Vermont High School Basketball - Bellows Free Academy can't hold off Essex
January 27, 2018: Essex Junction, VT 05452 The Essex Hornets basketball team scored 42 points and held the visiting Bellows Free Academy Bobwhites to 36 in the Hornets league triumph on Saturday.
The Hornets now sport a 7-4 record. They put it on the line next when they host Champlain Valley Union for a Metro contest on Monday, January 29. Essex will battle a Redhawks team coming off a 50-33 league win over Bellows Free Academy (St. Albans, VT). The Redhawks record now stands at 10-0.
The Bobwhites (7-4) will now prepare for their contest against St. Johnsbury Academy (St. Johnsbury, VT). The Hilltoppers enter the Metro contest with a 11-2 record. In their last contest, St. Johnsbury Academy was nudged by Rice Memorial (South Burlington, VT), 62-60, in a league contest.