BRANDON, Vt. — Max Clifford ran for a touchdown and threw for another as the Windsor High football beat Otter Valley, 32-13, on Saturday night for its second time in three weeks.
Clifford’s TD toss went to Jordan Place. Caleb Meagher and Ben Gilbert also added scoring runs, and the Jacks capitalized on four two-point conversions to pull away.
Meagher ran 23 times for a team-high 143 yards. The Windsor back added two conversion runs to his rushing TD.
Windsor (2-5) hosts rival Woodstock to close the regular season on Saturday.
WOODSTOCK — The Hurricanes (7-5-0) avenged a last-second defeat to the Wasps (5-6-1) from 2½ weeks ago on Eleanor Hinckley’s goal with a minute left in the opening half.
Abbie Koff quickly took a free kick 40 yards from the Woodstock net to set the score into motion. Hinckely settled the pass, maneuvered around a defending a slid a shot past goalkeeper Emma Tarleton.
Hartford coach Jeff Acker credited Tarleton for her play. “She played great, kept them in the game,” Acker said. “She had several highlight saves. We were knocking on the door all night.”
Erin Thompson had an eight-save shutout for the Canes, who host Otter Valley on Tuesday night.
Woodstock visits Mount Anthony on Wednesday.
WHITINGHAM, Vt. — The Phoenix (4-8-0) gained confidence despite surrendering two second-half goals.
“We got outmatched on the day,” co-coach Andy Ruddell noted in an email. “But certainly (it’s) a team that we should be competing with.”
Sharon visits Arlington on Thursday.
BOYS SOCCER
WOODSTOCK — The Wasps (8-3-2) erupted for three second-half goals to break open a 1-1 match.
Harrison Morse had a hand — or at least a foot — in all three. He scored twice, the first on an Emmet Mahoney pass and the second unassisted, before feeding Liam Brennan’s clincher. Andrew Gubbins converted a first-half feed from Alex Rice, and Stephen Bianchi made six saves.
Woodstock closes the regular season at Otter Valley on Tuesday.