ST. JOHNSBURY — Defending Division I champion St. Johnsbury outlasted the visiting Middlebury Union High School football team on Saturday, 44-32.
Hilltopper QB Jake Cady sparked his team by completing 24 of 29 passes for 254 yards and two touchdowns and rushing for four scores and 106 yards.
The Hilltoppers (2-1) built a 30-12 halftime lead and held off the 1-2 Tigers, who got 106 yards in the air and two passing touchdowns from QB Tim Goettelmann and another passing touchdown from running back Tyler Buxton, a 57-yarder to Zach Dunn. Simon Fischer caught five passes for MUHS, and Buxton rushed for 84 yards.
The Tigers face another road game this coming Friday, at BFA-St. Albans (2-1) at 7 p.m. The Bobwhites have lost at home to Mount Mansfield and won at Champlain Valley and Rutland.