Spring Sports Report: Mount Abe sees reasons for optimism

The spring of 2024 saw one Mount Abraham sports program, the cooperative Eagle-Vergennes boys’ lacrosse team, score a major breakthrough by winning its first state title, and another, the Eagle baseball team, suffer another major heartbreak, an extra-inning loss in the Division II final.

In the Mount Abraham gym on Thursday night, the Eagles and the visiting MUHS took turns going on runs. In the end, the Tigers rallied last to defeat the Eagles, 51-45.

The Yellowjackets threw a sideline trapping defense at the Eagles in the final period, and Mount Abe committed six turnovers down the stretch. But the Eagles pulled it together and pulled away.

In a high school girls’ basketball game that was close throughout, visiting Mount Abraham ratcheted up the intensity of its man-to-man defense Tuesday evening to finally pull away from host Vergennes in the final few minutes and claim a 45-39 victory.

Host No. 3 Stratton on Friday, Oct. 25, ousted the No. 6 seeded Mount Abraham boys’ soccer team from the Division II playoffs, 6-3, in a quarterfinal matchup. Stratton moved into the semifinal round with a 10-2 record, while the Eagles finished at 11-5 un … (read more)

The Mount Abraham field hockey team and their coach believed their tough Division I Metro Conference schedule would prepare them for the D-II playoffs. In Tuesday’s first-round D-II playoff game the No. 8 Eagles looked like the better team than visiting N … (read more)

In a typically hard-fought duel on Saturday between the rivals, the host Eagles earned a 2-0 victory over the Commodores in what was the final regular season game for both squads.

In a hard-fought and physical game in Bristol on Monday, the host Mount Abraham girls’ soccer team scored three times in the final 29 minutes to erase a 2-0 Middlebury lead and come away with the Eagles’ second dramatic win over the Tigers this fall.

Mount Abraham Union High School sophomores and twins Hailey and Isayah Isham on Saturday became the 2024 Vermont High School Bass Fishing Champions. They became the seventh titlists in one of the newest official Vermont Principals’ Association sports.

In a Monday matchup at Mount Abraham Union High School between two Division II field hockey teams that have played hard this fall, but could use more positive results, the host Eagles used a fast start and held off a second-half Middlebury push to claim a … (read more)

The Division II Mount Abraham girls’ soccer team achieved its main objectives on Tuesday at Vergennes, playing crisply, passing the ball and defending well, and coming away with a 3-1 victory.

The second year of volleyball is off to a strong start at Mount Abraham Union High School, with last year’s club team now playing as a Junior Varsity squad, who took on the Middlebury Union High School Tigers as their first opponents and now are into leag … (read more)

Overall, the Mount Abraham Union High School teams will be aiming for a little more success this fall than last fall.

Cross-country runners from Middlebury, Mount Abraham and Vergennes competed at this past Saturday’s season-opening Essex Invitational meet, which drew high school competitors from all Vermont divisions.

It’s a good place to start while trying to win soccer games if a team doesn’t allow a shot on goal, and that’s just what the Mount Abraham girls accomplished against visiting Peoples Academy on Tuesday afternoon. The Eagles came away with a 1-0 victory.