The Mount Abraham-Vergennes boys’ lacrosse team opened its season with high hopes for a run at the Division III title — and with two home games against tough D-II competition, in both of which the Eagles came up short.
After two weather postponements last week, the Middlebury Union High School girls’ lacrosse team opened its season on Monday with an 8-1 victory over visiting Stowe.
The Otter Valley Union High School baseball team snapped a 4-4 tie with a four-run sixth inning on Monday to defeat visiting Leland & Grey. OV evened its record at 1-1 with the victory, while the Rebels dropped what was their opener.
The Middlebury Union High School boys’ tennis team began its campaign with a pair of home victories — 6-1 over Champlain Valley on Friday, April 12, and 4-3 over 2023 Division I finalist Stowe on Monday.
Here’s what happened in Addison County sports recently, plus the schedule of upcoming games and events. Schedules, especially at the high school level, change often due to weather and transportation and officiating availability. Please consult school webs … (read more)
A year and a half ago, my wife, Deborah, bought an Extractigator. What on earth is an Extractigator? The short answer is that it’s a device for yanking plants (think shrubs or small trees) out of the ground, roots and all.
The spring of 2023 overall treated Mount Abraham Union High School athletes pretty well, even considering a few glitches.
Middlebury Union High School offers its students more athletic choices in most seasons than any other two local schools combined, and spring is no exception — athletes can participate in eight sports at the varsity level alone.
Two spring sports programs at Otter Valley have each won a Division II title and reached another final since 2014, those being baseball and softball.
The spring of 2023 had to be rated a success for the Vergennes sports teams.
The Mount Abraham-Vergennes cooperative girls’ lacrosse team opened its season by defeating fellow Division II school Stowe, then lost to a D-I title contender.
With Sunday’s 5-2, 7-0 doubleheader sweep of NESCAC rival Bowdoin, the Panthers are now 5-1 (4-0 in league play) on their newly installed field-turf surface off South Street.
The Middlebury College baseball team swept three games from visiting Bowdoin this past weekend, and then defeated Norwich in a non-league game on Tuesday to improve to 14-7. The Panthers scored in double digits in all four outings.
In the quarterfinals of the NESCAC women’s basketball tournament on Feb. 17, Middlebury was down by four in the third quarter to the dreaded Amherst Mammoths.
Visiting Burr & Burton on Tuesday dealt the Otter Valley Union High School baseball team a 12-2 setback in the opener for both teams.
