Leighton heads to NCAA regionals

BASEBALL Division II Playdown #6 Milton 11, #11 Enosburg 3 Division III Playdowns #8 Vergennes 14, #9 Woodstock 2 (5 innings) #6 Bellows Falls 7, #11 Springfield 0 Division IV Playdown #5 MSJ 25, #12 Poultney 3 SOFTBALL Division II Playdown #4 Enosburg 22, #13 Springfield 3 (5 innings) Division III Playdown #4 Bellows Falls 23, #13 Williamstown 1 (5 innings) Division IV Playdown #8 Long Trail 20, #9 Craftsbury 7 BOYS LACROSSE Division II Playdown #7 Burlington 13, #10 Brattleboro 5 Division III Quarterfinals #1 Mt. Abe-Vergennes 19, #8 Otter Valley 3 #5 BFA - Fairfax 14, #4 Randolph 5 #2 Stratton 15, #7 Lyndon 1 #3 Montpelier 8, #6 GMVS 5 GIRLS LACROSSE Division I Playdown #7 Burlington 8, #10 Middlebury 7 Division II Playdown #7 GMVS 7, #10 Stowe 5 BOYS TENNIS Playdown #2 Burr and Burton 7, #15 Colchester 0 GIRLS TENNIS Division I Playdown #9 St. Johnsbury 5, #2 Colchester 2 Division II Playdown #8 Harwood 4, #9 Middlebury 3 BOYS ULTIMATE Play-in #16 Middlebury 15, #17 BFA - Fairfax 5 Playdowns #4 Leland & Gray 15, #13 Brattleboro 2 #5 Montpelier 15, #12 Milton 5 #6 Rice 15, #11 St. Johnsbury 11 GIRLS ULTIMATE Quarterfinal #4 CVU 15, #5 Middlebury 2

BURLINGTON, Vt. (WCAX) - Vermont Green FC added a third consecutive 3-0 victory to their season opening tally, downing Mont Royal-Outremont Wednesday night at Virtue Field in an inernational club friendly. Ollie Martin opened the scoring in the opening minutes, Alfie Pope added a spectacular bicycle kick in the second half, Denis Krioutchenkov made it three, and Nathan Schnur kept a clean sheet in the win. VGFC returns to USL 2 action Saturday evening as they host Seacoast United, the only visiting team to ever defeat the Green at Virtue in their short history.

Spencer Potter’s home has a view that will stop you in your tracks. But even that view can’t distract from what sprawls throughout his property.

BASEBALL Division 1 Playdowns #8 Colchester 7, #9 St. Johnsbury 1 #4 Spaulding 9, #13 Rutland 0 #5 Mt. Mansfield 9, #12 BFA - St. Albans 3 #2 South Burlington 11, #15 Burlington 1 (5 innings) #7 Rice 5, #10 Brattleboro 2 #3 Mt. Anthony 7, #14 Essex 6 (9 innings) #6 Burr and Burton, 3 #11 North Country 0 Division II Playdowns #8 Otter Valley 6, #9 Montpelier 2 #4 Peoples 15, #13 Lake Region 3 #5 Hartford 4, #12 Harwood 0 #2 U-32 14, #15 Lamoille 4 #7 Fair Haven 13, #10 Middlebury 5 #3 Lyndon 10, #14 Mt. Abe 0 (5 innings) Division III Playdowns #13 Windsor 12, #4 BFA - Fairfax 7 #5 White River Valley 12, #12 Oxbow 2 #7 Richford 5, #10 Randolph 4 #3 Thetford 14, #14 Mill River 0 Division IV Playdowns #8 Rivendell 7, #9 Danville 4 #4 Stratton 30, #13 Twin Valley 1 #10 Northfield 7, #7 West Rutland 3 SOFTBALL Division I Playdowns #8 North Country 8, #9 St. Johnsbury 7 (10 innings) #5 Missisquoi 13, #12 Mt. Mansfield 1 #7 Rutland 16, #10 Burr and Burton 4 #6 Colchester 13, #11 CVU 1 (6 innings) Division II Playdowns #8 Rice 12, #9 Milton 5 #5 Middlebury 15, #12 Harwood 3 (6 innings) #2 Mt. Abe 29, #15 Peoples 0 (5 innings) #10 Spaulding 14, #7 U-32 13 #3 Lyndon 17, #14 Lamoille 2 #6 Otter Valley 16, #11 Lake Region 4 (5 innings) Division III Playdowns #8 Windsor 10, #9 Mill River 1 #5 Green Mountain U. 15, #12 Randolph 10 #7 Fair Haven 19, #10 Woodstock 10 #6 Vergennes 10, #11 White River Valley 4 Division IV Playdowns #7 Twinfield-Danville-Cabot 17, #10 Northfield 4 BOYS LACROSSE Division I Playdown #9 Mt. Mansfield 6, #8 Rutland 5 (OT) Division II Playdowns #9 Spaulding 12, #8 Milton 8 #6 Stowe 15, #11 St. Johnsbury 9 GIRLS LACROSSE Division I Playdowns #8 BFA - St. Albans 17, #9 Mt. Mansfield 11 #6 Rutland defeats #11 Rice by forfeit Division II Playdowns #8 Harwood 9, #9 Colchester 7 #5 Woodstock 15, #12 Lyndon 0 BOYS TENNIS Playdowns #9 CVU 6, #8 Brattleboro 1 #4 Burlington 7, #13 Rice 0 #5 St. Johnsbury 6, #12 Mt. Mansfield 1 #7 Rutland 4, #10 U-32 3 #3 Stowe 7, #14 Essex 0 #6 Harwood 5, #11 South Burlington 2 GIRLS TENNIS Division I Playdowns #7 North Country 7, #10 Brattleboro 0 #6 Mt. Anthony 4, #11 Essex 3 Division II Playdowns #7 Rice 7, #10 Bellows Falls 0 #6 U-32 defeats #11 MSJ by forfeit BOYS ULTIMATE Playdown #8 Burlington 14, #9 Colchester 12 (OT) GIRLS ULTIMATE Quarterfinal #3 South Burlington 11, #6 Burr and Burton 8

MIDDLEBURY, Vt. (WCAX) - Middlebury College held its graduation ceremony on Sunday, but three members of the Class of 2023 were a little busy that day. Senior captains Jane Earley, Erica Barr, and Annie Enrietto got their chance to be honored Tuesday, in what has become an almost annual tradition for the Panthers women’s lacrosse program. Those three missed the full graduation ceremony because they were down in Salem, Virginia, capturing the Panthers’ ninth NCAA title in program history and third in the last three completed seasons. Family, friends, administrators, coaches, and teammates were on hand to see the three Panthers earn their degrees, taking some pictures with their caps and gowns...plus those national championship trophies. It was a long road to this point, especially for Earley and Barr, who had to take a full year off from school during COVID to even get the chance to play this season. But they say they wouldn’t trade their experiences. “When Covid hit, I took a year off and waitressed for an entire year just so that I could come back and be on that field this year,” Earley said. “It means everything to me, we made huge sacrifices to be able to do that. Again, it’s a dream come true.” “My emotions are kind of all over the lot at the moment,” Barr added. “Just very overwhelming feelings, joy, gratitude, it’s just been an incredible ride. And given that we lost two seasons in the middle of our college experience, it’s just been so nice that we could cap off with two really incredible seasons with each other.” “We were able to come together so well because we all genuinely care about each other, both on and off the field, which I believe makes a difference,” Enrietto said. “You could see that in our play how much we truly wanted to support each other. And whenever one of us made a mistake, we always had each other’s backs, which I felt really carried us through.”

Second Classic title for Sweet