High school sports in fall of 2025: A lesson in chemistry

Does winning foster team chemistry, or does team chemistry lead to winning? It’s a good question, and this past fall high school sports season helps to answer it.

The Otter Valley boys’ soccer team was a finalist for the Vermont Soccer Officials Association’s sportsmanship award.

ADDISON COUNTY — Members of the Mount Abraham, Vergennes, Middlebury and Otter Valley boys’ high school soccer teams have received postseason honors from the Like Division, Mountain Division and Southern Vermont C Division.  The Lake Division champion and … (read more)

Girls’ soccer players from the Vergennes, Mount Abraham, Middlebury and Otter Valley high school teams have received postseason recognition from the Mountain League, Lake Division and the Southern Vermont League B Division. 

The Middlebury College women’s soccer team hosted and won first- and second-round NCAA Division III tournament games this past weekend.

Despite a 2-1 loss to Williams in a NESCAC semifinal, the Middlebury College women’s soccer team received an at-large bid to the NCAA Division III tournament and will host a four-team regional this weekend.

The Panthers received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament and will head to a four-team regional hosted by Wheaton this weekend. 

The finest Mount Abraham boys’ soccer season in a dozen years did not end the way the Eagles had hoped.

No. 2 seed VUHS relied on a gritty teamwide defense, sensational early saves from sophomore goalie Addie Smith, and well-struck goals from Ava Francis and Sophia James to defeat Peoples for the title.

The No. 2 seed Commodores struck first and last to earn a 2-1 victory over visiting No. 3 Stowe in Wednesday afternoon’s tense Division III semifinal. The title game is Saturday.

Visiting No. 6 seed Thetford on Friday, Oct. 24, knocked the No. 3 Vergennes boys’ soccer team out of the Division III playoffs.

The 6th-seeded Mount Abraham girls’ soccer team exited the Division II playoffs on Saturday after losing a heartbreaking penalty kick shootout to host No. 3 U-32.

The No. 3 seeded VUHS boys’ soccer team cruised past No. 14 seed Oxbow on Tuesday, 5-0, in a first-round Division III playoff game.

The MUHS boys’ soccer team earned the No. 1 seed in Division II and earned a bye into the quarterfinal round.

The MAUHS girls’ soccer team beat previously undefeated VUHS, 3-2.