Rifle deer season finishes stronger

After an opening weekend of rifle deer season in Addison County that was the least productive in a decade, the final two weeks of the season proved to be happier for hunters.

Does winning foster team chemistry, or does team chemistry lead to winning? It’s a good question, and this past fall high school sports season helps to answer it.

Many members of the MUHS football team were named all-stars by the league’s coaches after the Tigers captured the D-I title this season.

“Can you imagine reading about sports in the Addison Independent and not seeing Andy Kirkaldy’s byline?”

A number of athletes who helped the MAV Cooperative and Otter Valley Union high school football teams enjoy successful seasons this fall were selected as all-stars by the Division III coaches.

There’s an ongoing shortage of athletic officials across Vermont and the nation.

Middlebury College junior Audrey MacLean on Saturday claimed the individual NCAA Division III women’s cross-country championship.

In this past Saturday’s third-round of the NCAA Division III tournament, No. 3 Tufts controlled the action against the Panthers and advanced to Sunday’s sectional final with a 2-0 victory. 

Bow and muzzleloader hunters combined to bring down 159 deer in the early seasons for both weapons.

ADDISON COUNTY — Members of the Mount Abraham, Vergennes, Middlebury and Otter Valley boys’ high school soccer teams have received postseason honors from the Like Division, Mountain Division and Southern Vermont C Division.  The Lake Division champion and … (read more)

Girls’ soccer players from the Vergennes, Mount Abraham, Middlebury and Otter Valley high school teams have received postseason recognition from the Mountain League, Lake Division and the Southern Vermont League B Division. 

Many members of the Otter Valley, Mount Abraham and Middlebury Union high school field hockey teams received postseason honors from either the Capital Division or the Southern Vermont League B Division.

The Middlebury College women’s soccer team hosted and won first- and second-round NCAA Division III tournament games this past weekend.

One-hundred-and-thirty-one hunters had bucks weighed at Addison County wildlife reporting stations after taking them down this past Saturday and Sunday, the opening weekend of rifle season.

Young deer hunters and newcomers to the sport took 63 animals to be weighed in Addison County on Oct. 25 and 26 during the Vermont Fish & Wildlife Department’s Youth/Novice Deer Hunting Weekend.