Week 4 of the Vermont high school football season finished up on Saturday, meaning we have officially reached the halfway point. While not all 30 teams have played 4 games thus far, enough games have occurred to give us a good look at which teams have shined this year and which ones have fallen off from 2023. Yesterday, I started with a look at each Division 1 team's season after week 4; now it's time to see what's happened in division 2 and see what's left for each team in 2024.
#1--Fair Haven (4-0): The top team in the 2023 regular season are out for revenge in 2024 after falling in the semifinals. Their defense has allowed a combined 14 points in 4 games while QB Cody Adams and brothers Sam and Max Kyhill have led the offense to 34+ points in each. The Slaters will have some big tests upcoming; hosting Bellows Falls this week before traveling to U-32 and D1's Mount Anthony.
#2--Rice (4-0): Not a lot of football players can play offense and defense with great success, but in the high school game where it's important to play both sides, QB/DB Dallas St. Peter may have found a way. Leading the Green Knights to an undefeated first-half of the season, St. Peter has 5 passing TDs, 8 rushing TDs and a Pick-six.
RBs Griffin Seitz and Eric Poso, and WRs Isaias Lagasse and Holden Mulvey have found success on both sides of the ball this season. Now, the Knights get set to play their first games on the new turf at Bill Landers field with Mill River, Mount Anthony and Fairfax/Lamoille making the trip to Rice.
#3--Lyndon (3-1): The Vikings started the year strong with a 21-20 win over Bellows Falls and a couple of runaways vs. MMU and U-32. But in week 4, Dan Nolan's squad was shut out by Fair Haven and will now have to wait an extra week to get back in rhythm after Windsor decided to call off their week 5 matchup. They host North Country October 5th, before traveling to Woodstock (#1 in D3) and hosting longtime rival St. Johnsbury to close out the season.
#4--Bellows Falls (3-1): The Terriers' 2024 season did not get off to the best start, falling to Lyndon 21-20 in week 1. Since then, the team has scored 30+ points en route to wins over U-32, North Country and MMU.
Led by Eli Allbee, Carson Clark and a running game that's had opponents trying to catch up, Bellows Falls are now heading into a massive run of games to close out the VT portion of their schedule (Fair Haven, Hartford and Springfield).
#5--Colchester (2-2): In both wins, the Lakers have shut out their opponents; in both losses, they only scored one TD. That's the case when your schedule consists of mostly D1 schools (CVU, Essex, MAU). While the running game worked wonders in the first two weeks, Colchester offense has had its fair share of turnovers in the next two.
With the Hornets, Seawolves and Hilltoppers up next, the bonus points of going up a division might not be enough without some good play and maybe a win or two to back it up and keep them on pace for a good seed come playoff time.
#6--Mount Abraham (3-1): Led by QB Tyler White and RB Cole Gagnon, the Eagles are in the thick of the D2 playoff push. The squad that includes players from Vergennes Union have suffered just one loss to Rice and started their home slate with an impressive come-from-behind win against Otter Valley.
Mount Abe now has 2 D3 squads in Missisquoi and BFA-Fairfax before their home finale vs. Milton and wrap up the season at North Country.
#7--Milton (2-2): The Yellowjackets have split each of their first 4 games (LWLW) and now travel to Otter Valley for a massive game on Saturday before hosting Springfield, traveling to Mount Abe and facing Rice in their home finale.
#8--U-32 (1-3): After a huge week 1 victory at North Country, the Raiders have lost 3 straight and in danger of missing the playoffs. Their road doesn't get easier with Woodstock and Fair Haven coming up, followed by MMU and Spaulding to end the season.
#9--North Country (1-3): The defending D2 champions still have their triple threat playmaker in Hayden Boivin but have just 1 win all season (vs. Windsor last week).
#10--Mount Mansfield (0-4): The Cougars have allowed 35+ points in each game this season with their closest loss coming last week against Bellows Falls (40-21)
#11--Spaulding (0-4): The Crimson Tide nearly picked up win #1 last week, but a costly turnover against Milton has them still looking with Fairfax, Missisquoi and U-32 on the horizon.
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