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Colchester's late touchdown propels Lakers to second straight D-II title
In the fourth quarter, No. 1 Colchester would not be denied of its second straight Vermont high school football Division II championship . The Lakers were in the middle of a slugfest against No. 2 Fair Haven facing a tied game. Colchester stuck to its formula of running the ball and the Slaters' defense became exhausted and had no answer. The Lakers executed an 11-play, 85-yard drive that took 6:23 off the clock ending in senior Jackson O'Dell's 11-yard rushing touchdown. Quarterback Parker Walker was perfect on that drive connecting on all three of his passes. That score was the decisive one as the Lakers earned a 20-13 victory over Fair Haven in the 2026 Division II championship game at Burlington High School on Saturday, Nov. 14. Colchester becomes the first D-II team to win back-to-back titles since Rice won three in a row from 2012-2014. "Any way I can help the team out and get the job done was what I was really looking for in that situation," O'Dell said. Now Colchester has won its last three games against Fair Haven which include the last two championship games and a regular season game from earlier this season. The Lakers
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GlobalFoundries breaks ground on new semiconductor manufacturing plant
GlobalFoundries has broken ground on a major new chip plant in Malta, launching the first phase of a wider expansion backed by New York state. On Friday, Gov. Kathy Hochul celebrated the groundbreaking of a $10 billion semiconductor manufacturing facility in Saratoga County. The project is part of a $12.3 billion expansion at the Luther Forest Technology Campus and is expected to create more than 1,100 high-skilled manufacturing jobs while supporting thousands of construction and industry-related jobs in the Capital Region.
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