Rutland Herald Fall Sports Guide
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Friday, October 6, 2017
Mill River Girls Soccer
2 Britney Blanchard
3 Emerson Pomeroy
4 Amanda Deppert
6 Paige St. Lawrence
7 Amelia Jones
8 Talia Hutt Vater
9 Leah Romano
11 Tess Beauchain
12 Kaylyn Cottrell
14 Rosie Phillips
18 Jessica Roberts
20 Morgan Nemeth
21 Kelsey Sheehe
22 Annie Hasenohr
23 Olivia McPhee
24 Allison Nemeth
Coach Dave Carr
Assistant Coach Ray Nichols
Otter Valley Girls Soccer
1 Lauryl Blanchard
3 Kassidy Carvey
4 Julia Eastman
5 Colby Reynolds
6 Sophia Walker
8 Sarah Calvin
10 Gabriela Poalino
11 Mary Kingsley
12 Leah Pinkowski
14 Mia Politano
15 Mallory Lufkin
19 Sarah Hobbs
20 Felicity Drew
30 Bonnie Moore
Coach Rick Hedding
Assistant Coach Isabelle Kingsley
Girls soccer: Color is part of the game
difference makers.
It should be a fun season.
Autumn is known for colors, particu-
Here is a look at area teams:
larly in our region where tourists come
from far and wide to watch the Vermont
BLACK RIVER
countryside burst into a show of golds,
New coach Kit Kat Thompson has a
oranges and reds.
small roster on her hands and is looking
Color is also a big part of this girls to pick up a few more players. She is
soccer season in our little neighbor- working with a dozen players right now.
hood where players are trading hues
Her lone senior is Morgan Brown
and shaking up the rosters.
who played in the midfield last season.
Erin McClallen, one of Mount St.
“She definitely has a good foot and
Joseph Academy’s top players last year, a sense of where the ball needs to go,”
has traded the MSJ green in for Rutland Thompson said.
Raider red.
Emily Benson is a junior with an
Julia Lee, who will be a key player for accurate shot, possessing a penchant
MSJ, has swapped Otter Valley blue for for threading the ball into the corner
the rich green uniform of the Mounties. of the goal.
Proctor’s Hannah Anderson has
“She probably has the best footwork
turned in her Proctor maroon for on the team,” Thompson said.
the patriotic colors of the Mill River
Freshman Jay Grenedier is one of the
Minutemen.
faster players on the squad and has a lot
And so it goes ...
of potential.
Most players return to their respec-
Sisters Paige Kelley and Hope Kelley
tive schools but these players can be could be on the field near one another
By TOM HALEY
STAFF WRITER
as a goalie and defender. They have that
special telepathy sisters often have that
can work well when junior Paige is in
the goal and freshman Hope as one of
her defenders.
Freshman Hailey Pierce is another
goalie and she and Paige are inter-
changeable. The one not in the goal will
be playing in the field. They are both
working out at each position.
Josesine Kelfast is an exchange stu-
dent from Denmark who has a soccer
background. She has been nursing an
injury in preseason but should be ready
for the opener that comes Sept. 2 when
Windsor comes to Dorsey Park.
Thompson played for coach Pat Pul-
linen at Black River and is applying
much of what she learned under him.
“Coach Pullinen is one of the best
coaches I played for in any sport,” she
said. “He was always working on funda-
mentals. You work on fundamentals and
individual skills first and then you work
on the strategy part.