BEFORE OFFICIAL GAME ACTION BEGINS FOR OUR LOCAL HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL TEAMS. SCRIMMAGES HAVE ALREADY STARTED TO TAKE PLACE.. TEAMS ARE STARTING TO GET AN IDEA OF WHAT’S WHAT.. HEADING INTO WEEK 1.. FRIDAY NIGHT FEVER RETURNS THIS WEEK ON FRIDAY.. WITH THIS BEING WEEK 0! THE TRADITION OF MIDDLEBURY FOOTBALL IS PERHAPS AS RICH AS ANY PROGRAM IN THE STATE OF VERMONT. AND THE TIGERS ARE IN A BIT OF A WEIRD SPOT. IT’S ANOTHER YEAR WHERE A BIG SENIOR CLASS HAS LEFT.. BUT THERE IS NO LACKING OF EXPECTATION FOR THE TIGERS.. HAVE HAD ONE LOOSING SEASON IN THE LAST 17 YEARS. NOW MIDDLEBURY IS DOING IT AGAIN.. WHERE THE YOUNGER BROTHERS OF PLAYERS FROM YESTER-YEAR.. LEAD THE NEXT ITTERATION OF THE TIGERS FOOTBALL LEGACY <Ben Debisschop, sENIOR RUNNING BACK – “It’s a little weird without the seniors we had last year. We had a great group, but I think we. We got a pretty good group this year, too. “> <LOGAN MCNULTY, SENIOR RUNNINGBACK – “Just put everything into it. All the little things, like coach says, just running up to the lines, doing sprints and just working out offseason to and just getting in shape and just getting paying attention to the plays and asking questions. MIDDLEBURY WITH A LOT OF THE USUAL SUSPECTS ON THEIR LIST.. INCLUDING HARTFORD.. BURR AND BURTON.. BRATTLEBORO.. AND IT ALL STARTS AGAINST ESSEX.. A WEEK FROM THIS THURSDAY! EVERY YEAR… MIDDLEBURY HAS A CHOICE TO PETITION UP TO PLAY IN DIVISION 1. AND THIS YEAR… STAYING IN DIVISION 1 WAS A RISK FOR THE TIGERS.. WITH BUT HEAD COACH JED MALCUM IS CONFIDENT HIS PROGRAM STILL HAS THE GUSTO TO COMPETE AGAINST THE BIGGEST <Jed Malcom, Midd High School Head Coach – “we one of petition to, to move up if we didn’t think we had a chance. And I’d like to say we have a chance. You know, I like to say we have a chance every year with the the tradition of the program. I mean, our school size, you know, does does hurt. We’re a little down on numbers. But but the guys, th
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Middlebury reloads football program ahead of 2025
Heavy hitters graduated in 2024, hand winning expectations down to their younger brothers
Middlebury comes to the Vermont football season with a new challenge: how to get a group of seldom-used players up to a varsity level.The Tigers saw 14 players exit the program through graduation, including quarterback Luke Nuseder, Avery Carl, Angus Blackwell amungst others who now hand the program and its winning expectations down to, in many cases, their younger brothers.Parker Carl, Levi Nuseder, Logan McNulty, and Seth Rieny are among the multi-generation Tigers who had siblings come before them and now act as guiding lights for the new era of Middlebury football.Tigers start their season on Thursday, Sept. 4 6:30 p.m. in Essex Junction, taking on the Hornets.
Middlebury comes to the Vermont football season with a new challenge: how to get a group of seldom-used players up to a varsity level.
The Tigers saw 14 players exit the program through graduation, including quarterback Luke Nuseder, Avery Carl, Angus Blackwell amungst others who now hand the program and its winning expectations down to, in many cases, their younger brothers.
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Parker Carl, Levi Nuseder, Logan McNulty, and Seth Rieny are among the multi-generation Tigers who had siblings come before them and now act as guiding lights for the new era of Middlebury football.
Tigers start their season on Thursday, Sept. 4 6:30 p.m. in Essex Junction, taking on the Hornets.
