SOUTH ROYALTON – The Peoples Academy (PA) girls basketball team and their amazing turnaround under first year head coach and Hazen Union alum Rick Welcome will now go to the Barre Auditorium after wins over BFA-Fairfax and White River Valley last week in the Division III playoffs.
Welcome and his young team survived a first-round battle with the twelfth seeded Lady Bullets on Wednesday, using a 10-2 run in the final eight minutes to escape with a 47-37 win. Eighth-grader Daisy Berg led the way for the Lady Wolves with a team-high 17 points and Sadie Baranyay complemented with 14 in the win. Sophomore Adi See led all scorers with 20 points in the loss.
Their Cinderella season continued on Saturday with a 44-38 road upset over #4 White River to punch their ticket to the Aud. Berg and Sophie Beck led the way with 15 points apiece. Ashlyn Rhoades led the Lady Cats with 15 as their season came to an end at 18-4.
Welcome’s green ball-club that includes four eighth graders on the roster, earned their sixteenth win of the season. They are just a year removed from winning a single game and electing not to participate in the division III state tournament.
The team will take on top seeded Oxbow on Thursday night at the Barre Auditorium. Tip-off is scheduled for 7:45pm.
VBCA Senior All-Star Game, March 22.
WINDSOR – The Vermont Basketball Coaches Association (VBCA) will showcase their annual celebration of high school basketball next weekend with four all-star games and various award ceremonies for “One More Day of Basketball” at Windsor High School on March 22.
The top senior ballers in the state will compete against each other with the North-South girls Division 3-4 game slated to tip-off at 11 a. m. The North/South Division 3-4 boys game will follow, and the afternoon will be capped off by clashes of the best Division 1-2 senior boys and girls in the state. Official all-star selections will be announced by the VBCA next week. Three-point shooting contests will be held at halftime of each game. Vermont Dream Dozen selections, 1,000-point career scorers, Player of the Year, Coach of the Year, Milestone Wins, Officials of the Year, and VBCA scholarship winners will also be announced throughout the afternoon.
“We call it a celebration of all that is good about Vermont high school basketball,” said VBCA Executive Director Dave Fredrickson.
