Local Roundup: Kuhn Can and Does for Wasps

Waterbury, Vt. — If it seems as if the Woodstock High girls hockey team doesn’t play a game without junior Sadie Kuhn contributing to the offense, that’s because it’s true.

Kuhn scored her 12th goal of the season and ninth in the Wasps’ last four games just shy of two minutes into overtime on Monday night to give Woodstock a 2-1 win over Harwood at the Ice Center. The score capped a wild end of the contest for the Wasps (5-2-1), who maintained second place in Vermont Division II with the victory.

Woodstock and the Highlanders (1-4-1) came within 2½ minutes of taking a scoreless tie into overtime. Harwood finally broke through on the power play with a Celia Lawton goal with 2:28 to go in regulation. But the Highlanders drew a minor penalty moments later, and Khara Brettell made them pay with a man-up goal on a Hannah Coates assist just 51 seconds later.

Kuhn then sent Woodstock home a winner by converting passes from Coates and Lizzy Peck at 1:53 of the extra session. The point was a career first for Peck, a freshman who recently joined the Wasps.

“It was exciting to watch,” Woodstock coach Ian Coates said. “(The Highlanders) played some pretty good defense. You look at the shots, and we got a lot of shots, but there were a lot of opportunities missed because they had a good defense on the blue line and we had a hard time getting by that defense.”

Bridgit Black made 25 saves for the Wasps, who owned a 31-26 edge in shots on goal. Woodstock takes on No. 3 U-32 on Saturday.

Wildcats Go 1-0-1

Meriden — Kimball Union earned a tie at Canterbury and a win at Millbrook over the weekend to improve to 7-2-1 on the season.

It took two periods for the Wildcats to find their legs on Saturday, but KUA rallied against top-ranked Canterbury for a 2-2 tie. Rose Sperry and Julia Surgenor netted the goals, with Greta Close, Mia Brown and Molly Flanagan posting assists.

The Wildcats followed that game with a 3-0 shutout of Millbrook on Sunday behind the work of goalie Seana Perkins. Close got the game-winner and Surgenor provided the other goals for KUA, which hosts Quebec’s Stanstead College on Wednesday.

Boys HockeyLebanon-Stevens 6John Stark-Hopkinton 1

West Lebanon — Joe Dupree’s first varsity goal highlighted a solid night for the Raiders (4-4 overall, 3-3 league) at Campion Rink.

Lebanon-Stevens scored twice in each period and never trailed. Nate Chickering struck twice with an assist to top a scoresheet that also included goals from Nate Gariepy, Ian Garland and Nate Damren. Dupree notched his debut tally late in the first period for a 2-0 lead.

Gariepy, Nate Damren and Aaron Damren all had two assists each, with Garland adding one as well. JoJo Hammond stopped 26 shots for the win in goal. The Raiders take on ConVal-Conant on Wednesday.

Rice 5, Woodstock 0

Woodstock — Sully Baker and Colton Wright each scored twice as the Green Knights rolled past the Wasps at Union Arena in a Vermont Division I contest.

Woodstock (1-5-1) visits Colchester on Saturday.

Girls BasketballRivendell 45, Sharon 16

Sharon — After shutting out the Phoenix (1-4) in the first half, the Raptors (3-2) put their offense together in the second.

Up 15-0 at halftime, Rivendell outscored Sharon, 18-7, in the third period to take control. The Raptors spread the offense around, getting four points each from Mikayla DeBois, Riley Thomson and Mikayla Stever in the stanza.

Thomson finished with a game-high 17 points for the Raptors. DeBois added eight rebounds, five assists and seven steals to her nine points in a complete performance. Leah Rutherford grabbed four boards and five steals, and Stever contributed six points.

Mallory Lloyd had eight points for Sharon, which hosts Green Mountain on Wednesday. Rivendell is off until a trip to Woodsville on Monday.

Boys BasketballWoodsville 70, Blue Mountain 41

Woodsville — Point guard Garrett Olsen scored nine of his 17 points in a 20-10 first quarter for the Engineers (5-1 league, 6-2 overall).

Woodsville used pressure to build a 39-22 lead by halftime. Sam Pushee topped the scoresheet with 22 points, with Cooper Davidson helping out Olsen with eight points in the frontcourt.

Billy Green contributed nine points for the Engineers, who host Colebrook on the back end of a girls-boys varsity doubleheader on Thursday night.

South Royalton 71Leland & Gray 21

Townshend, Vt. — Already up by 14 at the break, the Royals (5-2) locked down the host Rebels on defense to pull away.

Nicholas Howe had the big offense game for South Royalton, posting 34 points to power the visitors. Dalton McDougall added 10 points, Zeb dropped in a season-high nine and the Royals let their defense do the rest. South Royalton hosts Chelsea on Wednesday.

Fair Haven 71, Woodstock 55

Woodstock — Caleb Wood lit up the Slaters for a career-high 32 points, but the visitors responded in volume for a Marble Valley League victory.

Cameron Coloutti notched 19 points, Dylan Ellis added 16, Brandon Parker dropped 11 and the Slaters used a 21-9 second quarter to earn the decision. Webb’s output nearly matched the total of his two best games to date this season.

Jack Arthur backed up Woodstock with nine points. The Wasps are off until a Jan. 18 date with Bellows Falls.

Unified BasketballBow 30, Hanover 12

Hanover — The Marauders put up a strong second half, but so did the Falcons.

Hanover picked up six points from Avery Hunnewell and two each from Katie Mulligan and Aiden Connolly. Down 14-2 at the break, Hanover showed improvement with a strong second half.

The Marauders next visit Fall Mountain on Jan. 26.