Brandon Canevari

Nov 29, 2024 | reformer.com | Brandon Canevari

BRATTLEBORO — A former Brattleboro Union High School athlete has been making some strides in the ultra running world. Maya von Wodtke, a 2009 graduate of BUHS, did not compete in athletics much while she was in high school. She played soccer her freshman year, competed in track and cross-country for one year, snowboarded, and was involved in starting a crew/rowing team, a club sport, in her junior year.

Nov 26, 2024 | reformer.com | Brandon Canevari

BRATTLEBORO — A former Brattleboro Union High School graduate is making some noise in gravel biking and mountain biking. Sarah Lange, a 2009 graduate of Brattleboro Union High School and the daughter of local endurance coach Hank Lange, began competing in gravel biking racing in the summer of 2021 and has had some impressive results. Now an elite gravel bike racer, Lange’s introduction to the sport didn’t begin until 2020. “I kind of got into it during the pandemic.

Nov 22, 2024 | reformer.com | Brandon Canevari

BRATTLEBORO — The Brattleboro girls soccer team's season came to an end on Oct. 26 with a 5-0 home loss to Mount Mansfield in the quarterfinals. While the Bears' aspirations for the playoffs may not have turned out how they hoped, the girls made history during the season, becoming the first Brattleboro team in 20 years to earn the No. 4 seed. The last time it happened was in 2004, when the then Colonels finished the regular season 10-3-1, but lost 4-1 in playdowns against Spaulding.

Nov 21, 2024 | reformer.com | Brandon Canevari

BRATTLEBORO — Two Brattleboro cross-country athletes finished the year with strong seasons and the best may be yet to come with their senior years still ahead of them. Nico Conathan-Leach and Willow Sharma anchored the boys cross-country team this year, helping the Bears place first or second in every race that they competed in, with the exception of the Vermont High School State Championship meet where they finished 8th.

Nov 20, 2024 | reformer.com | Brandon Canevari

STRATTON — A long standing tradition that is both a festive family affair and a marker for a new season will take place again this year when Stratton holds its annual Gobble Wobble on Thanksgiving Day. “I think it falls into a lot people’s family traditions of being up in Vermont for … Thanksgiving weekend. We have a lot of homeowners that participate in the race itself,” said Digital Marketing Manager for Stratton Mountain Andrew Kimiecik. “A 5K is one of the easier races to run.