Basketball Recap: Mt. Mansfield Takes Down Ranked Hartford

On Monday, Mt. Mansfield faced Hartford in a battle between two of the state's top teams. The Mt. Mansfield Cougars narrowly escaped with a victory as the team sidled past the Hartford Hurricanes 37-35. The 37-point effort marked the Cougars' lowest-scoring game of the season, but in the end it didn't matter.

Cougars

Previous 3 Games

01/20/25 @ Hartford	37-35
01/18/25 vs Colchester	61-53
01/17/25 @ Bellows Free Academy	55-51

The win (which was Mt. Mansfield's third in a row) raised their record to 7-5. As for Hartford, they moved to 8-3 with that loss, which also ended their five-game winning streak.

Both squads are looking forward to the support of their home crowds in their upcoming games. Mt. Mansfield has already played their next matchup (against Essex), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing. Hartford will square off against Bellows Falls at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday. Bellows Falls has been dominant on offense recently, having racked up an incredible 205 points over their last three contests.