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Spikes Ride gains support

Fri, 04/12/2013 - 9:35am
By
Karen Bartomioli
karenb@lakevillejournal.com

SALISBURY — As organizers continue to fine tune plans for the April 13 Spikes Ride for Sandy Hook, its following continues to grow.
George “Spikes” LeGrice, who began formulating the idea for a fundraiser and memorial in the days immediately following the December shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, said this week the latest count has about 3,000 motorcycles, muscle cars, big rigs and more converging on Lime Rock Park.
Convoys are coming from all directions, mostly in groups of hundreds at a time and traveling from all over New England and as far away as Texas.

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Barber honored by region, state and SCCA

Fri, 04/05/2013 - 9:34am

Skip Barber, center, was honored at a meeting of the Tri-State Chamber of Commerce Business After Hours at the Wake Robin Inn on Thursday, March 28. He was presented with framed recognitions of his service to his community; and he was congratulated on being inducted into the Sports Car Club of America Hall of Fame on March 2 in Las Vegas, Nev. State Rep. Roberta Willis (D-64); her husband, Bill, right; and Chamber President Susan Dickinson, at back in this photo, presented Barber with framed recognitions from the chamber and the state Legislature.

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Lasers team enjoys successful season

Fri, 04/05/2013 - 9:33am
By
YMCA Director Jay Cohen

WINSTED — The Northwest Connecticut YMCA’s Lasers swim team topped off its season by competing this spring in the YMCA New England Championships in Springfield, Mass. The team took medals and ribbons in more than 80 percent of its races under the guidance of coach David Steel, who took over the team one month into the season last fall.
Kelly Stotler came into the meet seeded 25th in her event, the 50-meter backstroke. However, her strong competitiveness took two seconds off her time, to see her finish seventh overall. Throughout the weekend Stotler placed in all five of her events.

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Racing events planned

Fri, 04/05/2013 - 9:32am
By
Asher Pavel
asherp@lakevillejournal.com

LAKEVILLE — There are five major events scheduled at Lime Rock Park this year.
The Trans-Am and Royals Car Show will be held Memorial Day weekend, May 24 and 25. This weekend will include sport car series races featuring the newly revitalized Sports Car Club of America Pro Racing Trans-Am Series. Sunday will feature the fourth annual Royals Car Show with more than 200 of the Tri-state area’s finest muscle cars, tuners, rods and antiques. Proceeds from this show benefit local charities.

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Spikes Ride at Lime Rock to raise Sandy Hook funds

Fri, 04/05/2013 - 9:32am
By
Karen Bartomioli
karenb@lakevillejournal.com

SALISBURY — On April 13, Lime Rock Park and the roads leading to it will be overrun with motorcyclists, hot-rodders and others of the cool vehicle persuasion in Spikes Ride for Sandy Hook, a fundraiser and memorial for Newtown.
The tragic mass shooting last December at Sandy Hook Elementary School is still hard to fathom.

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Athleticism runs in the family

Fri, 03/29/2013 - 9:23am
By
C. "Pink" Bunel

Leon Veretto. Does that name ring a bell? It should. After all, he was a teacher at Northwestern Regional High School for 51 years, where he also served as head basketball coach for 45 years and as athletic director for 30 years.

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Did we mention this column won an award?

Fri, 03/29/2013 - 9:22am
By
Patrick L. Sullivan

Welcome to the award-winning fishing column, “Tangled Lines.” This award-winning column by the award-winning Patrick L. Sullivan recently won a second-place award from the New England Newspaper and Press Association for a sports column in a weekly newspaper with circulation up to 6,000.
This award-winning fishing column has won the third-place award twice before. We urge readers to hang on to their waders, because clearly this column is in the middle of a dizzy ascent into the stratosphere of sports columns written for weekly newspapers with circulation up to 6,000.

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Motocross phenom tears up the tracks

Fri, 03/29/2013 - 9:21am
By
Michael Marciano
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WINSTED — Ten-year-old Howard “Howie” Mastroberti continues to tear up the tracks at New England Motocross (NEMX) events throughout New England.
The Winsted rider, one of the fastest in the region, recently received trophies and championship awards for last year’s spring NEMX MX Motocross series, placing first in the 50cc open class and first in the 50cc 7- to 9-year-old class.

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Northwestern falls to Bloomfield

Fri, 03/15/2013 - 9:20am
By
C. “Pink” Bunel

WINSTED — When facing a team that is bigger and a bit quicker it helps to get off to a good start. Unfortunately for the Northwestern Highlanders they didn’t in Saturday’s quarterfinal game at home against the Bloomfield Warhawks.
As the No. 1 seed in the class M division of the state tournament and the only undefeated team in the state at 24-0, the Highlanders misfired on a number of early shot opportunities, and that would prove costly.

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Northwestern wins Berkshire title

Thu, 03/07/2013 - 5:35pm
By
Michael Marciano
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LAKEVILLE — Swimmers from Northwestern Regional High School took home their first Berkshire League swimming championship Saturday, March 2, at The Hotchkiss School.
Earning 468 points, the Highlanders beat out Shepaug Valley (433.5 points) and Wamogo (185 points) for Northwestern’s first win since 1997.
One win, by Barrett Langendoerfer in the 100-yard backstroke (57.41), was credited with putting Northwestern over the top, while the team of Mollie Traub, Olivia Morris, Rachael Pulica and Kiley Stotler set a girls league record in the 200-yard medley with a time of 1:56:96.

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