he postseason is a time when some of those seniors are picked for all-star teams.  As those seniors make plans for their futures, coaches are left with a long off-season of trying to figure out what next year will look like. 

Rivendell played the role of Cinderella as they upset Mount Saint Joseph’s in the quarter finals to punch their ticket to the auditorium. They faced the number three-ranked West Rutland in the semi-finals

After defeating Oxbow, Danville rode that wave down to BMU where they dominated the struggling Bucks. Jamal Saibou, for BMU, showed his gameness as he dropped 24 points and gathered 6 rebounds.

In a long-standing Division IV rivalry, the Blue Mountain girls’ team traveled to Danville. The Chrissy Perry rotating trophy, which is sponsored by the Masonic Temple, was at stake.

On Thursday night, the BMU boys traveled to Oxbow. Oxbow is ranked tenth in Vermont's Division III, and the Bucks are thirteenth in Division IV. Oxbow won the tap, and everything else went their way from that point on. At the half, Oxbow led 41-17.

The Oxbow boys improve their record to 7-5 with a convincing victory over Northfield. It was cancer awareness night for the Olympians, which has special meaning for this group of boys, as senior Ayden Haley is himself a cancer survivor.

On Saturday, January 3rd, the Woodsville boys hosted the BMU Bucks in the cross-river rivalry. Woodsville has struggled a bit in the early season and came into this game 3-6 and took on the winless BMU boys team (0-2).

Of course, it is still early, and these rankings will change as we work our way towards playoffs, but it is a good marker to keep track of to see if our local teams will be hosting playoff games or traveling for the first round of playoffs.

The schedule was still light last week due to the holiday break; however, on Friday, January 2nd, the Oxbow girls hosted Thetford. Oxbow came into the game 5-0, and Thetford, who was 1-4, didn’t have any plans on how to stop Oxbow’s powerful offense.

Most of our local teams took some time off for the Holidays, so there was a light schedule this week. Let’s take some time to look at some of our local teams’ records, then look ahead into the new year

Tuesday night saw the BMU girls traveling down I-91 to take on the Olympians. The Lady Olympians were led by their hot shooting guard, Braylee Phelps.

On Friday night December 12, 2025, Rivendell Academy hosted White River Valley School in a Girls’ Division III early-season game. White River Valley (WRV) finished the regular season last year with a 20-4 record and, at one point, ran off a 13-game winning streak.

Another basketball season is getting ready to start. We are fortunate to have a rich history of success in our area. BMU and Oxbow both opened in the early 70’s, coaches like Mona Garone and Dean Trombley for Oxbow and Gerry Piper and Ron Brown for BMU created Championship traditions in our area.