NESCAC OKs NCAA football

The presidents of colleges belonging to the New England Small College Athletic Conference, including Middlebury, have approved a proposal from the conference athletic directors to allow NESCAC football teams to participate in the NCAA Division III championship tournament.

Middlebury College football player Thomas Perry, an All-American offensive lineman, has been invited to a Baltimore Ravens rookie minicamp for a tryout.

The big event in the U.S. sports world this week is the annual college draft of the National Football League. There is a genuine possibility that Thomas Perry, a Middlebury College senior, will be one of the 250 players selected to join the approximately … (read more)

Three local high school senior football standouts were recently selected to play in this year’s Shrine Maple Sugar Bowl against their counterparts from New Hampshire.

Here’s the setting: The cavernous Virtue Field House at Middlebury College, 10 a.m. on a quiet Sunday morning early in the fall, the football season. Some 40 to 50 young men, all dressed similarly, shorts and t-shirts with “Middlebury Football” lettering, … (read more)

Many football players from the Middlebury, Mount Abraham/Vergennes and Otter Valley high school teams have been recognized as Division I, II or III all-stars by the leagues’ coaches.

History was made in the D-III football final on Saturday when top-seeded Woodstock played No. 4 seeded Otter Valley.

The Panther football team closed its season on Saturday with a 6-3 record after recording a 17-7 loss to the Jumbos.

The No. 4 seed Otter Valley football team on Saturday upset previously unbeaten top seed Fairfax/Lamoille, 41-35, in a Division III semifinal.

The rosters for the 23rd annual North/South All-Star Football Classic was recently announced, and they include eight senior standouts from the Middlebury, Otter Valley and the Mount Abraham/Vergennes cooperative teams.

CVU scored a season-low 21 points vs. MUHS on Saturday, but managed to defeat the visiting Tigers with two fourth-quarter passes.

The No. 4 seed Middlebury Union High School football team used a dominant first half to get past No. 5 Burlington/South Burlington, 31-7, in the teams’ Division I quarterfinal matchup this past Friday on Doc Collins Field. Both teams’ record was 6-3 after … (read more)

No. 3 seed Fair Haven football team bounced No. 6 Mount Abraham/Vergennes out of the Division III postseason this past Friday night, 49-6, in a quarterfinal matchup. The Slaters improved to 7-2 and advanced to a semifinal this weekend against No. 2 Bellow … (read more)

The No. 4 seed Otter Valley football team advanced to the Division III semifinal round this past Saturday with a big win over visiting No. 5 Mill River, 46-14.

It was a lost weekend for the three local high school football teams, as Middlebury, Mount Abraham/Vergennes and Otter Valley all dropped road games in their final regular season action.