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Jon Farnham grew up in Hanover and first took up ski jumping at age 6 with the Ford Sayre Academy, continuing through his graduation from Hanover High in 1975. He was the Eastern junior national champion in 1974 and ’76, and after a stint in the U.S....

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MONTPELIER — Time is running out on the Upper Valley Nighthawks.Monday afternoon’s 5-4, seven-inning loss to the Vermont Mountaineers at Recreation Field was the Nighthawks’ 13th defeat in their last 16 games, and it was a loss that, had Upper Valley...

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In a hearing at Wednesday evening’s Enfield Planning Board meeting, representatives from Dartmouth College Project Management Services will present plans for a new sailing facility on the shore of Mascoma Lake, to be used by the Big Green sailing...

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WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — Six summers ago, Garrett Nance was a game-day operations intern for the Upper Valley Nighthawks, doing everything from running the scoreboard to putting on the mascot costume.“I was a Division III baseball player, so being able...

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HANOVER — Shannon Hadlock was a center back for the White River Valley girls soccer team. It was as simple as that.The senior anchored the Wildcats’ strong defense last fall, a unit that allowed just nine goals in 16 games. But on the Vermont team for...

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WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — It was equal parts elation and relief when the Upper Valley Nighthawks mobbed Austin Beck in shallow right field after three hours and 40 minutes of baseball on a hot Thursday afternoon at Maxfield Sports Complex.An infielder...

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Six freshly graduated Upper Valley high school senior soccer players will take the field at Hanover High on Saturday for the Lions Twin State Cup games. The event is now in its 48th year and pits top seniors from New Hampshire and Vermont whose high...

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Sarah True was in position to win the Ironman European Championship in 2019, holding the lead less than a half-mile from the finish line.The West Lebanon resident and former two-time Olympian had already been on the course in Frankfurt, Germany, for...

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Until this February, Josh Park was living a normal teenage life.A junior on the Mascoma High track team, Park was unanimously voted the boys’ team captain for the winter indoor season, even though he takes most of his classes online and only attends...

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WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — Eventually, the Upper Valley Nighthawks’ pitching staff was due for a clunker. The surprising part was that it came against the team with the worst record in the New England Collegiate Baseball League.The North Adams SteepleCats...

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Most college volleyball programs aren’t in the market for a new head coach in the late spring.But when Gilad Doron abruptly stepped down from the head job at Dartmouth on May 10 to care for his aging mother in Israel, the Big Green were tasked with...

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HARTFORD — Brian Trottier understood better than just about anyone in the Upper Valley what local sports can mean for both individuals and communities.A versatile athlete growing up in Brattleboro, Vt., Trottier spent 31 years working in athletics at...

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WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — Even before all of the Upper Valley Nighthawks’ pitchers had arrived, the hurlers were carrying the team to a strong start this summer. Now that the staff is nearly complete, opposing New England Collegiate Baseball League...

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WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — Adarius Myers may have played in just 10 games for the Upper Valley Nighthawks at the tail end of the 2022 season, but that was enough time for him to decide he wanted to be back in the Upper Valley this summer.Six games into...

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A visible reminder of Steve Landon’s first stint coaching the Hartford High girls basketball team hangs on the wall at Hanley Gym.In 2012, his sixth season with the Hurricanes, Landon led Hartford to its only state championship in program history....

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CASTLETON, Vt. — Chuck Simmons was reluctant to label his Oxbow High softball program a dynasty when the Olympians won their second straight Vermont Division III state championship last spring.After Oxbow completed a perfect season with a third...

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BURLINGTON — Xander Oshoniyi may have fallen three outs shy of a no-hitter, but leading the Thetford Academy baseball team to its first state championship in 37 years as a freshman still makes for a pretty good Saturday.Oshoniyi baffled the White...

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WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — It’s been a quarter-century since the Hartford High softball team made it this far, and while satisfied, the Hurricanes believe their ride is far from over.Facing a four-run deficit in the third inning of Monday’s resumed...

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BRADFORD, Vt. — Give the Oxbow High softball team an inch, and the Olympians will take a mile.Considering the amount of hard contact Oxbow made in Saturday’s VPA Division III quarterfinal against Windsor, the Yellowjackets played a mostly clean game....

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HANOVER — The head coach is different, and so is two-thirds of the starting singles lineup. But the final destination and opponent for the Hanover High boys tennis team will be the same.The No. 2 seed and defending NHIAA Division I state champion...

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HANOVER — This time, the Hanover High girls tennis team took the more traditional path to the NHIAA Division I semifinals.A year after the Bears, as the No. 6 seed, upset Bedford on the road to reach the last four, Hanover’s 12-2 regular-season record...