ADDISON COUNTY — Vergennes defeated rival Mount Abraham to highlight local boys’ basketball play in the latter half of last week. In other games, Middlebury kept on winning, Otter Valley split two games, and the Eagles fell on the road.
VUHS OVER EAGLES
On Friday, host VUHS defeated the Eagles, 59-38: Adam Gill (16 points) and Wesley Miedema (13) did the most offensive damage for the Commodores. VUHS remained unbeaten in the Lake Division and improved to 12-1 heading into a Tuesday showdown at MUHS, which is also undefeated in the league.
Ty Combs scored 13 for the Eagles, who remained winless despite one of their better efforts of the winter.
On Wednesday, host Milton defeated Mount Abe, 74-23. Combs led the Eagles with 13 points.
TIGERS
The 10-4 Tigers won two Lake Division road games late last week to keep pace with VUHS in Lake Division play. The winner of Tuesday’s game at MUHS between the two teams will assume first place in the league. MUHS has won seven times in eight outings and are undefeated against Division II foes.
On Thursday, the Tigers snapped a late 56-56 tie at Missisquoi with a 7-2 run to prevail, 63-58. The T-Birds dropped to 7-6.
Oakley Gordon (18 points), Bobby Ritter (14), and Austin Robinson (16 points, 17 rebounds) combined for 47 points, and Jack Hounchell chipped in eight points and five steals.
On Saturday, the Tigers used a 23-6 run to take a 42-25 halftime lead in a 65-51 win at Milton (5-9). Gordon (23 points) again led MUHS in scoring. Ritter chipped in 11, while Robinson (8 points, 12 rebounds, 4 steals), Jon Fitzcharles (8 points, 6 rebounds), Trey Kaufmann (6 points, 5 rebounds) and Connor Quinn (6 points, 7 rebounds, 4 steals) also contributed.
OTTERS
On Wednesday, visiting Woodstock (13-0) jumped to a 10-0 lead over the Otters and led at the half, 37-23, on the way to a 65-46 victory. Wasp standout Connor Fegard hit five three-pointers and finished with 28 points to lead his team. John Winslow scored 11 for OV, while Connor Gallipo andCollin Eugair tossed in six each. The Wasps remained in first place in D-II with the win, just ahead of VUHS.
On Saturday, Winslow (17 points, 11 boards) and Gallipo (11 points) led OV past host Bellows Falls, 49-35. The 10-3 Otters retained fourth place in D-II with that result, but face a challenge on Monday from visiting Proctor (10-4).