ORFORD — Press. Trap. Turnover. Run. Win.
The Rivendell Academy boys basketball formula for victories has worked pretty well so far this winter. With top scorers Zach Gould and Kyle Carter leading the way, the Raptors moved to 12-0 on the season with a 67-42 win over Leland & Gray on Thursday night.
Using their trapping pressure to force turnovers and speed up the game, the Raptors roared out to a 26-8 lead through one quarter and 46-16 by halftime, ensuring everyone on the roster got meaningful minutes. Carter and Gould both had 10 points in the opening period; Gould had the entirety of his game-high 18 points by the halftime buzzer.
“We jumped out on them, ran them from the start,” Rivendell coach Ross Convertino said. “We were able to play everybody meaningful minutes. Everyone contributed. … It was obviously due to our press. We were able to turn them over and cause havoc.”
Carter finished with 16 points for Rivendell, Harry Molesworth scored his first eight points of the season and Sean Maddock contributed seven points. The Raptors, who own the top spot in the VPA Division IV standings, head to Bellows Falls on Tuesday.
RUTLAND — The Wasps (1-11) withstood another near miss with their second overtime loss of the season.
Woodstock players combined on 11 3-pointers, but a potential 12th — out of the hands of Cooper Desogna at the end of overtime — rimmed out. Harrison Morse had five trifectas and finished with a season-high 37 points. Ryan Ducharme followed with 13 points.
The Wasps go to White River Junction on Saturday.
BRADFORD, Vt. — The Raiders blitzed the Olympians (3-8) for 23 first-quarter points en route to the victory at Mona Garone Gym.
Anthony Engelhard and Owen Kellington both had 21-point nights for U-32. Engelhard had eight points and Kellington seven in the first quarter as the Raiders opened up a 23-14 lead.
Bryce Ilsley had 14 points, Jace Page added 13 and Cooper Simmons concluded with nine for the O’s, who host Lyndon on Saturday.
BOXBOROUGH, Mass. — The Marauders twice erased one-goal deficits but couldn’t come up with a third in a loss to the Colonials at Nashoba Valley Olypmia Arena.
Hanover scored at either end of the second period. Sage McGinley-Smith potted a Meredith Morhun feed 20 seconds into the stanza to answer a late first-period A-B tally. Greta Schutz sent the Marauders into the second intermission tied at 2-2 with her first varsity goal, which came on Mackenzie Liu and Kaye Lindsay passes with 1.9 seconds left in the period. Rebekah Rudd went the distance in goal, making 20 saves.
Hanover dropped to 4-3-1 in NHIAA games and 4-5-1 overall. The Maruaders are 0-5-1 against teams from outside of New Hampshire this season, with all of the games decided by two goals or fewer.
Hanover heads to Exeter on Saturday.
PRINCETON, N.J. — The Ivy League will host its men’s lacrosse tournament this spring at Hofstra University’s James M. Shuart Stadium, the league announced on Thursday.
The top four teams in the league qualify for the tournament, with the semifinals on May 1 and the championship game on May 3.
Penn won last year’s regular-season and tournament titles, the latter at Columbia University.
The site of the women’s Ivy League tournament has yet to be announced.