Commodore girls claim soccer crown

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.

The local high school teams are playing their final week of the regular season before heading into the playoffs.

The Middlebury Union High School girls’ cross-country team finished seventh among 15 scoring teams at this past Saturday’s U-32 Invitational, while the Tiger boys were 10th out of 17 scoring teams. 

The Mount Abraham, Vergennes and Middlebury union high school boys’ soccer teams each split two outings in recent action.

The Mount Abraham-Vergennes football team’s explosive offense and hard-hitting defense carried them to a 56-0 win over Windsor High School on Saturday.

The Mount Abraham-Vergennes Cooperative football team on Saturday rolled past winless Missisquoi, 68-0.

Even with injured or absent players, the Mount Abe boys’ soccer team defeated Vergennes, 3-0, on Tuesday.

The Vergennes Union High School girls’ soccer team rolled to a big win this past week, defeating visiting Oxbow, 8-1.

 The three Addison County high school boys’ golf teams and the MUHS girls’ golf team all saw action last week.

Five Vergennes Union High School rising seniors have been chosen to attend Green Mountain Boys’ State, which will be held June 22-27 on the campus of Norwich University in Northfield.

“My whole transformation physically and confidence-wise was really big for me, going from an unathletic … little kid, and a little kind of closed off, to now I’d say I’m pretty confident,” said new VUHS graduate Connor Brogan.

Family members and friends of Vergennes Union High School graduates almost filled the school’s gym on the evening of June 6 to applaud and cheer as 72 seniors went through the traditional rite of passage into adulthood.

The Vergennes Union High School girls’ and boys’ track and field teams scored in a number of events in the June 5 Division III championship meet at Burlington High School, but both finished back in the pack overall.

This year the Vergennes American Legion Auxiliary Unit 14 will sponsor four 11th-grade students as delegates to Green Mountain Girls State, June 22-27.