REGION — The Mountain Valley Rec Basketball League is back after not being able to finish the 2019 season and not playing at all in 2020 due to health restrictions. There are 7 teams this year, Archies of Mexico, Cannatopia Runners of Wilton/Farmington (new team), Jay, Horace Mann Insurance of Jay/Livermore (formally Bessey Design), Hotel Rumford, Smart Care PT of Dixfield (formally Dixfield) and The Thunder (formally The Ballers) of Rumford/Mexico.
All games are played at Mountain Valley High School on Sunday mornings from December through the end of March. The league website is mvrbl.webs.com.
In the first game of the year, Archies took advantage of their experience and pulled away from The Thunder, 82-66. Nate Carson led Archies with 32 points followed by Kindle Bonsall with 26 and Owen Jones with 14. The Thunder were paced by Riley Flynn with 16 points and Will Bean with 14.
In the second game, Smart Care was way too much for newcomer Cannatopia Runners, with a sound 85-42 thrashing. Cody St Germain had 25 points, brother Nick St Germain 19, Blake Rothwell 16 and 3rd brother Jeremy St Germain 11. The Runners got 15 from Juan Agrauonte and 11 From Brandon Mitchell.
Lastly, Hotel Rumford overwhelmed Horace Mann, 73-50. Tom Danylik led the charge with 30 points, Will Sorenson had 14 and JT Taylor had 12. Horace Mann was led by Jonah Sutter with 23 points (6 threes) and Chris Bessey had 5 threes for 15points.
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