Category archives for: Sports

GreenMap organizes first Women’s Ice Climbing trip

BY CANDY SMITH
On February 11, a group of young women headed out to the High Peaks Region of the Adirondack Mountains. With crampons on their feet, harnesses around their waists, and ice tools in each hand, the women were nervous and excited about the new experience that they were embarking on – scaling up the [...]

Comeback not enough for men’s basketball team

BY JAMES KENNEDY
The Green Mountain College men’s basketball team went to Thomas College on Thursday night to play their semifinal playoff game. “We were ready and knew what we were in for because we had lost to Thomas twice this season,” senior guard Fabian Ferreira stated.
Thomas was up by 16 going into the half, but [...]

Reporting on the Olympic champions

BY DUSAN VUKSANOVIC

In August 2007, as I was boarding my flight to Munich in Belgrade, I saw that I would be sharing the same plane with the Serbian national volleyball team. I was transfixed, and my eyes stared at my most favorite athlete of all times – Ivan Miljkovic, the man who scored the last [...]

Skiing: the winter wonderland of Vermont

BY CANDY SMITH
Flying down the trail at amazing speeds, cutting first tracks on fresh powder. Here, the only fear is having too much fun. Skiing, and all that it involves, is a hobby, an addiction, and a lifestyle. At Green Mountain College, the sport comes in all varieties – from the professional racing to the [...]

A new addition to the men’s basketball team

BY JAMIE KENNEDY
Gerrard Johnson’s impact on the basketball team has been nothing but positive this year. Johnson, a 6-foot-3, 195-pound sophmore transferred here from Corning Community College where he played with seniors Fabian Ferreria, Herley Pellew, and Assistant coach Alphonso Howlet. “Without those guys, I would not be here right now. They introduced me to [...]

Women’s basketball heading for another successful season

BY DUSAN VUKSANOVIC
The women’s basketball season is well under way, and GMC opened with a slam. Up until December 3, the Lady Eagles won three out of four games, beating some of the teams that they lost to the year before. “I think we’ve gotten off to a great start,” noted head coach Jen Heath.
In [...]

Green Mountain College Eagles (Sports Bulletin)

Volleyball ends season in NAC semis
The women’s volleyball team lost to Husson College in a thrilling semifinal match 3-1 (25-27, 25-23, 25-22, 25-15). The Lady Eagles took the first set 25-27 after coming back from a 20-15 deficit. The pattern repeated throughout the second and third sets, but unfortunately, the Husson ladies proved to be [...]

GMC Squirrels go international

BY NIKKI PFEIFFER AND ROBBIE LEEDS
A group of seventeen ultimate frisbee players packed up their warm clothes and headed out for Montreal for the third tournament of the Green Mountain Flying Squirrels Fall season, The tourney was held by McGill University and the games were played on both Saturday and Sunday.

Triumph for all times

GMC Mens and Womens Basketball win Regional Championships
By Dusan Vuksanovic
“We got it! We got it,” were Doug Hammond’s concluding words for Sunday’s game against Newbury College that brought the Green Mountain Eagles a DIII Independent Conference Northeastern Regional Championship title. The audience joined their players in celebration, as dozens of students huddled up on the [...]

A sense of pride: tales of America’s sport, dodgeball

By Gordon Ellms
When my eyes opened that morning, one thing came to my mind.  It was the day I had been longing for. It was the day of the dodgeball tournament. Since I had slept in the clothes I was going to wear to the match, time was on my side.
Training the day before had [...]

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