Semifinals on tap for three local teams

The VUHS boys’ basketball, MUHS boys’ hockey and MUHS girls’ hockey teams all upset their way to playoff semifinal games this week.

All three local high school boys’ basketball teams are slated to begin their playoff bids this Wednesday, March 4.

Seventh-seeded Mount Abraham went toe-to-toe with top-seeded defending Division II champion Milton for all 80 minutes of Friday night’s rainy, chilly final in Burlington.

CVU scored a season-low 21 points vs. MUHS on Saturday, but managed to defeat the visiting Tigers with two fourth-quarter passes.

The Tiger football team’s dreams of a second straight trip to the Division I championship game were dashed on Friday.

MUHS played tough to the end of the Division-I final but were vanquished by the Redhawks.

VUHS boys’ soccer showed why they were seeded No. 1 in D-III when they dismissed visiting Green Mountain Union on Saturday.

BRISTOL — The top-seeded Mount Abraham field hockey team is going back to the Division II title game after defeating No. 5 Spaulding, 3-1, in a Wednesday semifinal. Coach Mary Stetson’s 14-1-1 Eagles will be seeking the program’s fourth straight title and … (read more)

ADDISON COUNTY — As the high school football postseason opened on Tuesday, the season came to an end for both Middlebury and Otter Valley in Rutland Region play.  The 4-4 Mount Abraham-Vergennes cooperative team is scheduled to open the playoffs in the Bu … (read more)

ADDISON COUNTY — As the Division II postseason got under way top-seeded Mount Abraham won its opener and No. 7 Otter Valley worked hard to oust No. 10 Middlebury before running into No. 2 Burr & Burton in a quarterfinal matchup.  Mount Abe also hosted No. … (read more)

MIDDLEBURY — The top-seeded Middlebury College field hockey team defeated visiting No. 8 Trinity on Saturday, 3-1, in a NESCAC playoff quarterfinal and will host the league’s final four this weekend. The defending NESCAC and NCAA Division III champion Pan … (read more)

CHESTER — Host No. 4 Green Mountain Union on Friday, Oct. 25, outlasted the Vergennes Union High School boys’ soccer team, 2-1, in a Division III quarterfinal. The loss snapped the Commodores’ four-game winning streak, during which they had outscored thei … (read more)