Rice nips Tiger softball in quarterfinal

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.

On paper Tuesday’s Division II first-round playoff game between the host No. 8 seed Middlebury Union High School baseball team and No. 9 Otter Valley looked like a close game. 

The Middlebury Union High School boys’ tennis doubles team of senior Iver Anderson and freshman Nate Cook Yoder knocked off the top seed on Sunday to claim the state championship at South Burlington’s Leddy Park — and the No. 1 seed was comprised of their … (read more)

The No. 8 Middlebury Union High School girls’ lacrosse team on Tuesday dropped its first-round home Division I playoff game to No. 9 Rice, 11-7.

The Middlebury Union High School girls’ tennis team earned the No. 4 seed in Division II, and in a quarterfinal home match on Tuesday the No. 5 seed Rice (8-7) knocked off the Tigers, 6-1.

In a Tuesday matchup with Division II postseason implications, the Mount Abraham baseball team survived a wild seventh-inning rally by visiting Middlebury to prevail, 10-9. 

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 Union High School boys’ lacrosse team picked up two more recent wins, including another over defending Division I champion South Burlington, and improved to 10-2. 

The Middlebury Union High School boys’ tennis team lost its first match of the spring on Tuesday, 4-3 to visiting Champlain Valley. 

In recent action the Middlebury Union High School girls’ lacrosse team lost on the road to two of the state’s top teams. The Tigers will take a 5-8 record into their final games, both at home, against Mount Mansfield on Friday at 4:30 p.m. and Champlain V … (read more)

The Middlebury Union High School girls’ tennis team split two matches late last week and stands at 8-3 with one match left on the schedule, at Division I Colchester on Wednesday after the deadline for this edition.

Winning performances by Tiger junior sprinter Jazmyn Hurley and one Tiger and two Vergennes relay teams highlighted local high school teams’ efforts at a Wednesday, May 15, track and field meet the Middlebury Union team hosted at Middlebury College.

In what was the first-ever regular-season meeting between Addison County’s two high school girls’ lacrosse programs, the Mount Abraham-Vergennes cooperative team claimed the victory on Tuesday over visiting Middlebury, 17-4, in a game delayed twice and th … (read more)

The Middlebury Union High School boys’ lacrosse team rode strong defense and goaltending and a gritty all-around effort on Friday, May 17, to its biggest win of the season, an 11-6 home decision over previously undefeated visiting Champlain Valley. 

The Middlebury Union High School girls’ tennis team earned a pair of recent home victories to improve to 7-2, clinching a winning record for the program’s regular season with four matches remaining. On May 17, the Tigers defeated Harwood, 5-2, and on Mond … (read more)