Staff Reports
KILLINGTON, Vt. — The Woodstock High girls alpine ski team placed four skiers in the top 15 of Monday morning’s giant slalom race at Killington Ski Area in day one of VPA state championship action.
Abi Masillo led the Wasps with a seventh place finish and time of 1:37.85. Following behind was Maggie Parker (1:38.92) in eighth, Taylor Blodorn (1:39.28) at 10th and Alice Sperber (1:39.51) finishing 11th.
On the boys side, Woodstock’s Aaron Wilson grabbed sixth place thanks to a time of 1:33.08. Teammate Carl Gebhardt (1:39.47) followed behind in 23rd.
Thetford Academy’s Riley Burkins (1:48.45) placed 41st and Alex Holzer (2:03.20) was 57th.
The final day of action will commence Tuesday with slalom races.
Boys team scores: South Burlington 44, Mount Mansfield 53.5. St. Johnsbury 59, Stowe 61, Rutland 67.5, Woodstock 95, Lyndon 121, Champlain Valley 124, Rice 131, Burr & Burton 168.
Girls team scores: Woodstock 36, Burr & Burton 49, Mount Mansfield 54, Stowe 84, Champlain Valley 94, Harwood 104, Rutland 105, St. Johnsbury 105.5, Rice 129, Lyndon 135.5.
LEBANON — The Raiders visit Hanover on Thursday night in the regular season finale.
HANOVER — Dartmouth’s Chris Knight was named Ivy League player of the week for the second time this season. The junior forward averaged a double-double (18.0 points, 11.5 rebounds) along with 5.5 assists and 1.0 blocks while shooting 72.2 percent (13-of-18) from the floor and 76.9 percent (10-of-13) at the foul line in the Big Green’s weekend sweep of Cornell and Columbia. It is the first time in five years Dartmouth has done so.
Knight and the Big Green are still in the hunt for the Ivy League Tournament’s fourth slot, but to even have a fighting chance, they have to sweep this weekend’s games.
First up for Dartmouth (12-15, 5-7 Ivy) will be Yale at Leede Arena on Friday night.
HANOVER – After a four goal weekend, Dartmouth’s Drew O’Connor was named ECAC player of the week for the third time this season.
O’Connor finished ECAC play with 16 goals in ECAC Hockey games, the most by any league player. He is the first Big Green player to lead the league in conference goals in 40 years, joining Ross Brownridge in 1979-80 as the only other Big Green player to accomplish the feat.
Dartmouth earned the No. 6 seed for the ECAC Tournament after finishing the regular season 13-12-4 and 10-10-2 in league play. It hosts No. 11 Princeton this weekend in a best-of-three first-round series at Thompson Arena. Game one is set for 7 p.m. Friday night.
HANOVER — Dartmouth’s Heather Turner was named Ivy League pitcher of the week after she picked up her first victory of the season in a complete game, two strikeout performance against Western Michigan.
The Big Green have now had a pitcher win the award for two consecutive weeks.
Dartmouth (4-6) is off until March 14, when it travels Northridge, Calif., to take on Idaho State and San Diego.
HANOVER — US Lacrosse Magazine announced Dartmouth’s Katie Bourque as player of the week after the senior attacker and team captain notched a career-high six goals in a 12-11 overtime victory over Brown this past weekend.
The win to open Ivy League play improved the Big Green to 3-0 overall. No. 11 Dartmouth hosts No. 5 Florida in a nationally-ranked clash on Tuesday afternoon.
GREENSBORO, N.C. — Boston College sophomore Taylor Soule, a West Lebanon native and Kimball Union graduate, was named to the Atlantic Coast Conference’s honorable mention list by coaches and second-team honors from the Blue Ribbon Panel.
Soule is averaging a team-high 14.2 points and eight rebounds, and has led the Eagles in scoring in 11 games, including five of the last six.