Nineteen members of the Middlebury, Mount Abraham, Otter Valley and Vergennes union high school softball teams received postseason recognition from either the Lake Division or Southern Vermont League B Division coaches.
Host No. 2 seed Lyndon ousted the No. 7 seed and defending champion Mount Abraham softball team in a Division II quarterfinal on Friday, June 7, 13-10.
An outstanding Middlebury Union High School softball season ended in a Division II quarterfinal on Thursday, June 6, when visiting No. 5 seed Rice scored three unanswered runs in the final three innings to edge the No. 4 Tigers, 3-2.
An outstanding Tiger season ended in a Division II quarterfinal on Thursday when visiting Rice scored three unanswered runs in the final three innings.
The Division II high school softball playoffs opened on Tuesday with No. 4 Middlebury, No. 7 Mount Abraham and No. 8 Otter Valley all picking up first-round wins and advancing to Friday quarterfinals, while in D-II Vergennes concluded its season with a se … (read more)
The Middlebury Union High School softball team continued to roll on Tuesday, this time at the expense of host and defending Division II champion Mount Abraham. The Tigers won, 17-4, in six innings.
The Middlebury and Otter Valley softball teams each won at least twice to enhance their Division II playoff positioning and highlight recent local high school softball action.
In recent local high school softball rivalry games Middlebury knocked off Mount Abraham, while the Eagles bested Vergennes. Elsewhere, the Tigers and Otter Valley won once before games scheduled for Tuesday were all rained out.
In recent high school softball play, Middlebury won three times in four outings, including a win over Vergennes; Mount Abraham scored a dramatic win in a stretch against Division II’s top three teams; and Otter Valley came up short twice against tough com … (read more)
The softball teams from Mount Abraham, Otter Valley, Middlebury and Vergennes union high schools all won in recent action.
In recent high school softball action Mount Abraham took two out of three, losing only to a Division I title contender, while Otter Valley won twice on the road.
Colchester’s Athanasia Boyer tossed a perfect game on Saturday, putting a damper on the Middlebury softball team’s home opener.
Mount Abraham softball Coach Donnie McCormick was diplomatic after his team’s 27-5 win over CVU. Three Redhawk pitchers had just combined to issue 15 walks, toss six wild pitches, and hit nine batters in just four innings.
The Otter Valley Union High School softball team evened their record at 1-1 by defeating host Springfield on Tuesday.
With Sunday’s 5-2, 7-0 doubleheader sweep of NESCAC rival Bowdoin, the Panthers are now 5-1 (4-0 in league play) on their newly installed field-turf surface off South Street.
