Five seniors from local high school football teams have been selected to play for Vermont in the 70th Annual Shrine Maple Sugar Bowl.
After more than three decades coaching with the Middlebury Union High School football program, Dennis Smith said he knew two games into this season, his 15th as its head coach, it was time to step away.
1996 Middlebury College grad Doug Mandigo, an assistant football coach for the past decade, will step in as head coach now that Bob Ritter has stepped down.
Many members of the Division I Middlebury and Division III Mount Abraham-Vergennes and Otter Valley football teams were named all-stars in voting by the leagues’ coaches.
It seemed Sam knew everybody. He was a visible presence on campus: a robust man physically, warm and expressive. He loved teaching, he loved coaching football, and above all, he loved working with students.
Host Tufts outscored the Middlebury College football team on Saturday, 65-34, in Coach Bob Ritter’s final game as head of the program.
MUHS played tough to the end of the Division-I final but were vanquished by the Redhawks.
MUHS fans are organizing a sendoff for the Tiger football team as it heads off the D-I championship game on Saturday.
The Middlebury College football seniors and Coach Bob Ritter, who is stepping down after 22 years, made the most of their final home game on Saturday, when the Panthers cruised to a 48-34 victory over Hamilton.
Tapping a strong defense and two touchdowns, MUHS completes a 7-1 streak and steps up to face CVU in the Division I final.
The top-rated Windsor team overwhelmed the Mount Abe-Vergennes combine in Saturday’s D-III semifinal.
No. 2 seed Fairfax-Lamoille pulled away in the second half on Saturday to defeat the visiting No. 7 Otter Valley football team, 18-6.
In a game that featured two dramatic touchdowns that created lead changes in the final 1:09, the No. 5 seed Mount Abraham-Vergennes football team defeated No. 4 Rice, 43-40, in a Division III quarterfinal on Saturday.
Middlebury meant business when the Hurricanes blew into town Friday.
With a little more than a minute left and Rice up by 3 points, Lucas Allen and the Eagles were set to receive a kickoff — and they showed they were ready.
