Sports
NLRB official denies Dartmouth request to reopen basketball union case. Players to vote Tuesday
By JIMMY GOLEN
Dartmouth College basketball players remain on schedule to vote Tuesday on whether to form the nation’s first-ever college athletes’ labor union after a National Labor Relations Board official rejected the school’s request to reopen the case.NLRB...
Local Roundup: Hartford boys and girls hockey teams advance to state title games
Editor’s note: To have your team’s results included in the Local Roundup, visit https://www.vnews.com/submit-a-score.GIRLS HOCKEY Hartford 4, Middlebury 1 Key players: Hartford — Braelyn Park, Zoe Zanleoni, Nella Bowen; Middlebury — Ruby Hubbell...
Thetford 57, Hazen 53: Third championship in six years produces a sweet celebration
By TRIS WYKES
BARRE, Vt. — And on the 108th day of the Thetford Academy basketball season, a VPA Division III boys hoop championship was created. How would coach Jason Gray celebrate? “We’re going to go back to the academy to have some cupcakes and Gatorade,” the...
Montpelier 58, Hartford 49: Wait continues for Hurricane boys basketball
By TRIS WYKES
BARRE, Vt. — It will take at least another year to supplant Hartford High’s Whirlwind Five.That’s the nickname given to the last Hurricanes’ boys basketball team to win a state title — in 1929. Sadly for backers of the red, white and blue, that...
NH girls hockey: Lee’s hat trick powers Hanover past Lebanon in state quarterfinal
By TRIS WYKES
WEST LEBANON — Lebanon-Stevens-Kearsarge has its strongest girls hockey team in years. The Raiders, however, don’t have Maeve Lee.Hanover’s star forward posted a hat trick during the Bears’ 3-0 defeat of its neighbor Friday in an NHIAA playoff...
Thetford 60, WRV 58: Epic comeback sends Panthers to state title game
By TRIS WYKES
BARRE, Vt. — The Barre Auditorium’s inner arena was deserted Thursday evening, half an hour after Thetford Academy and White River Valley concluded their Vermont Division III boys basketball playoff semifinal.Silence inside the 85-year old building...
Local Roundup: Hanover, Oxbow advance in girls hoop tourneys
Editor’s note: To have your team’s results included in the Local Roundup, visit https://www.vnews.com/submit-a-score.GIRLS BASKETBALL Hanover 70, Coe Brown 42 Key players: Hanover — Allie McBride (24 points), Claire Starosta (11 points), Nina Marshall...
Hurricanes win rivalry game over Wasps to reach boys hockey semifinal
By TRIS WYKES
WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — There was hacking and whacking Wednesday night when the Hartford High and Woodstock boys hockey teams clashed in a Vermont Division II playoff quarterfinal.The neighboring rivals chirped at each other. They collided in hits...
OT goal extends season for Hartford girls hockey
By TRIS WYKES
WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — Exhaustion, illness, injury and overtime. The Hartford High girls hockey team overcame it all Wednesday during its 2-1 defeat of Stowe in a VPA Division II playoff quarterfinal at Barwood Arena.Zoe Zanleoni’s jam-shot goal at...
Local Roundup: Raiders advance to Friday’s girls hockey quarterfinal with Bears
Editor’s note: To have your team’s results included in the Local Roundup, visit https://www.vnews.com/submit-a-score.GIRLS HOCKEY Lebanon-Stevens-Kearsarge 2, St. Thomas Aquinas-Winnacunnet-Dover 0 Key players: Lebanon-Stevens-Kearsarge — Mirabella...
On the Trails: The healing power of the great outdoors
By RANDY RICHARDSON
A good friend once pointed out to me that we never seem to refer to the “great indoors.” Two major surgeries in recent months have powerfully reminded me of just how much my mental and physical health are dependent on being active in the great...
Hartford boys basketball on cusp of first championship in 95 years
By TRIS WYKES
BARRE, Vt. — A recent Hartford High social media post touted T-shirts celebrating the boys basketball team’s advancement to the VPA Division II semifinals. The tongue-in-cheek update claimed they’d been discovered in a box dating to 1984 — the last...
Windsor bowler finishes 11th in state tournament
RUTLAND — Windsor’s Avery Bean finished in 11th place in Saturday’s individual Vermont bowling tournament.Bean threw 202, 179, and 177 in the three games. His teammate, Sam Russell (129, 154, 193) finished in 22nd place among the 32 bowlers competing...
Local Roundup: Thetford boys are Barre-bound after quarterfinal hoops win
Editor’s note: To have your team’s results included in the Local Roundup, visit https://www.vnews.com/submit-a-score.BOYS BASKETBALL Thetford 64, BFA-Fairfax 31 Key players: Thetford — Hunter Clay, Dylan Vance, Mitchell Parkman, Xander Oshoniyi;...
It’s all smiles for WRV boys in hoop quarterfinal
By TRIS WYKES
SOUTH ROYALTON — Any spectator wanting to re-enter Saturday night’s VPA Division III boys basketball quarterfinal game between No. 3 White River Valley and No. 6 Richford got a smiley face inked on the back of one hand.The majority of those in a...
Dartmouth basketball mired at bottom of standings
By TRIS WYKES
HANOVER — One minute, 27 seconds.That’s the extent to which the Dartmouth College men’s basketball team held a lead on Friday night during an 82-69 loss Penn at Leede Arena. Were the Quakers an Ivy League force, the statistic might be somewhat...
Windsor girls basketball looking for third straight state title
By TRIS WYKES
WINDSOR — It’s playoff time, and the Windsor High girls basketball team is rounding into form yet again.The Yellowjackets, back-to-back VPA Division III state champions, blew out Division IV power West Rutland, 53-32, on Thursday, keeping the Golden...
Local Roundup: Hanover’s Maeve Lee reaches 100 career goals in girls hockey win
Editor’s note: To have your team’s results included in the Local Roundup, visit https://www.vnews.com/submit-a-score.GIRLS HOCKEY Hanover 10Oyster River-Portsmouth 1 Key players: Hanover — Maeve Lee (3 goals, 1 assist), Rory Seelig and Rachel Rockmore...
Local Roundup: Hartford, White River Valley open boys basketball playoffs with decisive wins
Editor’s note: To have your team’s results included in the Local Roundup, visit https://www.vnews.com/submit-a-score.BOYS BASKETBALL Hartford 93, Mount St. Joseph 22 Key players: Hartford — Sophomores Ryan Murphy (16 points), Noah Danieli (15 points)...
Hartford boys hockey is battle-tested heading into postseason
By TRIS WYKES
WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — The gamble has worked thus far. Is there a bigger payout to come for the Hartford High boys hockey team?“This program has never played a tougher schedule,” 26th-year Hurricanes coach Todd Bebeau said flatly after Wednesday’s 6-2...
