Sports Report: High school athletes swing into action

ADDISON COUNTY — Spring sports athletes at Middlebury, Mount Abraham, Vergennes and Otter Valley union high schools have already had their greatest wish for the spring granted. They’re playing. After having no season at all a year ago and then pandemic-shortened campaigns this past fall and winter, once again athletes are taking to fields, tennis courts and tracks, and they are competing. And not only that, sunny weather and temperatures in the 60s and 70s greeted them in their first week of practice, which … (read more)

Surprising news at the area’s biggest high school came from the baseball program — it will compete at only the JV level. In terms of numbers, MUHS could have fielded a team: 18 athletes showed up. But school Activities Director Sean Farrell pointed out th … (read more)

The Commodores upped the ante in 2019 with some notable team performances. The VUHS baseball team carved its way through the Division-III tournament before falling to top seed White River Valley in the final. The team, like every other team, saw key playe … (read more)

The Mount Abe track and field team might have an edge this year on its Tiger and Commodore counterparts. After all, the Eagles have a track. If the Eagle Track Co-Coaches Eva Friend and Nate Reynolds’ team does square off with its county rivals, it should … (read more)

Spring of 2019 saw plenty of success for Otter Valley sports teams, none more so than for the baseball squad. The Otters earned the No. 1 seed in D-II before falling to Fair Haven in a close final. Only one player, senior catcher Alex Polli, returns from … (read more)

Sports writers like to call their sections the “Toy Department.” Most recently I came across that reference in a Boston Globe piece by longtime columnist Dan Shaughnessy. In many ways it’s hard to argue with that description.  There are days — on the side … (read more)