Alignments for soccer, basketball and other sports

For the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic, the Vermont Principals’ Association has set forth new divisional alignments for its core sports: Soccer, basketball, baseball and softball.

The new-look divisions, based on the enrollment size of girls and boys counts, are for a two-year cycle starting with the 2022-23 school year. While most schools remained in the same division, there were several notable exceptions. They include:

► North Country and Spaulding soccer teams dropped from Division I to D-II.

► Stowe boys soccer returns to D-III, where it won seventh straight titles from 2012-18.

► Winooski soccer teams drop from D-III to D-IV and Enosburg girls soccer moves from D-II to D-III.

► Burr and Burton girls advance to DI in basketball and softball.

► Lake Region, the 2021 D-III girls basketball champs and runner-up this past winter, returns to D-II.