Weekend Roundup: Fairfax Continues Strong Start With Win Over Richford
The BFA-Fairfax and Richford girls soccer teams entered Saturday’s contest on hot streaks to start the season with matching 3-0 records.
It was the Bullets who had an offensive surge behind Emma Spiller and Ava Ardovino that led them to a big 7-2 win during Saturday’s game.
Spiller was fantastic throughout the entire game, as she finished with five of the Bullets’ goals.
“Emma had the game of her life as a freshman on varsity,” said Fairfax coach Jojo Lynch. “She really took charge early in the game and was a force for the duration of the game.”
Ardovino ended the game with two goals, while Bridgett Dunn tallied two assists. Molly Wimette, Anna Sargent and Paige Cargill each had an assist for Fairfax. Kamryn Taylor had three saves in net.
Ella Chagnon scored a goal for Richford on a penalty kick and Kyrielle Deuso also had a goal. Aubrey Fadden finished the game with nine saves.
“Overall this was a great game to watch on both sides,” said Lynch. “Despite the final score, both teams were competitive throughout.”
Both teams will be back in action on Tuesday when Fairfax (4-0) heads to Missisquoi and Richford (3-1) hosts Blue Mountain.
Missisquoi 1, Oxbow 0
Saturday’s contest was a tight one despite the Thunderbirds outshooting Oxbow 14-3. Alex Brouillette’s goal was the difference at the end of a game that the Thunderbirds controlled throughout.
“We didn’t play our best, but a win is a win,” said Missisquoi coach Roy Adams. “We had a lot of scoring opportunities, but we couldn’t find the net. We should have had five or six goals today.”
Madison Aiken finished with three saves for the Thunderbirds.
The Thunderbirds improved to 3-2 on the season and will host BFA-Fairfax on Tuesday.
GIRLS VOLLEYBALL
Montpelier 3, Enosburg 0
Despite the final outcome, Friday’s match between Montpelier and Enosburg was competitive. The Hornets put up a battle with the Solons winning the three sets 25-20, 29-27 and 25-18.
Lilly Robtoy led the charge for Enosburg with two kills, three assists and 12 digs. Mersadies Shantie had two blocks, two assists and two kills. Erica Goodhue (two kills, one dig), Makenna Lovelette (two aces, four digs) all had solid all around games.
Coach Jason Robtoy was happy with strong serving games by Melody Tracy and Selina Lawyer, who each finished a pair of aces. He was also happy with the play of defensive specialists Camryn Benoit (three digs) and Lily Provencher (two digs).
The Hornets (0-4) will host Burlington on Wednesday.
Cross Country
Three Local Schools Compete in Choiniere Farm Cross Country Meet
The BFA-Fairfax, Missisquoi and Richford cross country teams competed in the Choiniere Farm Meet on Saturday along with Craftsbury.
Craftsbury took the boys varsity side with a team score of 21 followed by BFA-Fairfax (48), Richford (70) and Missisquoi (82).
Richford’s John Viens was the first to cross the finish line, as he finished in 17 minutes even. Craftsbury runners were the next four to finish followed by Fairfax’s Wyeth Haddock, who finished sixth with a time of 19:59.
Dylan Kissinger (8th overall, 20:16), Jackson Minor (9th, 20:40), Ryan Thatcher (12th, 20:54), Kaden Labor (13th, 21:57), Kagan Whiteman (23rd, 25:14), Jack Plog (25th, 26:58) and Jack Tinker (26th, 27:04) also ran for the Bullets.
Behind Viens, Richford was led by Davian Coy (14th, 22:04), Silas Martin (15th, 22:18), Luc Viens (19th, 24:08), John Lugo (21st, 24:30) Anthony Plante (24th, 25:29) Charles Daniel (28th, 28:58) and Donnie St. PIerre (31, 33:58).
Missisquoi was led by Brady Creller (11th, 20:50), Caleb Ploof (16th, 22:35), Cameron Choiniere (17th, 22:51), Blake Connelly (18th, 24:06), Henry Tanner (20th, 24:29), Caleb Underwood (27th, 28:24) and Luciano Patterson (30th, 30:05).
Otto Maddox, Cyrus Blaney and Max Frappier each ran for Enosburg.
On the girls side, Craftsbury came away with the meet with a team score of 18 followed by Fairfax at 37, as they were the only teams with enough runners to score.
Fairfax was led by Forest Skillman (9th, 25:43), Colleen Clark (10th, 26:13), Ava Pigeon (11th, 26;27), Morgan Cutter (16th, 28:18), Charlotte Wood (17th, 28:53), Lucy Hackett (19th, 29:12), Elena Wagner (20th, 30:41), Peyton Metruk (21st, 30:51), Marianne Lutz (23rd, 31:18) and Charlotte McIntyre (25th, 31:49).
Missisquoi’s Ruth Brueckner led the charge for the girls meet, as she finished first with a time of 22:06. Cora Gagne (7th, 24:37), Haley Stefaniak (13th, 28:00) and Brooke Durkee (31:05) also ran for the Thunderbirds.
Enosburg’s Freja Stovgaard (6th, 24:36), Apple Maddox (12th, 27:33) and Marie Shippert (14th, 28:04) ran in the meet, while Richford’s Myah Plante (18th, 28:59), Olivia St. Francis (24th, 31:30) and Katelyn Kirkpatrick (26th, 34:22) also finished.
**These results come to us as reported by local varsity coaches. if you coach a varsity team at a Franklin County (Or Milton) high school, please send your game results to [email protected]**
