Winter Sports Report: VUHS girls’ basketball

VERGENNES — A year ago Coach Billy Waller’s Vergennes Union girls’ basketball team won nine times and then took a 15-win team into overtime in the first round of the Division II tournament. A half-dozen of those Commodores graduated, but Waller was not singing the blues during the preseason. He pointed to a couple of reasons for optimism. One, the Commodores will compete in the Division III postseason this year, which should be at least somewhat less competitive. And, two, they looked good in scrimmages at … (read more)

BRISTOL — Almost all the players have graduated from the Mount Abraham Union girls’ basketball teams that won the 2018 Division II title and then earned the top seed in 2019 before being upset in a close semifinal. But Coach Connie LaRose is not complaini … (read more)

BRANDON — The move from Division II to Division III may be more of a lateral move for the Otter Valley Union High School girls’ basketball team this year. While they will no longer have to travel to Brattleboro and Mount Anthony, they will have to deal wi … (read more)

ADDISON COUNTY — Mount Abraham outpaced Middlebury on Friday to highlight local high school girls’ basketball play last week. In other action, the Eagles and Tigers each dropped games earlier in the week, while Vergennes and Otter Valley each split two ga … (read more)

EAST MONTPELIER — The Mount Abraham Union High School girls’ basketball team lost a lead in the final seconds and fell to host U-32 on Thursday, 29-27. U-32’s Payton Gariboldi’s basket scored to tie the game with five seconds left, and then Casey Flye sto … (read more)

FAIR HAVEN — Host Fair Haven, a Division II finalist a year ago, eased past the visiting Middlebury Union High School girls’ basketball team on Tuesday, 43-18. The Slaters used pressure defense to score 18 points in the second period on the way to a 30-7 … (read more)