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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...

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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,...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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....

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....

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

By BENJAMIN ROSENBERG

HANOVER — All it took was Dartmouth’s best big man getting into foul trouble for Cornell to change its plan of attack.The Big Green men’s basketball team trailed the Big Red by just one at halftime in their Ivy League opener on New Year’s Day....

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...

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...