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Players of the Week:
VBCA Varsity Coach Members submit "Player of the Week"
Direct your nominations to info@vbca.info
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Player name, school, and team played
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Stats, and any link to an online newspaper article
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Senior guard Kayla Potter was the determining factor in two post season wins for the Twinfield Lady Trojans.
On February 16, 2010 vs Danville, Kayla lead all scorers with 16 points, she had 7 rebounds, 4 assists and 4 steals.
On February 19, 2010 vs Williamstown in a quarter final game, Kayla once again lead all scorers with 21 points she also had 6 rebounds, 4 assists, and 5 steals. This lead the way to avenge two regular season losses.
Most importantly her defensive intensity and leadership set the tone for both games. Her determination and leadership qualities inspire all those around her. This inspirational leadership has led the way for a trip to the Barre Auditorium for the Lady Trojans.
Kayla is also a student on high honor roll.
Emmitt Simpson, Senior guard had 24 pts against Winooski and reached the 1000 point plateau on Wednesday night and had 14 points in a win over Danville on Friday night.
Jimmy Lau of Lyndon Institute in the past week scored 35 points added 11
rebs in a loss to Montpelier, 27 points and 8 rebs in a win vs. Lamoille, 30
points and 14 rebs in a win vs. Randolph and finished the week with
44points, 7rebs and 4assts in a loss at Thetford.
Connor Merrill, a senior at Vergennes Union High School ended the regular season
with an 18 point, 15 rebound, 4 block, 4 assist, and 3 steal game
against Mississquoi, leading the Commodores to a 60-49 victory over the Thunderbirds.
Devon Spirka, a senior from Twin Valley High School, led the Wildcats to a
3-0 week with victories over MSJ, Poultney and Green Mountain. She averaged 17 ppg; 6.1 rpg; 6.0 apg and 5.3 spg.
In addition,
she scored her 1,000th point vs Poultney to become the third player in TVHS
history to reach the milestone.
Madison Fuller, Rochester High School:
Averaged 20.5 points and 11 rebounds in two games last week (24 against
Rivendell, 17 against Mid Vt)
Patrick Rainville, a senior, guard from Danville had 18 points in a loss to Hazen,
followed by 16 points in a win over Stowe.
Tony Burrington, a sophomore, forward from Danville had 16 points and 15 rebounds in a loss to Hazen,
followed by 13 points against Stowe.
Scott Hayford, a senior, guard from Twin Valley scored his 1,000th career point against Green Mountain. |
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Patrick Rainville (senior point guard for Danville) - Matt Chamberlin (junior forward for Danville)
In 2 wins against division 3 opponents - Enosburg and BFA Fairfax.
+Rainville Averaged 18 points and 7 assists.
Against BFA Fairfax, after trailing by 15 at halftime,
Patrick played a pivotal role and showed great leadership in the come from behind win.
+ Chamberlin averaged 20.5 points and 5.5 rebounds Against BFA Fairfax, Matt came up huge in the offensive end
by scoring all of his 18 points in the second half to complete the come from behind victory.
Matt also went 4-5 from the line down the stretch in the 4th quarter.
In a 2 - 0 week with wins over Leland & Gray and Poultney.
+Scott Hayford, a senior, guard from Twin Valley
averaged 27ppg, 10.5rpg, 9apg, 3bpg, 2spg and shot 62% from 3 point range.
+Troy Birch, a junior, forward from Twin Valley averaged 27 ppg, 21rpg, 3spg and 2bpg
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In a 3 - 0 week with wins over
Rivendell, West Rutland & Mt. Everett (MA).
Scott Hayford, a senior, guard from Twin Valley averaged 16.7 ppg,
11.3 apg, 7.7 rpg, 6 spg & 3 bpg
Troy Birch, a junior, forward from Twin Valley averaged 23 ppg &
13.7 rpg
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Allison Gannon from CVU
Win over Essex 75-52---she had 25 points and 15 rebounds.
Win over BFA 61-37---she had 22 points, 11 rebounds, and 6 steals
Win over Vergennes she had 31 points and 7 rebounds
In the last week she is averaging 26 points a game and 11 rebounds...*
Ray Burgos of Williamstown - Guard
Scored 30 points vs Stowe and had 15 points vs 8 rebounds South Royalton
Jimmy Lau- 24pts., 8 rebs., and 4 assts in a win vs. U-32 9(4 three
pointers)
30pts, 9 rebs, and 4 assts in a win vs. Randolph (six
three pointers)
24pts., 10 rebs 5assts, and 1 block shot in a loss vs.
Thetford ( five three pointers)
*Also scored his 1,000 career varsity point this week.
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Williamstown Senior Kristin Brown led the team to three straight victories in four days,
Jan
2, she had 16 pts, 5 assists in a win over Woodsville,
Jan 3, she had 15
pts, 10 assists, 8 rebounds in a win over Mascoma to win the Holiday
tournament at Woodsville,
and on Jan 5th, she produced 7 assists, 9 rebounds, and
only 3 turnovers to hand Twinfield their first loss of the season.
Patrick Rainville & Matt Chamberlain of Danville
combined for 47 points, 9 rebounds and 6 assists in a 78 - 56 win over Blue Mountain.
Scott Hayford, a senior, guard from Twin Valley
averaged 24.5 points, 8 steals, 7 rebounds, 7 assists and 3 blocks
in a 2 - 0 week with wins over Green Mountain and Leland & Gray.
Jacob Osbourne - Thetford
17 pts, 10 Rebs, 4 Ast in a win over Hadley Luzerne (his 1st game of the season).
Essex High School Girl's Tues, Dec 29 win vs Brattleboro 72-66
Kari Lavalette 22 points 6 reb 2 assists 3 steals (game tying three pointer to send it into overtime)
Jamie Panton 20 points 9 reb 5 steals 2 assists 8-16 field goal 50%
Essex High School Girl's Monday, Dec 28 win vs Hartford 62-55
Kari Lavalette 16 points 5 steals -
Jamie Panton 11 points 6 reb 6 assists 8 steals
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Essex High School Girl's Tuesday, Dec 22 win vs Spaulding 68-58
Kari Lavalette 25 points 2 reb 3 steals 3-4 free thros 9-13 field goal -
Jamie Panton 18 points 11 rebs 4 steals 6-8 free throws 7-13 field goal
Jace Curtis, Senior Forward from Rochester High School has been a steady influence on young teammates.
Win at home against Whitcomb
13 points, 13 rebounds (6 off, 7 def.), 3 assists, 4 steals
Troy Laughlin of Williamstown had 22 points 10 rebounds
vs defending champs of D-3 Hazen and 12 points 21 rebounds vs Northfield D-3.
Patrick Rainville of Danville had 23 points and 8 steals in 68-40 win over Concord |
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Jimmy Lau, Sr. guard from Lyndon Institute
In a win vs. defending Div. 2 state
champions, Springfield High School.
27 points 10 rebounds 8
assists, 5 steals and 3 block shot.
Jimmy is currently averaging 24 ppg,
through four games.
Emmitt Simpson Lake Region Scored 29 points including 7 three pointers in a 78-69 victory over North Country.
Sophomore, Madison Fuller - Rochester - Averaged 17 points and 6 rebounds in
annual MVL CVL Challenge in wins over Proctor and Black River.
12 pts 6 Rebounds (Black River)
22 pts 6 Rebounds (Proctor)
Brittaney Rice from Milton H.S. Girls Basketball
12/14/2009 win at U32:
17 points, 12 rebounds
12/16/2009 win at BFA Fairfax:
23 points, 12 rebounds, 6 steals
12/18/2009 win at home against Vergennes:
17 points, 6 rebounds
In a 2 - 0 week with wins over Arlington & Bellows Falls.
Troy Birch, a junior, forward from Twin Valley averaged 19 ppg, 14.5 rpg and 3.5 bpg
Scott Hayford, a senior, guard from Twin Valley averaged 18 ppg, 8 rpg, 7 apg & 7.5 spg
Adan Garcia scored 18 points in a loss against Rochester on 12/18
and the following day scored 22 points 5 rebounds and 5 assists in a win over Sharon.
Cory Chase Junior Forward Milton
28 rebounds and 26 points 10 assists and
13 steals in wins over Lamoille and Colchester this passed week.
Brandon Boyle--Senior--
Springfield Boy's Varsity
12/15 vs Lyndon
30pts, 7 steals, 6 assists
12/17 vs Mill River
19 pts , 9 assists, 4 steals
Jimmy Lau with 24 points 8 rebs and 6 assists (1 turnover) in a loss to Lake
Region.
In a win vs. Bellows Falls, 25 points 11 Rebounds and 7 assists in
three quarters of play.
Ryan Shea from U32 scored 19 pts vs. Windsor. |
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Troy Birch, a junior, forward from Twin Valley had 13 points and 20 rebounds
in a win over Burr & Burton to win the MSJ tourney
Chad Copeland-Twinfield Union School
6' 5'' 10th grade 12/5/09 vs. Richford
21 pts. 19 rebs. 7 stls. 6 bks.
In a 74 - 51 victory.
12/8/09 vs. Peoples Academy
26 pts. 7 rebs.
Made game winning shot with :07 seconds left in game.
62 - 61
Milton Girls Basketball. Opening week wins over Harwood 49-19 (12/02/2009) and Enosburg 70-42 (12/04/2009).
Brittaney Rice: combined stats for the two games, 16 assists, 18 rebounds, 9 steals and 24 points.
Kaitlin Geary: combined stats for the two games, 6 assists, 20 rebounds, 8 steals and 46 points on 20 of 38 attempts from the field. Burlington Free Press player of the week.
Corland Rock St.Johnsbury
Academy senior had 14 rebounds and 12 point in a loss @ Essex 12-3-09.
Richie Hackett Lake Region 26 pts vs. Hartford in a win.
John Fairbanks Poultney 21.5 ppg in Arlington Tourney 2nd place
Colin Nystrom Leland & Gray 14.0 ppg & good defense in Arlington Tourney Champions
Brian Falzo from South Royalton had 10 boards and 13 points this week - Burlington Free Press
against Sharon Academy in a 66-30 win and he also had 29 points and 11 boards vs. Northfield in a 57-37 win.
Steven Manwaring of Williamstown scored 24 points and grabbed 18 rebounds in a win over Winooski.
Scott Hayford, a senior, guard from Twin Valley
had 29 points, 13 rebounds, 8 assists and 5 steals in a win over Mt. St. Joseph's.
Linsey Barclay - Spaulding Girls- Senior post player. 16 points, 6 rebs, a steal, a block vs Randolph.
Timesargus.com
Devon Spirka D3 Girls Twin Valley -
Devon averaged 28 ppg; 7.1 apg and 3.1 spg in a win over Windsor and loss vs
Arlington.
Dannika Dabrowski---Twinfield
The Junior forward lead the Trojans to a 2 and 0 start with 19 points, 16 rebounds, and 2 steals
against Peoples. Vs Richford she scored 15 points, 14 rebounds, and 2 steals.
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