VT H.S. sports: Facilities for football, basketball and other sports

For the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic, the Vermont Principals’ Association has established new divisional rosters for its core sports: football, basketball, baseball and softball.

The new divisions, based on enrollment numbers of girls and boys, are for a two-year cycle beginning with the 2022-23 school year. Although most schools remain in the same division, there have been several notable exceptions. They understand:

► North Country and Spaulding football teams move from Division I to D-II.

► Stowe boys football returns to D-III, where they won a seventh straight title from 2012-2018.

► Winooski’s football teams move from D-III to D-IV and Enosburg’s women’s football moves from D-II to D-III.

► The Burr and Burton girls are moving up to D-I in basketball and softball.

► Lake Region, 2021 D-III women’s basketball champion and finalist last winter, returns to D-II.

► Baseball Spaulding, which won its first title in 32 years, goes from D-II to D-I.

► D-IV Softball Power Danville formed a co-op team with Twinfield as part of a move to D-III.

[See below for divisional breakdown by sport].

Other items to note in the lists:

► The teams are ranked in descending order of their number of girls or boys for grades 9 to 11.

► Any team with an asterisk (*) has raised a division; any team with two asterisks (**) moved following a petition.

► Teams in italics are the reigning state champions.

Girls soccer

► Division I — Champlain Valley, Essex, St. Johnsbury, South Burlington, BFA-St. Albans, Mount Anthony, Burlington, Colchester, Rutland, Brattleboro, Burr and Burton, Mount Mansfield.

► Division II — North Country, Spaulding, Rice, Lamoille, Harwood, U-32, Milton, Hartford, Middlebury, Montpelier, Missisquoi, Lyndon, Mount Abraham, Otter Valley, Enosburg, Green Mountain Valley, Stratton Mountain, Burke Mountain. To see also : Holtzman Corp. celebrates 50 years of activity.

► Division III – Lakes Region, Springfield, Fair Haven, Williamstown/Northfield, Woodstock, Bellows Falls, Green Mountain, BFA-Fairfax, Peoples, Vergennes, Stowe, Mill River, Oxbow, Randolph, Thetford, White River Valley, Windsor.

► Division IV: Winooski, Hazen, Richford, Leland & Gray, Danville, Twinfield, Long Trail, Poultney, Sharon, Blue Mountain, Rivendell, Mount St. Joseph, Twin Valley, West Rutland, Proctor, Craftsbury, Arlington.

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Boys soccer

► Division I — Champlain Valley, Essex, St. Johnsbury, South Burlington, Mount Anthony, BFA-St. See the article : Real estate transactions. Albans, Burlington, Rutland, Brattleboro, Mount Mansfield, Burr and Burton, Colchester.

► Division II — North Country, Spaulding, Middlebury, Missisquoi, Rice, Hartford, U-32, Lamoille, Harwood, Milton, Lyndon, Mount Abraham, Otter Valley, Lake Region, Montpellier, Green Mountain Valley, Stratton Mountain.

► Division III: Enosburg, Fair Haven, Woodstock, Bellows Falls, Vergennes, Williamstown/Northfield, Randolph, Stowe, BFA-Fairfax, Thetford, Peoples, White River Valley, Oxbow, Hazen, Green Mountain.

► Division IV: Richford, Winooski, Danville, Sharon, Rivendell, Proctor, Leland & Gray, Blue Mountain, Twin Valley, Mount St. Joseph, Twinfield, West Rutland, Arlington, Craftsbury.

Girls basketball

► Division I — Champlain Valley, Essex, St. Johnsbury, South Burlington, BFA-St. Read also : 7 Places to Travel This Autumn. Albans, Mount Anthony, Burlington, Colchester, Rutland, Brattleboro, Burr and Burton, Mount Mansfield, Rice*.

► Division II — North Country, Spaulding, Lamoille, Harwood, Milton, U-32, Hartford, Middlebury, Montpelier, Missisquoi, Lyndon, Mount Abraham, Otter Valley, Enosburg, Lake Region, Springfield, Fair Haven*.

► Division III – Woodstock, Bellows Falls, Green Mountain, BFA-Fairfax, Vergennes, Peoples, Stowe, Mill River, Oxbow, Randolph, Thetford, White River Valley, Windsor, Winooski, Hazen, Richford.

► Division IV: Northfield, Leland & Gray, Williamstown, Danville, Twinfield, Long Trail, Poultney, Sharon, Blue Mountain, Rivendell, Mount St. Joseph, Twin Valley, West Rutland, Proctor, Craftsbury, Arlington, Mid Vermont Christian.

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Boys basketball

► Division I — Champlain Valley, Essex, St. Johnsbury, South Burlington, Mount Anthony, Burlington, BFA-St. Albans, Rutland, Brattleboro, Mount Mansfield, Burr and Burton, Colchester, Rice*.

► Division II — North Country, Spaulding, Middlebury, Missisquoi, Hartford, U-32, Lamoille, Harwood, Milton, Lyndon, Mount Abraham, Otter Valley, Lake Region, Montpellier, Enosburg, Fair Haven, Mount St. Joseph*.

► Division III: Springfield, Woodstock, Bellows Falls, Vergennes, Randolph, Stowe, BFA-Fairfax, Peoples, Thetford, Mill River, Oxbow, White River Valley, Windsor, Hazen, Green Mountain, Richford, Winooski.

► Division IV: Danville, Williamstown, Poultney, Sharon, Rivendell, Northfield, Proctor, Leland & Gray, Blue Mountain, Long Trail, Twin Valley, Twinfield, West Rutland, Arlington, Craftsbury, Mid Vermont Christian.

Softball

► Division I — Champlain Valley, Essex, St. Johnsbury, South Burlington, BFA-St. Albans, Mount Anthony, Burlington, Colchester, Rutland, Brattleboro, Burr and Burton, Mount Mansfield, North Country, Missisquoi*.

► Division II — Spaulding**, Rice, Lamoille, Peoples/Stowe, Harwood, U-32, Milton, Hartford, Middlebury, Montpelier, Lyndon, Mount Abraham, Otter Valley, Enosburg, Lake Region, Springfield.

► Division III: Fair Haven, Williamstown/Northfield, Danville/Twinfield, Woodstock, Bellows Falls, Green Mountain, BFA-Fairfax, Vergennes, Mill River, Oxbow, Randolph, Thetford, White River Valley, Windsor, Winooski.

► Division IV: Hazen, Richford, Leland & Gray, Long Trail, Poultney, Sharon, Blue Mountain, Rivendell, Mount St. Joseph, Twin Valley, West Rutland, Proctor, Craftsbury, Arlington.

Baseball

► Division I — Champlain Valley, Essex, St. Johnsbury, South Burlington, Mount Anthony, BFA-St. Albans, Burlington, Rutland, Brattleboro, Mount Mansfield, Burr and Burton, Colchester, North Country, Spaulding, Rice*.

► Division II — Middlebury, Missisquoi, Hartford, Peoples/Stowe, U-32, Lamoille, Harwood, Milton, Lyndon, Mount Abraham, Otter Valley, Lake Region, Montpellier, Enosburg, Fair Haven.

► Division III: Springfield, Woodstock, Bellows Falls, Vergennes, Williamstown/Northfield, Randolph, BFA-Fairfax, Thetford, Mill River, Oxbow, White River Valley, Windsor, Hazen, Green Mountain, Richford.

► Division IV: Winooski, Danville, Poultney, Sharon, Rivendell, Proctor, Leland & Gray, Blue Mountain, Long Trail, Twin Valley, Mount St. Joseph, Twinfield, West Rutland, Craftsbury, Arlington.

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