Stowe’s second-half surge stops Tigers in final

SOUTH BURLINGTON — For the scoreless first 50 minutes of Saturday’s Division II boys’ soccer final at South Burlington, No. 2 Middlebury Union High School was arguably the better team than No. 1 Stowe. The Tigers outshot the Raiders in the first half, 7-5; forced Stowe goalie Isaiah Shaefer-Geiger to make three of his four saves; and moved the ball purposefully. “I thought we played a really good first half,” said MUHS Coach Reeves Livesay. “We created three or four very dangerous opportunities. Unfortunate … (read more)

MIDDLEBURY — It took 82 minutes and 54 seconds, a lot of gritty defense, and an accurate finish after a little bit of a lucky bounce for the Middlebury Union High School boys’ soccer team to make history on Tuesday afternoon with a 2-1 victory. That finis … (read more)

CHESTER — Host No. 4 Green Mountain Union on Friday, Oct. 25, outlasted the Vergennes Union High School boys’ soccer team, 2-1, in a Division III quarterfinal. The loss snapped the Commodores’ four-game winning streak, during which they had outscored thei … (read more)

MIDDLEBURY — Friday’s Division II high school boys’ soccer quarterfinal saw No. 2 Middlebury host No. 10 Mount Abraham in the fall’s third meeting of the two teams. Like the first two times, the 13-3 Tigers prevailed, this time by 3-0. But it wasn’t easy … (read more)

ADDISON COUNTY — The Middlebury and Mount Abraham boys’ soccer teams both won first-round Division II playoff games on Tuesday to set up a second-round head-to-head matchup, Vergennes cruised in its Wednesday D-III opener, while Otter Valley’s D-III upset … (read more)

BRISTOL — In a regular-season high school boys’ soccer finale in which both teams hoped to establish playoff momentum as well as nail down higher seeds, visiting Middlebury achieved those goals on Saturday with a 2-0 victory over rival Mount Abraham. The … (read more)

ADDISON COUNTY — In final regular-season high school boys’ soccer action late last week, Vergennes picked up a pair of wins to make a move in the Division III standings, Mount Abraham won a home game to keep its hopes alive of a first-round D-II home game … (read more)

ADDISON COUNTY — In recent boys’ soccer action — mostly late last week, as Wednesday games were played after deadline — Middlebury and Vergennes earned wins, Otter Valley split two games, and Mount Abraham came up short. Teams are in their final week of p … (read more)

FAIR HAVEN — On this past Wednesday host Fair Haven defeated the Otter Valley Union High School boys’ soccer team in double overtime, 3-2. Slater Tyler McClure netted the game-winner on a cross from Kaylo Stevenson. The Slaters took a 2-0 first-half lead … (read more)

ADDISON COUNTY — In high school boys’ soccer games on Tuesday both Mount Abraham and Middlebury posted road shutouts, but Vergennes dropped a home contest. EAGLES The Eagles rolled to a 6-0 win over host Spaulding. Branden Reynolds scored twice to lead th … (read more)

MIDDLEBURY — For the third straight game, the Middlebury Union High School boys’ soccer team found itself tied in the late going, this time at 0-0 in double overtime on Saturday against their scrappy neighbors from Vergennes.  The 8-2 Tigers, winners of f … (read more)

ADDISON COUNTY — Middlebury edged Mount Abraham and Vergennes picked up a big road win to highlight boys’ soccer action last week, while elsewhere, the Eagles rebounded with a victory and Otter Valley dropped a road game. The Tigers also hosted the Commod … (read more)

BRANDON — Visiting White River Valley dealt the host Otter Valley Union High School boys’ soccer team a tough 3-2 loss on Monday. White River’s Jack Simac scored with 25 seconds left in regulation to give White River the victory. White River twice took on … (read more)

ADDISON COUNTY — Mount Abraham and Vergennes battled to a tie to highlight local high school boys’ soccer in the latter part of last week. In other action Middlebury picked up a key Division II victory, while Otter Valley came up short twice. STALEMATE On … (read more)

ADDISON COUNTY — In local high school boys’ soccer, all on Tuesday, Middlebury and Vergennes picked up road victories, while Mount Abraham settled for a home tie. Otter Valley’s Tuesday game at West Rutland was postponed due to an unplayable field. TIGERS … (read more)