WINOOSKI — The Mount Abraham Union High School boys’ bas- ketball team kept its early season momentum on Monday, when the Eagles took an early lead and cruised to a 53-40 win over host Winooski. The Eagles, winless for the past two seasons, improved to 2-1.
For the second straight game, four Eagles reached double gures, this time topped by Jackson Counter’s 15. Chris Wood scored 12 points and Jack Willis and Coleman Russell added 11 for the Eagles. Mount
Abe bolted to a 23-10 first-quarter lead and won by that same 13-point margin. Abdullahi Sadik scored 14 to lead the 1-1 Spartans.
The Eagles on Thursday at 7 p.m. will play their home opener on their new gym oor, with Otter Valley the opponent.
Randolph (on Tuesday) and Winooski (on Friday) visit the Eagles next week. Mount Abe has already defeated both those teams on the road.