Staff Report
It was a tough night for local boys basketball teams on Thursday before tournament pairings are announced in Vermont.
The Springfield Cosmos fell at Otter Valley, 62-82, in a game much closer than the final score would indicate. Windsor traveled to Rutland and Mount St. Joseph Academy sent them home with a 75-46 loss. And Evan Chadwick’s Bellows Falls team lost to the only undefeated team in the state as Rivendell grabbed a 56-48 win.
The bright sport on Thursday was the Green Mountain win over Mill River on the road, 64-39.
BRANDON, Vt. — The Otter Valley boys basketball team put away rival Springfield with lights-out shooting from the charity stripe, winning 85-62 Thursday night.
The Otters led by just 10 with three minutes to go, but free throw shooting iced the game. Otter Valley was 20-for-24 at the line in the fourth.
Elijah Tucker-Bryant led the Otters with 32 points, followed by 20 from Hayden Bernhardt and 13 from Dylan Stevens-Clark and Owen Thomas.
It was Senior Night, so Tucker-Bryant, Bernhardt, Stevens-Clark and Evan Thomas were honored.
Tanner Gintof led Springfield with 22 points and Luke Stocker had 17.
Otter Valley wrapped up the regular season 4-16 and the Cosmos finished at 1-19.
RUTLAND, Vt. — The Mounties Andre Prunty scored 34 points with an astounding 10 3-pointers.
Dezmond Krakowka had 13 and Peter Carlson added 12.
Austin Gauld had 17 points to lead the Yellow Jackets and Kaleb Swett had 16.
Mount St. Joseph Academy was dominant early on, jumping out to a 14-0 advantage.
The Mounties finish the regular season at 15-5.
NORTH CLARENDON, Vt. — The Mill River boys basketball team got off to a slow start and fell to Green Mountain 64-39 Thursday night at Dean Houghton Gymnasium.
The Minutemen scored only two points in the second, allowing the Chieftains to jump up early.
Everett Mosher led Green Mountain with 13 points, while Eben Mosher, Austin Kubisek and Reid Hryckiewicz had 10 apiece. Ryan Smith led Mill River with 19 points.
In Division III, Bellows Falls currently sits in the 5th spot with a 15-5 record. Green Mountain ends with a solid 12-7, record good for the 8th spot, while Harry Ladue’s Yellow Jackets finish just behind Green Mountain with an 8-11 mark in the 9th position
The Cosmos ended up 1-18 in a very competitive Division II group with seven teams having double digit wins.
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