HYDE PARK, Vt. — At long last, let’s play ball.
After a long wait for the season to get underway, the Oxbow High girls basketball team closed its season-opening contest on a 12-6 run to beat host Lamoille, 48-43, on Friday night.
Emma DeGoosh had five of her 15 points in the fourth quarter to lead the Olympians. Emma Parkin added 14, including a 4-for-6 effort from the free-throw line in the fourth. Arianna Bolles had 11 points.
Oxbow will regroup over the weekend before visiting Lyndon on Monday.
ORFORD — The Raptors scored 17 points in the fourth quarter to pull away from the Raiders and open the season at 1-0.
Kylie Taylor led Rivendell with 16 points, including 10 in the fourth quarter alone. Cora Day made a pair of 3-pointers and finished with 12 points. Adele Tilden and Alex McFate had eight points each.
The Raptors visit Green Mountain on Tuesday.
LEBANON — Locked in a low-scoring game at the half, the Raiders (7-0) blanked the Cougars in the third period, 19-0, and held on for the win.
With Ella Longacre unavailable and leading scorer Catherine Cole held to four points, Lebanon received contributions across the board. Molly Smith had six points in the big third quarter and finished with 10. Mary Rainey led with 12 points, and Sally Rainey contributed nine.
“We were shorthanded and relied heavily on our bench for quality minutes,” coach Emily Kehoe said. “The girls rallied together and found a way to come away with a good win.”
The Raiders play a pair of matinees with Fall Mountain next week.
HANOVER — Stella Galanes scored early and often for the Marauders (8-0), finishing with a season-high 26 points to complete a two-game sweep of the Cardinals (2-2).
Hanover held the Cards to just one first-quarter bucket, getting seven points from Galanes for an 11-2 lead. She finished with four 3-pointers; Melissa Whitmore added two of her own on a 13-point night for the Marauders.
Zahna Rice scored seven points and Kiley Bundy added six for Stevens. The Cardinals play a set with Newport and Hanover matches up with Keene next week.
LANGDON, N.H. — The Royals fell to 0-9 on the campaign.
ORFORD — Chris Pierce provided the spark in this one with 18 points to lead Rivendell in a comeback win over Twin Valley.
Pierce took control for the hosts after Kyle Carter found himself in early foul trouble. Twin Valley opened the game on a 12-9 run but the Raptors chipped away from there.
“We were able to execute well defensively all game and played with toughness,” Rivendell coach Ross Convertino said. “We’re a young group who got thrown into the first in the first game. I thought we played well beyond our years to make enough plays to win.”
The Raptors visit Green Mountain on Monday.
CLAREMONT — The Marauders (6-1) pulled away early, leading 38-13 at halftime on the way to beating the host Cardinals (0-4).
Brett Simmons led a balanced Hanover attack with 12 points. Kevin Pillsbury added 11 points, and Max Galbraith had 10.
Clayton Wadsworth had 12 point to pace Stevens.
Hanover hosts Keene on Tuesday. The Cardinals will visit Sunapee on Monday.
LYNDON CENTER, Vt. — Bryce Ilsley had 21 points, but the Olympians were outpaced by the Vikings in their season opener.
lsley connected on a trio of 3-pointers for Oxbow, which trailed, 30-19, at halftime. Chase Lund added 10 points for the Olympians, who play at Williamstown on Tuesday.
WEST CANAAN — The Royals (5-4) ran their win streak to four games to top the .500 mark for the first time this winter.
Ben Seiler had 22 points and Gabe Rock had 10. Connor Thompson also added 10 points, while Zach Thompson and Cole Moulton each scored six.
Mascoma visits Sunapee on Tuesday.
EXETER, N.H. — The Marauders (6-0-0) scored all three of their goals in the second period in a shutout win over the Blue Hawks.
Lorelei Seelig broke the ice first, with assists to Mackenzie Liu and Danielle Rudd. Natalie Morhun added the second, with Rudd and Kali McDonnell assisting. Rudd then added a power-play goal on a feed from Gail Morse.
Hanover outshot Exeter, 43-8. Marauders goalie Rebekah Rudd had eight saves. The Marauders visit Bishop Brady on Wednesday.
WEST LEBANON — Makayla Maccioli banked a shot off the post for the Raiders’ only goal and Paige Hoegler posted a 21-save shutout for Lebanon-Stevens-Kearsarge (3-4-0).
Greta Barber earned the assist on Maccioli’s goal, which came with less than five minutes left in the middle stanza.
Lebanon meets Concord next week in its next game.
GILFORD, N.H. — The Lebanon High boys skiing team wrapped up state championship week by placing sixth in the NHIAA D-III Alpine state meet at Gunstock.
The Raiders were eighth through the morning giant slalom, with Roy Shapard claiming the only top-20 result (15th, 1:08.68). Lucas Zaki was 47th, Joe Gile 51st and Noah Lamontagne 54th.
Lebanon had the ninth-best team finish in the slalom, led by Lamontagne (32nd, 1:13.61). Zaki took 42nd and Gile was 48th, but the Raiders lost the chance at more points when Shapard — the Raiders’ only other skier in the meet — couldn’t finish his second run.
Plymouth’s Dylan Welch swept to wins in both races, but it wasn’t enough to deny host Gilford the team honors.
Team scores: Gilford 733, Plymouth 729, Kearsarge 728, St. Thomas 706, Bishop Brady 693, Lebanon 651, Hopkinton 629, Hillsboro-Deering 564, Laconia 558, Prospect Mountain 556, Newfound 386, Belmont 118.