Vermont Academy - Wildcat Yearbook (Saxtons River, VT)

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,VUMA -mf' 441 S I , QSXAN 0013 Q fig- NexsQcXLLsX x U G' L iffy, VARSITY SKIING Wrth a strong nucleus from last year s varsxty to burld around Vermont began rts season wrth a very bnght and promrsrng outlook Coach Warren Chners added Tom Rrchardson and Buddy Morrrsseau to an already strong team made up of Captarn C B Vaughan Henry Tauber D Reynolds Sam Bartow Errc ohnson Bruce Fenn and Bruce Gagnrer Early practrce and the flrst meet wxth Proctor revealed an exceptronally strong Nordrc combined team and a good but rnexperrenced Alprne team Vermont vyon the frrst meet wrthout the help of rts senror members for the mornrng eyents of downhrll and slalom The followrng weekend the team won over a weak Mount Hermon team rn a slalom cross country meet In the brg meet of the year the VA Carnryal Vermont won easlly over KUA and Deerfleld wrth almost clean sweeps of eyery eyent At the Krmball Unron Carnn al the Vermont skrers met Holderness who to say the least turned out to be Vermonts brg rrsal on the slopes They proved too powerful for V A ID the mornrng Alprne eyents p1l1ng up too much of a lead for eyen Vermonts strong Nordic team to offset V A lost the meet by a narrow 3 5 po1nts and returned home resolved to make therr reyenge on therr home grounds the next weekend However because of a lack of snow the team was forced to go to Holderness vshere VA was agaln nosed out by 4 po1nts The next two weeks were spent preparrng for the Prep School Champronshrps and the only rnterruptron of thus preparatron perrod was the meet wrth Putney whrch put V A back rn the wrnnlng column by a de crsne margm Vermont then began that all lmportant weekend at Hanox er where all could be won or lost ln two short days On Saturday Vermont placed thrrd rn the slalom and won the afternoons yumprng event In the slalom Vaughan placed well vyhrle Bartow frnlshed at nrnth and Gagnrer srxteenth Erxc Johnson a soph omore won the prep school yumpmg champxonshlp Bartovy at slxth and Gagmer at eighth completed V A s scorrng rn the Jump After spendxng the mght at George Yeomans nn Norvuch the boys tackled Sundays downhrll and cross country ex ents Vermont mlssed wlnnrng the dovy nhnll by three tenths of a poxnt vyrth Vaughan and Reynolds tylng for second and Gagnrer taklng tenth Vermont agam won the cross country by a decrsrve margln oyer Putney and Holderness Vaughan won thrs exent to gne V A another champron He was follovsed by Gagnxer ID seyenth posrtlon and Tauber rn tenth Because of Vaughan s and Johnsons excellent performances at thns brg meet they were elected to the Fastcrn Natronal unror Squad for the Natnonal unror Champnonshnps at Yakrma Washington Vermont then frmshed the season mth an excellent yrctory oser the Dartmouth Frosh and the Wrllrams Irosh In thus meet D Reynolds set a new dovynhrll record Bartow won the slalom johnson the yumpxng and Gagnrer the cross country Mark Ottey a promlsmg newcomer was also added to the team nn txme for this eyent lf' QM L' s 02 N. , 6 LQQ ' 3- 2-2.-ff f -' -J -Y '- YY' I x.. A x FJ A 5 K. 'I 1 1 I ' 'C 2 S X f ' ' 2 - - fe f- '- af e - M f Lt L q Q I ' b 6 A ,A , 4 f 'ri Q' U C f.-Q, 7 ' . . , ,j. . , , J 7 3 ' ' Y V ' ' - 'v . , 7 , , ' 'Y , . Y l ' Y I , ' D 9 , l . . ' q - . 5 Y' , I . V V .V . 4 ' l 7. vl y v D l : ' ' ij' ' v ' I v y ' ' Ya 1

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VARSITY SKI AXVARDS VARSITY I.IiTTIfRS Iiartoxxp Venn, Cagnier. -Iohnson, Reynolds, T. Richardson, Tauber, Vaughan. Yeomans Cmanagcrj ROGER ITMERSON TROPHY Captain C, B. Vaughan CAPTAIN-IfI.IfCT---Eric 'Iohnson VARSITY SKI SEASON January 10: DUAL MEET-Vermont 356, Proctor 342. january 17: DUAL MEET-Vermont lst, Mt. I-Iermon Znd. lanuafy 24: V.A. CARNIVAI.iVermont Ist, Kimball Union 2nd Coach Wdmn Chivers Presents Roger Emerson Trophy for best all-round skier Deerfield 5rd, to Captain C. B. Vaughan. January 31: K.U.A. CARNIVAL-Vermont Znd. February 7: DUAL--Holderness lst, Vermont Zncl. February 14: TRIANGUI.ARs-Vermont lst, Putney 2nd, Mt. Hermon 3rd. February 21: USEASA Prep School Championshipsfliolderness lst, Vermont Znd. fllohnson, jumping champion: Vaughan, cross country championj. February 28: TRIANGULAR-Vermont lst, Dartmouth Frosh 2nd, Williams Frosh 3rd, fl .m 'Tr' -gg 1? I J I M VARSITY SKI SQIQAD-Sm1di:1g.' Coach Warren Chivers. Bartow. johnson. Penn, Ottey. T, Richardson, Yeomans fmanagerj, Salad: Gagnier, Vaughan, Reynolds. Tauber