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Rutland Herald Winter Sports Guide 2019-2020
Rutland Herald sports team
Adam Aucoin Tom Haley Bob Fredette Jon Olender
Adam Aucoin came to
the Rutland Herald in
December 2019, following
two years in southern
Vermont at the Bennington
Banner. He graduated
from the University of
Massachusetts Amherst
in 2017 and wrote for
the Massachusetts
Daily Collegian school
newspaper, covering
Division I college athletics
at UMass. Adam grew up in
Hudson, MA and is an avid
fan of Boston sports teams. 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.” Rutland native Bob
Fredette has been a
member of the Rutland
Herald sports department
since 1977. He recently
relinquished his full-time
status. He will continue to
contribute extensively to
the Rutland Herald sports
pages until June 2020. Jon Olender has been
shooting sports and all
other sorts of things for
The 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,
fishing, hiking, skiing,
swimming and everything
in between.
OUR TEAM
You are likely to also see work from our contributing writers and photographers, including: Albert J. Marro, Chuck Cla-
rino 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
finished. 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 and Adam at @AAucoin_RH
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.
Thanks for your support of local sports,
and your hometown newspaper.