Montpelier High School - Athletics

Athletics

Most sports have a varsity and a junior varsity team. Basketball has an additional "Freshman Team" or Junior Varsity. MHS plays in Division II in every sport except for football which is Division III. The most popular sports at MHS are soccer and basketball. The girls soccer team won the 2007 Division II Championship. These sports are offered:

Fall season

  • Boys Soccer
  • Girls Soccer
  • Football (Boys)
  • Field Hockey (Girls)

Winter season

  • Boys Basketball
  • Girls Basketball
  • Boys Cross-country skiing
  • Girls Cross-country skiing
  • Boys Hockey
  • Girls Hockey

Spring season

  • Baseball (Boys)
  • Boys Golf
  • Girls Golf
  • Boys Lacrosse
  • Girls Lacrosse
  • Boys Tennis
  • Girls Tennis
  • Ultimate Frisbee

In the spring students can participate in track and field at neighboring U-32 High School. There is also an ultimate club that competes.

The school also participates in Unified sports, a program of Special Olympics. Unified sports teams consist of all types of students, including differently-abled students. The unified sports that are offered are soccer, bowling, snowshoeing, basketball, and softball. They compete against other schools.

MHS has many sports facilities on campus, including the following:

  • Baseball diamond with field hockey/soccer/lacrosse field in outfield and a scoreboard
  • Soccer/football field surrounded with a dirt/fine gravel track with grandstand and scoreboard
  • Softball diamond with scoreboard
  • Field hockey/ lacrosse field
  • Two outdoor tennis courts
  • Basketball court in gym
  • Weight room, recently renovated with new workout machines and repainted

Hockey is played at the Montpelier Civic Center. The ski team skis at a variety of locations, sometimes at the school but usually at U-32 or at the Morse Farm Touring Center nearby. The golf and tennis teams play scheduled games off-campus.

In some PE (physical education) classes, students canoe in the Winooski River, which passes the school, as a regular part of PE class. Students also participate in outdoor archery.

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