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Hartford's Kayla Lancor waits for the throw to arrive as Windsor's Nikki Kibling slides into second during yesterday's game in White River Junction. Valley News - James M. Patterson

Canes Rely on Small Ball

Saturday, May 18, 2013

White River Junction — The sunlit skies gave one clue to the advancing season on the baseball diamond outside Hartford High school yesterday afternoon. The Hurricanes’ starting pitcher, Steve Cerrone, provided another, showing a practiced and polished arsenal of pitches as Hartford edged visiting Windsor 2-1 in a pitcher’s duel befitting of postseason action. Cerrone needed just 75 pitches in …

Oxbow Scoring Aces Get Help From Their Friends

Friday, May 17, 2013

Bradford, Vt. — When junior Mikayla Hodge deposits her hundredth career goal for the Oxbow Union High girls lacrosse team, she’ll be the first player in program history to realize the milestone as it happens. In the past, Olympians’ players were not alerted when they approached the century mark, out of a fear …

Cougars Take Rematch

Friday, May 17, 2013

Lebanon — The burgeoning rivalry between the Lebanon High and Kearsarge girls lacrosse teams picked up additional steam yesterday when the visiting Cougars escaped with a 7-6 victory to maintain their undefeated record. Kearsarge also won the schools’ first meeting of the season, a 12-10 result last Friday. As in the initial clash, …

Ghosts Regroup, Top Harwood

Sunday, May 5, 2013

Randolph — After seeing visiting Harwood rally back from a 4-1 deficit in the top of the seventh inning to tie the score, the Randolph Union High baseball team came right back to pull out the 5-4 victory …

Hartford Girls Earn First Victory

Saturday, May 4, 2013

Wilder — The Hartford High girls lacrosse team earned its first victory of the season yesterday, knocking off Randolph, 16-8. Taylor Johnson poured in eight goals, Esme Cole had three and Megan Potter and Skyler Gay each added …

Cougars Keep Rolling

Saturday, May 4, 2013

North Sutton, n.h. — On Monday, the Kearsarge Regional High baseball team took a 15-0 shellacking at Winnisquam that left the team at 3-6 and not feeling very good about itself. First-year coach Travis Pelletier called a team meeting, where it was decided that the season was going …

After Tough Battle, Sunapee Coach Looking Up

Friday, May 3, 2013

Sunapee — It was quite a change of scenery. On Feb. 14, 2012, Ed Tenney was on the sidelines as coach of the Sunapee boys basketball team for a game against Moultonbrough. One day later, Tenney was in the critical care unit at Beth Israel-Deaconess Hospital in Boston …

Ex-Kearsarge AD Enjoying Florida

Friday, May 3, 2013

Gainesville, Fla. — Marty Brown is living the life. The former Kearsarge Regional High boys basketball coach and athletic director moved to Gainesville, Fla., last year to join his wife who had left earlier to take a position at a Gainesville hospital. Gainesville is also the home of …

Upper Valley Teams Sprint to the Finish

Friday, May 3, 2013

It’s a positive time for Upper Valley track teams. Normally powerful teams return with state title aspirations, while others report growing numbers of participants leading a number of coaches to predict a stronger showing for their team. At …

Raptors Rule the Greens

Friday, May 3, 2013

Woodstock — A trio of Rivendell Academy golfers shot 40 on the tricky front nine at Woodstock Country Club yesterday afternoon as the Raptors ran away from a field of area teams for a 27-stroke victory. Luke Bell, …

Cardinals Earn a Crisp Win Over Tigers

Thursday, May 2, 2013

Claremont — With two outs and nobody on in the last of the seventh inning, Stevens High got a walk, single and a double to pull out a 2-1 win over Newport in a well-played baseball game at Barnes Park last night. The run culminated terrific complete-game pitching …

Cougars Roll Past Vikings

Thursday, May 2, 2013

New Ipswich, n.h. — Brad Donnelly had a game to remember for the Kearsarge Regional High baseball team, who beat host Mascenic 13-2 yesterday afternoon. Donnelly stifled the Vikings’ bats all afternoon, throwing a complete game with nine …

Supersub Leads Olympians Past Panthers

Wednesday, May 1, 2013

Thetford — Oxbow Union High baseball player Vinnie Loiacono wasn’t put into yesterday’s game at Thetford for his offense. Nonetheless, the senior came through in the clutch, smacking a two-out single in the seventh inning that drove home …