The Vergennes Union High School boys’ track and field team won two events while finishing eighth at the Division III state championship meet on Thursday at an event hosted by Burr & Burton Academy.
In Division III baseball playoff action on Tuesday, No. 5 White River defeated No. 8 Vergennes Union High School, 10-6. Game details were not available at press time.
The Vergennes Union High School softball team, the No. 6 seed in the Division III playoffs, on Tuesday shrugged off an early deficit to visiting No. 11 White River Valley and cruised to a 10-4 victory.
On a Tuesday afternoon not fit for man nor beast, never mind baseball, an exciting game of the latter nevertheless broke out at Vergennes Union High School, when the host Commodores needed eight innings to get past rival Mount Abraham, 11-10.
The Middlebury Union High School softball team on Tuesday picked up a needed win after a recent rough patch, playing excellent defense and getting hits from everyone in the lineup in a 12-3 victory at Vergennes.
The difficulties the Division III Vergennes Union High School baseball team have had so far this spring against D-I and D-II opponents continued on Saturday, when D-II U-32 topped the Commodores, 6-1.
Girls’ teams made most of the headlines at Vergennes Union High School in the spring of 2022, when both the softball and Commodore-Mount Abraham cooperative girls’ lacrosse team reached finals.
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?
