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No Welcome Mat, Just a Rugg

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  • Monday, May 21stWATERBURY, Vt. -- Harwood Union High School held a homecoming almost nine months in the making this weekend.Sox Rowe Fields in Waterbury were devastated by Tropical Storm Irene last August.
    A home field, nearly lost to Irene, made it's long-awaited return this weekend.
  • Monday, May 21 2012 10:39 PM EDT2012-05-22 02:39:44 GMT
    Door-to-door driving highlights Sunday's feature races at the West Haven half-mile.
    Door-to-door driving highlights Sunday's feature races at the West Haven half-mile.
  • Monday, May 21 2012 2:10 PM EDT2012-05-21 18:10:21 GMT
    Devil's Bowl Speedway is under new ownership this season, and the racing action is about to take the green flag under the Friday night lights.
    Devil's Bowl Speedway is under new ownership this season, and the racing action is about to take the green flag under the Friday night lights.
  • 3. Friday afternoon in a battle of two 12-0 teams, Essex's Alexis Perry tosses a jem against BFA St. Albans. She pitches a 2-hit complete game shutout as the Hornets improve to 13-0. 2. At the 25
    Rain washed out most of the action last week, but we did get the spotlight to shine on a few performances
  • The Harwood softball team beat Lamoille, 16-0 Saturday. It was the first game the Highlanders have played on their home field in Waterbury since it was damaged by Hurricane Irene last year. Haley Spittle
    Harwood softball hosts Lamoille; Middlebury baseball visits Rice
  • In a match-up of the top two teams in the Metro Division, BFA-St. Albans lost to visiting Essex, 12-0 at the Collins Perley-Complex. The Hornets improve to 13-0 while the Comets drop to 12-1. Essex scored
    12-0 Essex visits 12-0 BFA-St. Albans
  • The UVM men's soccer team will be looking for a new Associate Head Coach. Wade Jean is leaving the program to become the new head guy at SUNY-Cortland. The St. Albans native has a long college coaching
    Associate Coach Leaves UVM Soccer, Middlebury Lacrosse and Plattsburgh Softball Prepare for Big Weekends
  • Monday, May 14 2012 8:36 PM EDT2012-05-15 00:36:17 GMT
    Vince Quenneville and Josh Masterson make it two-for-two on the track at Devil's Bowl Speedway.
    Vince Quenneville and Josh Masterson make it two-for-two on the track at Devil's Bowl Speedway.
  • 3. In the bottom of the third inning St. Johnsbury center fielder Emily Bruckner makes a great over the shoulder catch running towards the fence. 2 In the top of the fourth inning the Cougars Mikaela
    The St. Johnsbury and Mount Mansfield softball teams provide all three plays in one game
  • High School Baseball South Burlington 7 BFA-St. Albans 12 High School Softball St. Johnsbury 4 Mount Mansfield 5
    The Bobwhite baseball team hosts South Burlington while there's softball drama in Jericho
BURLINGTON, Vt. -

Five Catamounts reached double figures as the Vermont men's basketball team cruised to a 92-70 victory over Niagara Saturday at Patrick Gym.  The game was part of the Sears BracketBusters series. The win is the 10th straight for the Catamounts, who improve to 19-10 overall.

Freshman Four McGlynn scored a team high 20 points while Sophomore Clancy Rugg earned his first career double-double with 15 points and a career-best 12 rebounds.  Matt Glass scored  19, Luke Apfeld added 14 and Brendan Bald capped off the top scorers with 11. Vermont led for the entire game and would push its advantage to as many as 24 early in the second half. The Catamounts out rebounded the Purple Eagles by 20 and shot 55.2 percent from the floor.

"Another good performance by our team, a real good team effort against a tough Niagara team today," said Vermont head coach John Becker. "I thought in the first half especially we played really good defense and established what we wanted to do. We really executed our game plan, played for a full 40 minutes, played with the lead and finished it off. I am happy for this win and really happy for a lot of our guys who played well tonight."

Vermont returns to America East play on Tuesday when it travels to face Binghamton at 7 p.m.  If the Catamounts can win their final their games, they will be the top seed for the upcoming Conference Tournament.