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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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

By BENJAMIN ROSENBERG

When Tim Winslow took over the Hanover High boys basketball program prior to the 2000-01 season, it was “unthinkable,” in rival Lebanon head coach Kieth Matte’s words, that the Marauders, as they were then known, would ever win a state championship.It...

By BENJAMIN ROSENBERG

After winning its first NHIAA state championship since 2013, and the first since moving up to Division I, the Hanover High boys tennis team celebrated in style.“We went to Buffalo Wild Wings,” senior Alex Rockmore said. “Is there anything else high...

WORCESTER, Mass. — An extraordinary performance by the Hanover High School girls crew team on Saturday resulted in a silver and two bronze medals at the New England Interscholastic Rowing Association Regatta.“This has never happened in Hanover High...

By BENJAMIN ROSENBERG

WEST CANAAN — Mascoma Regional High School has fired its varsity baseball coach midway through the season after a report of “inappropriate contact with students” and referred the matter to police, according to Superintendent Amanda Isabelle.The...

By BENJAMIN ROSENBERG

Back after a yearlong absence due to the COVID-19 pandemic, several Upper Valley softball squads had seasons to remember in 2021, with Oxbow winning the VPA Division III state title and Windsor and White River Valley in the mix as well. Lebanon may...

By PATRICK O’GRADY

Hanover Coach: Steve McConnell (9th year).League: NHIAA Division II.Last year: 11th at state meet with Ella Maclean, now at Southern Connecticut University, winning the 100-meter dash.Boys’ returners: Seniors — Taj Bagnato, Aidan Peterson, Sebastian...

By BENJAMIN ROSENBERG

LEBANON — There’s no shortage of swimming experience on the Hanover High coaching staff.Head coach Sean Uiterwyk competed at Boston College from 1992-96. Diving coach Carl Renshaw both swam and dove at Carlton College in the 1980s, and Linda Bedford,...