SHANE BUFANO, for Vermont Scoreboard

CVU Beats Colchester 23-14

Posted by Trey Peiffer of Vermont Scoreboard

On a soggy field Saturday, Champlain Valley beat Colchester at home 23-14. The win came on CVU’s homecoming weekend and also featured the debut of CVU’s new cheerleading team.

CVU put points on the board first when Redhawk quarterback Konnor Fleming connected with Taylor Gingras on a 27 year pass to give the Redhawks a 6-0 advantage. On the ensuing kickoff, Colchester’s Devon Grammo returned the ball for a touchdown, and a successful extra point conversion gave the Lakers the lead. Tucker Kohlasch added a 37 yard field goal to give the lead back to the Redhawks at the end of the first quarter.

Konnor Fleming had the play of the game as he was able to score on an option play for 86 yards to give CVU a 16-7 lead. After trading turnovers, Colchester put together a scoring drive to bring the score within two at 16-14. Grammo’s 32 yard run powered the drive which was capped by a Alec Kozlowski rushing touchdown.

After halftime, each team had a fumble. Colchester then had a long drive which ended with a field goal attempt that was no good. Redhawk defender Tyler Barnes sealed the game with a long interception returned for a touchdown. The bench exploded with excitement after Barnes scored the touchdown on defense. Barnes typically scores as part of CVU’s running attack.

CVU improved to 5-2 on the year while Colchester fell to 4-3. The Redhawks are 5-1 in Division II which is good for the #2 seed currently while Colchester falls to 3-2 in Division II which puts them in a large pack fighting for the last two playoff seeds.

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