Brian Bonin scored two goals as United Christian Academy defeated Concord, 3-0, in a Division IV boys soccer game at Gardner Park Monday.

Up 1-0 with just 12 minutes to go, Crusader goalkeeper Daniel Saaman came out to take a shot away, but only got a piece of it. As the ball trickled toward the goal line, Wes O'Donnell cleared the ball to preserve UCA's lead.

About two minutes later, Bonin hummed the first of his two goals on net from the goalie's right – 25 yards out – that trickled through the goalie's hands, giving the Crusaders a 2-0 lead.

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	North Country defensive tackle Andrew Lafleur (39) brings down Spaulding running back Cameron Cummings (10) during Friday night’s game with Spaulding. Donovan Delabruere (66) and Nick Vanasse (76) were in on several tackles Friday night. (photo by Jim Fuller)

Cameron Cummings rushed for 87 yards and two touchdowns as defending Division II state champion Spaulding defeated host North Country, 32-0, in the season opener for both teams Friday night.

It was a stalemate early, with neither team able to establish a rhythm on offense. The Falcons had 30 yards of first-quarter offense; Spaulding had just six yards. During the first quarter, it was obvious Falcon quarterback Aaron Grondin, a returning 1,000-yard rusher, was hurt. Grondin would come out for good after running for a first down on fourth-and-one late in the quarter. He would finish the night with nine yards on three carries.

Playing field position early, the Crimson Tide took over on the Falcon 34 following a punt. After an apparent fourth-down stop, North Country was called for roughing the passer and Spaulding had new life and a first down at the Falcon 13. Three plays later, Cummings took it in from seven yards out and the Crimson Tide kept momentum the rest of the way. The extra point was good and Spaulding led, 7-0, with 8:32 remaining in the half.

Sophomore Cris Buckles set the Falcons up nicely, returning the ensuing kickoff to the Tide 49. Another sophomore, Fred LeClair, followed with a 19-yard run. But the Falcons turned it over. Spaulding responded with a 71-yard drive which ended with Zach Dessureau finding Nick Patton for a 15-yard touchdown pass with 4:06 remaining in the half.

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All-Star basketball player Candon Rusin will not return in the fall to Twin Valley High School.

Rusin, who will be a senior, and his brother Connor Rusin, who will be a sophomore, said during the weekend that they have enrolled at Topsail High School in Hampstead, a suburb of Wilmington, N.C.

"We are moving. We're down here as of now," said Rusin, a two-time Burlington Free Press All-State first team selection.

The 6-foot-3 guard, who has drawn interest from several Division I colleges, including the University of Vermont, said the move to North Carolina will slow the selection for a basketball scholarship. He said Topsail coaches have been in touch with some Division I recruiters from Southern schools.

"The coach here has a lot of connections," Rusin said.

Rusin said both he and his brother, also 6-foot-3, worked out with the Topsail team. They also got to play for Topsail at a team camp and hit it off well when meeting the other players. The school has about 950 students compared to 240 at Twin Valley.

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Former all-state basketball player Ben Brooks from Champlain Union High School is facing multiple charges for the sale of cocaine in connection with a two-month drug distribution investigation by the Northwest Vermont Drug Task Force, said Vermont State Police.

Brooks, who graduated earlier this month from CVU, pleaded guilty last winter to a misdemeanor charge of possession of marijuana.

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