The Mount Royal boys and girls basketball teams traveled to Pittsfield on Monday. The girls got it started by defeating Pittsfield, 32-24. Alexis Matte led the way for the girls with 10 points in 32 minutes of playing action. Sophie LaRose contributed with eights points. The lady Knights did very well on the foul line shooting 57% as they hit 8 of 14.
The boys took the court in the night cap but it wasn’t the result they wanted as they were knocked off 84-37 by Pittsfield. There were many inflated numbers on the Pittsfield side as they dominated in areas of the game. The big number was the 48 rebounds. The two scorers for Mt. Royal were limited as Andrew Normadin had just 13 points and Alex had 7.
Both the boys and girls are back on the court Wednesday at home when they welcome Concord Christian.
Sunapee slalom race results
The Suanpee ski team had a slalom race on Monday.
Here are the results from the slalom race hosted by Bow HS at Mount Sunapee today.
Both the Sunapee boys and girls teams placed third today. The boys had five racers place in the top twenty today. Riley Balch placed 9th, Jackson Cooney 11, Kaeden Hughlock 14th, Michael Mullen 15th, and Ryan Fleury 19th.
The Sunapee girls had four racers place in the top twenty. Maddie Austin placed 2nd while, Bethie Coverdale, Robyn Salvitti, and Noell Bergeron placed 17th, 18th, and 20th respectfully.
Our next meet is on Friday at Mount Sunapee as well. Both GS and Slalom.
Springfield girls get the ‘W’
The Springfield girls basketball team got back in the win column on Monday as they defeated fellow local Green Mountain, 56-43. Hannah Crosby led all scorers for Springfield with 21 points. Teammate Gabby Wardwell picked up 16 in the victory. Green Mountain held the lead going into the half but Springfield battled out into the second half and picked up the intensity.
“We did a great job keeping our composure after a few of our scorers got into early foul trouble,” said head coach Joe Costello.
On the Green Mountain side, Paige Karl led the way with 10 points along with Reily Merrill who also had 10 points. Hannah Buffum had nine points.
Both teams are back in action on Thursday as Springfield will travel to Bellows Falls and Green Mountain will host Woodstock.
Sunapee boys tops Newport
The Newport boys team hosted the Sunapee boys on Monday. The Lakers topped the Tigers 68-59. Cade Robinson picked up 27 points in the game while Zach Balisle had 14. Robinson had quite the night on the free throw line making 15 of 22. Grzanna had 15 points on top for Sunapee. Fish for Newport hit four three’s and totaled 16 points in the lost effort for Newport.
The Newport boys are back in action on Friday when the host Franklin. Sunapee will be in Deerfield on Wednesday.
Bellows Falls picks up victory
Bellows Falls girls basketball took on Twin Valley on Monday and defeated them, 53-33. For Bellows Falls they improve their record to 10-2.
Madison Streeter picked up 13 points. Taylor Goodell had her 2nd double double of the season with 10 points and 10 rebounds.
“The team played with a lot of intensity,” said head coach Todd Wells. “I thought we came out in the second half and tried some new rotation on defense with some success and some not successful.” On Thursday Bellows Falls will play for “liquid gold cup”, a rivalry trophy between Bellows Falls and Springfield.
Springfield Wrestlers Flex Muscles at Recent Meets
A recent dual meet with Burr & Burton netted the varsity “Green Machine” a 36-30 win, adding a fourth win to their undefeated status at dual meets this season. The team also racked up 6th place out of 20 teams competing at the two-day Mike Baker Classic Essex Invitational. Individual placers were Jayson Webster, Matt LaChapelle, and John Stafford Jr each in 2nd place; Lucas Saunders in 3rd; Trent Briere-Lewis in 5th place; and Peter Berlenbach in 6th place. Additional excellent effort was put forth by Skyler Congdon, Skylar Wallace, Gillian Guy, Brandon Bennett, and Bradley Bennett. Saunders’ bronze medal was sweetened by his first time defeating a long-time opponent.
Essex High School also hosted a pre-season K-8 tournament, at which 15 of our younger grapplers faced down tough opponents, many from other states. First timers as well as seasoned ‘veterans’ hit the mats; kindergartener Sophia Perry earned her first win ever, and returning wrestler Dmitri Jasinski nailed the gold medal in his 3rd/4th grade bracket. Excellent effort was put forth by every wrestler – Seth Markwell and his brother Noah each collared third place, and first-year junior high wrestler Tim Amsden impressed his coaches as well as his competitors with strong effort; Coach Floyd Buck observed great improvement in Amdsen’s technique. Bryan Stafford, also 8th grade, brought home a bronze medal.
The flu is hitting Springfield hard, and the wrestling team isn’t exempt. Despite many wrestlers and a coach being out due to illness, the varsity and JH “Green Machine” hit the mats at full power in Vergennes VT on January 27th. Leading the pack was 8th grader Bryan Stafford with a first-place trophy. Coming back strong from a shoulder injury, senior Mason Olney nailed a second place spot on the podium; senior Lucas Saunders also took home a silver medal, after a brutal nail-biter of a match against a tough NY opponent. Recovering from flu, senior John Stafford Jr collared a respectable 4th place on the podium. Also battling it out in Vergennes were Skylar Wallace and Skyler Congdon; seventh grader Cole Wright also put forth a solid showing.
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