Eagle soccer defeats Tiger boys, 2-1

Mount Abe boys jump to an early lead and hold off a rally and last-minute onslaught by a visiting Middlebury team.

Senior Lucas Politano earned medalist honors for the 3rd straight season, and joined his teammates in winning the D-II team title for OV.

In a hard-fought and physical game in Bristol on Monday, the host Mount Abraham girls’ soccer team scored three times in the final 29 minutes to erase a 2-0 Middlebury lead and come away with the Eagles’ second dramatic win over the Tigers this fall.

Mount Abraham Union High School sophomores and twins Hailey and Isayah Isham on Saturday became the 2024 Vermont High School Bass Fishing Champions. They became the seventh titlists in one of the newest official Vermont Principals’ Association sports.

I must begin this column with a correction, a mea culpa. In my last column, about golfer Keegan Bradley who was born in Woodstock and spent his early years there, I declared that he was the “most prominent and accomplishment sports figure from Vermont on … (read more)

One-goal wins by both Middlebury and Mount Abraham over Vergennes topped the recent local high school boys’ soccer news.

Cross country runners from Middlebury, Vergennes, Mount Abraham and Otter Valley union high schools joined almost 1,000 high school competitors at Saturday’s annual Thetford Trails Run, the biggest meet of the year for runners at that level. Runners came … (read more)

Among local high school football teams, only Division III Otter Valley prevailed this past weekend, as Middlebury lost on the road to D-I’s undefeated first-place team, while D-II Mount Abraham/Vergennes came up short at home against D-III’s undefeated fi … (read more)

In recent local high school girls’ soccer play, Mount Abraham picked up a home victory, Otter Valley split two games, and Vergennes continued to find tough going in the Lake Division.

In recent local high school field hockey play, Otter Valley split two games, Mount Abraham lost a close home contest to a Division I Metro foe, and Middlebury dropped a pair of outings to Metro foes.

Here’s what happened in Addison County sports recently, plus the schedule of upcoming games and events.

In a Monday matchup at Mount Abraham Union High School between two Division II field hockey teams that have played hard this fall, but could use more positive results, the host Eagles used a fast start and held off a second-half Middlebury push to claim a … (read more)

The Division II Mount Abraham girls’ soccer team achieved its main objectives on Tuesday at Vergennes, playing crisply, passing the ball and defending well, and coming away with a 3-1 victory.

In recent local high school boys’ soccer action, Vergennes broke through for a pair of victories, Mount Abraham split a pair of contests, and Middlebury dropped a tough road game.

All three local high school football teams rolled to one-sided home victories this past weekend, and two of them improved their positions in the standings in their divisions.