High School Roundup: Young Jacks Bowl to Second Place

Claremont — Brandyn LeBarron has been everything Windsor High bowling coach Steve Bly could have asked for in a veteran leader on a team largely comprised of newcomers to the sport. Slowly, his teammates are starting to get up to speed.

Saturday, the Yellowjackets earned the top seed for the first time this season against South Royalton, Spingfield and Brattleboro at Maple Lanes. Windsors had 1,425 combined points before falling to Springfield in the baker finals.

“It’s encouraging,” Bly said. “The kids rolled the ball pretty well today.”

LeBarron led the way, scoring 196 and 189 in the individual rounds. Troy McCabe rolled 155, 169 and Tatyana Malikowski rolled 117, 152.. South Royalton took the fourth seed behind Ethan Britch’s 146, 129 and Gabe Howe’s 99, 129. Windsor defeated the Royals in the opening baker round before falling to the Cosmos 143-113, 151-129 during the finals.

“The team is highly inexperienced,” Bly said. “We had one bowler (return from) varsity last season and that’s Brandyn. Out of the gate he’s bowling really well. He’s averaging 25 pins higher than last year (and is) one of the top three bowlers in the state.”

Windsor will be at Randolph’s Valley Bowl next weekend against the Galloping Ghosts, South Burlington and Lyndon.

Hartford Takes Second Seed

St. Johnsbury, Vt. — The Hurricanes’ Joey Raymond scored a team-high 163 to help them secure the second seed against Oxbow, Enosburg Falls and Randolph at Gold Crown Lanes.

Hartford defeated Oxbow 131-123, 106-84 in the opening baker round before falling to Randolph in the finals 199-165, 139-136. The Hurricanes travel to Springfield next Saturday.

Boys Basketball

South Royalton 49Mid Vermont 34

South Royalton — Dalton McDougall had the breakout preformance for which South Royalton coach Pete Howe had been looking, leading the Royals with 19 points and 13 rebounds.

“It was exam week, so they got tested,” Howe said. “We were trying to keep everybody awake today. They were tired.”

Nick Howe contributed 15 points, five rebounds, four steals and three assists for the Royals (8-2), who played their sixth game in ten days and who visit Chelsea on Thursday. Mid Vermont’s Josh King had 19 points for the Eagles.

Rice 51, Hartford 28

White River Junction — Rice’s high-powered offense snapped the Hurricanes’ four-game winning streak.

“They were just a little too athletic for us today,” said Hartford head coach Steve Landon.

Gavin Farnsworth had nine points for the Hurricanes and Alex Valley added seven points. Hartford (4-3) hosts Mount St. Joseph on Tuesday.

Hazen 69, Thetford 47

Hardwick, Vt. — Hazen outscored the Panthers 14-3 in the fourth quarter.

“We just turned the ball over,” said Thetford head coach Jason Gray. “Two or three turnovers to a good team like Hazen can turn into 15 points pretty quickly.”

Dylan Thorburn scored 14 points for the Panthers, including two 3-pointers. Lawson Ouellette scored nine. Thetford (2-5) travels to Lyndon on Tuesday.

Cushing 60, KUA 57

Meriden — Desi Bede scored a game-high 26 points and Cushing held off a late Wildcats surge.

Noah Lack hit a late 3-pointer to bring the game within three for Kimball Union and a last-second shot by Trent Noordsij fell short as the clock expired. Noordsij had a team-high 17 points, going five-for-eight from behind the arc. 

KUA (6-7) travels to Vermont Academy on Wednesday.

Girls Basketball

South Royalton 36Mid Vermont 30

South Royalton — The Royals allowed 14 points through the first three quarters to earn their third consecutive victory.

Mid Vermont outscored the Royals, 16-14, during the fourth quarter. Bailey Wing led the way for South Royalton with 10 points and Mia Ryon added nine points. The Eagles’ Sydney Goodwin had 11 points, all of which came during the fourth quarter.

“Things are falling into place for us,” said South Royalton coach Dave Davis. “We’re preparing for a good late-season charge.”

The Royals (4-3) host Proctor on Monday. Mid Vermont (3-4) travels to Trinity (N.H.) Baptist on Friday.

Hartford 53, Harwood 23

Moretown, Vt. — The Hurricanes scored 23 points off rebounds and forced 16 steals. Morgan White led the Hartford offense with nine points and Corey Leiberman scored eight.

The Hurricanes (4-2) exploded for 19 points in the second quarter and outscored Harwood, 25-12, in the second half.

“We went small,” said Hartford head coach Troy Guerin on what turned his team’s offense loose in the second quarter. “They moved the ball extremely well, had really good looks. We haven’t had all our small guards out there together.”

Hartford hosts Green Mountain on Wednesday.

Boys Hockey

Hartford 6, Lyndon 0

Lyndon, Vt. — Ben Rouillard twice scored and had a hand in three others as the Hurricanes improved to 6-1 this season.

Matt Libuda made 21 saves in his first start of the year and posted Hartford’s second shutout. Jordy Allard provided a goal  and three assists and Tyler Hamilton scored twice. Hartford hosts Northfield on Monday.

Hanover 3, Trinity 1

West Lebanon — Jake Acker scored twice and and provided an assist for the Marauders. His second tally was an unassisted, shorthanded winner during the third period to help Hanover improve to 6-4 overall and 3-3 in NHIAA Division I action.

“The team showed a lot of maturity,” said Marauders coach Dick Dodds. “They didn’t panic.”

Will Smith scored the opening goal in the first period, assisted by Acker and Jenson Dodge on a power play. Luke Ratliff made 12 saves for the Marauders, who outshot Trinity, 37-13, and who host Manchester Memorial on Monday.

Merrimack Valley 2Lebanon-Stevens 1

West Lebanon — Nate Gariepy scored the Raiders’ lone goal, assisted by Nate Chickering and Nate Damren. Jordan Hammond made 19 saves for Lebanon, which fell to 5-5 overall and 4-4 in NHIAA Division II play.

“I was really happy with the way the team responded in the third,” said Lebanon coach Gary Smith, whose team visits Berlin on Wednesday. “But we didn’t play a full 45 minute game today. We played a bad first period.”

Colchester 3, Woodstock 2

Colchester, Vt. — Luc Issa scored twice and Cullen McCarthy and Nathaniel Kennedy provided assists as the Wasps fell to 1-6-1.

Jason Derbber made 27 saves for Woodstock, which hosts U-32 on Wednesday.

Tabor Academy 3Kimball Union 2

Marion, Mass. — Bobby Young scored off a rebound to put KUA (19-3) on the board after two second-period goals by Tabor. Chris Konin scored late in the third to cut the deficit to one goal. The Wildcats travels to Deerfield on Wednesday.

Girls Hockey

Woodstock 5, U-32 2

Woodstock​ — Annabelle Lessard made 24 saves as the Wasps improved to 6-2-1 in advance of traveling to Burr & Burton on Wednesday.

Lizzy Peck scored twice Woodstock, her first varsity goals. Hannah Coates and Sadie Kuhn scored shorthanded goals in the second period and Anna Hepler scored during the third period.

Hanover 16, Con-Val 0

Winchendon, Mass. — Clara Boland, Maggie Lee, Emma Tysinger, Brittany Richard and Sylvia Alexander each scored their first varsity goals and Claire Yegian earned a shutout in her first varsity start for the Marauders, who improved to 5-1 overall.

Cate Wagner had a goal and four assists. Hanover travels to Beekmantown (N.Y.) on Monday.

Mississquoi 4, Hartford 0

White River Junction — Hartford’s Maggie Gilman made 23 saves as the Hurricanes fell to 2-4-3. The Canes host North Country-Lyndon on Wednesday.

Kimball Union 3, Holderness 0

Holderness, n.h. — Seana Perkins posted the shutout as the Wildcats improved to 8-2-1.

Mikah Baptiste, Julia Surgenor and Mia Brown all scored for KUA. Greta Close provided an assist.

The Wildcats host Vermont Academy on Wednesday.

Indoor Track

Oxbow Girls Win Meet

Burlington – The Olympians got first-place results from Izzy Giesing in the girls 300- and 1,000-meter runs, Leanne Burgess in the girls 3,200-meter and Oxbow’s 4×800-meter relay team to edge out Lyndon and Hartford at the University of Vermont. Hartford’s girls took third.

Thetford’s boys team placed second behind Fair Haven with 46 points. Hartford’s boys took third and Oxbow placed fourth.

Oxbow’s Jon Puffer placed first in the boys pole vault. Owen Pelletier, a Rivendell athlete who competes with the Olympians, took first in the boys high jump. Hartford’s Abayomi Lowe won the boys 55-meter dash and the boys 300. The Hurricanes’ 4×400 relay also took first place.

Thetford’s Caleb Davidson placed third in the shot put and took second in the weight throw.