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By BENJAMIN ROSENBERG

HANOVER — As a young downhill skier at Storrs Hill, Benton Smith was hitting every possible bump in the snow and trying to get air under him. His instructors noticed this and suggested he try ski jumping.Five years later, Smith, a Canaan resident and...

SOUTH ROYALTON — The White River Valley boys basketball team got a double-double from Brayden Russ with 21 points and 11 rebounds, as well as 20 points from Wyatt Cadwell and 15 from Zander Clark in 67-60 win over Rivendell on Thursday night. The...

By BENJAMIN ROSENBERG

With Hanover and Windsor coming off state titles, it's shaping up to be another exciting year for girls basketball in the Upper Valley. Mascoma, Newport and Stevens are all poised to improve in NHIAA Division III, and White River Valley has a deep...

By BENJAMIN ROSENBERG

No Upper Valley boys basketball teams brought home state championships last winter, but several came close — none more so than White River Valley, which dropped the VPA Division IV title game to Blue Mountain on a buzzer-beating 3-pointer. Rivendell,...

By TRIS WYKES

GIRLSHANOVERCoach: John Dodds (18)Last year: 17-5-1League: NHIAA Division IReturnees: Seniors - Kali McDonnell (D), Mackenzie Liu (F). Juniors - Maeve Lee (F), Rory Seelig (F). Sophomores - J.J. Masland (G), Hannah Gardner (D), Eleanor Bradley (F),...

By BILL WILKINSON

 Alpine SkiingHanoverCoach: Gabi Formankova (17th season).League: NHIAA Division II.Last year: Boys were state champions, girls were runners up.Returners: Seniors — Cam Forbush, Mack Levy, Lilly Clapp, Ashley Cotter, Maeve Crowley, Sadie Higgins,...

By BENJAMIN ROSENBERG

All four Upper Valley wrestling programs are back this winter, with Mascoma aiming for a state title and Lebanon rising quickly. Newport has an entirely new group, while Colby Shepard will fly solo for Stevens.LEBANONCoach: Chauncey Wood (fifth...

By PATRICK O’GRADY

 While track and field competitors participated in cross country and outdoor events during COVID, the indoor track season was cancelled in New Hampshire and was limited in Vermont the last two years. With the pandemic in check, area teams are gearing...

By PATRICK O’GRADY

HANOVERCoaches: Head swimming Trent Staats (first season as head coach, second on staff); assistant swimming Linda Bedford (eighth season); assistant swimming Sean Utierwyk (fifth season); head diving Carl Renshaw (fifth season).League: NHIAA Division...

By BILL WILKINSON

 HartfordCoach: Cean Lieberman (fifth season).League: VPA, Southern Division.Roster: Senior — Hailey Rogers. Sophomores — Joey Gallant, Kara Robinson. Freshmen — Connor Fredholm, Nara Gallagher, Lyndsey Davis.Analysis: Without a local bowling alley...

SOUTH ROYALTON — Junior guard Tanner Drury scored 19 points, senior forward Ella Perreault added 16 and senior guard Jillian Barry had 15 as the White River Valley girls basketball team routed visiting Bellows Falls, 65-31, on Wednesday night."Another...

By BENJAMIN ROSENBERG

HANOVER — Stella Galanes feared the worst as soon as she hit the floor.Hanover High’s senior point guard, committed to play women’s basketball at Tufts University, had led the Bears to the NHIAA Division II title last winter. Galanes averaged 18.6...

By BENJAMIN ROSENBERG

WEST CANAAN — For one side, at least, Monday night’s game was worth the wait.The Mascoma High boys basketball team’s home game against Stevens had been postponed twice because of inclement weather and, along with it, the banner-raising ceremony for...

LACONIA, N.H. — The Lebanon-Stevens-Mount Royal boys hockey team won its first game Tuesday, downing Laconia-Winnisquam-InterLakes, 5-2, at Merrill Fay Arena.The Raiders (1-10) scored the game’s first four goals during the first period’s final six...

WELLS RIVER, Vt. — The Oxbow High boys basketball team suffered its 11th consecutive loss Monday night, falling 60-24, to host Blue Mountain in a Vermont Division III clash between neighboring rivals.Chase Lund scored seven points for the Olympians...

By BENJAMIN ROSENBERG

HANOVER — Dame Adelekun entered postgame media availability Saturday wearing the net from the north basket at Leede Arena around his neck.No, Adelekun hadn’t led the Dartmouth College men’s basketball team to an Ivy League championship, although the...

A day after suffering a 7-0 defeat at No. 5 Colgate, the Dartmouth College women’s hockey team took down No. 10 Cornell, 5-1, in Ithaca, N.Y. on Saturday.The Big Green held the Raiders scoreless for a period Friday before Colgate exploded for three...

BRATTLEBORO, Vt. — Brody Tyburski scored seven of his 10 points in the fourth quarter as the Hartford High boys basketball team fought back from a six-point deficit to take the lead with a minute to go and hang on for a 43-42 road win against...

NEWBURY, N.H. — The Hanover Alpine ski team swept the slalom and giant slalom team scores for both girls and boys at a five-team meet at Mount Sunapee on Friday.For the girls, the Bears were led by Reilly Loughman (first in the giant slalom and third...

EAST MONTPELIER, Vt. — The Oxbow High girls basketball team erased a nine-point halftime deficit at U-32, storming back for a 45-40 victory on Thursday night.A slow start offensively had the Olympians (8-5) down, 24-15, at halftime. The second half...