Sports
Culture club: Former Lebanon girls hoop coach Kehoe honored with Wooden Award
By BENJAMIN ROSENBERG
LEBANON — Tim Kehoe was never one to relish the spotlight.The longtime Lebanon High girls basketball coach, who stepped down after the 2019-20 season to focus more on his family, was honored at Friday night’s game with the John Wooden Legacy Award....
Local roundup: Cards use big second half to top Windsor
CLAREMONT — The host Stevens High boys basketball team erased a four-point halftime deficit with a second-half eruption to top Windsor, 60-47, on Friday night.The Yellowjackets scored 18 points in the second quarter to build a 29-25 lead at halftime....
For Stevens High’s sole wrestler, there’s no place like home — finally
By BENJAMIN ROSENBERG
CLAREMONT — Anyone walking into Frederick W. Carr Gymnasium at Stevens High on Wednesday evening could make no mistake about who the man of the hour was.Colby Shepard, a Stevens senior, has been wrestling since he was in second grade, through the...
Local roundup: WRV boys beat rival Sharon
SOUTH ROYALTON — The White River Valley boys basketball team used a balanced offensive attack, with five players in double figures, in a 72-42 victory over rival Sharon on Thursday evening.Zack Frary and Wyatt Cadwell led the Wildcats (3-2) with 15...
Lebanon’s Harriman set to be a Hoya
By TRIS WYKES
LEBANON — Birhanu Harriman has grown up in the Upper Valley’s rural serenity, but he’s headed to the big city for the next step in his running career.After a standout fall season, the Lebanon High senior recently committed to Georgetown University in...
Local roundup: Thetford boys hoops edges Windsor
WINDSOR — Despite senior Maison Fortin's 36 points, the Windsor High boys basketball team came up short against Thetford as the Panthers built an 11-point lead in the third quarter and went on to win, 56-52.Leading 29-28 at halftime, Thetford locked...
Hartford freshman Jasmin young in age only
By BENJAMIN ROSENBERG
WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — Charlotte Jasmin started practicing with the Hartford High girls basketball program when she was in fourth grade.The opportunity is open to all young girls in the school district to generate interest in the sport and help feed...
Local roundup: Stevens boys rally for win at rival Newport
NEWPORT — A third-quarter eruption by the visiting Stevens High boys basketball team proved decisive in a 67-53 win at rival Newport on Tuesday night.The hometown Tigers (1-3) built a 36-32 lead at halftime but Stevens (3-2) found another gear in the...
Dartmouth roundup: Women’s hockey wins in return from hiatus
NORTH EASTON, Mass. — Playing its first game in 20 days, the Dartmouth College women’s ice hockey team came from behind to earn a 3-2 victory at Stonehill on Friday. Senior captain Currie Putrah notched the game-winner with less than two minutes...
Big man’s foul trouble opens door for Big Green’s defeat
By BENJAMIN ROSENBERG
HANOVER — All it took was Dartmouth’s best big man getting into foul trouble for Cornell to change its plan of attack.The Big Green men’s basketball team trailed the Big Red by just one at halftime in their Ivy League opener on New Year’s Day....
Local roundup: Woodstock girls basketball comes from behind to defeat Rivendell
ORFORD — The Woodstock High girls basketball team staged an impressive comeback Monday to knock off homestanding Rivendell, 33-30.The Wasps trailed, 13-0, after a quarter, before puling within 17-14 at halftime. The Raptors led, 26-22, following the...
Batter up: Ex-college baseball player at the helm of Sharon boys basketball
By BENJAMIN ROSENBERG
SHARON — Ben Montenegro is used to having a lot on his plate.A 2021 graduate of Wagner College, Montenegro balanced his academic workload with NCAA Division I baseball at the Staten Island, N.Y., school. So after he moved on to pursue an accelerated...
Bears score early and late
By TRIS WYKES
WEST LEBANON — John Dodds crunched the numbers and made his Hanover High girls ice hockey players aware of them before Monday’s clash with NHIAA Division I rival Bishop Guertin at Campion Rink.“We generally we play them three times a year and going...
Local roundup: Windsor girls still the team to beat in dominating win over WRV
WINDSOR — Sophomore Sophia Rockwood had 24 points, including 14 in the second quarter, to lead the Windsor High girls basketball team to a 56-31 win over White River Valley in a rematch of last year’s VPA Division III semifinals.The Yellowjackets...
From the way-back machine: New Connecticut River Classic tourney brings old CVL back to mind
By BENJAMIN ROSENBERG
There was a time when interstate high school matchups were commonplace in the Upper Valley. The Connecticut Valley League, which featured schools from both sides of the river, pitted the likes of Hanover, Lebanon and Stevens against Hartford, Windsor...
Local roundup: Hartford boys hockey wins holiday tournament
WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — The Hartford High boys hockey team won the 2022 Philippe Bouthillier Holiday Classic, which the Hurricanes hosted at Barwood Arena, with a 5-3 victory Wednesday over Burr & Burton.Hartford’s goals came from Lochlan Park, Joseph...
WRV girls basketball a little bit of everything
By BENJAMIN ROSENBERG
SOUTH ROYALTON — Rather than sticking to a base defense, the White River Valley girls basketball team takes whatever shape it needs depending on the Wildcats’ opponent.Sometimes White River Valley will play a zone, sometimes man-to-man, and sometimes...
Flipping the business: Gymnastics center has new owners
By JUSTIN CAMPFIELD
WILDER — A cornerstone of the Upper Valley youth sports scene has changed hands as longtime Northern Lights Gymnastics owner Jill Vanderpot recently sold the gym to a new ownership group comprised of two current employees and the parents of a...
Singer Noah Kahan makes pitch-perfect return in Hanover High alumni soccer match
By TRIS WYKES
HANOVER — Noah Kahan’s father taught him how to play the guitar around age 8.Around the same time, he suited up for a Stafford rec soccer team and the activities fed off each other as he grew up. Playing for the local Lightning Soccer Club and Hanover...
New coach taking the reins from a legend with Windsor High boys basketball
By BENJAMIN ROSENBERG
WINDSOR — There’s a different vibe inside Harry Ladue Gymnasium as fall turns to winter this year.The Windsor High boys basketball team, like always, is preparing for a new season. But for the first time in 39 years, the gym’s namesake is not leading...
