Vermont H.S. playoff scores for Friday, Feb. 23: See how your favorite team fared

The 2023-24 Vermont high school winter season has begun. See below for scores, schedules and game details (statistical leaders, game notes) from basketball, hockey, gymnastics, wrestling, Nordic/Alpine skiing and other winter sports.

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FRIDAY'S H.S. PLAYOFF GAMES

D-I boys basketball quarterfinals

No. 1 Rice 82, No. 8 Colchester 47

R: Drew Bessette 20 points. Abdi Sharif 18 points. Grant Cieplicki 15 points. Owen Eaton 12 points. Dallas St. Peter 7 points.

C: Freddie Bacon 17 points. Vinny Wagoner 14 points.

Note: Rice led 37-25 at the break and 52-34 through three quarters before unloading a 30-point fourth quarter to seal the program's seventh straight Final Four berth and 36th overall. In coach Paul Pecor's 21 seasons, Rice is 33-1 at home in the playoffs.

No. 2 Champlain Valley 50, No. 7 BFA-St. Albans 48 (OT)

CV: Tucker Tharpe 13 points. Kyle Eaton 13 points. Colby Morehouse 12 points.

B: Will Hughes 14 points. Gabe Howrigan 12 points. Brady Cutting 11 points. Justin Munger 7 points.

Note: Morehouse's fourth 3-pointer broke a 41-all contest in the overtime period and Eaton secured the win at the foul line as the defending champs marched to their fifth Final Four bid in as many seasons.

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No. 6 Burlington 70, No. 3 St. Johnsbury 58

B: Musa Kasanga 21 points. Henry Tornwini 14 points.

SJ: Harry Geng 30 points. Aidan Brody 10 points.

Note: A run late in the third quarter gave BHS a 51-46 lead. Then in the fourth, a Kasanga dunk helped the Seahorses pull away to book the program's first Final Four appearance since 2017 and 51st overall.

No. 4 Rutland 58, No. 13 Mount Mansfield 44

R: Dez Krakowka 17 points, 4 steals. Jaiden Cole 12 points, 7 rebounds.

MM: River Hadley 10 points. Owen Bradeen 9 points.

Note: MMU held a 11-10 lead after the first quarter, but host Rutland uncorked a 12-0 spurt in the second quarter and didn't relinquish the lead from there to advance to the program's 38th Final Four.

D-II boys basketball quarterfinals

No. 1 Hartford 48, No. 9 Lamoille 41

H: Christian Hathorn 19 points.

L: Colby Hall 15 points.

Note: Hartford reaches its first semifinal round in 40 years. Hawthorn poured in six 3-pointers, his sixth giving the Hurricanes a 44-32 advantage in the fourth.

No. 2 Montpelier 68, No. 10 Lake Region 55

M: Carter Bruzzese 16 points, 5 rebounds, 5 assists, 3 steals. Clayton Foster 7 rebounds, 4 assists, 4 steals. Kleo Bridge 12 points, 8 rebounds, 4 assists. Carson Cody 12 points, 7 assists. Atif Milak 9 points, 8 rebounds, 3 blocks. Hayden Lilly 8 points, 4 rebounds.

LR: Jonathan Piers 17 points. Carlos Martinez 14 points. Schuyler Butterfield 8 points.

Note: Three-time reigning champion Montpelier reaches 34th Final Four.

No. 4 North Country 76, No. 5 Fair Haven 56

NC: Haidin Chilafoux 35 points, 7 rebounds, 10 assists, 4 steals. Hayden Boivin 15 points, 18 rebounds, 3 steals. Brayden Pepin 15 points, 5 rebounds.

FH: Phil Bean 21 points. Joe Buxton 16 points.

Note: North Country advances to its fifth straight semifinals.

D-IV boys basketball quarterfinals

No. 1 Danville 61, No. 8 Twinfield/Cabot 40

D: Andrew Joncas 15 points. Cooper Calkins 10 points. Anthony Raymond 10 rebounds. Anthoni Guinard 5 assists.

T/C: Sam Russell 16 points.

Note: Six Danville players combined for 11 3-pointers as the Bears reached their 32nd Final Four.

No. 4 Williamstown 68, No. 12 Arlington 32

W: Evan Bailey 18 points, 4 rebounds, 4 assists. Colby Laggner 14 points, 11 rebounds. Caleb Jarvis-Comi 10 points, 3 steals. Liam Hebert 8 rebounds.

A: Cameron Clark 12 points.

Note: Williamstown led start to finish and took a 33-15 advantage into the halftime break. The Blue Devils advance to their 21st semifinals appearance.

Wrestling

State championships at Otter Valley

Team scores (after Day 1): 1. Mount Anthony 72; 2. Otter Valley 67.5; 3. Spaulding 67; 4. Colchester 58; 5. Middlebury 41; 6. Vergennes 40.5; 7. Essex 31.5; 8. Springfield 29.5; 9. Randolph 26; T10. Burr and Burton, Fair Haven, Mount Abraham, Mount Mansfield 24; 14. Harwood 19; 15. St. Johnsbury 15; T16. Champlain Valley, Mill River 14; 18. Lamoille 13; 19. Winooski 9; T20. Lake Region, North Country, Rutland 7; 23. Lyndon 6; 24. Mount St. Joseph 5.

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SATURDAY'S H.S. PLAYOFF GAMES

D-II boys basketball quarterfinals

No. 6 Otter Valley (13-8) at No. 3 Harwood (16-5), 2 p.m.

D-III boys basketball quarterfinals

Games at 7 p.m. unless noted

No. 8 Randolph (11-10) at No. 1 Hazen (18-3)

No. 5 Vergennes (15-6) at No. 4 Winooski (18-3)

No. 7 BFA-Fairfax (13-8) at No. 2 Thetford (18-3), 2 p.m.

No. 6 Richford (17-4) at No. 3 White River Valley (19-2)

D-IV boys basketball quarterfinals

Games at 2 p.m. unless noted

No. 7 Rivendell (12-9) at No. 2 Grace Christian (18-3)

No. 11 Long Trail (9-10) at No. 3 West Rutland (17-4)

D-I boys hockey playdowns

No. 9 Essex (5-12-1) at No. 8 Champlain Valley (5-12-3), 12:30 p.m.

No. 12 Rutland (1-16-3) at No. 5 Mount Mansfield (9-7-4), 5 p.m.

No. 10 Burlington (7-12-1) at No. 7 BFA-St. Albans (8-11-1), 7 p.m.

No. 11 St. Johnsbury (5-15) at No. 6 Spaulding (9-9-2), 1 p.m.

D-II boys hockey playdowns

No. 9 U-32 (9-10-1) at No. 8 Middlebury (6-11-2), 7 p.m.

No. 10 Missisquoi (3-15-2) at No. 7 Stowe (9-9-2), 6:45 p.m.

Wrestling

State championships (Day 2) at Otter Valley

Bowling

Individual state tournament at Rutland, 9 a.m.

SATURDAY'S H.S. GAMES (REGULAR-SEASON)

Girls basketball

Winooski at Danville, 5 p.m

Stowe at Vergennes, 11 a.m.

Lyndon at North Country, 11:30 a.m.

Rice at Williamstown, 2 p.m.

South Burlington at Enosburg, 2:30 p.m.

Champlain Valley at Mount Mansfield, 2 p.m.

(Subject to change)

This article originally appeared on Burlington Free Press: Vermont high school playoff scores for Friday, Feb. 23