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TIMES ARGUS STAFF - Published: February 11, 2009
LYNDON – Danyelle Shufelt poured in 25 points for Lyndon in Tuesday's 56-41 girls basketball victory over Montpelier.
Kelsey King added eight points for the Vikings, who pulled away by outscoring the Solons 17-6 in the second quarter.
"Shufelt had 13 points in that quarter alone," Montpelier coach Lynn Ribolini said. "She got some breakaways and she was also 6-of-7 from the foul line. We tried to play a little more aggressive on her with a half-court defense, but we ended up fouling her and she's a good foul-shooter. And after that it was tough to catch back up."
Leading the way for Montpelier were Joslin Parker (nine points), Danielle Baroudi (six points) and Jill Dellipriscoli (six points). Lyndon improves to 15-2, while Montpelier falls to 11-6 and will host Lamoille on Thursday.
Lyndon 56, Montpelier 41
MONTPELIER (41)
Varga 1 2-2 4, FitzGerald 0 0-0 0, Parker 3 3-4 9, Bragg 1 0-0 2, Bova 2 0-1 4, Dellipriscoli 4 1-3 6, Segale 0 1 0-0 3, Lane 2 0-1 4, Lanpher 0 0-0 0, Baroudi 3 0-2 6. Totals 16 1 6-13 41.
LYNDON (56)
Shufelt 5 15-18 25, King 1 2 0-3 8, Poole 2 2-3 6, Blankenship 1 1 0-0 5, Cornell 2 1 0-0 7, Rosengren 2 1-6 5. Totals 13 4 18-30 56.
Montpelier 9 6 15 11 – 41
Lyndon 12 17 19 8 – 56
Three-pointers: M – Segale. L – King (2), Blankenship, Cornell. Fouled out: M – Dellipriscoli.
GIRLS BASKETBALL
Lamoille 69, Randolph 35
RANDOLPH – Thanks to a monstrous game from Rachel Wellman, the Lamoille girls basketball team had no trouble putting down Randolph on Tuesday 69-35.
Wellman led all scorers by tallying 30 points. Teammate Chelsea Dunham scored 12 points and Annie Wells contributed 11 points for the 17-1 Lancers. Arielle Connolly led the Galloping Ghosts with 10 points and Shayne Reis totaled six points.
"We played a solid first half," Randolph coach Adin West said. "However, they're incredibly athletic and we just had no one to match up with Wellman. She's really good and makes everyone on the team better. We just couldn't convert from the floor in the second half and it killed us."
Randolph falls to 1-17 and travels to Mount Abraham on Friday at 7:30 p.m.
Lamoille 69, Randolph 35
LAMOILLE (69)
Goden 0 0-0 0, LaFreniere 1 1-6 3, Wellman 12 1 3-6 30, Slaten 2 2-2 6, Ackley 0 0-0 0, Dunham 5 2-2 12, Corse 1 0-0 2, Cattelona , Wells 4 1 0-0 11, Vanet 1 2-2 4, Machia 0 1-2 1. Totals 26 2 11-20 69.
RANDOLPH (35)
Jickling 1 1-2 3, Mugford 0 0-0 0, Wallmen-Hatch 2 0-2 4, Connolly 5 0-5 10, Beaudin 3 0-0 6, Reis 2 0-0 4, Miller 2 0-2 4, Coordt 0 0-0 0, LaFreniere 0 0-0 0, McKay 0 0-0 0, Becker 2 0-0 4, Jacobs 0 0-0 0. Totals 17 0 1-11 35.
Lamoille 21 12 20 16 – 69
Randolph 12 13 6 4 – 35
Three-pointers: L – Wells, Wellman. R – None. Fouled out: L – Ackley. R – None.
Stowe 58, Winooski 33
WINOOSKI – Led by Hannah McNulty, the Stowe girls basketball team rolled over Winooski 58-33 on Tuesday.
McNulty led all scorers with 26 points and Julia Scrubb contributed 21 points for Stowe. Winooski was led by Kayla Hutchins (14 points) and teammate Denise Picard grabbed 12 rebounds.
Stowe improves to 6-11 while Winooski falls to 3-15.
Northfield 50, BFA-Fairfax 34
FAIRFAX – Kaitlyn McMullen led the Northfield girls basketball team over BFA-Fairfax on Tuesday 50-34.
McMullen scored 18 points and teammate Emily Martin contributed 16 points. Casey Baczewski led the Fairfax attack by scoring 16 points.
Northfield improves to 9-7 while Fairfax falls to 5-12.
BOYS BASKETBALL
Twinfield 70, Craftsbury 44
CRAFTBSURY – Nick Harvey and Chris Link led a balanced Twinfield attack in Tuesday's 70-44 victory over Craftsbury.
Harvey and Link both scored 11 points for the Trojans, who jumped out to a 16-0 lead in the first quarter.
"We forced them to take some tough shots and we were doing a good job in the defensive end in the first quarter," Twinfield coach Ira Wheeler said. "We missed some easy shots in the first half, but we'll take the win."
Rounding out the scoring for the Trojans were Shawn Codling (10 points), Kyle Weinrich (eight points), Tucker Robinson (seven points), Curtis Franks (six points) and David Spidle (six points).
Craftsbury falls to 2-17, while Twinfield improves to 5-14 and will travel to play Websterville Baptist at 7 p.m. on Thursday at Spaulding High School.
"We've been in most of the games we've played," Wheeler said. "We've probably had a half-dozen games that we lost by five points or less. We're just having a tough time closing out games."
Twinfield 70, Craftsbury 44
TWINFIELD (70)
Link 4 3-4 11, Franks 3 0-0 6, Robinson 2 3-6 7, Spidle 0 1 3-4 6, Codling 4 2-4 10, Powers 1 2-2 4, Flood 0 0-0 0, Weinrich 3 2-4 8, Tyrol 2 0-1 4, Harvey 5 1-2 11, Whitcomb 0 1 0-0 3. Totals 24 2 16-27 70.
CRAFTSBURY (44)
Darling 0 1-1 1, Willey 2 6-13 8, Putvain 0 0-0 0, Atwood 0 0-0 0, Allen 0 0-0 0, Spiese 0 0-0 0, Martin 4 2-4 10, Marckes 3 4 2-2 20, Jones 0 1 0-0 3. Totals 9 5 11-20 44.
Twinfield 16 15 20 19 – 70
Craftsbury 0 15 13 16 – 44
Three-pointers: T – Spidle, Whitcomb. C – Marckes (4), Jones. Fouled out: None.
Sharon 41, Cabot 29
SHARON – Sam Wood led the Sharon boys basketball team to victory over Cabot 41-29 on Tuesday.
Wood led all scorers with 17 points. John Maxfield led the Huskies' attack by tallying 13 points.
"It was close until the end," Cabot coach Ray Bothfeld said. "We really played tight defense and capitalized on their mistakes. We only lost at the end because we had a couple bad turnovers in a row, and we couldn't get the offense going."
Cabot falls to 11-8 and hosts Concord on Thursday at 7 p.m.
Chelsea 58, Rochester 53
ROCHESTER – A key steal in the final moments by the Red Devils preserved their victory, and a season's sweep, of the Rockets. Chelsea won the previous meeting by 15 points in Chelsea.
Sean Perron, Luke Amber and Mike Ryan had 12 points apiece for Chelsea, while Taylor Fuller led 7-11 Rochester with 19 points. Alex Kelly and Jace Curtis added eight apiece for the Rockets, who will visit South Royalton on Friday.
Rutland 80, Mount St. Joseph 39
RUTLAND – the Rutland boys basketball team got a very important five index points in their quest for a fourth-or-higher seed in the upcoming playoffs by defeating Mount St. Joseph 80-39 at Convent Avenue gym. The Raiders came into the game in fourth with a 3.235 index, just behind No. 3 South Burlington (3.263) and ahead of Essex (3.158) and Mount Anthony (2.941).
Rutland led 23-12 after one but opened it up with a 16-4 second period. Coach Mike Wood used his entire bench and all but one of his 12 players scored.
Mark Comstock led the way with 19 points, while Alex Snyder was a force inside and scored 13. Andrew Borkowski also reached double figures with 10.
Proctor 70, Poultney 31
PROCTOR – The undefeated Phantoms were just too much for Poultney.
"I think it was our inside game tonight that was our strong point," Proctor coach Dick Wilcox said.
Zach Currier showed the way for the hosts with 19 points and 12 rebounds while Ryan Carter had 15 points and 10 boards. Curtis Robinson added 14 points.
Dan Devlin led the 9-10 Blue Devils with 10 points. The 19-0 Phantoms will host West Rutland Saturday at 3:30 p.m.
Fair Haven 53, Woodstock 46
FAIR HAVEN – The Slaters put a lot of frustration behind them with an upset of Woodstock, holding off a furious rally in the fourth period.
Robert Coloutti led the Slaters with 17 points as they improved to 5-14 and kept alive hopes of making the Division II tournament.
"I'm really happy for the kids because they've worked hard all season," Slaters coach Bob Prenevost said.
Fair Haven led by 20 points in the fourth period before Jake Lapan heated up with four 3-pointers on his way to 19 points. Sam Stockwell added 17 for the 11-8 Wasps, who have lost five of their last six games.
Todd Savage and Christian Doran came up with big games for the Slaters, the former with 14 points and 18 rebounds and the latter with 12 points and 15 boards.
Fair Haven visits Otter Valley on Friday while the Wasps wrap up their regular season on Thursday, hosting Windsor.
Mill River 55, Otter Valley 41
NORTH CLARENDON – The Minutemen pulled away after leading 23-15 at halftime, with Austin Bicskei and Ethan Bicskei (14 points apiece) scoring 10 and nine points, respectively, in the second half.
Trevor Kotrady added 13 points for the 16-3 Minutemen, who will wrap up the regular season Thursday at Division II rival Burr and Burton.
Black River 64, West Rutland 31
WEST RUTLAND – Bobby Rohrig led a balanced Presidents attack with 16 points and Chris Kowalski and Johnny Durgin added 11 apiece as the Presidents climbed over the .500 mark at 10-9.
West Rutland fell to 0-19 with Tyler Harte scoring 19 points and Zack Lind and Don Garcia adding four apiece.
Twin Valley 66, Arlington 36
ARLINGTON – The Wildcat defense smothered the Eagles to the tune of a 39-13 halftime lead and they cruised from there to complete the regular season at 15-5. Twin Valley is ranked sixth among Division III teams but could possibly move up a notch for the playoffs.
Eric Froment led the way with 20 points, followed by Scott Hayford with 12 points and nine assists and Skyler Duncan with 10 points. Connor Crofut led Arlington, 7-10, with 16 points.
WRESTLING
Spaulding 66, Colchester 12
WATERBURY – The Spaulding wrestling team had no trouble pinning Colchester on Tuesday, winning handily 66-12.
The Crimson Tide wrestled in four matches and won all of them. Kyle Edmunds (125 pounds), Damian Mason (130 pounds), Adam Reed (215 pounds) and Jeromy Anderson (285 pounds) all recorded pins for Spaulding.
"It was a good day for our wrestlers," Spaulding coach Dave Fournier said. "I was happy with the way that the kids performed in the matches, and since Colchester was really down tonight due to some sickness we were able to participate in some exhibition matches with Harwood kids."
Spaulding hosts a meet on Saturday against Mill River and White Mountain, N.H., at 11 am.
Harwood also beat Colchester easily, winning 57-18.
The Highlanders only participated in three matches. Troy Mullins (215 pounds) pinned his man, Henry Woodard (285 pounds) recorded a pin and Ben Eurich (103 pounds) won a 6-3 decision over Colchester's Patrick Walker.
"The three matches that we had went really well," Harwood coach Brian Wagner said. "They are young wrestlers and really competed well today. I was pleased with the work that they showed to the team and themselves."
Harwood hosts Randolph, Mount Abraham and Milton on Saturday at 10 a.m.
MEN'S COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Emmanuel 75, Norwich 53
BOSTON – Rob Williams-Hinton scored a game-high 17 points and Isaiah Duke netted 16 points to lead Emmanuel past Norwich 75-53 in Tuesday's Great Northeast Athletic Conference men's vollege basketball game.
Emerson (13-9 overall, 10-5 GNAC) shot a blistering 56.7 percent from the floor in the first half en route to jumping out to a 41-23 halftime lead. The Saints never looked back in the second half as they coasted to the victory.
Norwich (5-16 overall, 3-11 GNAC) was led by Joshua Cabrera, who scored a team-high 11 points. Mike Filipek and Robert Thurman each added eight points apiece for the Cadets.
Emmanuel got off to a hot start, outscoring Norwich 17-7 over the first seven minutes of the game. The Saints used an 18-13 run to extend their advantage to 35-20 with 4:03 to play in the half. Then, after three straight points by Norwich, Emmanuel finished the half on a 6-0 spurt to take a commanding 41-23 lead into the intermission.
Williams-Hinton led all scorers in the first half with 14 points. Jaren Jeffcoat and Antonio Davis paced the Cadets in the opening 20 minutes with five points apiece.
Emmanuel opened the second half on an 11-4 run to open up a 52-27 lead at the 14:22 mark. The Saints increased their lead to as many as 26 points en route to the victory.
For the game, Emmanuel shot 45.2 percent from the field, while Norwich shot 27.3 percent. Both teams struggled from the free throw-line, as each squad missed 15 shots from the charity stripe on the night. NU held a slim 51-48 rebounding edge, while Emmanuel outscored Norwich 24-6 on fast-break points.
Norwich will host GNAC opponent Mount Ida on Thursday at 7 p.m.
Green Mountain 61, Castleton State 58
CASTLETON – The Castleton State College men's college basketball team suffered a 61-58 North Atlantic Conference loss to Green Mountain College on Tuesday evening at Glenbrook Gymnasium.
Rui Carmo scored 19 of his game-high 25 points in the first half to lead the 13-8 Eagles. Marcus Hass led the 2-19 Spartans with 14 points and 12 rebounds.
WOMEN'S COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Norwich 73, Rivier 63
NASHUA, N.H. – Christine Daniels posted her fifth double-double of the season, pouring in a career-high 27 points and ripping down a season-high 16 rebounds, to lead Norwich past Rivier 73-63 in Tuesday's Great Northeast Athletic Conference women's college basketball game.
Tara Stevenson added 15 points and nine rebounds for the Norwich (14-6 overall, 7-2 GNAC) to help the Cadets move into a tie for second place in the conference standings. Erica Rate chipped in 13 points and Ally Daniels netted nine points for the Cadets, who led from the opening minute.
Norwich started strong, outscoring Rivier 12-5 over the first 4:43 of the contest. A 10-4 run by the Raiders pulled the hosts to within one point at 16-15 with 12:51 to play before halftime. The Cadets led 18-17 before reeling off five unanswered points to take a 23-17 advantage at the 11:12 mark. Norwich increased its lead to as many as 10 points later in the half before settling for a 37-31 edge at the intermission.
The Cadets outscored the Raiders 21-9 over the first 9:31 of the second half to take a 58-40 lead. Rivier responded with an 18-6 run over the next 7:43 to trim Norwich's lead down to 64-58 with 1:48 to play. That was as close as the Raiders would get, as the Cadets knocked down six straight free throws in the final 1:13 to preserve the win.
Norwich will host St. Joseph's (Maine) at 3 p.m. on Saturday.
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