Athletics are a valuable part of the Thetford Academy experience. Thetford Academy is a Division III school and competes in most sports in the Northern Vermont Athletic Conference as a member of the Capital League.
The Academy’s five principles—excellence, commitment, caring, cooperation, and respect for diversity—serve as the guidelines for all athletics participants. TA Athletics has earned both the Vermont Principals’ Association Good Sportsmanship Award and the Mona Garone Sportsmanship Award.
Interscholastic sports are regulated by the Vermont Principals’ Association. TA students can participate in the following sports: Alpine Skiing, Baseball, Basketball, Bass Fishing, Cross Country, Golf, Indoor Track & Field, Soccer, Softball, and Track & Field.
TA offers a Member to Member program through Hartford High School for any sport not offered above. For more information, please contact Bri Barnes, Athletics and Activities Director.
On Saturday, November 9th, Brady Sloop and Ava Hayden represented Thetford Academy at the 89th Annual New England Interscholastic Cross Country Championships. Brady and Ava qualified for this event by finishing in the top 25 (across all divisions) at the Vermont State Championships held at Thetford Academy on October 26th. Following......
12 November, 2024
At Vermont’s Cross Country State Championship, the competition each year is reliably fierce. In the Panthers’ Division III, Coaches Joe Deffner and Emily Silver had run the numbers and knew it would be tough for TA to beat top teams Stowe and BFA Fairfax. “Looking at the other teams before......
29 October, 2024
On a bluebird day, at the league championship this past Friday in Bellows Falls, the TA cross country team accorded itself impressively well. Eighth grader Peter Horan beat 41 other runners to emerge victorious in a time of 10:44 in the middle school boys’ race. While the Thetford boys did......
21 October, 2024
On Saturday, Thetford Academy once again welcomed thousands of runners and spectators from across New England for the Woods Trail Run, the school’s iconic cross country event. This year’s run attracted more than 50 cross country teams from across New England, with representation from Vermont, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New Hampshire,......
07 October, 2024
TA’s cross country team ran at the Manchester Invitational this past Saturday. Captains Ava Hayden and Brady Sloop led their teams with top 10 finishes in their respective races. Ava finished 5th (out of 219 racers), covering the 5K course for Varsity Small Schools in 20:34. On the boys side,......
23 September, 2024
Mountain Day! Yesterday the whole school ventured out to six trailheads in our region, stretching from Mt. Moosilauke in the north to Mt. Ascutney in the south, carrying on TA’s Mountain Day tradition, first started in 1979. It was a beautiful day to enjoy autumn beauty and connect as a community.......
21 September, 2024