RSSArchive for September, 2012

SOCCER PREVIEW: For Green Mountain soccer, it's a numbers game for varsity squads

SOCCER PREVIEW: For Green Mountain soccer, it’s a numbers game for varsity squads

By Greg Hart Soccer is generally not a game of numbers, certainly not the way that sports like baseball and football are driven by statistics to quantify and evaluate performance of teams and individual players. Typically the only numbers that matter in soccer are goals scored, final score and a team’s won-loss record. However at […]

Down nine seniors, boys varsity pushes for success

Down nine seniors, boys varsity pushes for success

By Greg Hart Coach Scott Walker has a young team, with plenty of speed, skill and desire. Like the girls team, the boys varsity graduated many seniors — in this case nine — from last year’s team while returning only one, co-captain Ryan Williams. “We have a strong core of juniors and sophomores who took […]

Lady Chiefs juggle two teams, loss of seven seniors

Lady Chiefs juggle two teams, loss of seven seniors

By Greg Hart Coach Julie Walton has some voids to fill on her Lady Chieftains varsity squad, having graduated seven seniors from last year’s team and returning this year with only two seniors in Jessica Ralston and Emily Guerra. In addition, Walton is implementing a new formation employing three defenders, two defensive midfielders, four attacking […]

An Old Home Day photo gallery

An Old Home Day photo gallery

After a year’s absence, Chester Old Home Day and Fireworks 2012 kicked off Saturday afternoon Sept. 1 under bright skies and cheery faces. The event, put on with the help of the Chester American Legion Post 67, the Ladies Auxiliary and the Sons of the American Legion, featured dance music by Sound Investment, fried dough, […]