Vermont H.S. playoff scores for March 3: 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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FRIDAY'S H.S. PLAYOFF GAMES
D-I girls basketball championship
At Patrick Gym
No. 1 Champlain Valley 43, No. 3 St. Johnsbury 29
CV: Addi Hunter 16 points, 6 rebounds. Elise Berger 11 points, 3 assists, 3 steals, 4 blocks.
SJ: Hayden Wilkins 12 points. Cassidy Kittredge 10 points, 3 blocks. Kaia Anderson 11 rebounds.
Note: A 12-3 run to start the third quarter gave the Redhawks a commanding lead in tracking down the program's first non-COVID championship since 2017.
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D-I boys basketball quarterfinals
No. 1 Champlain Valley 78, No. 9 Burlington 47
CV: Sam Sweeney 18 points. Russell Willoughby 11 points. Kyle Eaton 10 points. Ethan Murphy 8 points. Tucker Tharpe 8 points.
B: Kheim Nguyen 14 points. Musa Kasanga 11 points. Khamis Ali 9 points.
Note: Ahead 36-26 at the break, host CVU (20-1) rode a 24-3 third quarter to put away BHS and book a spot in Monday's Final Four at UVM. ... Sweeney sank four 3s for CVU.
No. 2 Rice 67, No. 7 Rutland 49
R: Drew Bessette 23 points. Daniel Bogre 21 points. Owen Eaton 12 points.
RUT: Eli Pockette 14 points.
Note: Rice broke open a 59-37 lead, in the 2022 title rematch, on an Eaton triple with 5:32 left.
No. 4 BFA-St. Albans 52, No. 5 South Burlington 51 (OT)
BFA: Liam Howrigan 17 points. Gabe Howrigan 15 points. Reed Stygles 12 points. Noah Earl 8 points.
SB: Deng Aguek 29 points. Ryan Sweet 10 points.
Note: BFA-St. Albans trailed 43-34 to start the fourth quarter and held South Burlington to three points in the final regulation frame. Liam Howrigan won it at the line going 1 of 2 near the end of overtime to give the Bobwhites the lead. SB's final attempt missed at the buzzer as BFA heads back to the Final Four for the first time since 1996. Aguek connected on five 3s in the third quarter and eight for the game.
D-II boys basketball quarterfinals
No. 4 Montpelier 59, No. 5 Hartford 33
M: Carson Cody 18 points. Clayton Foster 17 points. Carter Bruzzese 14 points. Ronnie Riby-Williams 10 rebounds. and Andrew Tringe 8. rebounds, 3 blocks.
H: Brody Tyburski 9 points.
Note: Montpelier led 43-19 through three quarters.
No. 2 Fair Haven 51, No. 7 Mount Abraham 37
FH: Sawyer Ramey 19 points. Sam Barber 10 points.
MA: Chance Denecker 11 points. Ian Funke 10 points.
Note: Fair Haven outscored Mount Abraham 21-5 in the first quarter. The Eagles were able to cut into the lead, but Fair Haven answered to hold its advantage the rest of the way.
No. 3 North Country 54, No. 6 Mount St. Joseph 38
NC: Jorden Driver 23 points. Cooper Brueck 17 points.
Note: North Country reaches the semifinals for the fourth straight season.
No. 1 Spaulding 65, No. 8 Harwood 38
S: Cooper Diego 17 points. Isaac Davis 15 points. Tavarius Vance 14 points.
H: Cole Hill 12 points. Cooper Olney 11 points.
D-III boys basketball quarterfinals
No. 2 Hazen 101, No. 7 White River Valley 62
H: Brendan Moodie 33 points. Xavier Hill 24 points, 8 assists. Tyler RIvard 17 points, 28 rebounds, 5 assists, 5 blocks.
W: Tatlin Griffin 24 points. Brayden Russ 13 points. Donovan Craven 10 points.
Note: Hazen led 44-37 at the break. Moodie converted on nine 3s. Rivard is closing in on 1,000 career rebounds (996).
No. 3 Thetford 60, No. 6 Vergennes 55
T: Jacob Gilman 19 points. Dillon Vance 18 points.
V: Elijah Duprey 16 points, 4 steals. Shamus Rooney 13 points, 10 rebounds. Oakley Francis 12 points. Abram Francis 11 points, 4 assists.
Note: Thetford went on an 8-2 run to take the lead in the first half. Vance scored all 18 off the bench.
D-IV boys basketball quarterfinals
No. 1 Long Trail 64, No. 8 Arlington 37
No. 4 Mid Vermont 42, No. 5 Blue Mountain 31
D-I girls hockey semifinals
No. 1 Spaulding 7, No. 4 Champlain Valley/Mount Mansfield 0
S: Rebecca McKelvey 3G, 2A. Peyton LaPerle 2G, 1A. Hannah King 1G. Molly Parker 1G. Ellie Parker 3A. Rayna Long 21 saves.
CV/MM: Grace Ferguson 18 saves. Ella Gilbert 14 saves.
D-II boys hockey semifinals
No. 2 U-32 4, No. 3 Hartford 2
U-32: Hazen Stoufer 4G. Duncan Mathies 42 saves.
H: Nolan Morlock 1G. Connor Tierney 1G. Davey Bradley 16 saves.
Note: U-32 advances to its first final since 2016.
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SATURDAY'S H.S. PLAYOFF GAMES
D-II girls basketball championship
At Barre Auditorium
No. 1 North Country (23-0) vs. No. 3 Spaulding (19-4), 1 p.m.
D-III girls basketball championship
At Barre Auditorium
No. 1 Windsor (20-2) vs. No. 3 Thetford (18-5), 4:30 p.m.
D-IV girls basketball championship
At Barre Auditorium
No. 1 West Rutland (22-0) vs. No. 2 Blue Mountain (19-3), 8 p.m.
D-III boys basketball quarterfinals
(Games at 7 p.m.)
No. 8 Green Mountain (13-8) at No. 1 Winooski (19-0)
No. 5 Bellows Falls (16-5) at No. 4 Richford (16-5), ppd. to 6 p.m. Monday
D-IV boys basketball quarterfinals
(Games at 7 p.m.)
No. 7 Leland & Gray (11-10) at No. 2 Rivendell (18-4)
No. 6 Twinfield/Cabot (11-9) at No. 3 Danville (15-6)
D-I girls hockey semifinals
No. 3 Burlington/Colchester (14-5-2) at No. 2 BFA-St. Albans (14-4-3), 5 p.m.
D-II girls hockey semifinals
No. 5 Middlebury (12-9) at No. 1 Woodstock (17-4), 7:45 p.m.
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. 4 South Burlington (11-5-4) at No. 1 Rice (12-4-3), 3 p.m.
No. 3 Colchester (11-4-5), at No. 2 Essex (13-4-1), 3 p.m.
D-II boys hockey semifinals
No. 5 Stowe (15-7) at No. 1 Mount Mansfield (20-2), 5 p.m.
(Subject to change).
This article originally appeared on Burlington Free Press: Vermont H.S. playoff scores for Friday, March 3
