Sports
High School Boys’ Varsity Basketball
Mt. Valley 57, Telstar 47; Feb. 8-Telstar stats: Nick Mills 17 points, Dom Haines 9, Corey Howard 9.
Hall-Dale 71, Telstar 50; Feb. 6-Telstar stats: Danny Whitney 19 points, Corey Howard 12.
High School Boys’ J.V. Basketball
Mt. Valley 43, Telstar 11; Feb. 8-Telstar stats: Rick James 4 points, Joseph Putnam 3.
Hall-Dale 35, Telstar 25; Feb. 6-Telstar stats: Maverik Griffin 10 points, Rick James 4, Austin Ryerson 4.
High School Alpine Skiing
Mountain Valley Conference Championships: Giant Slalom at Black Mt., Feb. 8-2/8/12 - Although the girls team has been plagued by injuries, Rachel Wheeler turned in a good performance with a 5th place finish. Anna Tyrina continued to improve her skills and placed 13th. The boys team struggled to stay up, but was led by a 4th place finish by Cody Boivin. Josh Head came in 11th. Greg Wheeler was 17th and Aaron Speakman kept the team in it by placing 21st. When the alpine boys score was combined with the Nordic boys’ score, Telstar found themselves in first place by 1 point for the boys’ combined championship. This is an award that Telstar had only won once, back in 2001.-Coach John Eliot
Mountain Valley Conference Championships: Slalom at Titcomb Mt., Feb. 11-The boys came into the day leading in the combined by one point, but Mt. Abram would prove to be too strong. “It wasn’t meant to be. The guys struggled with the course,” said Coach John Eliot. Cody Boivin turned in another good performance placing 6th. He was followed by Greg Wheeler in 16th, Anthony Dirago in 20th, and Josh Head in 21st. The girls also struggled with Rachel Wheeler placing 11th and Anna Tyrina placing 17th. “It would have been nice to bring that championship home, but that’s skiing for you. Anything can happen,” said Eliot. The alpine teams head to Mt. Abram next week for the Class C State Championships.
Mt. Valley Rec League Basketball
Laid Back Installers of Mexico are still the top dog in the MVRBL. LBI, now 8-1, used scoring balance, speed and composure to overtake Bethel Bobcats(6-3)in a defensive intense game, 66-49. The winners got 19 points from Brian Canwell while Owen Jones, 16, Eric Canwell, 14 and Craig Milledge, 10, distributed the wealth. Bethel, who had their chances to pull off the upset, were led by Wade Osgood with 15 points, aided by Sean Caddigan's 12 and Ryan Savage's 11. Mt. Abram, now in sole possession of second place at 7-2, pulled away from a pesky Jay squad(3-6), who hung around for a while, 86-64. Mt. Abram got big games again from Tyler Wentworth with 27 points and Matt Newell with 23. J.T. Taylor helped with 16 and Spenser Glover chipped in with 12. Chris Baxter's 24 weren't enough for Jay to stay close in the second half, while Eric Gemelli had 13 and Zane Armandi had 12. In the final game of the day, J&G Ballers (3-6) had to go to overtime to outlast a upset minded Archies (0-9), 81-74. Archies appeared like they were going to get their first win of the season and outplayed the winners most of the game. J&G was paced by Myles Whitlock with 21, Josh Albee, 17, Jamie Downs, 16 and Joe Gaudreau, 12. Archies got a huge game from Mike Holmquist, 32 points, who was unstoppable at times. However Brett Archibald, 10, was the only other player in double figures. Sunday Feb 19th has Archies looking for their first win against Mt. Abram at 10 a.m. Bethel and Jay play at 11:30. LBI and J&G finish up at 1 p.m.
Telstar's Matthew Keane (35) at the start of the Mountain Valley Conference Championship classical race, held Saturday at Titcomb Mountain.
Telstar's Rachel Wheeler races in the slalom Saturday at the Mountain Valley Conference Championships at Titcomb Mountain.