Mount Abraham was the only high school girls’ basketball team to see action before the Wednesday deadline for the Independent as the playoffs got underway.
No.3 Harwood rallied in the second half on Saturday to defeat visiting No. 6 Middlebury, 57-50, in a Division II boys’ basketball quarterfinal.
No. 6 Winooski started strong on Friday against the No. 3 Vergennes, the Commodores bounced back and took a lead, but the Spartans closed strong to eke out a victory.
The No. 4 Otter Valley boys’ basketball team on Friday rallied in the second half to defeat No. 5 Fair Haven and book a date on Wednesday evening in a Division II semifinal. In Barre they will face No. 1 Montpelier.
Sometimes basketball games come down to the final seconds. Tuesday’s first-round Division II playoff game between No. 6 Middlebury and visiting No. 11 Spaulding turned out to be even closer — it was decided after the final horn sounded.
Jeff Brown, the most successful men’s basketball coach in Middlebury College’s history, will step down at the end of this academic year, Middlebury Director of Athletics Erin Quinn announced on Monday.
All four local girls’ high school basketball teams pulled out victories between Feb. 20 and 25, including a nailbiter win by Mount Abraham over Middlebury.
As the high school boys playoffs got underway on Tuesday, the area’s highest seeded team in Division II, No. 4 Otter Valley, advanced to a quarterfinal game this week with a victory.
Second-seeded Colby College on Saturday knocked the No. 7 Middlebury College women’s basketball team out of the NESCAC playoffs, 100-97 in two overtimes, in a quarterfinal matchup.
It was a certified big game for the Vergennes and Mount Abraham high school boys’ basketball teams on Friday, with both teams jockeying for better position in this week’s playoffs.
To highlight high school girls’ basketball action Middlebury and Mount Abraham both picked up rivalry wins over Vergennes.
In a high school boys’ basketball schedule lightened by weather postponements, Middlebury and Mount Abraham prevailed in their only outings, Otter Valley split two games, and Vergennes was idle.
The fact the Middlebury and Vergennes union high school boys’ basketball teams combined on Tuesday for the same number of points as the teams scored in the Super Bowl on Sunday (62) says a lot about the game the Tigers and Commodores played in a packed MU … (read more)
In recent local high school girls’ basketball play, Middlebury picked up another victory, Otter Valley split two games, and Mount Abraham suffered a rare loss.
A local rivalry game in which Vergennes won at Mount Abraham headlined the recent high school boys’ basketball slate. Also, Middlebury, Otter Valley and VUHS kept winning streaks alive, while the Eagles split two other games.
