football


  • MUHS, OV football teams net victories

    MUHS, OV football teams net victories

    Middlebury and the Mount Abraham-Vergennes cooperative high school football teams posted important regular season victories this past weekend, but Otter Valley came up short on the road.

  • Tiger and Eagle football teams aim for playoffs with weekend wins

    Tiger and Eagle football teams aim for playoffs with weekend wins

    MUHS and Mt. Abe/Vergennes all but assured post-season play with victories; Otter Valley lost but is still in the running

  • Tiger football victorious in OT; Otters also win in gridiron play

    Tiger football victorious in OT; Otters also win in gridiron play

    The Middlebury Union High School football team claimed a pivotal Division I win on the road this past weekend, when in Division III action Otter Valley won at…

  • Tiger football can’t overcome slow start vs. Essex

    Tiger football can’t overcome slow start vs. Essex

    When Essex came to Middlebury on Friday, the Tigers found themselves behind by 7 points with only 5 seconds gone on the clock.

  • Tiger football celebrates 50 years under the lights

    Tiger football celebrates 50 years under the lights

    During the fall of 1972, the Middlebury Union High School football team’s fourth game was the first home game of the year. For players and fans alike this…

  • Otter Valley football outscores Eagles

    Otter Valley football outscores Eagles

    The Otter Valley football team broke open Saturday’s Division III game against Mount Abraham-Vergennes with a three-touchdown second quarter on the way to a big homecoming win, 46-25.…

  • Tiger football throttles Rutland, evens their record

    Tiger football throttles Rutland, evens their record

    MIDDLEBURY — It was the way the Middlebury football team dreamed about starting Friday night’s home game against rival Rutland on the way to a dominant 28-7 victory.…

  • Football teams earn triumphs

    Football teams earn triumphs

    All three area high school football teams picked up wins this past weekend, Middlebury and Otter Valley at home and the Mount Abraham-Vergennes cooperative program on the road. 

  • Local high school football teams earn triumphs

    Local high school football teams earn triumphs

    ADDISON COUNTY — All three area high school football teams picked up wins this past weekend, Middlebury and Otter Valley at home and the Mount Abraham-Vergennes cooperative program on…

  • High school football teams fall short

    High school football teams fall short

    None of the local high school football teams emerged with a victory this past weekend, as Middlebury and Otter Valley lost on the road, while the Mount Abraham-Vergennes…

  • Redhawks roll past Tiger football

    Redhawks roll past Tiger football

    The visiting Champlain Valley Redhawks proved to have sharper claws than the Middlebury Tigers in the Division I opener for both high school football teams this past Friday,…

  • Eagle football takes opener

    Eagle football takes opener

    The Mount Abraham/Vergennes football team won its Division III opener on Saturday, 20-14, at Poultney, snapping a 14-14 tie in the fourth quarter on the third of Jamison…

  • Rice blanks Otter Valley eleven

    Rice blanks Otter Valley eleven

    Host Rice shut out the Otter Valley Union football team, 16-0, on Saturday in the Division III opener for both squads.

  • Bob Ritter to step down as Middlebury College head football coach at end of season

    Bob Ritter to step down as Middlebury College head football coach at end of season

    After four decades coaching very successful Ritter will move into administrative role.

  • Shrine Bowl set for August 6

    Shrine Bowl set for August 6

    The 69th Annual Shrine Maple Sugar Bowl football game featuring top recently graduated high school standouts from Vermont and New Hampshire will be played on Saturday, Aug. 6,…

  • VUHS grad gets Castleton award for football

    VUHS grad gets Castleton award for football

    Devin Kimball, a 2017 Vergennes Union High School graduate and former member of the Mount Abe/Vergennes football team, recently received the 2021 Castleton University Football Special Teams Player…