High School Roundup: Windsor Bowls Its Way to Victory

Barre, Vt. — The Windsor High bowling team got another sterling effort from Rayce Gilbert to qualify first and then win the Baker bowl final over Springfield at Twin City Family Fun Center on Saturday.

Gilbert improved his state-best individual scoring average with qualifying games of 234 and 246. Samm Erskine added 144 and 157 for the Yellowjackets. Brayton Bailey had 125-169 and Jacob Underhill had 135-134.

Nick Ramos led White River Valley in qualifying with 122-134. Kaleb Thornton had 124-110 and Alex Madden had 115-116.

The Jacks and Wildcats were matched up in the first round, with Windsor winning in two straight games, 128-104 and 119-89. Windsor then beat Springfield in the finals, winning the first (160-144) and the third (173-152) games.

WRV finished in third overall after beating Burlington in the consolation round, two games to one.

Windsor hosts a home match at Claremont’s Maple Lanes on Saturday against the White River Valley, Brattleboro and Springfield.

Hartford Second

Claremont — The Hurricanes qualified third, but advanced to the Baker bowl final before losing to top-seeded Essex at Maple Lanes.

The Canes beat second-seeded Brattleboro 2 games to 1 in the first round, 144-134, 147-163 and 140-128. Hartford then fell to Essex in the championship round, again in three games. The Canes won the middle game, 127-123, but lost the first (135-164) and third (130-169).

Cean Lieberman led Hartford in qualifying with 170 and 150. Camden LeBrun had 134-163 and Dalton Lemay had 129-133.

Hartford heads north to Champlain Lanes to face South Burlington, Essex and Enosburg on Saturday.

Boys Hockey

Hanover 4, Windham 0

West Lebanon — Sylas Oberting had two goals to lead the Marauders in a dominant shutout of the Jaguars.

The Marauders built a 3-0 lead in the first period. Spencer Lawe scored first, with assists to Hans Williams and Charlie Plottner. Oberting followed with a pair of goals; Plottner and Cameron Woods assisted. Brendan Brigham closed the scoring with a goal in the second period. Tonio Correa and Matty Gardner picked up assists.

Goalie Ben Plottner made 19 saves for Hanover (8-3-0 overall, 7-1-0 league).

St. Thomas 6Lebanon-Stevens-MRA 4

West Lebanon — Aidan Yates had two goals and an assist but the host Raiders (5-5-0 overall, 4-4-0 league) were unable to keep pace with the Saints.

Jack Sandmann and Jon Cloud each had a goal and an assist. Trey Chickering had two assists.

Kimball Union 5Stanstead College 0

Meriden — Goalie Veeti Kohvakka had 24 saves to lead the Wildcats in a shutout victory.

Tomas Mazura and Devan Newhook each had a goal and two assists for KUA (16-4-0). Brian Carrabes scored and had one assist. Sullivan Mack and Arlo Merritt also scored. Drew Bennett and Zach Whitehead had one assist each.

Girls Hockey

Hartford 3Brattleboro 2 (ot)

Brattleboro — Nora Knudsen’s game-winning goal in overtime capped the Hurricanes’ rally back from a 2-1 deficit to beat the Colonels for its second straight victory after starting the season winless.

“(Goalie) Zoey Pfeiffer stood on her head. She made some phenomenal saves,” Hartford coach Bill Goldsworthy said. “She’s come a long way, having just started (playing goalie) last year. To see what she’s doing now is remarkable.”

Jasmine Wilson scored in the first period to give Hartford (2-8-0) the early lead. Brattleboro answered with a pair of goals before Cayden Shaw scored in the third period to knot things up at 2-2. Ryelee Potwin and Ceci Spaulding each assisted on Shaw’s goal.

Isabel Stack and Wilson each had assists on Knudsen’s game-winner, which came 47 seconds into overtime.

BFA-St. Albans 6Woodstock 0

St. Albans, Vt. — The Wasps (3-8-0) were shut out by the Comets.

Goalie Bridgit Black had a busy afternoon, finishing with 52 saves.

Kimball Union 7, Brewster 1

Wolfeboro, n.h. — Mikah Baptiste had two goals and an assist to lead the Wildcats (7-4-1).

Lucie Turcotte, Angelina Tommola, Olive Scull, Molly Flanagan and Bella Parento also scored. Lexie Bartlett, Molly Davis, Katarina Maniatis and Ashley Penney had assists. Goalie Shannon Moran made nine saves for the win.

Girls Basketball

Windsor 63Bellows Falls 46

Windsor — Things may be starting to click into place for the defending VPA Division III state champion Yellowjackets (8-3), who beat previously unbeaten Bellows Falls (8-1).

“We seem to be moving in the right direction,” Windsor coach Bruce Mackay said. “This was a really good team win. Offensively and defensively, it was fun to watch them play like they did today. Bellows Falls is a good team.”

Olivia Rockwood made five 3-pointers and finished with 29 points for Windsor, all in the first three quarters. Mackay was impressed by the Jacks outscoring the Terriers, 15-11, in the fourth quarter without any scoring contribution from Rockwood.

Adi Prior added 10 points. Brooke McKeen and Evelyn Page each had six points.

Windsor hosts Hartford on Tuesday night, when the teams will be raising funds for cancer awareness.

Thetford 56, Montpelier 25

Thetford — The Panthers opened the game on a 13-0 run and never looked back against the Solons.

Kiana Johnson had 20 points for Thetford. Namya Benjamin added 13 points and Emma Colby had seven points. The Panthers further deepened their lineup by welcoming back Kelsey Smith from an ankle injury.

Lamoille 53, Oxbow 47

Bradford, Vt. — The Olympians fell to 5-5 after a narrow home loss to the Lancers.

Kaysea Neil had 17 points to pace Oxbow. Tiffany Longmoore made three 3-pointers for nine points. The O’s went on a 15-9 run in the second quarter to lead, 22-21, at the break. Lamoille regained the lead for good by outscoring the hosts, 16-8, in the third quarter.

Boys Basketball

Mill River 50, Hartford 30

White River Junction — The Hurricanes dropped to 0-10 with the loss. Daniel Bushway and Nick Porter each had seven points to lead Hartford. Cole Jasmin had five points.

Nordic Skiing

Raiders Host Meet

Plainfield — Lebanon’s girls were second and Hanover’s boys were second in a multi-team meet at Plainfield School.

In the girls’ race, Lebanon’s Celia Barnett was second in 16 minutes, 29 seconds; followed by teammates Maria Goodwin (sixth), Maria Goodwin (seventh), Allison Carl (eighth) and Ayla Weale (ninth). Hanover’s Megan Smith was fourth, followed by fellow Marauders Sage Gilbert-Diamond (10th), Katie Davis (13th) and Shannon Walsh (15th). Kennett’s Helen Badger took the race in 16:25.

For the boys, Glen Passow paced the Marauders with a third-place finish (13:39), followed by Noa Phipps (fourth), Aidan Biglow (sixth) and Peter Burnham 916th). Lebanon was led by Cooper Bourne (12th), Nate Magari (14th), Jack Smyrski (15th) and Seth Carl (17th). Kennett’s Aidan Hagerty won in 13:31.

Team scores: Girls — Kennett 385, Lebanon 381, Hanover 365, Plymouth 342, Bow 329, Con-Val 310. Boys — Kennett 381, Hanover 376, Lebanon 350, Plymouth 338, Bow 354.