Field hockey playoff pairings set

Otter Valley (11-3) in Division II and Mount Abraham (10-4) in D-III each received No. 2 seeds entering the playoffs, while Middlebury (2-10-1) in D-II received a No. 8 seed.

The Middlebury Union High School football team bounced back from an early Burr & Burton touchdown to dispatch the visiting Bulldogs in convincing fashion this past Friday night, 38-21.

The MAUHS girls’ soccer team beat previously undefeated VUHS, 3-2.

The Mount Abraham boys’ soccer team beat Winooski, 4-0, to secure the Lake Division championship.

The Middlebury, Mount Abraham and Vergennes boys’ high school soccer teams all picked up at least one victory in the past week.

The MUHS football team beat host Mount Anthony on Friday night, 17-6.

Middlebury Union High School sophomore Louisa Orten won the NVAC Small School girls’ championship race on Saturday.

The Division III Mount Abraham/Vergennes football team rolled over D-II host Milton on Friday night, 46-0.

Two funding sources could help the city of Vergennes establish a major workforce housing project off North Main Street in the city’s Northern Gateway District. 

The Middlebury and Mount Abraham girls’ volleyball teams each won two recent matches as their regular seasons enter the home stretch.

Mount Abraham won its only game this past week, while Middlebury earned a tie three times.

The local high school teams are playing their final week of the regular season before heading into the playoffs.

Mt. Abe’s first-year varsity volleyball team lost to visiting Middlebury on Monday.

Vergennes Recreation Coordinator Martha DeGraaf says the Commodore Club, which provides after school programming, could benefit from long-term city support.

Vergennes’s expanding recreation department needs more investment to maintain its infrastructure and programming.