For the 35th consecutive year, the Free Press sports department has once again scoured the state for its premier high school girls basketball players, contacting coaches and media from one end of Vermont to the other to craft what we hope is a squad representing the best the state has to offer.
And as always, the task in whittling the list down to first and second teams, plus a batch of honorable mentions, never gets any easier. At the end of the day it remains a subjective process, but one we undertake with great pride and care.
Congratulations to the 40 players named to the Free Press girls basketball all-state team and to Nylah Mitchell, who earned the Free Press' Miss Basketball title for the 2024-25 season.
THE FIRST TEAM
SABINE BRUECK
North Country Union High School
5-foot-8, senior, guard
• The player: Sabine Brueck earns Free Press' all-state first team honors for the third consecutive season. This year Brueck was surrounded by a young team with her being the lone senior and two juniors on the team. Despite just three upperclassmen, the Falcons advanced to their third D-II championship game. This winter, the guard averaged 15.0 points, 7.0 rebounds, 6.2 steals and 3.2 assists per game, leading her team in points, rebounds and steals.
• Coach Sarah Roy on Brueck: "As the only senior, Sabine demonstrated confidence in her young teammates to push them to be their best ... she shared her joy of the game with her teammates and left a lasting impact we will carry forward."
PEYTON GUAY
West Rutland High School
5-foot-8, senior, guard
• The player: Peyton Guay has become a household name in Vermont after breaking the state's 37-year-old scoring record, finishing her career with 2,279 points. In her senior year, Guay averaged 21.3 points, 4.5 assists, 8.0 rebounds and 4.0 steals per game while earning the Vermont Basketball Coaches Association player of the year award. Besides her individual accomplishments, Guay helped West Rutland capture the
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