Otter golf team, MUHS’s Malcolm advance to state tourney

In the Division II qualifying tournament on Tuesday, the Middlebury and Mount Abraham high school boys’ golf teams fell short of advancing to the D-II championship tournament.

Otter Valley Union Middle & High School will unveil its new welding lab at an open house on Sept. 25.

In a rain-soaked game on Saturday, a blocked field goal made all the difference in the Mount Abraham-Vergennes Cooperative football team’s season-opener against Otter Valley.

SCOREBOARD HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS Baseball 4/19 Thetford vs VUHS                             8-7 4/22 VUHS vs Richford                             6-4 4/23 Mt. Mansfield vs. MUHS                 10-0 Softball 4/17 Mt. Abe vs Missisquoi                       7 … (read more)

Ten members of the girls’ basketball teams at Middlebury, Mount Abraham, Vergennes and Otter Valley union high schools have received postseason recognition.

MUHS claimed 2nd place as a team not far behind perennial champion Mount Anthony; Vergennes senior Peyton Lavoie tapped as “Outstanding Wrestler” at the event.

The No. 4 Otter Valley boys’ basketball team on Friday rallied in the second half to defeat No. 5 Fair Haven and book a date on Wednesday evening in a Division II semifinal. In Barre they will face No. 1 Montpelier.

Otter Valley wrestling team as a whole grabs five podium finishes and seventh place out of 39 teams at Keene tournament.

The winter of 2023-2024 overall was a success at Otter Valley Union High School. OV Athletic Director Steve Keith offered an outlook for OV wrestling and the two hoop teams.

History was made in the D-III football final on Saturday when top-seeded Woodstock played No. 4 seeded Otter Valley.

The MUHS girls’ and boys’ cross-country teams finished 3rd and 5th, respectively, in the D-II Cross Country Championships in Thetford on Saturday. Estella Laird was the top female in all divisions.

Senior Lucas Politano earned medalist honors for the 3rd straight season, and joined his teammates in winning the D-II team title for OV.

All four local high school golf teams were in action yesterday, and in three competitions they netted a medalist, a co-medalist, and a team tie for first place.

Voters in the Brandon area on April 30 will get a second chance to approve a fiscal year 2025 spending plan for the Otter Valley Unified Union schools.

Middlebury and Mt. Abraham each came up short against Division I visitors, VUHS dropped three games, but OV wins.