Sports
2023 HS indoor track guide
By PATRICK O’GRADY
While track and field competitors participated in cross country and outdoor events during COVID, the indoor track season was cancelled in New Hampshire and was limited in Vermont the last two years. With the pandemic in check, area teams are gearing...
2023 HS swimming guide
By PATRICK O’GRADY
HANOVERCoaches: Head swimming Trent Staats (first season as head coach, second on staff); assistant swimming Linda Bedford (eighth season); assistant swimming Sean Utierwyk (fifth season); head diving Carl Renshaw (fifth season).League: NHIAA Division...
2023 HS bowling guide
By BILL WILKINSON
HartfordCoach: Cean Lieberman (fifth season).League: VPA, Southern Division.Roster: Senior — Hailey Rogers. Sophomores — Joey Gallant, Kara Robinson. Freshmen — Connor Fredholm, Nara Gallagher, Lyndsey Davis.Analysis: Without a local bowling alley...
Local roundup: WRV girls basketball wins sixth straight game
SOUTH ROYALTON — Junior guard Tanner Drury scored 19 points, senior forward Ella Perreault added 16 and senior guard Jillian Barry had 15 as the White River Valley girls basketball team routed visiting Bellows Falls, 65-31, on Wednesday night."Another...
After season-ending injury, Hanover senior Galanes finds ways to have impact on the court
By BENJAMIN ROSENBERG
HANOVER — Stella Galanes feared the worst as soon as she hit the floor.Hanover High’s senior point guard, committed to play women’s basketball at Tufts University, had led the Bears to the NHIAA Division II title last winter. Galanes averaged 18.6...
Mascoma boys have a moment of momentum
By BENJAMIN ROSENBERG
WEST CANAAN — For one side, at least, Monday night’s game was worth the wait.The Mascoma High boys basketball team’s home game against Stevens had been postponed twice because of inclement weather and, along with it, the banner-raising ceremony for...
Back from long break, Bears blank Raiders
By TRIS WYKES
WEST LEBANON — An old rivalry followed its traditional storyline Monday, with the Hanover High girls hockey team beating Lebanon-Stevens-Kearsarge, 6-0, at Campion Rink.Hanover used superior skating and vision to gain the offensive zone, then set up...
Local roundup: Lebanon boys hockey picks up first win
LACONIA, N.H. — The Lebanon-Stevens-Mount Royal boys hockey team won its first game Tuesday, downing Laconia-Winnisquam-InterLakes, 5-2, at Merrill Fay Arena.The Raiders (1-10) scored the game’s first four goals during the first period’s final six...
Local roundup: Oxbow boys basketball struggling on the court but building up roster, fan support
WELLS RIVER, Vt. — The Oxbow High boys basketball team suffered its 11th consecutive loss Monday night, falling 60-24, to host Blue Mountain in a Vermont Division III clash between neighboring rivals.Chase Lund scored seven points for the Olympians...
Big Green relying on big man in victory
By BENJAMIN ROSENBERG
HANOVER — Dame Adelekun entered postgame media availability Saturday wearing the net from the north basket at Leede Arena around his neck.No, Adelekun hadn’t led the Dartmouth College men’s basketball team to an Ivy League championship, although the...
Women’s hockey whips Cornell
A day after suffering a 7-0 defeat at No. 5 Colgate, the Dartmouth College women’s hockey team took down No. 10 Cornell, 5-1, in Ithaca, N.Y. on Saturday.The Big Green held the Raiders scoreless for a period Friday before Colgate exploded for three...
Vermonters learn how to ice fish at Barnard’s Silver Lake
By RAY COUTURE
The northern pike, pumpkinseed, and large- and small-mouth bass resting idly at the bottom of Silver Lake could not have anticipated the barrage of would-be ice fishermen that gathered above them on the slushy-covered frozen surface Saturday...
Local roundup: Hartford boys basketball edges Brattleboro
BRATTLEBORO, Vt. — Brody Tyburski scored seven of his 10 points in the fourth quarter as the Hartford High boys basketball team fought back from a six-point deficit to take the lead with a minute to go and hang on for a 43-42 road win against...
Hundreds of Vermonters learn about ice fishing at Barnard’s Silver Lake
By RAY COUTURE
BARNARD — The northern pike, pumpkinseed and large- and small-mouth bass resting idly at the bottom of Silver Lake could not have anticipated the barrage of would-be ice fishermen that gathered above them on the slushy-covered frozen surface Saturday...
Honesty is the policy for Mascoma’s Young
By TRIS WYKES
WEST CANAAN — Her team’s game finished, Mascoma High girls basketball coach Tonya Young swaddled her sparkly, 5-inch block heels in tissue paper and placed them inside their original cardboard box for safe keeping.The fabulous kicks are purple, as...
Local roundup: A dominant day for Hanover Alpine skiing
NEWBURY, N.H. — The Hanover Alpine ski team swept the slalom and giant slalom team scores for both girls and boys at a five-team meet at Mount Sunapee on Friday.For the girls, the Bears were led by Reilly Loughman (first in the giant slalom and third...
Lebanon, Hanover boys basketball trying to look beyond this winter’s struggles
By TRIS WYKES
HANOVER — Lebanon High and Hanover played ugly boys basketball Thursday night, the archrivals’ intensity leading to poor passing, botched shots and more turnovers than occupy the nearby Co-op Food Store’s pastry section.Balls sailed out of bounds,...
Lebanon School Board approves JV-only football plan
By TRIS WYKES
LEBANON — The Lebanon School Board on Wednesday unanimously approved the high school’s plan to drop its football program to the JV level for the upcoming season.The board also signed off on athletic director Mike Stone’s upcoming attempt to add...
Local roundup: Oxbow girls basketball earns comeback win over U-32
EAST MONTPELIER, Vt. — The Oxbow High girls basketball team erased a nine-point halftime deficit at U-32, storming back for a 45-40 victory on Thursday night.A slow start offensively had the Olympians (8-5) down, 24-15, at halftime. The second half...
Local roundup: Windsor girls basketball completes season sweep of Thetford
WINDSOR — Make it eight consecutive wins for the Windsor High girls basketball team.The Yellowjackets pulled away from Thetford on Tuesday night for a 56-42 victory, snapping the Panthers’ own eight-game winning streak in the process.Junior Sydney...
