Fall high school playoffs are here
October 21, 2024 | By Lisa ScagliottiFall high school sports playoffs get under way this week.
Below is a schedule for the first-round matchups for Harwood Union teams with links in each title to the bracket pages on the Scorebooklive.com website used by the Vermont Principals Association.
Boys and Girls Soccer and Football are Division II; Volleyball is Division I; Field Hockey is in Division III.
More information about the tournaments is online at the VPA website under Athletics.
Girls Soccer
Wednesday, Oct. 23
Sixth-seed Harwood (10-4) hosts No. 11 Rice Memorial (5-8-1) in the first playdown round at 3 p.m.
Volleyball
Wednesday, Oct. 23
No. 6 Harwood (10-4) hosts No. 11 Colchester Lakers (7-7) at 6 p.m.
Field Hockey
Thursday, Oct. 24
No. 6-seed Harwood (3-7-3) travels to meet No. 3 Stowe (6-4-4). Game time: 3 p.m.
Boys Soccer
Friday, Oct. 25
Undefeated and in first place in D-II, Harwood (14-0-1) has a bye for the first round as the team looks to defend its 2023 championship title.
The Highlanders enter the tournament on Friday, Oct. 25, at home at 3 p.m. They will play the winner of the first-round match on Tuesday between No. 9 Lake Region (7-7) and No. 8 North Country (7-6-1).
Cross Country
Saturday, Oct. 26
State championship meet at Thetford Academy.
Football
Saturday, Oct. 26
Harwood players are part of the U-32 football program. The No. 8 U-32 Raiders (3-5) travel to meet top-ranked Rice Memorial (7-1) at 1 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 26.