The No. 6 Vergennes Union High School boys’ basketball team on Tuesday closed out its first-round Division III playoff game with a 14-3 run to subdue stubborn No. 11 seed Peoples, 61-46.
The Vergennes Union High School cheer squad took third in Division II on Saturday in front of a big crowd in their own gym, an audience that also applauded two cheerleading dynasties that continued to rule in D-I and D-II.
When Vergennes senior guard Kyra Bradford sliced through the lane for a layup to open this past Friday’s second half, the hoop also sliced the Middlebury Union girls’ basketball team’s lead over the visiting Commodores to 27-21.
As the clock wound down in the Middlebury Union High School gym on Monday, a second overtime period loomed.
The Vergennes Union High School girls’ basketball team on Tuesday recovered from first-half struggles against visiting Missisquoi to control most of the second half, but then fell victim to a T-Bird buzzer-beater in a tough 34-32 loss.
Indoor track and field teams from Vergennes and Mount Abraham union high schools once again posted solid results at a meet hosted by the University of Vermont on Saturday.
Ultimately, Tuesday’s boys’ high school basketball game between host Vergennes Union and Otter Valley pivoted on a four-minute stretch of the fourth quarter.
Will this winter reverse the oh-so-close trend of tough playoff losses on the road, overtime setbacks and unlucky injuries?
Friday’s 0-0 tie at Vergennes Union High School between two boys’ soccer teams enjoying strong seasons left one side feeling better than the other.
Soccer games often come down to one moment where everything clicks.
In a typically intense high school boys’ soccer game on Tuesday between two programs enjoying a run of success in recent seasons, host Middlebury got past previously unbeaten Vergennes in double overtime, 3-2.
A young Vergennes Union High School girls’ soccer team showed flashes of good play in its season debut against visiting Fairfax on Tuesday, but the Bullets dominated early in each half to pick up a 4-1 victory.
Vergennes and Otter Valley welcomed the new boys’ soccer season with victories on Friday, Sept. 2.
It took the No. 2 seed Vergennes Union two innings of Tuesday’s Division III semifinal to adjust to the less-than-lightning-speed offerings of Brie Howe-Lynch, who took the mound for No. 6 Green Mountain Union.
The Mount Abe-Vergennes girls’ lacrosse team shook off a loss to Hartford on Thursday and came up with a big win over Lamoille the next day.
