STAFF REPORTS
BRADFORD, Vt. — The Thetford Academy girls basketball team shook off its first loss in two months in typical fashion, throwing down a strong second half in a 58-37 win over Oxbow at Mona Garone Gym on Thursday night.
The Panthers (17-2) saw a 16-game winning streak come to a end in a defeat against Lake Region on Tuesday but bounced back with authority against the Olympians (7-12). Down 22-21 at the break, TA used a 15-6 third quarter to take a lead, then outscored the O’s, 22-9, in the fourth to pull away.
Grace Davis potted 10 of her team-high 14 points in the second half for Thetford. Kiana Johnson had six of her 13 in the fourth quarter. The Panthers also picked up 10 poitns from Emi Vaughan and six apiece from Casey MacVeagh and Emma Colby.
Melanie Neil and Mariah Shumway paced Oxbow with seven-point nights, aided by asix-point effort from Lauren Wright.
MVCS 44, Rivendell 36
QUECHEE — Sydney Goodwin hit 10 of 14 free throws to preface perhaps the Eagles’ best night at the charity stripe this season.
Goodwin posted a team-high 20 points in what Mid Vermont Christian coach Chris Goodwin called “her best game of the year.” The offense — along with 13 points from Kyla McCoy and eight from Hayley Goodwin — helped the Eagles (14-5) hold off a late challenge from the upset-minded Raptors (4-14).
“As long as we have one girl with 20 points and a couple of others with 10, we’re usually good,” Chris Goodwin said.
MVCS closes its regular season by hosting White River Valley on Friday night.
Adele Tilden and Jenna Gilbert led Rivendell with eight points apiece, followed by seven from Emily Hebb. Done with the regular season, the Raptors await their VPA Division IV tournament seeding on Monday.
Woodstock 34
Leland & Gray 16
TOWNSHEND, Vt. — Emma Tarleton broke the lock on Woodstock’s offense, burying a 3-pointer to open the half after the Wasps (8-12) and Rebels struggled to a 4-4 halftime tie.
Tarleton ultimately hit a trio of trifectas on a 12-point night to lead Woodstock.
“We shot probably 20 good shots in the first half and literally rimmed 10 of them in and out,” Woodstock coach Jason Johnson said. “Finally, in the third quarter, we hit a 3 and they started to go.”
Natalie Stevens scored nine points, including one 3-pointer, for the Wasps, who await their VPA Division II tournament assignment on Monday.
Hartford 40, Mill River 33
WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — The Hurricanes (5-15) got off to a quick start and made it stick in their regular-season finale.
Bailey Cameron had five of her seven points in the opening quarter and Kennedy Mullen netted seven of her team-high 11 in the second stanza as Hartford built a 25-14 lead at the half. Maddie Withington and Davan Murphy supported their efforts by scoring six points apiece.
BOYS BASKETBALL
Rivendell 56, Twinfield 52
ORFORD — After rolling his ankle in the first quarter, Zach Gould scored 16 of his 20 points in the second half as the Raptors (6-11) claimed a win.
“We struggled to score early, missed a lot of bunnies,” Rivendell coach Ross Convertino said. “Zach had a monster second half.”
Tanner Siemons had 15 points and Kyle Carter added nine for the Raptors, who take on Blue Mountain on Saturday night.
BOYS HOCKEY
Bedford 4, Hanover 0
MANCHESTER — The Bulldogs (13-3-1) avenged a holiday tournament loss to Hanover (12-4-1, 13-6-1) and denied the Marauders the chance to clinch a top-four spot in next week’s NHIAA Division I state tournament.
“We just fell behind, 2-0, early and were battling uphill the rest of the way,” Hanover coach Dick Dodds said. “We had opportunities; we just couldn’t cash in.”
The Marauders can still lock down the fourth seed in states with a tie or win against Bishop Brady on Saturday night.
Lebanon-Stevens-MRA 5 Keene 5 (OT)
KEENE, N.H. — Aidan Yates factored into all five Raider goals, scoring four of them, including the game-tying tally with three minutes left in regulation, as Lebanon-Stevens-Mount Royal (7-7-2, 8-8-2) clinched a NHIAA Division II state tournament slot on Wednesday night at Keene Ice.
Neither team held more than a one-goal advantage on a night of two lead changes and five deadlocks. Yates opened the scoring less than three minutes into the contest, added two more goals in the middle stanza and sent the game to overtime with his fourth goal of the night — and 10th of the season — with 2:59 to play.
Yates also earned the primary assist on a goal from leading Lebanon scorer Trey Chickering early in the second period that tied the contest at 2-2. Chickering added two assists for a three-point night. Andrew Duany recorded his first two helpers of the season, and Jon Cloud and Jake Kriplin also dished out assists.
Hunter Robb finished with 31 saves for the Raiders, who were outshot, 36-27, on the night and 3-1 in overtime. The tie allowed Lebanon to mathematically eliminate Portsmouth-Newmarket (6-9-2) for the final spot in the D-II tournament.
GIRLS HOCKEY
Hanover 14
Keene-Mon.-FM 0
WEST LEBANON — The Marauders (11-5-1, 12-6-1) cruised in their regular-season Campion Rink finale.
Georgia Flynn highlighted the night with her first varsity goal for Hanover. Clara Boland and Maggie Lee both had two-goal, three-assist nights, and Natalie Morhun matched their five-point games with a goal and four assists. Pepper Joseph had two goals and Meredith Morhun, Violet Sperry, Emma Tysinger, Bryn Kable, Sage McGinley-Smith and Kaye Lindsay also scored for the Marauders.
Claire Yegian and Aidan Stone split netminding duties for Hanover, which closes its schedule at Acton-Boxborough (Mass.) on Saturday.
NORDIC SKIING
Hanover’s Smith, Passow second at CVCs
ANDOVER, N.H. — Hanover High’s Glen Passow and Megan Smith both placed second in their respective skiathlon races at the Connecticut Valley Conference championship race at Proctor Academy.
The event was split into a pair of 2.6-kilometer segments, the first classic and the second skate. Smith completed the girls’ race in 21 minutes, 30.7 seconds, trailing only Kearsarge’s Lili Baer (20:47.9). Shannon Walsh (21:46.2), Leila Trummel (22:29.2) and Margo Davis (22:59.4) were 4-7-11 for Hanover’s other scoring times. Celia Barnett (22:34.6), Ayla Weale (22:46.4), Brianna DeBanico (23:10.0) and Maya Barnett (23:29.2) finished 8-9-12-13 for Lebanon.
Passow took second in the boys’ race, his time of 18:31.1 beaten only by Fall Mountain’s George Gowdy (18:05.5). Taj Bagnato (13th; 20:08.3) and Peter Burnham (17th;20:44.3) had the only other scoring times for the Marauders. Jack Smyrski led Lebanon by placing seventh in 19:12.2; Taylor Boardman (20:27.8), Seth Carl (20:34.0) and Jon Bieszczad (20:58.8) were 14-15-20 for the Raiders’ other scoring times.
WOMEN’S SWIMMING
Big Green fifth at Ivies
PRINCETON, N.J. — Dartmouth is in fifth place with 243 points after day two of the Ivy League Championships on Thursday.
The Big Green’s Mia Leko was sixth in the 500-yard freestyle (4:50.25), while teammate Sarah Minnigh improved on her time from prelims by over two seconds to take ninth (4:49.44).
Dartmouth’s Mackenzie Stumpf broke her own 200-yard IM record twice throughout the day, swimming a 2:02.69 at prelims before dropping almost three seconds to finish in ninth place in the finals (1:59.
To end the day, Dartmouth placed seventh in the 200-yard freestyle relay (1:32.87). Made up of Zoe Wortzman, Sophie Smith, Summer Martin and Ashley Post, the relay touched over a second ahead of Penn.
Day three prelims will begin today with the 400-yard IM.
MEN’S BASKETBALL
Dartmouth’s Foye recognized
HANOVER — Dartmouth College guard James Foye has landed on the College Sports Information Directors of American academic all-district team.
Foye was one of five players selected for District I in Division I men’s basketball. The economics major carries a 3.96 grade-point average and has been a regular contributor for the Big Green all season. Foye has started in all 24 of Dartmouth’s games, averaging 10.1 points per game and shooting 50 percent from the floor.
MEN’S VOLLEYBALL
Wentworth 3, Colby-Sawyer 0
NEW LONDON — The visiting Leopards laid a 25-12, 25-16, 25-16 loss on the Chargers (0-3, 5-4) in Great Northeast Athletic Conference action.
Drew Potter had a match-high 11 kills for Wentworth (4-0, 7-3), adding four aces. Orlando Plagata paced Colby-Sawyer with four kills and four digs. Junior Patrick Coffey, in his first match of the season, added four kills and a solo block.
The Chargers go to Bard College to take on MIT and the host Raptors.