Sports
Local roundup: Woodstock girls basketball comes from behind to defeat Rivendell
ORFORD — The Woodstock High girls basketball team staged an impressive comeback Monday to knock off homestanding Rivendell, 33-30.The Wasps trailed, 13-0, after a quarter, before puling within 17-14 at halftime. The Raptors led, 26-22, following the...
Batter up: Ex-college baseball player at the helm of Sharon boys basketball
By BENJAMIN ROSENBERG
SHARON — Ben Montenegro is used to having a lot on his plate.A 2021 graduate of Wagner College, Montenegro balanced his academic workload with NCAA Division I baseball at the Staten Island, N.Y., school. So after he moved on to pursue an accelerated...
Bears score early and late
By TRIS WYKES
WEST LEBANON — John Dodds crunched the numbers and made his Hanover High girls ice hockey players aware of them before Monday’s clash with NHIAA Division I rival Bishop Guertin at Campion Rink.“We generally we play them three times a year and going...
Local roundup: Windsor girls still the team to beat in dominating win over WRV
WINDSOR — Sophomore Sophia Rockwood had 24 points, including 14 in the second quarter, to lead the Windsor High girls basketball team to a 56-31 win over White River Valley in a rematch of last year’s VPA Division III semifinals.The Yellowjackets...
From the way-back machine: New Connecticut River Classic tourney brings old CVL back to mind
By BENJAMIN ROSENBERG
There was a time when interstate high school matchups were commonplace in the Upper Valley. The Connecticut Valley League, which featured schools from both sides of the river, pitted the likes of Hanover, Lebanon and Stevens against Hartford, Windsor...
Local roundup: Hartford boys hockey wins holiday tournament
WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — The Hartford High boys hockey team won the 2022 Philippe Bouthillier Holiday Classic, which the Hurricanes hosted at Barwood Arena, with a 5-3 victory Wednesday over Burr & Burton.Hartford’s goals came from Lochlan Park, Joseph...
WRV girls basketball a little bit of everything
By BENJAMIN ROSENBERG
SOUTH ROYALTON — Rather than sticking to a base defense, the White River Valley girls basketball team takes whatever shape it needs depending on the Wildcats’ opponent.Sometimes White River Valley will play a zone, sometimes man-to-man, and sometimes...
Flipping the business: Gymnastics center has new owners
By JUSTIN CAMPFIELD
WILDER — A cornerstone of the Upper Valley youth sports scene has changed hands as longtime Northern Lights Gymnastics owner Jill Vanderpot recently sold the gym to a new ownership group comprised of two current employees and the parents of a...
Singer Noah Kahan makes pitch-perfect return in Hanover High alumni soccer match
By TRIS WYKES
HANOVER — Noah Kahan’s father taught him how to play the guitar around age 8.Around the same time, he suited up for a Stafford rec soccer team and the activities fed off each other as he grew up. Playing for the local Lightning Soccer Club and Hanover...
New coach taking the reins from a legend with Windsor High boys basketball
By BENJAMIN ROSENBERG
WINDSOR — There’s a different vibe inside Harry Ladue Gymnasium as fall turns to winter this year.The Windsor High boys basketball team, like always, is preparing for a new season. But for the first time in 39 years, the gym’s namesake is not leading...
Norwich 13-year-old becomes youngest champ ever in Vt. chess tournament
By LIZ SAUCHELLI
NORWICH — When Walter Chesnut lost a chess match to Alexander Collins at the Vermont Open last weekend, he was pleasantly amazed.“I had not been dismantled so efficiently that way in a very long time,” said Chesnut, who organizes the statewide...
Dartmouth to spend millions to upgrade Nordic skiing trail network
By RAY COUTURE
HANOVER — Dartmouth College last week announced a $5 million plan to improve the trail system and facilities at Oak Hill-Storrs Pond Recreation Area, where the college plans to host the NCAA Skiing Championships in 2025.Project objectives include the...
Lebanon High cross country runner moving toward the next step
By TRIS WYKES
Lebanon High cross country runner Birhanu Harriman exploded onto the Upper Valley running scene last fall, extending his season to the Northeast regional race at Van Cortlandt Park in Bronx, N.Y.College coaches took note of the 5-foot-5, 115-pound...
Leveling a legacy: 75-year-old ski jump demolished at Storrs Hill in Lebanon
By JOHN LIPPMAN
LEBANON — At 8:21 a.m., a crack like rifle fire shot through the cold autumn air, and with one short tug from an 85-horsepower John Deere skidder, the ski jump structure at Storrs Hill Ski Area collapsed into a heap of splintered wood.“I was here at...
East by Northwest: Bristol trades coaching boys soccer in Seattle for Thetford
By BENJAMIN ROSENBERG
THETFORD — Bob Bristol expected to be in Europe right now.After 35 years as a soccer coach, history teacher, dean and athletic director in Washington state, Bristol and his wife, a Dartmouth College alumna, moved to the Upper Valley in May expecting...
Lebanon football falls on hard times
By TRIS WYKES
LEBANON — The Lebanon High tailback received a handoff Saturday night and was met a step later by a trio of Souhegan tacklers. Driven backwards, the hapless Raider wound up beneath five or six opponents and five or six yards behind the line of...
2022 HS cross country preview: Runners going the distance to compete
By BENJAMIN ROSENBERG
From the Thetford girls winning a state championship to the Hanover boys advancing to New Englands, 2021 was a welcome return to normalcy for high school cross country in the Upper Valley. This fall should bring just as much excitement, with new...
2022 HS boys soccer preview: Programs relying on experience
HANOVER Coach: Rob Grabill (17) Last year: 15-2-1 League: NHIAA Division 1 Returnees: Seniors — Ty Nolon (G), Becket McCurdy (D/M), Jack Gardner (F), Jack McGrath (M), Owen Smith (D), Juniors — Carter Guerin (M), Will Guerin (M), Ryder Hayes (M),...
2022 HS girls soccer preview: Schools looking to return to the playoffs
HANOVER Coach: Doug Kennedy (15) Last year: 5-10-2 League: NHIAA Division I Returnees: Seniors — Casey Havrda (F), Mia Madden (M), Riley McGuire (F), Emilia Torresani (F). Juniors — Maeve Lee (M), Sydney McLaughlin (F), Emma Campfield (M), Kiran Park...
2022 HS football preview: Teams looking to build on last season
HANOVER Coach: Sam Cavallaro (8) Last year: 6-4 League: NHIAA Division II Returnees: Seniors — Cam Bonner (TE/DL), Patrick Elder (OL/DL), Montana Hanchett (OL/DL), Matt Brock (RB/LB), Thomas Mosdal (OL/DL). Juniors — Roger Lucas (QB/DB), Jeffrey Vidou...
