Vermont H.S. sports scores for Friday, Feb. 9: 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. GAMES

Boys basketball

Rice 94, BFA-St. Albans 58

R: Drew Bessette 24 points. Owen Eaton 15 points. Abdi Sharif 13 points. Grant Cieplicki 12 points. Dallas St. Peter 11 points. Wilfred St. Francis 8 points.

B: Will Hughes 17 points. Gabe Howrigan 14 points. Justin Munger 11 points.

Note: Rice rolled to a 52-23 halftime lead on a night the Green Knights hit for a season-high total.

South Burlington 65, St. Johnsbury 60

SB: Tyler Bergmans 23 points, 8 rebounds, 3 assists Paul Comba 13 points, 4 rebounds, 2 steals. Andre Bouffard 10 points, 3 assists. Khalil Quebec-Hill 10 points, 6 rebounds.

SJ: Rex Hauser 21 points. Henry Geng 14 points. Kerrick Medose 11 points. Carter Bunnell 8 points.

Note: Host South Burlington stretched to a 52-42 lead early in the fourth quarter and then staved off St. Johnsbury to complete the regular-season sweep of the Hilltoppers and end a four-game slide.

Burlington 59, Mount Mansfield 55

B: Musa Kasanga 12 points. Pascal Munezero 11 points.

MM: Owen Bradeen 16 points. Jack Tacy-Monroe 12 points.

Colchester 65, Essex 52

C: Freddie Bacon 29 points. Zach Davis 21 points.

E: Nick Allaire 9 points. Charlie McGeary 8 points.

Note: Colchester led wire to wire in the road victory.

Hazen 58, Lake Region 38

H: Xavier Hill 28 points, 11 rebounds, 6 assists, 4 steals. Gabe Michaud 8 points, 7 rebounds. Ryan Morrison 8 points, 7 rebounds.

LR: Johnathan Piers 9 points.

Middlebury 57, Milton 50 (OT)

MIDD: Kyle Stearns 16 points. Tassilo Luksch 11 points.

MILT: Kayden Geraw 17 points. Evan Jones 12 points.

Note: After Milton's Sam Plouffe sent the game into overtime with a 15-foot jumper with two seconds left in regulation, Luksch sank 5 of 6 foul shots in the extra period to lead the Tigers to the win.

Spaulding 77, Lyndon 73

S: Brennan Blaisdell 23 points. Jack Touchette 15 points. Noah Ronson 13 points. Liam Tremblay 12 points.

L: Ethan Lussier 21 points. Logan Wheeler 16 points. Wyatt Mason 13 points.

Note: Spaulding led by 17 points at half and held off Lyndon's second-half surge

BFA-Fairfax 56, Blue Mountain 47

F: Rylan Muehl 18 points, 8 rebounds, 2 steals. Sylas Meunier 16 points, 12 rebounds, 3 blocks, 2 steals. Shayne Meunier 8 points, 8 rebounds.

BM: Kason Blood 25 points. Jamal Saibou 9 points.

Note: Rylan Muehl scored nine points in the fourth quarter.

Harwood 57, North Country 46

H: Tobey Bellows 18 points, 4 rebounds, 6 assists. Josh McHugh 10 points, 11 rebounds. Steele Nelson 8 points.

NC: Haidin Chalifoux 15 points. Brayden Pepin 13 points. Hayden Boivin 9 points.

Note Bellows reached 1,000 career points with a 3-pointer in the second quarter. He's the fifth player program history to eclipse the milestone, and the first since 2006, according to the Times Argus.

Montpelier 82, Randolph 50

M: Carson Cody 26 points, 4 assists. Carter Bruzzese 10 points, Kleo Bridge 10 points. Atif Milak 12 rebounds, 4 blocks.

Danville 60 Northfield 36

Twinfield/Cabot 52, Stowe 32

Winooski 47, Richford 42

Craftsbury 63, Sharon 26

Thetford 61, Peoples 20

Poultney 61, Arlington 55

Woodstock 61, Rivendell 53

Hartford 87, Bellows Falls 37

Fair Haven 54, Windsor 50

Leland & Gray 56, Green Mountain 55

Twin Valley 55, Mill River 41

Grace Christian 47, Proctor 44

Girls basketball

Mount Abraham 42, Vergennes 27

MA: Abba Parker 14 points. Mackenzie Griner 13 points, 9 rebounds.

Note: Mount Abraham improves to 11-6. Vergennes falls to 8-7.

Middlebury at Missisquoi

Boys hockey

South Burlington 4, Middlebury 0

SB: Will Bradley 2G. Jack Kelly 1G. Lucas Van Mullen 1G. Nick Kelly 1A, Miles Van Mullen 1A, Drew Dougherty 1A. James Bradley 18 saves

M: Casey Calzini 20 saves.

Note: South Burlington scored twice in the third period to seal the road win.

Clarence (N.Y.) 3, BFA-St. Albans 0

C: John Baird-Gajdos 1G. Fenton Gulisano 1G. Luke Marchant 1G.

B: Deagan Rathburn 44 saves.

Note: Clarence scored twice in the third period to pull away from the Bobwhites.

Girls hockey

South Burlington 3, Middlebury 1

SB: Sabrina Brunet 3G. Annika Erickson 2A. Ava Hershberg 2A. Rose DiGiulian 1A. Taylor Tobrocke 26 saves.

M: Lia Calzini G. Ellie Wilkinson-Sachs 1A. Lily Finn 1A. Ruby Hubbell 23 saves.

Gymnastics

At Green Mountain Training Center

Team scores: Champlain Valley 137.95, Burlington 98.7, Burr and Burton 91.25

Vault: 1. Alexis Bedard, BB 9.3; 2. Mckena Lesage, CV 8.4; 3. Ruby Opton, CV 8.35. Bars: 1. Jasmine Dye, CV 9.0; 2. Alexis Bedard, BB 8.6; 3. Warner Babic, CV 8.3. Beam: 1. Ruby Opton, CV 9.25; 2. Cadence Haggerty, CV 9.1; 3. Mckena Lesage, CV 9.05. Floor: 1. Alexis Bedard, BB 9.45; 2T. Ruby Opton, CV 9.25, Mckena Lesage, CV 9.25. All-around: 1. Alexis Bedard, BB 35.95; 2. Ruby Opton, CV 34.95; 3. Mckena Lesage, CV 33.6.

Alpine skiing

At Smugglers Notch

Essex Carnival (Thursday)

Combined team scores: 1. Stowe 152; 2. Champlain Valley 167; 3. Mount Mansfield 242; 4. Harwood 336; 5. St. Johnsbury 353; 6. South Burlington 434; 7. Colchester 517; 8. Lamoille 569; 9. Essex 574; 10. Burlington 647.

Girls top 10 (combined times from giant slalom, slalom runs): 1. Kate Kogut, CV 97.05; 2. Charlotte Stevens, Stowe 97.27; 3. Emmy Foote, MM 98.61; 4. Marianna Merritt, Fairfax 99.48; 5. Tanner Gregory, Stowe 100.59; 6. Addie Bartley, CV 102.16; 7. Lucy Andrus, Stowe 103.79; 8. Evie Keblin, MM 104.5; 9. Ella Reynells, Harwood 104.89; 10. Elizabeth Nostrand, CV 105.11.

Boys top 10 overall (combined times from giant slalom, slalom runs): 1. Cyrus Goetze, MM 90.18; 2. Sawyer Lake, CV 94.74; 3. Declan Coggins, Stowe 97.85; 4. Raphael Link, SJ 98.11; 5. Kai Schulz, CV 98.37; 6. Yofta Larocque, SJ 99.26; 7. Samson Berlin, Stowe 101.09; 8. Griffin Knisley, SJ 101.22; 9. Braden Fox, Stowe 103.05; 10. Henry Dimitroff, Essex 103.24.

SATURDAY'S H.S. GAMES

Boys hockey

Stowe at Burlington, 1:10 p.m.

Hartford at Essex, 3 p.m.

Rice at Spaulding, 3:15 p.m.

Colchester at Champlain Valley, 5 p.m.

Woodstock at Harwood, 5:15 p.m.

Burr and Burton at Mount Mansfield, 5:15 p.m.

Northfield at Missisquoi, 5:30 p.m.

U-32 at Rutland, 6 p.m.

Brattleboro at St. Johnsbury, 7 p.m.

Lyndon at Milton, 8 p.m.

Girls hockey

Essex at Hartford, 2 p.m.

Burlington/Colchester at Champlain Valley/Mount Mansfield, 2:45 p.m.

Spaulding at Kingdom Blades, 3 p.m.

Rutland at U-32, 4:15 p.m.

Harwood/Northfield at Brattleboro, 4:45 p.m.

Stowe at Rice, 6:40 p.m.

BFA-St. Albans at Woodstock, 7:40 p.m.

Girls basketball

Games at 1 p.m. unless noted

Mount Anthony at Mount Mansfield, 2:30 p.m.

Milton at Enosburg, 2:30 p.m.

Gymnastics

Randolph, South Burlington at St. Johnsbury, 3 p.m.

Montpelier at Harwood, 4:30 p.m.

(Subject to change)

This article originally appeared on Burlington Free Press: Vermont high school sports scores for Friday, Feb. 9