One way for a team to make the most of a losing season is to defeat a local rival on its Senior Day.
Host Middlebury defeated Vergennes in extra innings to provide one local high school baseball highlight between May 17 and 23. Mount Abraham also hosted the Tigers on Tuesday.
The Middlebury Union High School boys’ lacrosse team took two out of three recent games to improve to 11-4 heading into the Tigers regular season finale on Friday at defending champion Champlain Valley.
The Mount Abraham-Vergennes high school girls’ lacrosse team won two out of three recent games, and at 8-5 remain in position for a top-four seed in the upcoming Division II playoffs.
No. 3 ranked RIT bolted to a 6-1 first-quarter lead on the way to a 16-6 victory over the No. 5 Middlebury College men’s lacrosse team in an NCAA Division III quarterfinal played on Saturday at Tufts University.
The Middlebury Union High School boys’ tennis team picked up two more one-sided victories in the past week to improve to 11-0. Their final regular season match was scheduled for this Wednesday at U-32, a team the Tigers have already defeated by 7-0 this s … (read more)
Visiting Burlington defeated the Middlebury Union High School girls’ Ultimate team on Tuesday, 12-5. The Seahorses used a balanced attack to improve to 9-0.
The Mount Abraham-Vergennes cooperative boys’ lacrosse team maintained its winning ways between May 17 and 23, earning three victories, all against Division II teams, to remain in the thick of the race for the top seed in D-III.
The Middlebury Union High School girls’ tennis team won its second match of the season in recent action, but came up short in three other outings. The Tigers are 2-10.
Mount Abraham prevailed over Middlebury, and the Tigers defeated Vergennes in softball rivalry games to highlight local high school softball action between May 17 and 23.
The Middlebury College baseball team dropped two straight games this past Friday and Saturday at a four-team, double-elimination NCAA D-III Tournament regional hosted by Bridgewater State and saw its season conclude with a 27-13 record.
Here’s what happened in Addison County sports recently, plus the schedule of upcoming games and events.
Track and field athletes from Mount Abraham, Middlebury and Vergennes union high schools competed in several meets last week.
On a Tuesday afternoon not fit for man nor beast, never mind baseball, an exciting game of the latter nevertheless broke out at Vergennes Union High School, when the host Commodores needed eight innings to get past rival Mount Abraham, 11-10.
The Tigers never trailed, but they never put away a team they defeated by 17-2 in Woodstock a month ago, and when given the chance the Wasps rallied with three straight fourth-quarter goals to force overtime.
