Published: 3/2/2022 11:06:58 PM
Modified: 3/3/2022 6:33:57 PM
WOODSTOCK — The Woodstock High girls hockey team may have finished the regular season on a sour note, but the top-seeded Wasps had little trouble in their playoff opener.
Junior Isabel Konijnenberg, the leading scorer for Woodstock (19-1-0), scored twice in a 19-second span in the first period and coasted to a 4-2 victory over No. 9 seed Brattleboro in the VPA Division II quarterfinals. Konijnenberg now has 30 goals in 20 games this season to go along with 15 assists.
Junior Lily Gubbins assisted on both goals, two of her three helpers on the night, and freshman Kassidy Haley assisted on the second one. Senior Skylar Haley, Kassidy’s older sister, and sophomore Gracelyn Laperle each scored in the third period for some insurance. The Colonels only put seven shots on net for the game.
Next for the Wasps is a semifinal matchup with No. 4 seed Harwood, who Woodstock defeated twice in the regular season, on Friday evening at Union Arena.
NORDIC SKIINGHanover, Lebanon compete at CVC MeetHANOVER — The Hanover girls took first place at Wednesday’s Connecticut Valley Championship meet at Oak Hill, buoyed by having the top three individual finishers. Senior Kathryn Davis won the 5-kilometer skate race, junior Elsa May finished second and junior Margaret Frost was third.
For Lebanon, seniors Maya Barnett and Anna Illsley were both in the top 10, finishing eighth and ninth, respectively.
On the boys side, Fall Mountain took home the team title, with Lebanon senior Daniel Mladek finishing second individually. Senior Sam Shipman was sixth and senior Seth Carl eighth for the Raiders, while the only Hanover skier in the top 10 was senior Luke Holmes, in fifth.