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Rutland Herald Winter Sports Guide 2018-2019
Rutland Herald staffers
Bob Fredette Tom Haley Robert Layman Jon Olender
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.
OUR TEAM
You are likely to also see work from our contributing writers and photographers, including: AJ Marro, 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 @RHSports-
Guy.
Parents, there also are extra
photos that do not make it into our
print publication. So go to www.
rutlandherald.com. Under the
News tab, scroll down to Photos
and search SmugMug for the latest
match-ups. You can order photos
there.
Th anks for your support of local sports,
and your hometown newspaper.