SOUTH BURLINGTON - Emmalee Smith scored eight of her 15 points in the fourth quarter and Essex defeated South Burlington 36-32 in high school girls basketball action Thursday night.
The Hornets improve to 7-5.
For the Rebels (7-4), Grace Vincent had eight points and Grace Hoehl tossed in seven.
•Champlain Valley 51, Mount Anthony 41: Shannon Loiseau racked up 14 points, 11 rebounds, seven blocks and four assists and visiting Champlain Valley swept Mount Anthony by closing the game on a 16-2 fourth-quarter edge.
Jaime Vachon tallied all eight of her points in the second half while Abby Thut put up 10 points and Marlee Gunn (nine) and Lindsey Albertelli (eight) also aided the balanced effort for the Redhawks (10-2).
•Enosburg 53, Hazen 50: Kyla Perry popped in 10 points and Enosburg improved to 4-6 at Hazen’s expense.
Becca Whipple piled up 19 points and Letty Hill added 15 for the Wildcats (4-7).
•Lake Region 34, BFA-Fairfax 29: Emma Coy scored nine points and Lake Region held on for the win at BFA-Fairfax.
Megan Domina paced Fairfax (8-3) with eight points and eight rebounds.
•Rice 7 6, South Burlington 44: Kam Farris rolled up 32 points and host Rice opened a 44-22 lead to cruise past South Burlington.
Farris’ night included four 3s, while Alex Bond recorded a double-double of 17 points and 10 rebounds for Rice (10-4).
Ethan Klesch and Harrison Gregoire each scored nine points for South Burlington.
•Champlain Valley 41, Mount Mansfield 39: Walker Storey, fouled while shooting from the floor of the paint, sank both free throws with 2.8 seconds to go as Champlain Valley survived at Mount Mansfield.
Colin Monsey paced the Redhawks (13-1), winners of 10 in a row, with 11 points. Matt Spear added eight of his 10 points in the fourth quarter and Storey finished with eight.
Zach Reinhardt paced the Cougars (7-6) with a game-high 12 points and Asa Carlson added 10.
•Burlington 42, North Country 32: Mikey DeMaggio’s two 3s in the third quarter sparked Burlington to the win over North Country.
DeMaggio finished with three 3-pointers for nine points and Kaden Rosamilia had 13 points for Burlington, which trailed 19-15 at the break.
Aidan Hogan tallied 10 points for North Country.
•St. Johnsbury 78, Essex 41: Austin Wendell struck for 18 points, one of 10 players to score, and St. Johnsbury routed Essex.
Alex Carlisle added 12 points for SJA.
For Essex, Hunter Smith had nine points.
•Spaulding 54, Colchester 47: Brandon Bedard’s 11-point third quarter helped visiting Spaulding rally from a deficit in its win at Colchester.
Bedard finished with 22 points while Kolby MacAuley put up 17 for the Crimson Tide.
Thomas Vesosky had 11 points for the Lakers.
•Williamstown 87, South Royalton 26: Brandon Carrier surpassed 1,000 points for his career with a 27-point performance as Williamstown rolled over South Royalton to improe to 15-0.
Carrier, who also extended his Vermont career 3-point record to 222 with seven triples, scored 25 of his points in the first half.
Nathan Poulin (16 points), Jared Dwinell (11) and Jacob Tassie (10) also reached double digits.
•BFA-St. Albans 58, Mount Abraham 38: Jens Ulrich-Verderber tallied 24 points and host BFA-St. Albans broke free with a 22-6 third-quarter edge to best Mount Abraham.
Brady Green added 13 points for the Bobwhites.
Jackson Counter paced Mount Abraham with 14 points.
•Essex 6, Northfield 3: Kaitlyn Butkus had two goals and an assist, Olivia Miller-Johnson and Hannah Palmer each put up a goal and two assists as Essex doubled up visiting Northfield.
Maddy Young also scored and Lindsay Hallowell posted 12 saves for the Hornets (12-1).
Bridget Doney, Brianna Doty and Lillian Therrien had Northfield’s goals.