Women’s hoop closes fall play with a big win

The Middlebury College women’s basketball team wrapped up first-semester play on Saturday by breezing past the visiting Colby-Sawyer Chargers, 73-37

The Middlebury College men’s basketball team dropped two games played at Bowdoin College this past weekend.

Does winning foster team chemistry, or does team chemistry lead to winning? It’s a good question, and this past fall high school sports season helps to answer it.

Kids are invited to take part in a Mini-Metro basketball team, for boys and girls in grades 3-8 who reside in the Addison Central School District.

The Middlebury Union High School Unified Basketball team won its first state title on May 21, defeating Burr & Burton, 37-33 in the final of the tournament after winning three earlier postseason games to reach the championship game.

A common style of offense in basketball is the “motion” offense. Like much of life, it is defined by an oxymoron: constant change.

Ten members of the girls’ basketball teams at Middlebury, Mount Abraham, Vergennes and Otter Valley union high schools have received postseason recognition.

dozen members of the Middlebury, Mount Abraham, Otter Valley and Vergennes union high school boys’ basketball teams and three of their coaches received postseason recognition from either the Lake Division or the Southern Vermont League B Division.

The fifth-seeded Tigers lost to No. 1 North Country in a Wednesday game at the Barre Auditorium.

The No. 9 seed Vergennes Union High School girls’ basketball team won one road game in the Division III playoffs before losing a quarterfinal matchup on Friday, March 7, to top-seeded Oxbow.

Another outstanding Otter Valley boys’ basketball season ended on Wednesday just as it did a year ago, in Barre with a loss to a powerhouse Montpelier team in a Division II semifinal.

Host No. 3 seed Lamoille on Thursday, March 13, ousted the No. 14 Otter Valley girls’ basketball team from the Division II playoffs, 67-30, in a first-round game.

In January, I got a call from my college friend Greg: “Hey Karl, want to see Cooper Flagg in person?” he asked. “Heck, yes,”  I said.

The Middlebury and Mount Abraham girls’ high school basketball teams met in Bristol Friday for a Division II quarterfinal; MUHS showed no fear in the 2nd half and won the game.

Mount Abraham was the only high school girls’ basketball team to see action before the Wednesday deadline for the Independent as the playoffs got underway.