Vermont H.S. playoff scores for March 4: See how your favorite team fared
The 2023 Vermont high school winter playoffs are underway. See below for scores, schedules and game details (statistical leaders, game notes) from tournament games in girls basketball, boys basketball, girls hockey and boys hockey.
Postseason play began on Tuesday, Feb. 21 and runs through Saturday, March 11. For updated bracket schedules, visit our Vermont Principals' Association pairings file at HERE.
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SATURDAY'S H.S. PLAYOFF GAMES
D-II girls basketball championship
At Barre Auditorium
No. 1 North Country 47, No. 3 Spaulding 42
NC: Sabine Brueck 16 points. Cora Nadeau 13 points.
S: Yvonne Roberge 11 points. Aliyah Elliott 8 points. Sage MacAuley 8 points.
Note: North Country won the second half 31-19 to capture the program's second title in a back-and-forth game.
More:North Country finishes perfect, claims D-II girls basketball title
More: How to watch/live updates, high school girls basketball championships
D-III girls basketball championship
At Barre Auditorium
No. 1 Windsor 44, No. 3 Thetford 40
W: Sydney Perry 16 points, 20 rebounds, 2 blocks. Audrey Rupp 8 points, 7 rebounds, 3 assists. Brianna Barton 8 points, 3 assists. Sophia Rockwood 7 points, 3 steals.
T: Addie Cadwell 21 points.
Note: Perry's basket from the right block with under a minute to play gave Windsor a 44-40 lead and the Yellow Jackets second straight crown.
More:Late surge powers Windsor girls basketball to D-III title repeat over Thetford
D-IV girls basketball championship
At Barre Auditorium
No. 1 West Rutland 50, No. 2 Blue Mountain 44
D-III boys basketball quarterfinals
No. 1 Winooski 76, No. 8 Green Mountain 36
W: Trevon Bradley 24 points, 13 assists, 7 steals, 4 rebounds. Daniel Surma 15 points, 14 rebounds, 5 blocks. Hassan Hassan 14 points, 4 steals, 5 assists. Kellen Bourgeois 17 points, 10 rebounds, 4 assists.
GM: Caleb Merrow 12 points. Eben Mosher 9 points.
Note: Winooski has not lost at home in two years (42-0).
No. 5 Bellows Falls (16-5) at No. 4 Richford (16-5), ppd. to 6 p.m. Monday
D-IV boys basketball quarterfinals
No. 3 Danville 72, No. 6 Twinfield/Cabot 33
D: Christian Young 18 points. Arius Andrews 15 points, 13 rebounds. Andrew Joncas 12 points.
T/C: Tej Stewart 9 points.
No. 7 Leland & Gray (11-10) at No. 2 Rivendell (18-4), ppd to 6 p.m. Sunday
D-I girls hockey semifinals
No. 3 Burlington/Colchester 1, No. 2 BFA-St. Albans 0
BC: Holley MacLellan 1G. Fiona McHugh 1A. Olivia Dallamura 19 saves.
BFA: Makenna Montgomery 31 saves.
Note: MacLellan scored at 3:57 of third period, just as a penalty had expired, as the Sealakers oust defending champion BFA.
D-II girls hockey semifinals
No. 1 Woodstock 3, No. 5 Middlebury 0
W: Lily Gubbins 2G. Isabel Konijnenberg 1G, 1A. Hannah Gubbins 2A. Meridian Bremel 16 saves.
M: Ruby Hubell 28 saves.
No. 3 Kingdom Blades (17-4) at No. 2 Burr and Burton (16-3-2), ppd. to 5 p.m. Monday
D-I boys hockey semifinals
No. 1 Rice 3, No. 4 South Burlington 2 (OT)
R: Colin Banks 1G. Brendan Patterson 1G. Colton Ribera 1G. Kyle Tanis 1A. Matt Senesac 1A. JD Raleigh 1A. John Fernandez 1A. Caden Fischer 1A. Andrew Libby 13 saves.
SB: Lucas Van Mullen 1G, 1A. Jules Butler 1G. James Chagnon 21 saves.
Note: Fischer set up Banks for the game-winning goal in the first minute of the extra period to send Rice back to the D-I final.
No. 2 Essex 6, No. 3 Colchester 1
E: Brendan DuBray 3G. Connor Kelley 2G. Charlie Leonard 1G. Gavin Blondin 4A. Andrew Forcier 3A. Hunter Driver 2A. Benjamin Peake 1A. Ian Boutin 36 saves.
C: Brody Rassel 1G. Kaleb McKinlay 1A. Kieran Phillips 33 saves.
Note: DuBray scored 33 seconds into the game and then 2:18 into the second period on the power play as Essex a 4-0 lead through two periods. The defending champion Hornets advance to the program's 26th title game.
D-II boys hockey semifinals
No. 1 Mount Mansfield 5, No. 5 Stowe 4 (OT)
MM: Alex Brown 2G, 2A. Alex Spensley 1G, 1A. Gavin Cowan 1G, 1A. Declan Heney 13 saves
S: Aaron Lepikko 2G. Woody Reichelt 1G, 1A. Brandon Allen 1G. Liam Newhouse 29 saves.
Note: Brown scored the game-winner 35 seconds into overtime on a rebound from Cowan's shot from the point as the Cougars booked their first title-game appearance in 20 years.
(Subject to change).
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This article originally appeared on Burlington Free Press: Vermont H.S. playoff scores for Saturday, March 4
