Vermont H.S. playoff scores for Wednesday, Feb. 21: See how your favorite team fared
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Vermont high school playoff scores for Tuesday, Feb. 20
WEDNESDAY'S H.S. PLAYOFF GAMES
D-II boys basketball playdowns
No. 1 Hartford 93, No. 16 Mount St. Joseph 22
H: Ryan Murphy 16 points. Noah Danielli 15 points. Kole Fotion 13 points. Brody Tyburski 12 points.
MSJ: Jacob Bissitte 8 points. Gavin Treanor 8 points.
Note: Hartford led 54-12 at the half.
No. 4 North Country 72, No. 13 U-32 61
NC: Haidin Chilafoux 23 points, 8 assists, 4 steals. Hayden Boivin 18 points, 10 rebounds, 3 steals, 3 blocks. Brayden Pepin 12 points, 5 rebounds, 3 assists.
U: Caelan Zeilenga 19 points. Luke Page 17 points. Michael Mallet 14 points.
D-III boys basketball playdowns
No. 4 Winooski 58, No. 13 Bellows Falls 46
No. 1 Hazen 75, No. 16 Stowe 33
H: Gabe Michaud 19 points. Xavier Hill 15 points. Brendan Moodie 12 points.
S: Ben Sherman 11 points.
Note: Hazen raced to a 44-16 margin at the half.
No. 5 Vergennes 61, No. 12 Springfield 38
V: Ryan Wright 10 points. Devin Brisson 9 points.
S: Bradley Gallant 12 points. Oliver Kelley 9 points.
No. 7 BFA-Fairfax 52, No. 10 Green Mountain 49
F: Sylas Meunier 17 points, 10 rebounds, 2 steals. Ryan Sheehan 14 points, 6 rebounds, 4 assists. Shayne Meunier 13 points, 7 rebounds, 5 blocks.
GM: Matt Murphy 16 points. Caleb Merrow 16 points. Tanner Swisher 12 points.
Note: Fairfax led 26-18 at the break, but needed to answer a Green Mountain run in the fourth quarter to hold on for the playdown victory.
No. 6 Richford 67, No. 11 Windsor 62
R: Bobby Gendron 21 points. Jerrick Jacobs 19 points.
Note: Jacobs scored his 1,000th point in Richford's home playoff win.
No. 3 White River Valley 88, No. 14 Mill River 58
WRV: Brayden Russ 23 points.
MR: Ryan Smith 22 points.
No. 8 Randolph 62, No. 9 Woodstock 47
D-IV boys basketball playdowns
No. 8 Twinfield/Cabot 56, No. 9 Poultney 29
T/C: Sam McLane 16 points. Meles Gouge 15 points.
P: Wyatt Gillett 12 points. Peyton Book 12 points.
No. 2 Grace Christian 69, No. 15 Northfield 38
No. 7 Rivendell 42, No. 10 Blue Mountain 34
No. 11 Long Trail 52, No. 6 Proctor 51
No. 3 West Rutland def. No. 14 Craftsbury (via forfeit)
WEDNESDAY'S H.S. GAMES (REGULAR SEASON)
Girls basketball
Thetford 53, Oxbow 34
Boys hockey
Rice 5, BFA-St. Albans 0
R: Tyler Russo 2G. Preston Wheeler 1G. Water Morris 1G. Oliver Quong 1G. Mackenzie Owens 2A. Brendan Patterson 2A. JD Raleigh 1A. Giles Heilman 21 saves.
B: Deagan Rathburn 50 saves.
Note: Rice finishes regular season at 16-2-2.
U-32 4, Burlington 2
B: Jack Tomlinson 1G, 1A. Willem Pelczarski 1G. Sayre Fisher 1A.
U: Jackson Jagermann 2G. Colton Warren 1G, 1A. Jacob Amones 1G. Maddox Heise 2A.
Note: Heise recorded his 100th career point in U-32's win at Burlington.
Lyndon 4, Harwood 4
L: Alex Giroux 2G. Adam Dusek 1G, 1A. Ben West 1G. Tripp Roberge 2A. Andrew Menard 1A. Griffin Goodhue 1A. Zach Griffin 1A. Konsta Jokio 26 saves.
H: Eli Herrington 1G, 1A. Owen Jones 1G, 2A. Josh Dietz 1G, 2A. Luke LaCroix 1G. Griffin Nelson 2A. Andrew Achilles 22 saves.
Note: Harwood rallied from a pair of two-goal deficits, tying the game for a final time at 7:17 of the third period.
Colchester 2, Spaulding 1
C: Ben Sherman 1G. Garrett Cameron 1G. Gunnar Navari 1G. Kieran Phillips 20 saves.
S: Noah Long 41 saves.
Note: Navari broke a 1-1 tie with 22 seconds left in the third period. Colchester also fended off a 5-on-3 for 3 1/2 minutes in the final frame.
Missisquoi 3, Woodstock 2
M: Jaden Butler 1G. Wyett Bellrose 1G. Colby Young 1G. Carter White 3A. AJ Dennett 2A. Maddux Gagne 1A. Ethan Stefaniak 35 saves.
W: Griffin Piconi 1G. Ethan Havill 1G.
Mount Mansfield 2, Middlebury 2
M: Eyon Tembruell 2G. Gavin McNulty 1A. Gabriel Quesnel 1A. Landon Kean 1A. Gus Hodde 1A. Casey Calzini 23 saves.
MM: Alexandre Romanko 1G. Aidan Verdonik 1G. Owen Jones 1A. Garret Carter 1A. Lucas Parisi 17 saves.
Note: Tembruell tied the game at 10:49 of the third period.
South Burlington 6, Essex 0
SB: Nick Kelly 2G, 2A. Lucas Van Mullen 2G, 1A. Christian Butler 1G, 1A. Jack Kelly 1G, 2A. Drew Dougherty 1A. James Chagnon 9 saves.
E: Calvin Noel 36 saves.
St. Johnsbury 4, Milton 3
SJ: Memphis Mastine 1G, 1A. Sebastian Ahonen 1G, 1A. Evan Windrow 1G, 1A. Connor Brigham 1G. Phinny Huntington 1A. Nate Delman 35 saves.
M: Noah Keeler 2G, 1A. Brock Bushey 1G. Logan Grimes 1A. Tyler Larocque 1A. Christian Gaudio 20 saves.
Note: Brigham scored with 2:37 left in the third period for the game-winner to cap SJA's rally from a 3-1 deficit. Keeler, a sophomore, scored his 50th point this season for Milton and has 81 for his career.
Brattleboro 10, Northfield 1
B: Henry Schwartz 3G. Andy Cay 3G.
Hartford 6, Champlain Valley 2
Burr and Burton 3, Rutland 1
Girls hockey
Woodstock 1, Burr and Burton 1
BB: Carmella Livingston 1G. Katie Brownlee 1A. Kaelin Downey 1A. Cyra Pacher 18 saves.
W: Hannah Gubbins 1G. Meridian Bremel 24 saves.
Burlington/Colchester 5, Spaulding 1
B/C: Holley MacLellan 4G. Norra Moody 1G. Leah Boyd 14 saves.
S: Gracie Lunt 1G. Ruby Harrington 1A. Gabrielle Bock 20 saves.
Kingdom Blades 0, BFA-St. Albans 0
BFA: Makenna Montgomery 22 saves.
KB: Taylor Blaise 20 saves.
Hartford 3, Champlain Valley/Mount Mansfield 1
H: Zoe Zanleoni 2G, 1A. Braelyn Park 1G, 1A. Nella Bowen 17 saves.
CV/MM: KerriBeth Aldrich 1G. Megan Rivard 1A. Ella Gilbert 33 saves.
Stowe 7, Brattleboro 0
S: Kate Tilgner 3G, 1A. Isabel Donza 2G, 2A. Jackie Henderson 1G. Ali McLaughlin 1G. Hahley Bezio 1A. Iris Stacy 1A. Marie Zenth 12 saves.
Note: Donza netted her 100th career goal.
South Burlington 4, Essex 3
SB: Sabrina Brunet 2G. Rosa DiGiulian 1G. Hadia Ahmed 1G. Reese Gordon 1A. Jordan Larose 1A. Ava Hershberg 1A.
E: Aliyah Rassel 2G. Lilliana Baldasaro 1G. Elizah Martin 1A. Abigale Desilets 1A.
Note: The teams combined for four third-period goals, with Ahmed’s tally at 13:08 giving SB a 4-2 edge.
Rutland 7, Harwood/Northfield 1
Missisquoi 6, Rice 5
THURSDAY'S H.S. GAMES (REGULAR SEASON)
Girls basketball
Games at 7 p.m. unless noted
Danville at Northfield, 6 p.m.
U-32 at Randolph
Lyndon at North Country, 6:30 p.m.
Williamstown at Richford
Champlain Valley at South Burlington
Spaulding at Lamoille
Peoples at Montpelier
Stowe at Blue Mountain
Lake Region at Harwood
Winooski at Hazen
Vergennes at Milton
Burlington at Rice
Colchester at Middlebury
Mount Abraham at Missisquoi
Mount Mansfield at St. Johnsbury
BFA-St. Albans at Essex, 7:30 p.m.
(Subject to change)
This article originally appeared on Burlington Free Press: Vermont high school playoff scores for Wednesday, Feb. 21
