Staff Report
CHESTER — The Mount St. Joseph girls basketball team opened the season with a 40-28 win against Green Mountain in GM’s Holiday Tournament.
“We had a rough late second quarter and early third quarter,” said Chieftains coach Jeff Buffum. “We couldn’t hit a shot to save our lives, but we made (MSJ) battle for everything they got. It was a game right to the end. MSJ is a very physical, defensive-minded team.”
Ellie Tracy and and Brooke Bishop had 10 points apiece to lead the Mounties.
Kim Cummings led Green Mountain with 11 points and Grace Tyrrell had 10.
“We are young but we did some good things,” MSJ coach Bill Bruso said of his team in this season opener.
“We did miss a few shots underneath.”
MSJ (1-0) will play Leland & Gray on Thursday in the tournament championship game and Green Mountain (0-1) will play Long Trail in the consolation game.
Bruso was able to scout Leland & Gray in its convincing win over Long Trail.
“It looks like they have a quick team. We will have to be ready for their pressure,” Bruso said.
Bellows Falls 42, GM 33CHESTER — Bellows Falls got out to an 18-2 lead but Green Mountain cut the margin to two points with two minutes to play before the Terriers rolled to a 42-33 victory on the first day of the Green Mountain Holiday Tournament.
Jon Terry led the Terriers with 14 points.
Green Mountain’s Everett Mosher led all scorers with 19. Reid Hryckiewicz added nine for the 1-2 Chieftains who were playing their third game in five days.
GM coach Brian Rapanotti did not believe the busy stretch of having three games in five days had anything to do with the loss.
“We were just sloppy with the ball. We had close to 30 turnovers,” Rapanotti said.
“Bellows Falls is a good team.”
The Chieftains will play Twin Valley in the consolation game on Thursday at 4:30 p.m.
L&G 62, Westside 24TOWNSHEND — The West Rutland boys basketball team opened the season with a 62-24 loss to Leland & Gray Tuesday night.
The Rebels led 38-9 at the half.
“We came together and played a little better in the second half. They never quit,” West Rutland coach Ali Mitchell said.
Jesse Flood led Westside with five points.
West Rutland (0-1) hosts White River Valley on Friday.
PostponementsThe Mill River-Poultney and Proctor-White River Valley boys basketball games were postponed on Tuesday, with a future makeup date to be set.
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