This is what makes covering sports in Vermont so much fun and it is the biggest weekend of the year as champions will be crowned in boys and girls soccer, high school field hockey, cross country and boys and girls volleyball. on top of that it’s semi-final weekend in high school football. Just sit back […]
When it comes to prognostications don’t ever bet the ranch I my picks, but when it comes to the Vermont High School football playoffs this weekend take the home teams … the top seeds … across the board. Having said that the road has been pretty good so far for the UVM Hockey Catamounts. After […]
by Bill Murphy It’s Final Four time in all divisions. Four unbeatens in three divisions have to be considered favorites and the question now is, ARE all or any of them going to move on to the finals. Looking from this vantage point, the chances look good, that there will be more than one undefeated […]
Game one of the world Series last night was great high drama late night TV … too bad few people were awake to see the final act. TV is paying baseball millions but for what? The game is choking slowly to death on TV money. Yes the ratings were good for the first couple of […]
by Bill Murphy Play-off football comes to Vermont this weekend, at least in two divisions. Divisions I and III, with twelve teams each, send eight teams to the dance, while Division II has one more week in the regular season to sort out their fourth and final team. Of the twenty teams, who will be […]
Pat Riley once said that a series doesn’t start until the home team loses and the home team hasn’t lost yet as both the Mets and Royals are up in their respective championship series 2-0. Many were predicting that the Patriots would blow out Indianapolis in Sunday Night Football, but as you know they didn’t. […]
Eight weeks of high school football are complete in Vermont and for Divisions One and Three the second season is here. Quarterfinal playoff games (Note-REGULAR season games, only the semi’s and finals are VPA Tournament events) along with consolation round games come up next weekend. Meanwhile in Division Two, where only the top four go […]
by Bill Murphy Simple surface math has been at the forefront of Vermont Division II football all fall. The basic premise is, that all contenders have known from the start of play, that four cannot be divided by five evenly. Returning rosters told one and all, that there were five strong football teams in the […]
Wildly entertaining game last night in Toronto … got to discuss a couple of things … As bizarre as they play was when Texas took a 3-2 lead in the top of the 7th inning last night, and as bizarre as the rule is, give them credit … the umps got it right! And when […]
It is Week 8 in Vermont high school football … final weekend of the regular season in Divisions One and Three … the penultimate weekend of the season in Division Two … and there are some HUGE games on the slate. The top seed in D-1 will be on the line Friday night in White […]
