Eagle running game wears down OV football

Saturday’s high school football game saw momentum shifts between Otter Valley and the cooperative Mount Abraham-Vergennes team. It turned the host Eagles’ way in the second half, when MAV outscored the Otters, 18-0, to claim a 36-27 victory.

The Middlebury Union High School football team bounced back from its tight road loss on Sept. 13 with a pivotal road win this past Friday, 21-7 at Hartford.

Tiger football defeats Hartford with strong passing and running

In local high school football action, Middlebury saw a comeback fall short in taking a Division I road loss against a traditional rival, the Tigers’ first setback; one unfortunate quarter undid the Mount Abraham-Vergennes cooperative team in a D-II loss o … (read more)

In local high school football action, Middlebury saw a comeback fall short in taking a Division I road loss against a traditional rival, the Tigers’ first setback; one unfortunate quarter undid the Mount Abraham-Vergennes cooperative team in a D-II loss o … (read more)

In week two of local high school football action, Middlebury won big at home again, Mount Abraham/Vergennes added to its win column in a big way, and Otter Valley lost a home heartbreaker.

The Division II Mount Abraham-Vergennes cooperative football team started their season on Saturday with a 30-20 victory at Mill River, a D-III playoff team a year ago. The game was the opener for both teams. 

Fans at Doc Collins Field this past Friday saw early on that the MUHS football team would use passing as well as running the ball — and it worked very well.

My second night at Middlebury in the fall of 1963, I was roused from my bed after midnight and dispatched with the other freshman men to serenade the senior women from the lawn in front of Forest Hall. That night, I stood behind the biggest person I had e … (read more)

The Vermont team scored two fourth-quarter touchdowns in Saturday’s Shrine Maple Sugar Bowl football game to rally past New Hampshire, 26-21, at Castleton University in the annual battle between recently graduated high school football all-stars from each … (read more)

Five players from the region’s three high school football teams are expected to play this Saturday in the 71st annual Shrine Maple Sugar Bowl, in which top recently-graduated high school football players from Vermont and New Hampshire square off.

Five seniors from the region’s three football teams have been selected to play in the 71st annual Shrine Maple Sugar Bowl, in which top recently-graduated high school football players from Vermont and New Hampshire square off. 

Many athletes on the Middlebury, Mount Abraham and Otter Valley union high school football teams have been named Division I, II and III all-stars, respectively, for their efforts this past fall season.

Panther earned a share of the NESCAC championship on Saturday by defeating host Colby College, 35-28, in Middlebury’s season finale.

The Middlebury College football team gutted out a pivotal victory on Saturday, topping visiting Tufts, 19-10, by forcing two key turnovers during the fourth quarter, one of which stopped a Tufts drive at the 2-yard-line and the other being a tipped pass t … (read more)