CSC skiers sweep once more
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Staff Reports - Published: January 12, 2009
The Castleton State College ski teams continued where they left off on Saturday by winning both the men's and women's slalom races Sunday at Killington Ski Resort in Eastern Collegiate Ski Conference (ECSC) Thompson Division action.
In the women's race, the Spartans placed seven individuals in the top 15. Freshman Amanda Griffin led the charge with a fourth-place finish at 1:18.63. Griffin was followed by teammates Alexandra Nolan of Pittsford and Heather Patterson, who tied for fifth place with a time of 1:18.71.
Woodstock's Michelle Podnecky finished seventh at 1:20.50, while Pittsford's Brenna Nolan had a time of 1:21.17 for eighth place.
Kelsey White placed ninth in the competition with a two-run time of 1:21.39. Castleton's Molly Rice, Saturday's fourth-place finisher, ran into some trouble during her second run, but still managed to finish 12th out of 76 competitors.
Boston University's Teagan Lukacs won the race with a time of 1:16.64 to lead her team to a third-place finish. Marina Vornle of Holy Cross College finished second at 1:17.29, while Trinity College's Jennifer Gifford placed third at 1:17.47. The ladies from Green Mountain College finished second in the team standings with a total team time of 256.32.
The Spartans finished with a team time of 236.05. Leading the Spartan men for the second day in a row was junior Gregory Towle, who finished first with a two-run time of 1:08.51. Mendon's Charles Robbins earned his first podium appearance of the season, as he placed third at 1:10.97.
Bobby Jones rounded out the team scoring by finishing fourth with a time of 1:12.41. Sophomores Brian Harvey and Justin Garritt added some insurance for the Spartans, as they placed fifth and eighth out of 119 racers.
Castleton finished with a total team time of 211.89, while Boston University checked in at second in the 10-team race at 219.91. Connecticut College finished third with a time of 230.86.
The Spartans will be back in action on Saturday as they compete in a ECSC Thompson Division giant slalom event at Killington.
WOMEN'S HOCKEY
Accident postpones CSC game
A massive traffic pile-up on Interstate 93 in the area of Derry, N.H., Sunday morning which involved the bus carrying the University of Massachusetts-Boston women's hockey team, caused the cancellation of a game with Castleton State College Sunday afternoon in Rutland.
Castleton spokesman Ennis Duling said that the game was postponed and would be rescheduled.
The Boston Globe reported that the UMass hockey players were not injured in the crash, which involved 59 vehicles, including at least three buses, two tractor trailers and dozens of cars. No one was killed in the crash.
SATURDAY'S GAMES
BOYS BASKETBALL
Rutland 50, Fair Haven 26
In Fair Haven, Mark Comstock and the Raiders were too much for the Slaters. The Rutland senior poured in 25 points to show the way.
"He was unstoppable," Fair Haven coach Bob Prenevost said. "He controlled everything."
Max Stannard led the 3-8 Slaters with seven points.
Black River 62, Twinfield 30
In Ludlow, Bobby Rohrig and Alex Daniels scored 14 points apiece as the 5-4 Presidents cruised. Rohrig also pulled down 12 rebounds and blocked seven shots.
Chris Link led Twinfield with nine.
Otter Valley 40,
Mount Abraham 30
In Bristol, Otter Valley grabbed a 21-12 halftime lead and secured a victory over Mount Abraham.
Joey Massores tallied 18 points for the 4-7 Otters, while Corey Kimball led 3-7 Mount Abraham with 12 points.
Hartford 69, S. Royalton 48
In Hartford, Logan White put in 20 points as Hartford got past South Royalton.
GIRLS BASKETBALL
Middlebury 45,
Mount Anthony 44
In Middlebury, Johanna Kelley and Katie Ritter each scored 13 points and Middlebury used a late surge to knock off reigning Division I champion Mount Anthony.
Afton Anecharico collected nine rebounds for Middlebury (3-4).
Michelle King netted 10 points for Mount Anthony (3-6), which held a 23-19 halftime lead.
BFA 58, North Country 34
Nicole Lawton scored 15 points and went over 1,000 for her career in Newport.
Lawton needed 14 points to become the first girl in BFA history to achieve the milestone. She is the second girl in Northern Vermont to hit 1,000 this year as Kelsey Beynnon of South Burlington exceeded the mark last week.
Lawton, who is headed to St. Michael's College on a basketball scholarship in the fall, also tallied 12 rebounds and three blocks.
BOYS HOCKEY
Colchester 5, Rutland 1
Rutland took too many penalties and Colchester took full advantage, scoring three power-play goals en route to victory at Rutland Regional Fieldhouse.
The Raiders spent 18 minutes in the box in all, including eight in the third period while trying to close what was then a 3-1 gap.
"Unacceptable penalties," Rutland coach Chris Creed said. "You can't keep shooting yourself in the foot like that."
Nick Kehaya scored the first of his two goals at 4:41 of the first but Rutland tied it at 7:48 when Stephen Hamilton poked in a loose puck while Rutland had a two-man advantage. Taylor Porrier and Eric Mack had the assists.
Kehaya's second goal sent 7-5 Colchester to intermission up 2-1 and John Sawtelle scored the only goal of the second period.
The Raiders were controlling play in the third stanza, but had trouble solving Lakers goaltender Critter Furlani, who made 29 saves — two of which were shorthanded stonings of Porrier and Mack. But the Raiders couldn't stay out of the box and Luke Hayes and Andre Drewniak added pad tallies. Hayes also had two assists on the night.
Andrew Boyle gave stopped 30 shots for 4-7 Rutland before being replaced by Matt Comstock.
Woodstock 7, Milton 4
In Highgate, Tim Barrett knocked in three goals and Woodstock stopped Milton.
Brian Martin chipped in a pair of goals and Josh Robinson and Steve Chick also scored for the Wasps. Jared Walker made 26 saves.
Corey Hurley paced Milton (3-8-1) with two goals and an assist. Steven Whitaker (assist) and Andre Viens also scored, Dustin Paquette recorded three assists and Nikki-Lyn Lauziere turned back 18 shots.
Burr and Burton 5, Middlebury 0
In Middlebury, Trevor Pollack's two goals vaulted Burr and Burton past Middlebury.
Matthew Rosenthal, Ben Brownlee and Ethan Edson also scored, while Connor Stewart stopped 13 shots for the 9-2 Bulldogs.
Nick Bruch collected 17 saves for the 7-3-2 Tigers.
U-32 2, Brattleboro 2
In Brattleboro, Mike Ratti scored with five minutes left in regulation, helping Brattleboro salvage a tie with U-32.
Kenny Bresette and Steven Gonyaw scored go-ahead goals for the Raiders (6-3-1), the latter with four seconds left in the second period. Ethan Marshal made 28 saves.
Senou Lynn scored the first goal and set up Ratti's tally for the Colonels (2-6-1). Greg DeVincentis posted 31 stops.
Hartford 8, Stowe 3
In Hartford, Ryan Payne and A.J. Hamel scored two goals apiece and Hartford skated past Stowe.
Sumner Becker, Pat Riley, Mike Avery and Cody Vose also scored for the 10-1 Hurricanes.
Ross Mandigo scored twice, Clint Carrick added one goal and Matt Rauch collected 22 saves for Stowe.
Aaron Mullen stopped 27 shots for Hartford.
Burlington 3, Essex 2
In South Burlington, Tom Carlaccini scored on a breakaway with three minutes left in regulation, capping South Burlington's victory over Essex.
Essex (6-5-1) took a pair of leads in the first 30 minutes, the first thanks to Stevie Mone 4:15 into the first half and the second on Bryce Currier's second-period tally.
South Burlington answered with Conor Pecor's first-period goal and a Ryan Norton strike five minutes into the third.
Alex Bliss made 22 saves for SBHS (7-3-1) while Evan Russell had 21 stops for Essex.
Burlington 6, Peoples 3
In Morristown, Adam Krol knocked in three goals and BHS skated past PA.
George Buteau, Doug Schueler and Kevin Tetreault also provided goals for BHS, with Nate Wark setting up a pair of tallies. Justin Delibac and Nathaniel Young combined on five saves.
Michael Brailey, Chris Hinrich and Tom Guy had goals and Jameson Beattie stopped 41 shots for Peoples (5-5).
BFA-St. Albans 3, Rice 1
In St. Albans, Evan Collins whipped in two goals and BFA slipped past Rice to improve to 7-3-1.
Chris Sabourin had the other BFA goal, Chris Gratton dished out two assists and Tyler Kilburn and Tyler Pearl combined for 19 saves.
Sean Rugg netted a first-period goal for Rice and Ben Lindemer posted 22 saves.
Mount Mansfield 5, Montpelier 3
In Montpelier, Brian Johnson fired in four goals to push Mount Mansfield past Montpelier.
Shawn Haskins notched the other goal and Calvin Caswell stopped 32 shots.
Derrick Chapin, Justin LaHart and Shane Smith scored for Montpelier.
Spaulding 2, CVU 1
In South Burlington, Spaulding needed two third-period goals, including Colby Laperle's game-winner with four minutes left.
CVU's Brady DeHayes scored 1:39 into the first period from Sam Spencer.
Spaulding tied it when R. J. St. John scored from Garrett Arnold with 9:15 gone in the third period. Less than two minutes later, Laperle scored on the power play with an assist from Nathan Sommerville.
Chris Pelkey stopped 34 shots for Spaulding (8-3-1) while Mark Albertson made 11 saves for CVU (6-3-1).
Harwood 8, Lyndon 2
In Waterbury, Joe Ducharme tallied two goals and an assist and Damian Gile scored twice in Harwood's win over Lyndon.
Rory VanTuinen (assist), Nate Vasseur, Nik Laskaris and Matt Baitz rounded out the scoring for Harwood (8-1-1), with T.J. Morse contributing three assists and Jeff Evans Mongeon making 10 saves.
Buddy Lamothe and Mark Kulogosky had Lyndon's goals and Jake Kadamus stopped 28 shots.
Missisquoi 5, St. Johnsbury 3
In Kyle Kilbury netted two goals as Missisquoi Valley defeated St. Johnsbury.
Jack Hubbard, Kinnon McDonald and Jonathan Case each had one goal. Ryan Libbey stopped 18 shots for MVU.
Dillion Estabrooks had two goals while Cole Barski had one for SJA. Daniel Trombley made 28 saves for the Hilltoppers.
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