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Rutland Herald Spring Sports Guide 2019
Rutland Herald staffers
Bob Fredette Tom Haley Robert Layman Jon Olender AJ Marro
Rutland native Bob
Fredette has been
a member of the
Rutland Herald sports
department since 1977
and has served as a
writer, assistant editor
and editor. He was also
an adjunct professor at
Castleton University
for 10 years. Tom Haley came to the
Rutland Herald in January
1987, following 15 years
in the Connecticut Valley,
covering sports for the
Eagles Times and a
stint in education at Fall
Mountain Regional High
School in New Hampshire.
“It has been an exciting
30-year ride highlighted
by great rivalries,
championships and, most
of all, the people: We have
athletes and coaches who
make it so fun.” Robert Layman started
freelancing at the
Rutland Herald in
2015, and became a
staff photographer in
February 2016. “Before
that I was in college
at Appalachian State
University, participating
in our campus literary
magazine, Th e Peel,
as a poetry editor and
contributor. I grew
up in the Blue Ridge
mountains of North
Carolina and enjoy the
outdoors.” Jon Olender has been
shooting sports and all
other sorts of things for
Th e Times Argus and
Rutland Herald since
before the turn of the
millennium in 1999.
Jon enjoys the Vermont
landscape in all
seasons, participating
in all sorts of sports
and activities from
photography to
hunting, fi shing,
hiking, skiing,
swimming and
everything in between. Rutland native AJ
Marro is recognized all
over the state, having
worked full- or part-
time at the Rutland
Herald since 1965.
He attended MSJ and
Castleton State College.
He currently works
as a photography
correspondent.
OUR TEAM
You are likely to also see work from our contributing writers and photographers, including: Chuck Clarino,
Carleton Laird, Jon Olender, TJ Hooker and Poody Walsh. We could not provide our coverage without them.
HOW TO REACH US
We could not provide local sports
coverage without the help of local high
school coaches calling in their games
— win, lose or draw. We can’t be every-
where. Your community depends on
that shared information. And we are
more than happy to spread the word.
So make that call when your game is
fi nished. Call in results to 802-774-3121.
If you are a social media junkie, you also
can follow Bob on Twitter at
@Bob_Fredette and Tom at @RHSportsGuy.
Parents, there also are extra
photos that do not make it into our
print publication. So go to www.
rutlandherald.com. Under the
Sports tab, scroll down to Sport
Photos or under the News tab,
scroll down to Archive Photos and
search SmugMug. You can order
photos from either place.
Th anks for your support of local sports,
and your hometown newspaper.