Terriers best Cosmos girls, 65-56

Reverse the numbers on either side of this score and you end up with the same two numbers. There were a lot of things reversed on Thursday, Jan. 25 at the Riverside Gym in Springfield.


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Terriers best Cosmos girls, 65-56 BY BILL MURPHY, The Vermont Journal & The Shopper February 1, 2018 Terriers Bellows Falls’s Abbe Cravinho attempts a putback in the early going of the Terriers vs. Cosmos game. Springfield’s Hannah Crosby is shown blocking a Terrier out on the left and her teammate Hailey Perham (0) is seen on the right. Photo by Kristine M. Burpee. SPRINGFIELD, Vt. – Reverse the numbers on either side of this score and you end up with the same two numbers. There were a lot of things reversed on Thursday, Jan. 25 at the Riverside Gym in Springfield. There was the first half, then most of the second half, and then the last couple of minutes. Overall, Bellows Falls earned a 65-56 victory over Springfield. The two teams will play again this Thursday, Feb. 1 in Bellows Falls. Fans would be blessed to see more of the same action. It was relatively easy to get the idea in the first half, that the Terriers were the better team. They sharply passed the ball, they controlled the offensive boards, and they out toughed the Cosmos. Bellows Falls led after one period 17-8 and held a 28-19 halftime advantage. Springfield began to show some grittiness in parts of the second period, but it seemed like that was their best attempt just to keep it close. I had expected a wire-to-wire struggle for supremacy, and I was disappointed. Terriers Springfield Coach Joe Costello needed to coach extra hard in his team’s rivalry game with Bellows Falls. He is shown here directing the charge with his team trailing the Terriers in the contest. Cosmos players sitting from left to right are: Julianna Albero-Levings (15), Hannah Crosby, Hailey Perham, Gabriella Wardwell, and Madee Stagner (not pictured). Standing from left to right are: Ashley Quelch (13), Ashley Chamberlin, Jessica Cerniglia (4), injured player Emma Howard, Kaylee Warren (21) and assistant coach Brooke Willey. Photo by Kristine M. Burpee. Then Cosmo Coach Joe Costello gave his halftime speech, and “Sis-Boom-Bah” the Cosmos came to play. Eight straight points tickled the twine with Hannah Crosby taking charge and scoring and passing – three nice feeds to Gabriella Wardwell. Before Bellows Falls knew what hit them, it was a one-point game 28-27. Interestingly enough, the Terriers had basically pulled the same trick in the first four minutes of the game, racing to a 13-4 game with Taylor Goodell tallying 9 of her eventual 27 points in the early surge. Halle Dickerson dropped in 12 Terrier points on the night, and Crosby led the Cosmos with 20, supported by Wardwell with 14, and Hailey Perham with 12. Once the score reached 28-27, the two teams traded baskets and leads a number of times, with the very good sized crowd on hand, cheering loudly for their favorites over the next ten-plus minutes. Springfield would lose Wardwell and Perham to fouls in the final three and a half minutes, giving Bellows Falls the license to accelerate play and come away with a victory in a hotly contested, exciting rivalry game.