ADDISON COUNTY — As the Division II high school field hockey playoffs opened on Tuesday, No. 2 Middlebury turned back No. 10 Brattleboro, 3-1, in a first-round game. Meanwhile, as expected, the 11-2 Otter Valley and 9-3-2 Mount Abraham teams earned D-II’s Nos. 1 and 2 seeds, respectively. The defending champion Eagles will now host the Tigers at 3:30 p.m. on this Thursday in a quarterfinal. The winner of that game will probably face No. 3 Hartford (10-3-1) in a semifinal early next week. Semifinals will be … (read more)