VERGENNES — The Middlebury Union High School dance team on Saturday for the third time in five years won the Vermont hip-hop crown, this time before more than 1,000 fans supporting 10 teams at Vergennes Union High School.
The Tiger team — with half the dancers dressed as men with goatees and eye black — edged the defending hip-hop titlist Burr & Burton squad, 263.5-261.
MUHS had previously claimed the hip-hop title in 2008 and 2010.
In the Tigers’ second category — each team competed in two of the three categories, hip-hop, jazz and pom — they finished tied for fourth in jazz, scoring 219.5 points out of a possible 300. Overall, MUHS finished fifth in the combined standings with 483 points.
South Burlington won both pom (272.5) and jazz (269.5) to earn 542 points and a 20-point win over runner-up Burr & Burton, which also finished second to the Rebels in pom (261).
Colchester, third in both pom and jazz, took third overall with 254.5 points, and Mount Mansfield (500) was fourth.
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Independent photos/Trent Campbell