by Bill Murphy There are three Vermont High School Football coaches who have a little bit extra to be thankful for this Thanksgiving. The turkey and stuffing are apt to taste a whole lot better for Hartford’s Matt Trombly, Bellows Falls’ Bob Lockerby and Windsor’s Greg Balch. They all guided their team to the top of […]
by Bill Murphy Big games in all three divisions highlight Week Nine in Vermont High School football. The spotlight clearly centers on Divisions I and III, where IF you lose, you go home. When one focuses on the quarterfinals of any postseason, the four-five game is where one expects the action to be the best. […]
by Bill Murphy For the second year in succession, Vermont High School Football has two major showdowns of undefeated teams squaring off in Week eight. It almost looks like the schedule maker knew exactly how to put things together. The number one seed in both divisions II and III are likely to come out of […]
By Bill Murphy The Boston Red Sox 2016 and David Ortiz drove off into the moon set between Monday night and Tuesday morning and then the organization took very little time moving ON TO 2017.I wonder IF they thought Bill Belichick would have done it that way. ON TO 2017! Press conferences less than twenty-four hours after […]
By Bill Murphy Terry Francona made sure nobody compared his managing style to Buck Showalter. He utilized both of his close down bullpen men as much as he could, to take the Division series lead against the Red Sox in a 5-4 victory. Most importantly, Francona won the game. One certainly understands Dustin Pedroia’s frustration […]
The VT IAABO 105 basketball officials’ association is holding referee apprentice classes beginning Tuesday, November 1 and continuing 2 nights per week for all of November ending with the national rules exam on Monday, November 28, 2016; classes will be held at Streeter Hall on the campus of St Johnsbury Academy from 6pm until 8:30pm […]
by Bill Murphy There are times throughout life that one finds themselves wondering, does age matter? This week it did. I sometimes think that being twelve years old is a special time. Your interests have formed, your responsibilities are still at a fairly low level and there are some very special days ahead. HOWEVER, this week, […]
by Bill Murphy Each week of Vermont High School football has had a handful of exciting games to date. Week Four looks to me like just more of the same. When we all settle down Saturday night and close our eyes to rest, one half of the regular season in Divisions I and III will be complete and […]
by Bill Murphy I began working on this piece while covering last night’s Red Sox game at Fenway Park. Since the evening was feeling like one of those nights, just sitting there watching paint dry, why not start doing something of importance. The crowd of 37,767 was sitting on their hands with the home team […]
by Bill Murphy There are basically twenty-five days left in the Red Sox baseball season and who would have really thought that Toronto, Baltimore and the Sox would be tied up in the knot that they are. It is actually even more amazing to see the Yankees just a hop and a skip […]
