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Football

Woodstock 48, Springfield 8

Key players: Woodstock — Aksel Oates, Vince Petrone, Caeden Perreault, Carter Warren.

Highlights: Oates threw for two passing touchdowns, connecting once with Warren for a 95-yard score and hitting Rowan Larmie on a 17-yard touchdown catch for another, as the Wasps advanced to the VPA Division III championship game. Vince Petrone recorded a pair of 3-yard rushing scores, while Ray Petrone tacked on a 17-yard rush of his own. Perreault and Zane Peach each notched rushing scores as well. No. 2 Woodstock will face No. 4 Otter Valley (an upset winner over No. 1 BFA-Fairfax) in Saturday’s title game at St. Johnsbury Academy.

Records: Woodstock 9-0; Springfield 5-3

Rutland 21, Hartford 14

Key players: Rutland — Noah Bruttomesso, Hank Potter. Hartford — Rex Baning, Tyler Piper, Owen Mock.

Highlights: Baning hauled in two touchdown catches for the Hurricanes, but it wasn’t enough to surpass Bruttomesso’s three total touchdowns, two on the ground and one through the air, in the VPA Division I semifinals.

Records: Rutland 9-1; Hartford 6-4

Girls Soccer

Stevens 1, Hopkinton 0

Key players: Stevens — Audrina Pelton, Payton Ferland, Addison Derosier.

Highlights: Ferland scored Stevens’ lone goal, assisted by Derosier, in its victory over Hopkinton in the NHIAA Division III quarterfinals. The win marked Pelton’s 15th of the season in between the sticks and her 13th shutout.

Coach’s quote: “Great first half. We just couldn’t sustain play against their pressure in the second half. Amazing grit and defensive effort.” — Stevens’ Tim St. Pierre

Records: Stevens 15-3-0; Hopkinton 14-3-1

Boys Soccer

Hanover 1, Merrimack 0 (OT)

Key players: Hanover — Charlie Forbush, Dino Gavetti, Sam Ames, Schuyler Clapp.

Highlights: The Bears advanced to the NHIAA Division I semifinals for the seventh consecutive season after senior captain Forbush converted a penalty kick in sudden-death overtime to beat Merrimack. The two teams battled to a scoreless tie in regulation. Hanover dominated play in the second half and shook off a disallowed goal by Gavetti with five minutes to play. Senior Henry Cotter had four saves to earn his 10th shutout. Backed by senior defenders Ames and Clapp, the Bears have won eight games in a row. Hanover faces top-seeded, undefeated defending champion Bedford in the semifinals at 6:15 p.m. Wednesday at Manchester Memorial High School.

Coach’s quote: “This win required courage and composure. We shook off a slow start and played very well in the second half, keeping our composure when we thought we had it won, and then had to start over. This was a well-deserved victory.” — Hanover’s Rob Grabill

Records: Hanover 14-3-1; Merrimack 10-5-3

Lebanon 2, ConVal 0

Key players: Lebanon — Bode Price, Miles Saunders, Abe Pearson.

Highlights: Saunders opened the scoring in the fifth minute by heading home a beautiful Benji Madory cross. Pearson deftly turned and finished off a Nico Pentella pass 11 minutes into the second half. Price was called upon to make one excellent save in the run of play and was a commanding presence on corner kicks and crosses. Lebanon plays top-seeded Campbell in the NHIAA Division II semfinal round on Tuesday at 6:15 p.m. in Exeter, N.H.

Coach’s quote: “A hard-tackling, fast-paced and highly competitive quarterfinal. Not always the ‘beautiful game,’ but classic playoff soccer. We crafted two excellent goals, one in each half, and matched ConVal’s physicality and determination throughout.” — Lebanon’s Rob Johnstone

Records: Lebanon 9-4-4; ConVal 8-3-6

Cross Country

Hanover, Mascoma have strong performance
at Meet of Champions

Going up against the 39 other cross country teams in the state, the Hanover High girls finished second, just three points behind winner Oyster River, 74-71, among 17 team scores at the Meet of Champions at Alvrine High School in Hudson, N.H., on Saturday.

The Hanover boys were fifth and the Mascoma boys finished 14th among 18 teams scores and 35 teams total.

“The girls went toe-to-toe with Oyster River,” Hanover coach Eric Picconi said. “Megan (Faris) had another amazing race with Lea (Perreard) and Aria (Deeb). Alice (Bell) stepped up today, and Millie (Larrick) was right there in the cavalry.”

Faris was fourth in a field of 142 runners with a time of 18 minutes, 3 seconds. Bell was 14th (18:52), Perreard was 20th (19:08), Larrick 21st (19:11) and Deeb 24th (19:15).

For Hanover boys, Picconi said they hung tough after a fast start in the field of 144 runners and the top seven eclipsed 17 minutes.

“All things considered, there are no complaints, and (sophomore) Ben Groves showed he is one of the star runners to watch next season,” Picconi said. “He ran with command and did not let anyone wrestle that sixth place away from him.”

Groves crossed in 15:36. Mascoma’s Gunner Currier was eighth (15:40).

“Real proud of the performance by the guys today, capping off an undefeated season against Division III schools,” Mascoma coach Rick Currier said. “Individually, Gunner had Mascoma’s highest MOC finish ever and will now turn his focus onto New England’s next Saturday.”

Also running for Hanover were Nandeesh Jain (29th, 16:11), Ryan Faris (43rd, 16:34) and Donovan Van Citters (45th, 16:36). Lebanon’s top finishers were Annalies Hanna (22nd, 19:13) and Ian Kiefer, (81st 17:13). Lebanon did not have team scores.

Boys team scores: Bishop Guertin 64, Pinkerton 78, Nashua North 86, Salem 124, Hanover 134, Keene 204, Coe-Brown 210, Londonderry 223, Oyster River 242, Souhegan 256, Mascoma (14th, 361).

Girls team scores: Oyster River 71, Hanover 74, Exeter 117, Hopkinton 124, Pinkerton 129, Bedford 215, Nashua North 249, Windham 250, Bishop Guertin 252, Plymouth 263.