VUHS group starts tough conversations

The Vergennes Union Middle/High School student group Full Send led a community event on Thursday, Dec. 14, that brought together community members, parents, students and school staff for a discussion of the topic “How to Hold a Conversation: What’s Going on in Israel/Palestine?”

The Vergennes and Otter Valley boys’ high school basketball teams won their winter debuts on the road, while the Middlebury boys came up short at home in their lid-lifter.  

Based on their most recent history, the Vergennes Union High School teams most likely to raise banners after this winter wear wrestling singlets and running shoes. 

Each year a Vergennes Union High School senior is chosen for the DAR Good Citizen’s Award.

No. 11 Vergennes Union High School boys’ soccer drew a familiar foe in the Division III playoffs this past Wednesday, Oct. 25: No. 6 Fair Haven. 

The Vergennes Union High School girls’ soccer team won one Division III playoff game before falling to the top seed in closely contested quarterfinal. 

ADDISON COUNTY & BRANDON — Most local high school athletic teams enter the fall sports playoffs this week. Local high school cross country teams will compete at the state meet in Thetford this coming Saturday. High school golf and bass fishing teams h … (read more)

In an interview with the Independent, Silas Mullin explained his desire to serve in the Peace Corps, which is in the process of rebuilding its strength abroad after recalling all its volunteers early in the COVID pandemic. 

The Mount Abraham Union High School girls’ soccer team scored early and often in Tuesday’s home game on the way to an 8-1 victory over visiting local rival Vergennes. 

The Vergennes Union High School boys’ soccer team allowed visiting Green Mountain Valley to get off to a quick start on Monday, and the Commodores never recovered in a 3-0 setback despite outplaying the Gumbies throughout the second half. 

VUHS graduate Emily Rooney, a rising senior at Clark University in Worcester, Mass., spent the summer entrenched in the Massachusetts housing system — juggling phone calls, tracking down applications, and advocating for clients while trying to understand … (read more)

In a hard-fought girls’ soccer match on this past Saturday, Middlebury outlasted Vergennes in the Commodores’ homecoming game, 2-1. 

Tiger boys’ cross-country team held off runners from Burr & Burton, VUHS and Mount Abe in a meet in Middlebury on Friday. The Tiger girls had the race winner but lost the team scoring.

Soggy conditions didn’t slow down Middlebury runners noticeably at a cross-country meet hosted by the Mount Abraham Union High School team on Tuesday afternoon. 

In most cases youth will both be served by — and serve — the Vergennes Union High School teams this fall.