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.

Panther Perry gets NFL tryout

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

Karl Lindholm: Thomas Perry is playing football and trying to ‘get better’ every day

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 locals earn Shrine Bowl nods

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.

Karl Lindholm: Panthers’ athletic success secret is a ‘wellness guru’

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)

Local football stars named

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.

OV football loses to Woodstock in title game

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

Middlebury football falls to Tufts in season finale

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

Otter Valley football advances to D-III final

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

Area athletes chosen for North/South football rosters

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.

Tiger football falls in semi-final

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

Tiger football dominates Sea Wolves

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)

MAV football falls to Fair Haven

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)

Otter Valley football nabs big win

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.

The going is tough for local football squads

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.

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