After a mostly successful autumn season a year ago sparked in part by a strong class of senior athletes most teams at Otter Valley Union High School will be relying more on youth this fall.
In limited recent local high school baseball action, Otter Valley spit two games, while Mount Abraham came up short twice.
The Mount Abraham Union High School softball team flexed its muscles on Tuesday, when the Eagles rolled to a 12-0, five-inning victory over local rival Otter Valley in the opener for both teams.
Otter Valley topped host Mount Abraham to highlight the opening of the region’s high school baseball season.
The Otter Valley Union High School varsity sports teams each had their own measures of success in 2022.
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 Valley broke through for its first win — at the expense of visiting Vergennes in overtime — to highlight recent local high school girls’ basketball action.
About two seconds remained in the boys’ basketball game at Mount Abraham Friday evening when Otter Valley Union High School freshman guard Connor Denis launched a contested three-pointer from the arc’s right side.
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.
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.
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)
The 12-2-1 Tigers, unbeaten since Sept. 14, did not allow the Otters to win their second postseason game in 23 years.
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.
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.
MUHS and Mt. Abe/Vergennes all but assured post-season play with victories; Otter Valley lost but is still in the running
