WINDSOR – The Vermont Basketball Coaches Association (VBCA) showcased its annual celebration of high school basketball at Windsor High School over the weekend, with several local seniors getting the opportunity to lace them up one more time for the Northern All-Stars.
photo by Vanessa Fournier
The top seniors in the state took the court for the last time on Saturday, with both Division III/IV boys and girls North teams completing a clean sweep over the Southern All-Stars.
photo by Vanessa Fournier
Danville’s Lynsey Lavely had a team-high 7 points to lead the North to a 46-42 victory. Hazen Union’s Isabelle Gouin, Danville’s Myah Morgan and Ashtin Stearns of Vergennes each chipped in with five points apiece in the win. West Rutland’s Hayley Raiche paced the South with 10 points. Hazen’s Julia des Groseilliers, Peoples Academy’s (PA) Sophie Beck and Danville’s Phoebe Crocker and Lauren Joncas rounded out the local seniors who made the North all-star roster.
Gouin and des Groseilliers finished off their stellar high school careers at Hazen with two Division III state championships, four consecutive 20-win seasons, while never suffering a home loss.
Peoples Academy’s Jack Lafayette (14 points) and Twinfield-Cabot’s Tej Stewart (12) powered the Northern all-stars to a 90-83 win over the South in the boys Division III/IV senior all-star game. Danville’s Sebastian Eldred and Williamstown’s Nick Mascitti each finished with 13 points apiece in the win. Oxbow’s Jayden Huntoon led the South with 14 points. Hazen Union’s Morgan Michaud and Sully Laflam, Twinfield-Cabot’s Eli Russel and Sam McLane and Danville’s Kohl Guinard, Alijah Andrews and Landen Fournier rounded out the Northern all-star roster.
photo by Vanessa Fournier
Morgan and Laflam leave Hazen as champions and finished their careers for the Wildcats, having never played a season when they didn’t make it to the division III state title game.
Stewart, Russell and McLane led a veteran Trojan program back to Barre for the second consecutive season earlier this month, coming up just short against Division IV state champion Williamstown in the title game. They have won over 50 games at Twinfield-Cabot the last three years and will graduate with a historic senior class in the spring that brought nothing but winning to both communities in both soccer and basketball.
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Guinard, Eldred, Andrews and Fournier will be the latest group of seniors to leave Danville as champions in the spring.
photo by Vanessa Fournier
Lafayette certainly left his mark on PA’s program in his two short years since transferring from Burlington. He brought the Wolves’ program back to relevancy with a 12-win season in his senior campaign. He led all high schoolers in the state with a trio of 40-point performances, including a 49-point outburst against Stowe in February.
