Author Archive for Evan Chadwick
Originally from Rochester, Vermont, Evan Chadwick is a practicing attorney who lives in Brattleboro with his family. He is a 2007 graduate of Keene State College and currently coaches the boys' varsity basketball team at Bellows Falls Union High School.
GM boys earn Rapanotti 100th win in trounce of Cosmos
By Evan Chadwick ©2022 Telegraph Publishing LLC SPRINGFIELD Any team that has played the Green Mountain Chieftains knows that they can light it up from beyond the arc. The GM boys 3-point shooting was on full display in their Saturday night matchup with the Springfield Cosmos, hitting 11 on the evening en route to an […]
GM girls power past Division 2 Cosmos
By Evan Chadwick ©2022 Telegraph Publishing LLC SPRINGFIELD On paper, the GM girls basketball matchup with Division 2 Springfield Saturday afternoon looked like it was going to be a difficult climb for Coach Jeffrey Buffum’s squad. Despite the monumental task of beating a team that is considered to be in the mix for a state […]
Turnovers riddle GM girls in loss to Leland & Gray Rebels
By Evan Chadwick ©2022 Telegraph Publishing LLC Turnovers: The ugliest word in basketball showed its face in Chester early and often for the Green Mountain girls basketball team in their Tuesday matchup with the Leland & Gray Rebels. In the end, despite making several runs, the Chieftains could simply not overcome their unforced errors that […]
GM boys repel Rebels in a blistering first-quarter
By Evan Chadwick © 2022 Telegraph Publishing LLC Scoring 27 points in the first quarter, including five three-pointers, the Green Mountain boys basketball squad continued their recent hot streak, winning their third straight on Monday night with a 65-41 victory over the Leland & Gray Rebels at home in Chester. Everett Mosher got the offense […]
GM boys scare off Phantoms in last-minute thriller
By Evan Chadwick ©2022 Telegraph Publishing On the road and trailing by six entering the fourth quarter, the Green Mountain Chieftains, who continue to be short on players, looked to be on the precipice of dropping the road contest to the Proctor Phantoms. However, with a burst of energy and some big shots down the […]
Chieftains answer defensive call, yet fall just short to Rivendell Raptors 33-32
By Evan Chadwick ©2022 Telegraph Publishing LLC The Green Mountain girls team answered Coach Buffum’s defensive challenge from Tuesday night’s heart-breaking loss to Arlington, holding Rivendell to a squeaker 33-32 win on Friday night  in Orford, N.H. Now, all that is left in order for the Chieftains to find sustained success is to connect their […]
GM girls play strong offense, but lose 53-50 with seconds remaining in 4th quarter
By Evan Chadwick ©2022 Telegraph Publishing LLC If you like fast-pace offense, the Arlington 53-50 victory over the Chieftains in girls basketball action at home on Tuesday was the contest for you. For defensive minded coaches like Coach Jeffrey Buffum, the track meet he witnessed was not the type of basketball he wanted to see […]
Short-handed Green Mountain puts scare into undefeated Rivendell
By Evan Chadwick ©2022 Telegraph Publishing LLC On paper, the matchup between Green Mountain and Rivendell Academy on Monday evening was scintillating: A Division 3 team on the rise vs. an undefeated Division 4 squad that many consider to be the odds-on favorite to take home a state championship.  Unfortunately for the Chieftains, the […]
GM girls exit court with a smile despite 59-35 loss to West Rutland
By Evan Chadwick ©2022 Telegraph Publishing LLC The Chieftains hung with West Rutland for more than three quarters, but the Golden Horde’s size and full-court pressure defense allowed them to pull away late on their way to a 59-35 victory over a feisty Green Mountain squad on GM’s home turf. “There are tons of positives […]
Green Mountain Boys take down Arlington 59-47
By Evan Chadwick ©2022 Telegraph Publishing LLC When the three-point shot is dropping, it can be a powerful ally. For the Arlington Eagles, this early ally, which raced them out to a 9-0 lead over the Chieftains on Tuesday evening, turned into a deadly adversary, as Coach Brian Rapanotti’s Green Mountain squad forced the Eagles […]
Green Mountain Girls fall to Poultney 37-30
By Evan Chadwick ©2022 Telegraph Publishing LLC Green Mountain Coach Jeff Buffum’s Chieftain squad has faced all sorts of adversity the first half of the season. But with four players short for his Saturday contest against Poultney, the Chieftains could not withstand the deliberate and physical attack of the Blue Devils, falling 37-30 on home […]
Green Mountain Girls rout BF Terriers 40-33
By Evan Chadwick ©2022 Telegraph Publishing LLC In this year’s COVID-plagued basketball season, it is anticipated that each game will bring a variation of their pre-season roster to each contest. For the Green Mountain girls basketball squad, they took this adaptation in stride, showing the increasing depth of Coach Jeff Buffum’s roster in their 40-33 […]
Chieftains shake off the rust with overtime win
By Evan Chadwick © 2022 Telegraph Publishing LLC Struggling from a long layover with three games canceled, the Green Mountain boys basketball team were just happy to get back on the court the night of Wednesday, Jan. 12. What made them even happier – despite the nearly month-long gap since their last game – was […]
GM Girls b-ball team falls to Wildcats, 55-34
By Evan Chadwick ©2022 Telegraph Publishing LLC The Green Mountain Girls basketball team was facing an early challenge from the White River Valley Wildcats in South Royalton Monday night when they raced out to an 11-2 lead. The Chieftains in response would hang tough. However, the obstacles were just a little too much for Coach […]
Local businessowners contemplate reopening As Scott opens 'spigot,' area retailers seek ways to safely accommodate customers
By Evan Chadwick ©2020 Telegraph Publishing LLC With Vermont exceeding expectations in containing the spread of Covid-19, Gov. Phil Scott has consistently turned the “economic spigot” a little more each week. Although the loosening of restrictions has already allowed some non-essential businesses to reopen in a limited capacity, the guidelines that businesses are required to […]
Black River High closing ‘heartbreaking’
By Evan Chadwick ©2020 Telegraph Publishing LLC With the permanent closure of Black River Middle and High School firmly on the minds of many Ludlow-area residents since the district merger creating the Two Rivers Supervisory Union passed by a 288-231 vote in 2018, people had long been preparing for the closing of the school in […]
Small biz urged to apply for SBA loan programs Congress, White House working to add funds to PPP, EIDL
By Evan Chadwick ©2020 Telegraph Publishing LLC With the Covid-19 health crisis continuing to cause large scale shutdowns of small businesses across Vermont, small town businesses have been compelled to collaborate more than ever before in an effort to seek emergency funding that has been rolled out as part of the federal CARES Act signed […]
Gymnast Prescott honored with All-Star status Cornell senior of Chester leaps from gym to future in engineering
By Evan Chadwick ©2020 Telegraph Publishing Chester native and Cornell University senior Maci Prescott has been named a national Senior All-Star by U.S. Gymnastics in her final year competing for the Cornell Big Red Women‘s gymnastic’s team. With the national meet canceled due to the Covid-19 shutdowns, “U.S. Gymnastics wanted to honor seniors that did […]
