WINDSOR – Several local high school basketball seniors laced them up one last time on the hardwood at Windsor High School over the weekend, where many underclassmen and coaches were honored for their outstanding seasons, at the Vermont Basketball Coaches Association (VBCA) All-Star Weekend. Twinfield-Cabot’s Carley Mancini, Jorja Washburn and[Read More…]
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Hazen, Twinfield-Cabot Headline Mountain League Honors
NORTHEAST KINGDOM – Hazen Union and Twinfield-Cabot officially put a wrap on a successful girls high school basketball season last week by earning several of the top players and coaching Mountain League awards. Lady Cat head coach Randy Lumsden took home Coach of the Year honors after leading his young[Read More…]
Bador, Stewart Among Mountain League Selections
NORTHEAST KINGDOM – Twinfield head coach Kris Bador and his junior starting backcourt led the lion’s share of Mountain League honors last week after a sensational season that saw the Trojans punch their ticket to Barre for the first time in almost a decade. Tej Stewart was rewarded with a[Read More…]
Windsor Muscles Past Lady Cats to Reclaim Title
BARRE – Windsor’s physicality and experience were too much in the end for the Hazen Union girls basketball team last week in what was a semifinal rematch of last year’s Division III state title game at the Barre Auditorium. Seniors Audrey Rupp and Sophia Rockwood combined to score 34 points[Read More…]
Bears Title will be Fuel for ‘26 Trojans
MARSHFIELD – Silver linings, what could’ve been, and fuel for the future is what head coach Kris Bador’s Twinfield-Cabot boys basketball team will take from watching Danville cut down the nets at the Aud after a gut-wrenching one-point loss to that same Bears team in the semifinal round two weeks[Read More…]
Several Local Athletes Tabbed as Vermont’s Best
NORTHEAST KINGDOM – After their outstanding seasons on the hardwood this past season, several local players were selected to Vermont’s Outstanding Underclassmen roster last week. Leading the way for high school basketball girls selections were Hazen Union sophomores Kelsie Rivard and Mya Lumsden. It is the second straight selection for[Read More…]
Lady Cats Cruise Back to the Barre Auditorium
HARDWICK – The reigning Division III state champion Hazen Union girls basketball team discarded Stowe and Richford last week in the first two rounds of the playoffs, improving to 21-1 on the season. Isabelle Gouin pumped in a season-high 19 points, including a pair of three-pointers as the Lady Cats[Read More…]
History Made as Bears Claim Title
BARRE – The Danville boys took on all-comers in what can be considered a “group of death’” bracket, coming out the other end as Division IV state champions last week for the first time in six years. Unheralded junior Landen Fournier drained 7 three-pointers on his way to a career-high[Read More…]
Thetford Ends Incredible Wildcat Run
BARRE – The Hazen Union boys basketball team toppled 22-0 White River Valley last week before falling to Thetford Academy for a second straight year in the finals, bringing an end to what was an amazing run of upsets and roller coaster escapes throughout the season and the Division III[Read More…]
Twinfield-Cabot Girls Season Ends at West Rutland
MARSHFIELD – After a home playoff win in the first round against Twin Valley, the Twinfield-Cabot girls basketball team met the fate of countless other teams, falling to top rated West Rutland to end their season at 9-12. Senior Kendall Fowler poured in a game-high 20 points to power the[Read More…]
Improbable Run for Welcome’s Lady Wolves Continues
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[Read More…]
Lady Cats Ready to Defend Title
WINOOSKI – The defending Division III champion Hazen Union girls basketball team cooled off a pair of hot teams in Winooski and Richford last week to wrap up the regular season on a seven-game win streak. Sophomore Kelsie Rivard poured in 23 points to fuel a big second half as[Read More…]
