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Jacks are back with D-III grid title

BRATTLEBORO – Two years ago, a highly favored Windsor Yellow Jacket football team came to Natowich Field and suffered a crushing defeat to the Poultney Blue Devils in a Division III football championship.  Published: November 15, 2009 ( 1)

Holloway aims at bright future

BRATTLEBORO — With 1:24 to go in the fourth quarter of Windsor's win over Springfield for the Division III championship Yellow Jacket Brian "Bo" Holloway booted the conversion point to give the Yellow Jackets a 19-0 lead in a game that would end up 19-8.  Published: November 15, 2009 ( 0)

Essex remains perfect, romps to title

BURLINGTON — Much has been made of the Essex High School offense and rightly so. But when the Hornets brought the whole package, it was enough to overwhelm the state's top football program.  Published: November 14, 2009 ( 3)

Playoffs reunite Lakers, CVU

Way back in August, the CVU Redhawks played their one and only football scrimmage. It was a three-way with Colchester and Essex.  Published: November 13, 2009 ( 0)

Jacks, Cosmos to battle in Brattleboro

This is state championship game part III for Windsor's Gavin Callahan, James Nolan, Brian Holloway, Adam Harkness and Tyler Kibling.  Published: November 13, 2009 ( 0)

Jacks just sneak by BFA, 19-17

WINDSOR — Windsor, which beat Bellows Free Academy of Fairfax 42-0 during the season, needed a late-game interception to hold off the Bullets, 19-17, in a Division III semifinal Saturday at MacLeay-Royce Field.  Published: November 8, 2009 ( 0)

Cosmos rally past rival BF

WESTMINSTER – High school football games can turn around in a hurry. But the 180-degree turn in the Division III semifinal between Springfield and Bellows Falls was astonishing and will add another chapter to the storybook of these rivals, who met for the 97th time Saturday.  Published: November 8, 2009 ( 0)

Raiders garner revenge on BFA

ST. ALBANS - Within the realm of playoff football, Rutland High School is always up for a road trip. Friday's took the Raiders close to the Canadian border and next week's will bring them to the Division I state finals in Burlington.  Published: November 7, 2009 ( 0)

D-II boasts very competitive field

The Middlebury Tigers and Colchester Lakers met on the first week of the regular season, while the Mount Mansfield Cougars and the CVU RedHawks have never played each other. But these are the four teams that emerged from a scramble and made the Division II playoffs.  Published: November 6, 2009 ( 0)

South to wage war in D-III

Pass the grits and save room for some black-eyed peas. It's a southern-flavored tournament.  Published: November 6, 2009 ( 0)

Rutland regains momentum, Mounties show pride

The glory went to Rutland High School and, as has been the case all season, Mount St. Joseph Academy got high grades for guts.  Published: November 1, 2009 ( 17)

Windsor rout ruins hopes for Wasps

WINDSOR — Gavin Callahan passed for four touchdowns, including three to Jacob Page, and ran for another as Windsor ruined Woodstock's chances of making the postseason with a 49-7 win over the Wasps Saturday afternoon at MacLeay-Royce-Field.  Published: November 1, 2009 ( 0)

Cosmos hold off Terriers

SPRINGFIELD — Springfield stopped a late Bellows Falls drive and held on for a 19-18 win over the Terriers before 1,500 fans Friday night at Brown Field in the annual game for The Trophy.  Published: October 31, 2009 ( 0)

Rivalry game about tradition, community

In so many ways the traditional cross-town rivalry game has come full circle.  Published: October 31, 2009 ( 2)

With the QPR, it ain't over until it's over

It's QPR time once again, that magical formula that determines which four teams in each of the three divisions make the playoffs.  Published: October 30, 2009 ( 0)

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