Local Roundup: Teams advance to semifinal play

Hanover celebrates their 6-5 NHIAA D-II quarterfinal win over Bow on Sunday, June 8, 2025, in Bow, N.H. The Bears will face John Stark in Wednesday's semifinal. (Photos by Chip)

Hanover celebrates their 6-5 NHIAA D-II quarterfinal win over Bow on Sunday, June 8, 2025, in Bow, N.H. The Bears will face John Stark in Wednesday's semifinal. (Photos by Chip) Photos by Chip — Chip Griffin

Published: 06-09-2025 3:11 PM

Modified: 06-09-2025 3:17 PM


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Baseball

Hanover 6, Bow 5

Key players: Hanover — Alex Boone earned the win for Hanover, pitching 5⅔ innings, striking out 6 and walking 4. Jack Lobb collected the save. Bow — Jake Reardon singled in the bottom of the second to give Bow a 3-1 lead.

Highlights: Hanover’s Jorgen Drent tripled in the top of the fifth inning to tie the game at 3-3 to ignite a comeback that led to the Bears’ upset of No. 3 Bow in Saturday’s Division II quarterfinals. In the top of the sixth, Hayden Avard doubled, Wyatt Daigle doubled and Jack Lobb singled, each scoring one run. Sixth-ranked Hanover moves on to the NHIAA Division II semifinals against John Stark on Wednesday at 4 p.m. at Concord’s Memorial Field.

Records: Hanover 13-5; Bow 14-3

White River Valley 3, Randolph 1

Key players: White River Valley — Jacob Benoit, Brayden Russ, Quinlan Grace, Wyatt Cadwell, Donavan Craven, Issac Wimett, Leland French-Dyer

Highlights: Cadwell threw 6⅓ strong innings for the Wildcats in a VPA Division III quarterfinal before Grace came in to close the door for the win over the Galloping Ghosts. WRV played very well defensively. Benoit came up with a number of big plays at shortstop, and Cadwell helped himself making a number of plays on the mound. Offensively the Wildcats had seven hits on the day. Benoit was 2-for-3, Craven was 1-for-2 with a double and a run scored, Grace was 1-for-3 with a run scored, Cadwell finished 2-for-3 with an RBI and Wimett went 1-for-2 with a run scored and an RBI. White River Valley will host BFA-Fairfax in Tuesday’s semifinals at 4:30 p.m.

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Coach’s quote: “The guys played a great game defensively today. I am very proud of them.” — White River Valley’s Devin Cilley

Records: White River Valley 14-0; Randolph 6-12

Girls Lacrosse

Hartford 12, Harwood 8

Key players: Hartford — Madison Barwood (5 goals, 3 assists); Audrey Rupp (4 goals, 3 assists); Hailey Vanesse (2 goals); Nella Bowen (1 goal); Zoe Zanleoni (5 saves)

Highlights: Barwood reached another major milestone in the Hartford High School records, hitting her 300th career point during a very physical quarterfinal game against Harwood. The team overall stayed united to pull off the win to continue on to Tuesday’s semifinals against Woodstock at 4 p.m. at Hartford High School.

Records: Hartford 14-0; Harwood 6-12

Softball

Newport 5, Gilford 0

The Tigers avenged their semifinal loss to the Golden Eagles in last year’s playoffs with the win Sunday in the NHIAA Division III quarterfinals. Newport, the No. 3 seed, will face the No. 2 seed Prospect Mountain in Tuesday’s semifinal at Chase Field in Plymouth, N.H. Prospect beat Belmont, the seventh seed, 3-0 on Sunday.

Prospect (18-1) defeated Newport (16-2) 3-2 on May 12th.