Vermont High School Basketball - Rice Memorial routs Essex
December 29, 2023: South Burlington, VT 05403 In Friday's league outing, the Rice Memorial Green Knights (South Burlington, VT) basketball squad overwhelmed the visiting Essex Hornets (Essex Junction, VT), by a margin of 71-39.
The Green Knights (5-0) will now prepare for their outing against St. Johnsbury Academy (St. Johnsbury, VT). The Hilltoppers go into the Metro outing with a 6-0 record. In their last outing, St. Johnsbury Academy smashed Bellows Free Academy (St. Albans, VT), 54-51, in a non-league outing.
The Hornets now own a 1-4 record. They play next when they travel to Champlain Valley Union for a Metro outing on Tuesday, January 2. Essex will clash with a Redhawks squad coming off a 57-44 league win over Burlington (Burlington, VT). The Redhawks record now stands at 5-0.