MAV girls’ lax rolls to big win

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.

In a Tuesday battle of rebuilding high school programs, host Middlebury came out on top of Vergennes for its first varsity baseball win since 2019, 6-4.

The Vergennes-Mount Abraham cooperative high school girls’ lacrosse team bounced back from its only loss of the season — to Division I title contender CVU on April 18 — with three big wins since, including Monday’s 7-3 victory over D-I Essex at VUHS.

Vergennes Union softball has high hopes for this season and began with a decent start, taking two out of three games despite being shorthanded for two of them.

Host Champlain Valley outscored the Vergennes-Mount Abraham girls’ lacrosse team on Monday, 19-11, in a game moved from Tuesday to dodge an unfavorable weather forecast.

The 2021 highlights for Vergennes Union High School spring sports were boys’ track and field’s third-place finish in Division III, including five event wins; semifinal appearances by the baseball and VUHS-Mount Abe girls’ lacrosse teams; and continued pro … (read more)

After years of limited success at the Division II level, the Mount Abraham-Vergennes cooperative high school football team will play in Division III this fall.

The No. 4 Vergennes boys’ basketball team faced a challenge from No. 5 Bellows Falls in a quarterfinal this past Saturday, March 5.

In first-round boys’ basketball playoff action on Tuesday, No. 4 Vergennes advanced at the expense of visiting No. 13 Thetford in Division III.

The Otter Valley and Vergennes cheer teams took to the floor on Saturday for the annual Vermont competition, which the Commodores hosted in a packed Vergennes Union High School gymnasium.

The Commodores look the lead four minutes into the game, held the Eagles to 10 first-half points, and knocked off their rivals, 43-32, on the night they honored seniors Felicia Poirier, Ryley Dubois and Geneva Verburg at their final home game.

It’s not every game that sees three buzzer-beaters, including the game-winner.

The Commodore girls hung tough and came back to take a slim lead vs. Missisquoi.

Defense has been a constant for Coach Chris Altemose’s Middlebury Union High School girls’ basketball team this winter, but the Tigers have not always shot the ball well.

VERGENNES — In a game not decided until the final minute, the host Vergennes Union High School boys’ basketball team held off Mount Abraham on Saturday, 52-45. The Commodores led by as many as 11 early in the third quarter and by six with the ball two min … (read more)