Sports
Local roundup: Woodstock girls hockey rolls over South Burlington
WOODSTOCK — The Woodstock High girls hockey team got a pair of goals and two assists from Kassidy Haley and two goals and an assist from Gracelyn Lapere in 6-0 win over South Burlington on Friday night.Isabel Konijnenberg and Laura Audsley also...
VN’s Rosenberg is NH’s top sportswriter
WEST LEBANON — Valley News staff writer Benjamin Rosenberg has been named New Hampshire Sportswriter of the Year by the National Sports Media Association. Rosenberg, a graduate of Northwestern University, joined the Valley News in October 2021. He is...
Local roundup: Oxbow girls basketball overwhelms Rivendell
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BRADFORD, Vt. — The Oxbow High girls basketball team bounced back emphatically from back-to-back losses, cruising to a 56-7 victory over a rebuilding Rivendell squad on Thursday night.Sophomore Maggi Ellsworth led the Olympians (5-3) with 19 points,...
Rutland settles on ‘Rutland’
By MAGGIE REYNOLDS
Forget the Raiders and forget the Ravens: The Rutland City School Board voted unanimously Tuesday night to make “Rutland” the team name for Rutland High School sports.The vote was the culmination of more than two years of negotiations — and sometimes...
Dartmouth football sending four to Japan all-star affair
HANOVER — The Dartmouth College football team is sending four players to Tokyo for the Japan-U.S. Dream Bowl, which will be played Jan. 22 at the National Stadium, site of the 2020 Olympic Games.The contest will pit a team of Ivy League seniors and...
Local roundup: Hanover boys hockey secures shutout of Exeter
WEST LEBANON — The Hanover High boys hockey team delivered what coach Dick Dodds called the Bears’ best performance of the year in a 2-0 shutout victory over Exeter at Campion Rink on Wednesday night.Jo Jo Drent made 30 saves for Hanover, recording...
Three little sisters fueling Windsor basketball’s quest to repeat
By BENJAMIN ROSENBERG
WINDSOR — Reese and Sydney Perry’s one-on-one driveway basketball games were intense, physical affairs.“We had a rule: That we played until one of us started bleeding or crying,” said Sydney Perry, the younger sister and a junior forward on the...
Local roundup: Offense carries Lebanon boys in win over Kingswood
LEBANON — The Lebanon High boys basketball team put together four complete quarters to earn a quality win, 79-61, over Kingswood on Tuesday night at Lang Metcalf Gym.The Raiders drained 11 3-pointers as a team, with Dawson Bates making four on his way...
Local roundup: Lebanon girls basketball falls to Derryfield
LEBANON — The Lebanon High girls basketball team didn’t leave the Lang Metcalf Gymnasium court during halftime of its NHIAA Division II game against Derryfield on Monday. Instead, the Raiders reran their pregame warmup drills, second-year coach Chris...
Big Green can’t fend off Bears
HANOVER — The Dartmouth College women’s basketball team was in good shape to pick up its first Ivy League win on Saturday evening, scoring 27 points in the third quarter to take a two-point lead over visiting Brown.And then the Big Green’s offense...
Local roundup: Hartford girls hockey ends three-game skid
STOWE, Vt. — The Hartford High girls hockey team got back to its winning ways after a three-game losing streak as Madison Barwood scored twice in a 3-1 defeat of Stowe.While Hurricanes coach Kylie Young was pleased to even the record, she had hoped...
Culture club: Former Lebanon girls hoop coach Kehoe honored with Wooden Award
By BENJAMIN ROSENBERG
LEBANON — Tim Kehoe was never one to relish the spotlight.The longtime Lebanon High girls basketball coach, who stepped down after the 2019-20 season to focus more on his family, was honored at Friday night’s game with the John Wooden Legacy Award....
Local roundup: Cards use big second half to top Windsor
CLAREMONT — The host Stevens High boys basketball team erased a four-point halftime deficit with a second-half eruption to top Windsor, 60-47, on Friday night.The Yellowjackets scored 18 points in the second quarter to build a 29-25 lead at halftime....
For Stevens High’s sole wrestler, there’s no place like home — finally
By BENJAMIN ROSENBERG
CLAREMONT — Anyone walking into Frederick W. Carr Gymnasium at Stevens High on Wednesday evening could make no mistake about who the man of the hour was.Colby Shepard, a Stevens senior, has been wrestling since he was in second grade, through the...
Local roundup: WRV boys beat rival Sharon
SOUTH ROYALTON — The White River Valley boys basketball team used a balanced offensive attack, with five players in double figures, in a 72-42 victory over rival Sharon on Thursday evening.Zack Frary and Wyatt Cadwell led the Wildcats (3-2) with 15...
Lebanon’s Harriman set to be a Hoya
By TRIS WYKES
LEBANON — Birhanu Harriman has grown up in the Upper Valley’s rural serenity, but he’s headed to the big city for the next step in his running career.After a standout fall season, the Lebanon High senior recently committed to Georgetown University in...
Local roundup: Thetford boys hoops edges Windsor
WINDSOR — Despite senior Maison Fortin's 36 points, the Windsor High boys basketball team came up short against Thetford as the Panthers built an 11-point lead in the third quarter and went on to win, 56-52.Leading 29-28 at halftime, Thetford locked...
Hartford freshman Jasmin young in age only
By BENJAMIN ROSENBERG
WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — Charlotte Jasmin started practicing with the Hartford High girls basketball program when she was in fourth grade.The opportunity is open to all young girls in the school district to generate interest in the sport and help feed...
Local roundup: Stevens boys rally for win at rival Newport
NEWPORT — A third-quarter eruption by the visiting Stevens High boys basketball team proved decisive in a 67-53 win at rival Newport on Tuesday night.The hometown Tigers (1-3) built a 36-32 lead at halftime but Stevens (3-2) found another gear in the...
Dartmouth roundup: Women’s hockey wins in return from hiatus
NORTH EASTON, Mass. — Playing its first game in 20 days, the Dartmouth College women’s ice hockey team came from behind to earn a 3-2 victory at Stonehill on Friday. Senior captain Currie Putrah notched the game-winner with less than two minutes...
