![]() ![]() Von Doepp graduated from Burlington one year too early to take advantage of the varsity debut in 2019, but now she and a handful with ties to our area are getting set to play in next month’s Under-24 World Ultimate Championships in England. “Where Ultimate now in Vermont is something that’s written about in newspapers and they get to play on like the turf of BHS, I spent my high school playing on like a mediocre grass field that wasn’t even on the BHS campus.” “It’s definitely played a factor, maybe not necessarily in terms of skill, but at least in terms of visibility,” Von Doepp said. There are several reasons for that, but one is pretty obvious: Vermont is still the only state that sponsors the sport at the high school varsity level. “When I came into UVM, we were a regionals-definitely, nationals-extremely hopeful team, and now we are a nationals-definitely and national finals-hopefully team.” “It’s really been incredible to watch it grow,” Von Doepp said of the program. And UVM has two of the best college teams in the country, with both Ruckus and Chill reaching the national semifinals back in May. It’s a different way of like expressing your team values.”īut make no mistake: this is a sport that has only become more and more competitive. ![]() “It’s been Ruckus since like the ‘90s, and so it’s just really fun. “Historically, it’s been because a lot of times club teams aren’t allowed to use UVM logos and names and other such things,” Von Doepp said. Rather than being called the Catamounts, UVM’s women’s team is called Ruckus and the men’s team is named Chill. That spirit lives on to some extent in the team names and uniforms of schools like UVM. Now if you grew up in the ‘80s, ‘90s, or 2000s, you probably remember Ultimate as having somewhat of a counterculture element to it. We put a lot of dedication and effort into that while trying to keep the playing part going.” We were doing a lot of leadership restructuring and fixing of our social communities. “Then that sophomore year of mine in March, we were sent home for the pandemic. “I transferred into UVM, came to Ruckus,” Von Doepp said. She played for the BHS club team.and after transferring back to her hometown her sophomore year of college, VOn Doepp joined the women’s Ultimate team at UVM. By the time I graduated, we had five different teams.” When I started at Burlington High School, we had one team of 20 people, 25 people on a good day. “My dad started organizing pickups for myself and other kids in my grade, and then started to get more serious when I entered high school. “I started playing Ultimate in middle school,” Von Doepp said. (WCAX) - Burlington native Sarah Von Doepp got an early start in the sport of Ultimate. On average, highs should range from at least the upper 70s to lower 80s with some mid 80s possible on days with a bit more in the way of sun.īecause humidity levels will be high and the flow aloft weak, showers and t’storms that do develop from Friday through the weekend and into at least early next week will likely produce locally heavy rainfall.BURLINGTON, Vt. Pretty much the same type of weather will occur through the weekend with each day’s high temperature modulated by cloud cover and how numerous showers and thunderstorms become. And with the southern storm opening up and slowly lifting to the north, there will be chances for at least scattered showers and some thunderstorms with considerable cloudiness, but also some intervals of sunshine. To the south, where it’s cloudier, expect highs in the 70s.īy Friday, quite a bit of mugginess will arrive with dewpoints coming up into the 60s, really for the first time this season. Otherwise, Thursday’s weather should hold for most, especially across the northern half of the area where skies will remain brighter longer with temperatures topping off in the lower 80s. No humidity issues yet with temperatures topping off in the 70s to right around 80 degrees.Ī storm system currently stuck to our south then may try to throw some clouds and showers into the area, especially the Catskills, mid Hudson valley and Berkshires later in the day Thursday, but it’s unclear if showers will make it in during the day or hold off until evening, but it does at least appear possible. HUMIDITY GOING UP FRIDAY THROUGH THE WEEKEND WITH DAILY CHANCES FOR SHOWERS AND T’STORMS BEGINNING LATE IN THE WEEK A departing upper level disturbance will allow for any cloudiness and spotty showers to dissipate overnight with just some patchy ground fog and temperatures falling back into the 50s.Įxpect a pleasant weather day on Wednesday with a mixture of sunshine and fair weather clouds. FOR AN AUDIO FORECAST CALL THE CBS6 WEATHER PHONE: 518-906-WRGB (9742) ![]()
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