by Jeff Fisher
Editor-in-Chief
High School Football America
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The Vermont Interscholastic Football League has announced its pairings for the first round of the Division I playoffs that begin on Friday.
Undefeated Hartford, which has won back-to-back Division I titles and state championships in four of the last five years, received the top seed. The Division 2 and 3 playoffs will begin the week of November 2nd.
Here are the first round Division 1 match-ups, plus the most recent champs in each classification.
Division 1
Quarterfinals
Friday, October 26, 2012
#8 South Burlington (4-4) at #1 Hartford (8-0)
#7 Champlain Valley (5-3) at #2 BFA-St. Albans (7-1)
#6 Colchester (5-3) at #3 Essex (6-2)
#5 Middlebury (5-3) at #4 Rutland (5-3)
Past Division 1/Overall Champs
2011 – Hartford
2010 – Hartford
2009 – Essex
2008 – Hartford
2007 – Hartford
2006 – Rutland
2005 – Mt. St. Joseph
2004 – Rutland
2003 – Rutland
2002 – Middlebury
2001 – Rutland
2000 – Rutland
1999 – Mt. St. Joseph
1998 – Mt. St. Joseph
1997 – Rutland
1996 – Rutland
1995 – Middlebury
1994 – Mt. Anthony
1993 – Middlebury
1992 – Essex
1991 – Rutland
1990 – Mt. St. Joseph
1989 – Mt. St. Joseph
1988 – Essex
1987 – Essex
1986 – Mt. St. Joseph
1985 – Mt. St. Joseph
1984 – Rutland
1983 – Mt. St. Joseph
1982 – South Burlington
1981 – Essex
1980 – Mt. St. Joseph
1979 – South Burlington
1978 – Montpelier
1977 – Mt. St. Joseph
1976 – Mt. St. Joseph
1975 – Mt. Anthony
1974 – Mt. St. Joseph
1973 – Brattleboro
1972 – Montpelier
1971 – Bellow Falls
1970 – Burlington