Editor’s note: Each Wednesday we compile the best performances from the previous seven days and bring them to you in a feature we call the Hot List. If you know of a performance we should include in next week’s Hot List be sure to let us know by using the ‘Comment’ section at the bottom of this week’s Hot List and then check back next Wednesday to see if your suggestions make the cut. This week’s Hot List covers games played from Oct. 6-12, inclusive.
FOOTBALL
Max Librizzi, Essex
Librizzi was 20-for-28 passing for 280 yard and five TDs in the Hornets’ 47-14 win over Burlington on Oct. 9.
Emile Hartman and Adam Pothier, North Country
Hartman ran for 156 yards and Pothier ran for 101 in the Falcons’ 16-13 win over U-32 on Oct. 9.
Jesse Burke, U-32
Burke gained 116 yards and scored two TDs for the Raiders in their 16-13 loss to North Country on Oct. 9.
Ian Shaw and Jamie Wright, Mount Mansfield
Shaw rushed for 156 yards and three TDs - all in the second half - and Wright scored two TDs and rushed for 150 yards on 10 carries in the Cougars’ 47-21 win over Fair Haven on Oct. 9
Jessie Maynard, Fair Haven
Maynard was 15-of-30, passing for 226 yards and three TDs in the Slaters’ 47-21 loss to Mount Mansfield on Oct. 9.
Brandon Boyle, Springfield
Boyle passed for two TDs, ran for two more and added a punt return for a touchdown in the Cosmos’ 57-0 win over Mount Abraham on Oct. 9.
Matt Wainscott and Connor Roberts, BFA-St. Albans
Wainscott rushed for 143 yards and a TD on 20 carries and Roberts had 18 carries for 104 yards and two TDs in the Bobwhites’ 26-0 win over St. Johnsbury on Oct. 9.
Tim Muzzey, Bellows Falls
Muzzey rushed for 159 yards and two touchdowns on 20 carries in the Terriers’ 38-31 win over previously undefeated Windsor on Oct. 10.
Gavin Callahan, Windsor
Callahan was 13-of-21 for 198 yards and three touchdowns and he ran for another in the Yellow Jackets’ 38-31 loss to Bellows Falls on Oct. 10.
Jake Bielecki, Oxbow
Bielecki ran for a score, caught a pass for another and intercepted three passes in the Olympians’ 17-0 win over Winooski on Oct. 10.
Peter Bautista, Otter Valley
Bautista rushed 27 times for 114 yards and a TD in the Otters’ 15-14 win over Burr and Burton on Oct. 10.
BOYS SOCCER
Tristan Smith, St. Johnsbury
Smith scored three goals in the Hilltoppers’ 3-1 win over Peoples on Oct. 6.
Jack Loud, Mount Mansfield
Loud scored once and had two assists in the Cougars’ 3-2 win over South Burlington on Oct. 6.
Paul Bianchi, Essex
Bianchi had two goals and an assist in the Hornets’ 3-0 win over Burlington on Oct. 6.
Paul Donna, Milton
Donna scored once and had two assists in the Yellowjackets’ 7-2 win over Lamoille on Oct. 6.
Ethan Murphy, Trinity Baptist
Murphy scored twice and added an assist in Trinity’s 4-1 win over Mid Vermont Christian on Oct. 6.
Alan Therrien, Hazen Union
Therrien had three assists in the Wildcats’ 4-0 win over previously undefeated Lake Region on Oct. 8.
Keegan McDonnell, Proctor
McDonnell scored three unassisted goals in the Phantoms’ 5-0 win over Mount St. Joseph’s on Oct. 8.
Logan Foster, Arlington
Foster scored four goals in the Eagles’ 7-0 win over Poultney on Oct. 8.
Mike Clayton, Champlain Valley
Clayton scored three goals in the Redhawks’ 4-2 win over Missisquoi on Sept. 12.
GIRLS SOCCER
Sadie Marcotte, Cabot
Marcotte scored three goals in the Huskies’ 6-1 win over Whitcomb on Oct. 6.
Coleen Shouldice, Mount St. Joesph’s
Shouldice scored three goals in the Mounties’ 5-1 win over Long Trail on Oct. 6.
Margaret Belnap and Rayleen Sherman, Arlington
Each player scored four times in the Eagles’ 8-2 win over Windsor on Oct. 6.
Ashley Cook and Mikayla McCormack, Proctor
Each player scored two goals and had two assists in the Phantom’s 7-2 win over Poultney on Oct. 6.
Caitlin Paterson, Montpelier
Paterson scored two goals and added an assist in the Solons’ 4-0 win over Lyndon on Oct. 7.
Brittany Pfaff, Rice Memorial
In the same week she committed to play at Siena College, Pfaff scored five goals in the Green Knights’ 8-2 win over Lamoille on Oct. 7. Pfaff also scored four goals in Rice’s 4-0 win over Missisquoi on Oct. 9.
Cat Mullen, Stowe
Mullen scored once and added two assists in the Raiders’ 4-1 win over Thetford on Oct. 9.
Dore Grier, Cabot
Grier scored two goals and added an assist in the Huskies’ 3-1 win over Williamstown on Oct. 9.
Greg LaBella, Woodstock
The Wasps’ coach recorded his 100th win on Oct. 9 as his team defeated Springfield, 2-1.
Emily Osmer, Mill River
Osmer scored three times in the Minutemen’s 7-2 win over Fair Haven on Oct. 9.
Angie Valente, Black River
Valente scored three goals and an assist in the Presidents’ 4-0 win over Mount St. Joesph’s on Oct. 12.
Chelsea Murray, Fair Haven
Murray scored three goals in the Slaters’ 4-1 win over Springfield on Oct. 12.
FIELD HOCKEY
Esther Peterson, U-32
Peterson scored twice and added an assist in the Raiders’ 3-0 win over Stowe on Oct. 7.
Sam Purnell, Stowe
Purnell had three assists in the Raiders’ 3-0 win over Harwood on Oct. 9.
Shayna McDonough, Otter Valley
McDonough scored two goals and added an assist in the Otters’ 6-1 win over Fair Haven on Oct. 9. She also had three goals in a 10-0 win over Bellows Falls on Oct. 12.
Kayla Thibodeau, Hartford
Thibodeau had a goal and two assists in the Hurricanes’ 4-0 win over Brattleboro on Oct. 9.
Greer Gillespie and Gabrielle Sikora, U-32
Gillespie scored three goals and Sikora had three assists in the Raiders’ 6-0 win over Spaulding on Oct. 10.







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