Sports
White River Valley loses in semi-finals
By TRIS WYKES
BARRE, Vt. — Two teams of Wildcats clashed in girls basketball Thursday night at the Barre Auditorium. Sadly for Upper Valley fans, the wrong bunch of Felis Silvestris prevailed in the Vermont Division III quarterfinals.Top-seeded Hazen’s 70-49 defeat...
Nonprofit community ski hill sees one of the worst seasons in memory
By FRANCES MIZE
EAST CORINTH — A few weeks ago, Ben Nalette, a freshman alpine skier at Thetford Academy, was using rub-on hard wax to try to coax his skis into better shape for the dicey cover at Northeast Slopes.Rain had made the main face of the hill slick with...
Windsor 46, Richford 33: No. 2 to face No. 1 Hazen in Saturday’s final
By TRIS WYKES
BARRE, Vt. — Saturday’s Vermont Division III girls basketball title game at the Barre Auditorium will be a clash of past and recent champions when Windsor High and Hazen meet at 7:30 p.m.The second-seeded Yellowjackets, who coolly dispatched...
Hanover’s Oak Hill hosts ski championships
Due to the lack of snow and with temperatures approaching 50 degrees on Wednesday, the NHIAA’s Nordic skiing state championships for Divisions I and II were moved from the White Mountains to the 3.8K course of man-made snow at Hanover’s Oak...
Season ends in semifinals for Hanover boys hockey
MANCHESTER — The fifth-seeded Hanover High boys hockey team lost, 5-1, to top-seeded Windham during an NHIAA Division I semifinal on Wednesday at J.F.K Arena.“Windham showed why they are number one,” said Hanover coach Dick Dodds. “They took advantage...
Hartford boys complete hockey sweep for Hurricanes
By TRIS WYKES
BURLINGTON — Hartford High boys hockey coach Todd Bebeau was conducting a postgame interview outside the Hurricanes’ Gutterson Field House locker room Tuesday night when the conversation was interrupted by the exit of a screaming Ezra Mock.The senior,...
Hartford girls hockey wins program’s first state championship
By TRIS WYKES
BURLINGTON — Storylines abounded Tuesday following the Hartford High girls hockey team’s 5-3 defeat of Missisquoi in the VPA Division II title game at Gutterson Field House. It was the 30-year old program’s first state crown.Head coach Kylie Young, a...
Hanover 49, Pembroke 43: Bears use smart, methodical play in semifinal
By ERIC RYNSTON-LOBEL
DURHAM, N.H. — Entering Tuesday night’s Division II boys’ basketball semifinal, the No. 3 Pembroke Spartans (18-3) knew exactly what No. 2 Hanover (19-1) was going to do: run a remarkably methodical offense and play smart, disciplined defense.Pembroke...
Hanover girls shut out Bishop Guertin to advance to NH title game
By TOM KING
CONCORD — The tournament meetings between the Bishop Guertin and Hanover High School girls hockey teams are usually classics, tugging at nerves and emotions every minute.Not this time.No, Tuesday night’s 6-0 Bears semifinal win over the Cardinals at...
Jim Kenyon: Dartmouth not about to give up fight against basketball team’s unionization effort
By JIM KENYON
For everyone who thinks college athletes deserve to get paid for the work they do on behalf of their schools, the 13-2 vote by Dartmouth men’s basketball players to unionize Tuesday was cause for celebration.Unfortunately, Dartmouth President Sian...
Dartmouth men’s basketball team votes to unionize, though steps remain before forming labor union
By JIMMY GOLEN
HANOVER — The Dartmouth men’s basketball team voted to unionize Tuesday in an unprecedented step toward forming the first labor union for college athletes and another attack on the NCAA’s deteriorating amateur business model.In an election supervised...
Windsor’s Bly wraps up his 12-year tenure with Yellowjackets
By PATRICK O’GRADY
COLCHESTER, Vt. — After 12 years of coaching, two state championships and two individual state champions, Windsor bowling coach Steve Bly is stepping down.Bly, who will be succeeded by Cody Warner next year, was given the Joe James Award at Saturday’s...
NLRB official denies Dartmouth request to reopen basketball union case. Players to vote Tuesday
By JIMMY GOLEN
Dartmouth College basketball players remain on schedule to vote Tuesday on whether to form the nation’s first-ever college athletes’ labor union after a National Labor Relations Board official rejected the school’s request to reopen the case.NLRB...
Local Roundup: Hartford boys and girls hockey teams advance to state title games
Editor’s note: To have your team’s results included in the Local Roundup, visit https://www.vnews.com/submit-a-score.GIRLS HOCKEY Hartford 4, Middlebury 1 Key players: Hartford — Braelyn Park, Zoe Zanleoni, Nella Bowen; Middlebury — Ruby Hubbell...
Thetford 57, Hazen 53: Third championship in six years produces a sweet celebration
By TRIS WYKES
BARRE, Vt. — And on the 108th day of the Thetford Academy basketball season, a VPA Division III boys hoop championship was created. How would coach Jason Gray celebrate? “We’re going to go back to the academy to have some cupcakes and Gatorade,” the...
Montpelier 58, Hartford 49: Wait continues for Hurricane boys basketball
By TRIS WYKES
BARRE, Vt. — It will take at least another year to supplant Hartford High’s Whirlwind Five.That’s the nickname given to the last Hurricanes’ boys basketball team to win a state title — in 1929. Sadly for backers of the red, white and blue, that...
NH girls hockey: Lee’s hat trick powers Hanover past Lebanon in state quarterfinal
By TRIS WYKES
WEST LEBANON — Lebanon-Stevens-Kearsarge has its strongest girls hockey team in years. The Raiders, however, don’t have Maeve Lee.Hanover’s star forward posted a hat trick during the Bears’ 3-0 defeat of its neighbor Friday in an NHIAA playoff...
Thetford 60, WRV 58: Epic comeback sends Panthers to state title game
By TRIS WYKES
BARRE, Vt. — The Barre Auditorium’s inner arena was deserted Thursday evening, half an hour after Thetford Academy and White River Valley concluded their Vermont Division III boys basketball playoff semifinal.Silence inside the 85-year old building...
Local Roundup: Hanover, Oxbow advance in girls hoop tourneys
Editor’s note: To have your team’s results included in the Local Roundup, visit https://www.vnews.com/submit-a-score.GIRLS BASKETBALL Hanover 70, Coe Brown 42 Key players: Hanover — Allie McBride (24 points), Claire Starosta (11 points), Nina Marshall...
Hurricanes win rivalry game over Wasps to reach boys hockey semifinal
By TRIS WYKES
WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — There was hacking and whacking Wednesday night when the Hartford High and Woodstock boys hockey teams clashed in a Vermont Division II playoff quarterfinal.The neighboring rivals chirped at each other. They collided in hits...
