line.
Behind Simpson and Richie Hackett, Lake Region
raced to a 16-7 first quarter lead and grew
the lead to 24-14 by the halftime break.
Someone in "DC" won a hefty 50/50 raffle.
The Bullets came out of the locker room running
and shooting, closing the gap to 28-25 when
Jeremy Lawrence, of Fairfax, drove past Hackett.
Lake Region went on a 9-2 run lead 37-27.
Alex DeRaps had three threes in the third.
Josh Woodward's presence freed up the offense
and Brett Hakey came off the bench for some
physical play inside against Travis Terrell
and Ed Collins. BFA closed the gap to 39-32
to end the third quarter.
Tyler Meunier closed the gap to 39-34 with
seven minutes remaining and the Bullets were
putting the pressure on the Rangers.
After a Simpson free throw, Craig LaPine, who
had been consistent all night in the backcourt,
drained a field goal to cut the lead to 40-36
with 6:40 on the clock.
Fairfax stole the ball again and Brett Hakey
was fouled, the Rangers called timeout !!!
Hakey sank one and the home crowd erupted
when the Rangers hit a field goal for a five
point lead. The Fairfax crowd cheered louder
after DeRaps drilled a three to cut the lead
to 44-42 with 4:44 left in the game.
Down the stretch, Woody and Jeremy kept pace
by scoring from the floor and the line and
Craig LaPine added a long three pointer, but
Hackett and Simpson just wouldn't miss free
throws. Rematch January 27 in FAIRFAX
BFA Fairfax won the JV game to move to 8-0.
More to come, FranklinOne.com was there.
North Country beat BFA St. Albans in overtime.
BFA Fairfax at BFA St. Albans Thursday night
Fairfax Slips in Vermont Standings
Bullets slip to # 3, Lady Bullets to # 6 dispite
still being undefeated in Division III.

BFA Fairfax Bullets 58, Danville 55
Jeremy Lawrence led the 3-1 Bullets on both
ends of the court with several blocked shots,
many steals and quite a few lay-ups.
Josh Woodward returned to the BFA lineup.
Danville jumped out to a 7-0 lead early, but
Fairfax regrouped and tied the score at 9-9.
Danville went on another short run and led
17-12 after the first quarter. Jeremy had 6
points, Alex DeRaps and Tyler Meunier each hit
from behind the three point stripe.
The Bullets came to life in the second quarter
as Lawrence only had one bucket, but Brett
Hakey came off the bench for a field goal and
a three pointer, Kyle Fielden added a bucket,
Craig LaPine had a beautiful three pointer,
and Tyler Meunier added a field goal and a
three pointer at the buzzer giving the
Bullets a 29-27 lead at the half.
In the first half, Lawrence and Meunier had
8 points each, Hakey had 5, LaPine and DeRaps
3 each and Fielden had 2.
Jeremy Lawrence came out of the locker room on
fire, blocking anything Danville put up, then
racing down the court for a lay-up and foul.
One weak spot was Lawrence hit no free throws.
Along with Jeremy's 8 third quarter points,
Craig LaPine confidently drained two more threes.
Alex DeRaps had a three and Woody scored two.
Bullets led 48-38 going into the fourth quarter.
The final eight minutes were tough on the Bullets.
Jeremy Lawrence had the only field goal while
Danville kept crawling back, closer and closer.
With less than one minute in the game, Danville
took the lead 55-54 and the unbelievable became
very possible, but Andrew Barden hit a lay-up to
give the Bullets the lead again and DeRaps
drained two free throws with confidence.
Danville's three point buzzer beater missed.
The Bullets moved to 3-1 with the win.
BFA JV won 63-41. Danville played well.

BFA Fairfax Bullets 64, Stowe 38
Jeremy Lawrence led the Bullets with 20 points,
Craig LaPine had 16 and Alex DeRaps 13.
Bullets are 2-1.

Milton Yellowjackets 53, BFA Fairfax Bullets 51
Fairfax Rally Runs Out of Time
Milton led 15-5 after the first quarter.
The Milton Yellowjackets came out running and
jumped out to a 27-9 lead in the second quarter.
Milton led 31-16 at the half and 50-41 with only
2:50 left in the game, but the Bullets' comeback
ran out of time. Jeremy Lawrence had 14 to lead
Fairfax. Tyler Meunier and Craig LaPine had 9.
Alex DeRaps had 8, Zach Macia 5, Andrew Barden 4
and Keith Rabideau had 2 for the 1-1 Bullets.
Mike Bourdeaux dunked for the Yellowjackets and
freshman Derryck O'Grady was on fire from out-
side the circle and on the free throw line.
BFA won the JV game 58-39.
BFA's JV and JV2 are both 2-0.
More to come........

Bullets Roll Over Peoples Academy 56-41
Defense and DeRaps key the victory
The Vermont State Runners Up in 08-09 are back !
Without Josh Woodward and without Jeremy
Lawrence for much of the game, Alex DeRaps
lead the way with 21 points. Craig LaPine
controlled the ball well, Brett Hakey, Kyle
Fielden and Tyler Meunier adjusted to varsity
basketball with no problems.
After Brett opened the season's scoring with
a driving lay up, Jeremy picked up two fouls
55 seconds into the game and sat the rest of
the first half. He dominated the opening of
the second half, but sat as fouls added up.
Josh Kaufmann was at the game for photos and
a story in Friday's St. Albans Messenger.
The Fairfax JV won 44-30.
There are some new banners on the walls.
Project Grad 2010 had some great hot dogs.
D.C. was out in force. Retire # 23
Ryan Davis and Kasey Small lead Peoples.


BFA Bullets Football
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BFA Fairfax Football 54, Winooski 21
The varsity program celebrated Senior Day
Saturday, October 25th at McNall Field.
Shayne Kirby led the way for the Bullets.
Senior players are: Dakota Bebon, Patrick
Fondry, Jared Hughes, Matt Jensen, and
Shayne Kirby.

Fairfax Football News
from Karen McNall
Playing their last JV home game of the season
at McNall Field, the BFA-Fairfax JV Football
team finished out their regular season with a
20-8 victory over Mt. Abe.
The win today gives the team a record of
5 wins and 3 losses.


Windsor 25, BFA Fairfax 18

Bellows Free Academy Fairfax - Homecoming Week
Bullets JV Football beat COLCHESTER 20-19 Monday.

B.F.A. Football 27, Mill River 14
Bullets football team wins second in a row.

B.F.A. Fairfax JV Football beat Mt. Abe 28-22
and improved their record to 2 wins and 3 losses.



Patriots Football
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On the Mountain
by Colin Santee


Smugg's No Bull Ski Report: 644-1111.
Smugg's is celebrating 50 years of Family Fun !!!
Once again (8th time) Smugglers' has been
voted the # 1 spot in North America in the
category of Family Programs in SKI Magazine.



NFL
by Chris Santee


Super Bowl Sunday - Enjoy NFL.com
New Orleans Saints 31, Minnesota Vikings 28 OT
Indianapolis Colts 30, New York Jets 17 FINAL
Last Sunday's Games:
New York Jets 17, San Diego Chargers 14
Minnesota Vikings 34, Dallas Cowboys 3
Last Saturday's Games:
Indianapolis Colts 20, Baltimore Ravens 3
New Orleans Saints 45, Arizona Cardinals 14
Sunday's Games 01/10/10
Arizona Cardinals 51, Green Bay Packers 45 OT
Baltimore Ravens 33, New England Patriots 14
Saturday's Games 01/09/10
New York Jets 21, Cincinnati Bengals 14
Dallas Cowboys 34, Philadelphia Eagles 14


Georgia MS Soccer
by Volunteer needed




NHL
by Chris Santee


Chicago Black Hawks will win the Stanley Cup

Saturday: Senators 2, Boston Bruins 1
Bruins continue their losing ways.
Saturday's Boston Bruins Bus Trip

Fenway Park Frozen for Hockey

Boston Bruins 2, Philadelphia Flyers 1
At Fenway Park, the Bruins trailed 1-0 with 8:00 left,
the Fenway Faithful sang "Sweet Caroline" and the "B's"
scored late to tie and early in overtime to win.


Georgia
by Chris Santee




NASCAR
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Final Weekend of NASCAR Racing 2008
Johnny Benson Won the Truck Championship Friday !!!
Clint Bowyer won the Nationwide Series !!!
Jimmie Johnson won his 3rd straight Championship.
Only Cale Yarborough had won three straight.
A week before, in Phoenix,
Wild Friday Night in the Desert
Craftsman Trucks race was one to remember.


Thunder Road

Ryan Nolin of Georgia, Vermont
is currently in ACT Racing

Georgia Little League
by Chris Santee




FFW Little League News
by Chris Santee

Parking for Little League in the Recreation Park
is available next to the tennis courts.

Opening Day is a Saturday in May 2008
Major League:

Minor League:

Coaches Pitch:

T-Ball:

Everyone is welcome to e-mail scores and standings to
csantee@verizon.net and watch here for news and
scores from the Fairfax, Fletcher, Westford Little
League and the Georgia Little League.
Fairfax Fletcher Westford Little League will host
their annual plant sale in late May 2006.
Call Brenda at 849-9837 for more.
Check their website at www.ffwll.org


Boston Red Sox News
by Chris Santee

Boston Red Sox lost to the Tampa Bay Rays

MVPedroia
Red Sox trade Crisp to Royals




Go Giants !

NCAA Football
by Chris Santee

1. Alabama
2. Texas
Alamo Bowl
Texas Tech 41, Michigan State 31
International Bowl
South Florida 27, Northern Illinois 3
PapaJohns.com Bowl
Connecticut 20, South Carolina 7
Cotton Bowl
Mississippi 21, Oklahoma State 7
Liberty Bowl
Arkansas 20, East Carolina 17 OT
Sugar Bowl
Florida Gators 51, Undefeated Cincinnati 24
Rose Bowl
Ohio State 26, Oregon 17
Capital One Bowl
Penn State 19, L.S.U. 17
Gator Bowl
Florida State 33, West Virginia 21
Outback Bowl
Auburn 38, Northwestern 35 OT
Chick-Fil-A-Bowl
Virginia Tech 35, Tennessee 14
Insight Bowl
Iowa State 14, Minnesota 13
2009 Texas Bowl
Navy 35, Missouri 13
Sun Bowl
Oklahoma 31, Stanford 27
Armed Forces Bowl
Air Force 47, Houston 20
Humanitarian Bowl
Idaho "Vandals" 42, Bowling Green 41
Holiday Bowl
Nebraska 33, Arizona 0
Remember the name Ndamukong Suh
2009 Champs Sports Bowl
Wisconsin 20, Miami Florida 14
EagleBank Bowl
UCLA 30, Temple 21
Independence Bowl
Georgia 44, Texas A & M 20
Gator Shocker - Urban Meyer Steps Down
Music City Bowl
Clemson 21, Kentucky 13
Little Caesars Pizza Bowl
Marshall 21, Ohio 17
Meineke Car Care Bowl
Pittsburgh 19, North Carolina 17
Emerald Bowl
Southern California 24, Boston College 13



Racing At Barre
by Chris Santee


Opening Day in May


NCAA
by Chris Santee




BFA Bullets
by Chris Santee




Gillilan & Stewart
Will be Missed
by Chris Santee
One of the greatest assets the town of Fairfax
possesses is its family oriented atmosphere,
especially prominent at Bellows Free Academy
Fairfax.
Students, to this day, hold the doors open
as their elders approach the building.
Parents continue to host sleepovers to assist
their friends while another child plays a game
"out-of-town".
When a game is played "in town", many parents,
students and fans gather, enjoy local sports
and catch up on what's been going on in
their lives.
When the BFA Bullets baseball team takes the
field next spring, sadly there will be a couple
familiar faces missing from the crowd.
Cleon Archie Gillilan and Robert "Uncle Bob"
Stewart passed away late in the summer of 2005.
There will be two chairs at the games next season,
reserved for Mr. Gillilan and Mr. Stewart down
the first base line.
You won't see them there, but you just might
see some angels in the outfield.




Old Sports
by Chris Santee

The BFA Fairfax Bullets Soccer Team
was honored Thursday night at BFA Fairfax by
the Vermont Soccer Officials Association
(VSOA) as the Most Sportsmanlike Team in '06.
The Lady Bullets Soccer team won the award
several years ago.
The award was presented at halftime of the
Lady Bullets basketball game with the Winooski
Lady Spartans.

Knights of Columbus Fairfax Free Throw Champs
Josh Powers - 10 year old boys
Zach Wood - 11 year old boys
Miranda Gillilan - 12 year old girls
Cody Gonzalez - 12 year old boys
Maureen McGuinness - 13 year old girls
Zach Gross - 13 year old boys
Keith Rabideau - 14 year old boys
The Fairfax Champs advanced to St. Albans
The Districts were held March 3rd in St. Albans
at the City Hall.
Due to a conflict Keith Rabideau was unable to
compete at this level. His spot was filled by
Alex DeRaps, the runner up at the Council level.
Moving on to the States in Newport will be,
Zach Wood who nailed 24 of his 25 shots
from the line, Zach Gross with 17 of his 25
going in, and Alex DeRaps who tied with another
14 year old.
Alex then went on to hit the five out of the
five free throws for the shoot out,
walking away victorious.

"I would like to thank all those that participated
and congratulations to the winners," said Jim Hogan
of the Knights of Columbus.


Vermont Lake Monsters

U.S. Congressman Peter Welch was among the crowd
in Barre for Thunder Road racing.
"Run What You Brung" featured a Hummer H2 and
two bread delivery trucks.
Little Debbie's beat Freihoffer's.
Also in the crowd were first timers Cale & Terri Santee.

Egg Run Results
8th Annual Fairfax Egg Run Successful !!!
Henry Raymond has photos up !!!
Race started at 9:20am at the Fairfax United Methodist
Church at the intersection of Fletcher and River Roads
in Fairfax, Vermont. A 5K Walk/5K run out-and-back road
course along the scenic Lamoille River.
Mostly flat route perfect for family fun runs or
speedsters seeking a personal record.
10 K route continued on through wooded rolling hills.
Free omelets were served to all race participants !!!
Proceeds benefit the Fairfax Community Park and
Recreation Path.
Call Carol Lizotte (827-9723)
or visit here for more..

Catherine McGuinness wins Discus at Vermont States
Fairfax Boys finish second in 4 X 400 relay race.
Girls are # 7 in Vermont, Boys are #12.


Powers, Varney and BFA Magic
3rd, 4th and 5th graders competed over the Memorial Day
weekend in Burlington in one and two mile running events.
Out of 650 competitors, Josh Powers of BFA finished second
in the 2-mile run and Amanda Varney, of BFA Fairfax ran a
7 minute mile !
It was a beautiful Mother's Day Sunday in Franklin-1.
Country Pantry was packed into the parking lot.
Red Sox came from way behind and won in the 9th.
Jeff Gordon was smokin' when he won Darlington.


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