Woodstock
That may include the playoffs next week.
Four different Yellowjackets contributed at least eight points and Windsor took advantage of fourth-quarter Woodstock errors for a 55-48 win at Dailey Gym on Thursday night. The contest capped the regular seasons for both Marble Valley League teams, with the Jacks (12-8) looking at a home game to open the VPA Division III tournament next week and the Wasps (6-14) bound for the road in D-II.
“We’ve had our moments,” Woodstock coach Joel Carey said. “We played MSJ tough there, but we only played for three quarters. We played Hartford tough when they came to us, but we only played for three quarters.
“Unfortunately, the only quarter where we played badly tonight was the fourth quarter. And it cost us.”
Woodstock held a 26-25 lead at halftime, but Windsor used a 20-point fourth built on transition baskets to grab the victory. Seth Balch scored 13 points to lead the Jacks, who picked up 11 points from Rob Slocum and eight apiece from Duncan Frazer and Dakota Page.
Woodstock’s Caleb Webb led all scorers with 14 points. Oscar Montano produced a nine-point game for the Wasps, and Jack Arthur netted eight in the defeat.
Rivendell 55, Cabot 30
Cabot, Vt.
Rivendell coach Jeff Huntington estimated his team will earn the sixth seed in next week’s VPA D-III tournament. They’ll enter it off of a 22-point outing for Owen Pelletier, the team’s top scorer this season.
“We didn’t play all that great in the first half,” Huntington said. “Our defense didn’t get many stops. In the second half, we came down and clamped down on defense and got easy transition buckets. We were more patient in the second half.”
Shane Smith had 11 points and Zack Gould added 10 for Rivendell, which will host a first-round tournament game next week.
Sharon 62, Websterville 45
Sharon
Senior Harvey Kelley had “the best game I’ve ever seen him play in his three varsity seasons,” TSA coach Blake Fabrikant said. Kelley used his final regular-season home game to net a career-high 27 points, adding 11 rebounds, five assists and four steals without a turnover.
“He’s a tremendous competitor,” Fabrikant added. “We’re going to miss him. I couldn’t be more proud of him.”
Sam Knoerlein contributed 11 points and Fisher Kelley finished with nine for the Phoenix, which should land the ninth seed in D-IV.
Wilton-Lyndeborough 71, Sunapee 66
Wilton, n.h.
Senior Hank Vincent made the most of his last high school game, exploding for a career-best 28 points for Sunapee. The visitors rallied from an eight-point halftime deficit to take a 46-44 lead into the final quarter, where Wilton’s experience tipped the scales.
“It’s been a long season trying to get everything in order,” Sunapee coach Tim Puchtler said. “I think we went out, let it all hang out and just played.”
The Lakers’ two other seniors, Austin LeBlanc (nine points) and Isaiah Gorman (seven), joined teammate Nick Ducharme (seven) in backing Vincent’s big game.
MSJ 53, Hartford 32
White River Junction
Hartford coach Steve Landon singled out guards Triston Potter and Gavin Farnsworth for strong efforts. Farnsworth led all scorers with 12 points, while Potter finished with nine.
“I thought, going in, we had a very good chance of beating these guys,” Landon said of the Mounties (15-4), who are battling for a top-four tournament spot. “For whatever reason, we didn’t play inspired basketball tonight.”
The Canes visit Springfield to close the regular season tonight. Hartford learns its D-II fate on Monday.
Twinfield 87, South Royalton 48
South Royalton
South Royalton trailed 23-7 in the first quarter and gradually whittled the deficit down to four, settling for a 41-34 gap at the half. Usually a third-quarter team, the Royals instead couldn’t stem a 30-6 Twinfield explosion that settled the contest.
“They hit four 3s before we knew what happened,” South Royalton coach Pete Howe said. “In 17 of our 20 games we’ve played this season, we’ve won the third; that’s one of our signatures. But they came out and didn’t miss.”
Connor Spencer hit six 3-pointers for a team-high 28 points, and teammte Eli Wilson buried seven trifectas on a 23-point evening for Twinfield.
Nicholas Howe led the Royals with 21 points, and Dalton McDougall followed up with nine. The Royals likely will earn the fourth or fifth seed in the D-IV tourney.
Lamoille 51, Thetford 37
Hyde Park, Vt.
Thetford stayed close by getting a little bit from a lot of people. Nick Moses and Noah Perry led the way for the Panthers, scoring seven points each. Dylan Thorburn had six points for TA, and Owen Deffner netted five. Nine Thetford players contributed at least one basket.
The Panthers host Lyndon on Saturday to close their schedule.
Rivendell 36, Cabot 25
Cabot, Vt.
Ghio kept Celley under relative control, holding her to a team-high 10 points. Riley Thomson scored 23 points to pace Rivendell (12-6), while Mikayla DeBois hit for eight points to go with 10 steals.
The Raptors visit Twinfield on Tuesday and host Blue Mountain on Thursday to wrap up the regular season.
Hanover 52, Windham 36
Windham, n.h.
“All in all, I was very impressed with our defensive intensity, which really generated a lot of offense,” Hanover coach Dan O’Rourke said. “We’re playing very well.”
Maddie McCorkle topped the Hanover scoresheet with 15 points. Julia Golder dominated the paint to the tune of a 10-point, 10-rebound double-double for the Marauders, who also picked up 10 points from Schwarz.
O’Rourke estimated that Hanover will earn the fifth seed in the NHIAA Division II tournament. The Marauders will open the tournament against an as-yet-to-be-determined foe at Dartmouth’s Leede Arena on Tuesday night.
Newfound 56, Stevens 33
Bristol, n.h.
Newfound held Stevens freshman scoring ace Alexis Aiken to four points on the night. Sydney Miller had nine points for the Cardinals, and Cami Cullison and Amber Duford added six points each to the scoresheet.
Stevens coach Ivy Condon loses only Cullison and Duford to graduation.
Monadnock 44, Newport 31
Swanzey, n.h.
Newport (7-12, 9-13) graduates two from first-year coach Ross Dole’s roster.
Hanover 1, Woburn (Mass.) 1
Woburn, Mass.
Woburn opened the scoring in the first period, but Laycock leveled a little over a minute into the second on a pass from Bryn Kable. Barton “was making saves and keeping us in there early,” Hanover coach John Dodds said, but the Marauders couldn’t find a tiebreaking tally. Laycock had the best chance, firing high on a third-stanza two-on-one with Cate Wagner.
Hanover visits Kingswood on Saturday and Bishop Guertin on Sunday to close the regular season.