Sports
Football helmet maker buys Lebanon’s Simbex
By JOHN LIPPMAN
LEBANON — Riddell Sports, which makes the helmets worn by more than 75% of players in the National Football League, has purchased Simbex, a Lebanon-based company that revolutionized the monitoring of head impacts in athletics.The purchase price was...
2024 Upper Valley high school track and field guide
By PATRICK O’GRADY
As surely as snapping the finish-line tape signifies a winner, the Upper Valley is filled with high school track and field potential this spring.A number of area schools won outdoor titles last year, and some followed that up with indoor successes...
Thetford tops Windsor in 19-18 softball slugfest
Editor’s note: To have your team’s results included in the Local Roundup, visit https://www.vnews.com/submit-a-score.Softball Thetford 19, Windsor 18 Key players: Thetford — Eiea Morgan, Paige Tremblay, Mckayla Stanley, Natalie Perry, Grace Elmer;...
2024 HS boys lacrosse guide
Once you’ve finally been to the top of the mountain, what do you do for an encore?That’s the challenge facing the Hartford High boys lacrosse program this spring. After multiple attempts that came up short, the Hurricanes ran the table en route to...
Kenyon: Dartmouth alumni join union-busting effort
By JIM KENYON
Dartmouth President Sian Leah Beilock has made it clear the college views its men’s basketball players — and their recent historic vote to unionize — as a threat to ….Fill in the blank.The college’s bottom line? The status quo? The misconception that...
Windsor baseball’s annual gauntlet begins with Hartford defeat
By TRIS WYKES
WINDSOR — How does Windsor High baseball coach Jamie Richardson keep his players emotionally afloat as they face their notoriously tough schedule each spring? “There are a lot of hugs and back rubs,” the veteran bench boss said.It worked last season,...
Local Roundup: Hanover pitcher throws a perfect game
Editor’s note: To have your team’s results included in the Local Roundup, visit https://www.vnews.com/submit-a-score.BaseballHanover 5, ConVal 0Key players: Hanover — Alex Boone, Jackson McBrideHighlights: Boone threw a perfect game, including 12...
2024 Upper Valley high school baseball guide
The arrival of the Upper Valley high school baseball season marks the return of one top-shelf rivalry (Thetford vs. White River Valley, last year’s VPA Division III title-game matchup) along with another roster (Hanover) good enough to hang some...
Ex-Virginia assistant Kirwan latest to step into the Big Green breach
By TRIS WYKES
HANOVER — The fruits of yet another Dartmouth College men’s lacrosse rebuilding effort have yet to become publicly evident.This time, the undertaking is led by first-year coach Sean Kirwan, lured from a high-powered program at the University of...
Durham combines strength, fitness on the trails
By TRIS WYKES
The Strafford Nordic Ski Center went out of business in December 2022. One of its products, however, is still going strong on the trails.Keelan Durham, a junior at Williams College in Williamstown, Mass., recently earned All-East first team honors...
Out & About: Thin ice puts future of Upper Valley skating trails in jeopardy
By LIZ SAUCHELLI
ENFIELD — The Mascoma Lake Skating Association was founded in 2020 with high hopes.“We wanted to bring about something that people could enjoy, especially during COVID times and get outside,” said Bridget Labrie, a member of the nonprofit...
College Notes: Upper Valley athletes race for points and playing time
By TRIS WYKES
Here’s a look at some of the Upper Valley residents who played varsity college sports this winter.Men’s basketballPlymouth State men’s basketball was 8-17. Sophomore guard Max Galbraith (Hanover) appeared in seven games and totaled 21 minutes… Kansas...
A Life: Chuck Hunnewell ‘was an intense competitor but a real gentleman’
By TRIS WYKES
LEBANON — A quick trip to the store wasn’t often possible with Chuck Hunnewell.Ubiquitous on the Upper Valley sports scene for more than 30 years, the longtime teacher and coach would be waylaid in Rich’s Department Store or Johnson’s Home Center on...
Lebanon girls tennis continues to grow, boasts large roster
BY TRIS WYKES
WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — It was little less than a year ago that the Lebanon High girls tennis team had to comb its building’s 70-year-old hallways for enough competitors to keep its upcoming season alive.Tuesday, the Raiders, boasting their largest...
Photos: Spring hasn’t sprung
Sadly, it appears the groundhog lied. Just when it appeared the Upper Valley’s spring high school teams might get an early start on outdoor workouts, Mother Nature came and dropped a load of snow on the neighborhood. That’s forced programs such as...
On the trails: Upper Valley a fertile locale for nonprofit organizations
By KAITIE EDDINGTON
Have you ever wondered how a nonprofit organization comes to be ... or why? A nonprofit organization is a legal entity organized for a collective, public or social benefit — most often created to meet community needs that are not already covered by...
Snow delays opening of Hartland shooting range
HARTLAND – The opening of the Hammond Cove Shooting Range has been delayed to April 11 due to snow from the late March storm, according to a release from the Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department.The shooting range is monitored by the department, and...
Third-period onslaught ends Big Green’s playoff run
By TRIS WYKES
LAKE PLACID, N.Y. — “Sweet Caroline” played Friday between the second and third periods of the Dartmouth College men’s hockey team’s ECAC tournament semifinal against Cornell. Many in the seats waved illuminated phones to the iconic Neil Diamond song...
Snowmaking at Oak Hill ‘game-changer’ for skiers
By CHRISTINA DOLAN
HANOVER — New Hampshire had its warmest winter on record this year, but cross-country skiers in the Upper Valley have enjoyed snow-covered trails into March thanks to recent upgrades at the Oak Hill Outdoor Center.For the first time in its history,...
Goaltender stands tall for Big Green
By TRIS WYKES
HANOVER — Clint Mylymok, general manager of the Maryland Black Bears, quietly assessed the dozens of teenagers milling about before his junior hockey team’s tryout camp during the spring of 2019. Most were specifically invited or already signed,...
