Residents show strong backing for their schools

Addison County residents showed strong support for education on Tuesday, when all local school budgets passed, four out of five by large margins. 

OV wrestlers third in Vermont duals

The Otter Valley Union High School wrestling team finished third in the state dual-meet championship on Saturday at Springfield High School. 

OV wins tourney; VUHS, Otter wrestlers claim titles

The Otter Valley wrestling team won the Jason Lowell Memorial Tournament on Saturday at Mount Mansfield Union High School.

Hoax calls report shootings at two local schools

Middlebury and Otter Valley Union high schools were among 21 schools statewide that received hoax calls reporting shootings during the morning of Wednesday, Feb. 8.

OV wrestlers win their own tournament; VUHS nets titles

On the strength of second-place finishes in five weight classes, the Otter Valley Union High School wrestling team on Saturday took first place in its own tournament. 

Otter girls notch their first win

Otter Valley broke through for its first win — at the expense of visiting Vergennes in overtime — to highlight recent local high school girls’ basketball action. 

Commodores pull away late vs. Otters

Ultimately, Tuesday’s boys’ high school basketball game between host Vergennes Union and Otter Valley pivoted on a four-minute stretch of the fourth quarter. 

Eagles net first win at OV’s expense

The Mount Abraham Union High School girls’ basketball team on Tuesday picked up its first win with a dominant performance in a 56-22 victory over visiting Otter Valley. 

Tiger girls’ basketball outscores Otters

Early on the visiting Otter Valley girls’ basketball team on Friday looked determined to take it to Middlebury, using tough man-to-man defense to force a batch of turnovers and a balanced attack to bolt to an 11-4 lead after one period. But that surge did … (read more)

Tigers top OV boys in D-II quarterfinal

The 12-2-1 Tigers, unbeaten since Sept. 14, did not allow the Otters to win their second postseason game in 23 years.

OV football falls to No. 2 Fairfax in postseason

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.

Otter football thumps Thunderbirds

The host Otter Valley football team ran over winless Missisquoi on this past Saturday, 60-6.

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.

Otter Valley golf makes D-II final

The 2021 Division II champion Otter Valley boys’ golf team on Thursday, Oct. 6, qualified to defend its title by finishing second in the qualifying tournament on the Otters’ home course at Neshobe Golf Club. 

Otter Valley field hockey blanks Tigers

The host Otter Valley field hockey team struck for two first-quarter goals against visiting Middlebury on Friday and did enough the rest of way to earn a 3-0 victory. 

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