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OT goal extends season for Hartford girls hockey
By TRIS WYKES
WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — Exhaustion, illness, injury and overtime. The Hartford High girls hockey team overcame it all Wednesday during its 2-1 defeat of Stowe in a VPA Division II playoff quarterfinal at Barwood Arena.Zoe Zanleoni’s jam-shot goal at...
Local Roundup: Raiders advance to Friday’s girls hockey quarterfinal with Bears
Editor’s note: To have your team’s results included in the Local Roundup, visit https://www.vnews.com/submit-a-score.GIRLS HOCKEY Lebanon-Stevens-Kearsarge 2, St. Thomas Aquinas-Winnacunnet-Dover 0 Key players: Lebanon-Stevens-Kearsarge — Mirabella...
On the Trails: The healing power of the great outdoors
By RANDY RICHARDSON
A good friend once pointed out to me that we never seem to refer to the “great indoors.” Two major surgeries in recent months have powerfully reminded me of just how much my mental and physical health are dependent on being active in the great...
Hartford boys basketball on cusp of first championship in 95 years
By TRIS WYKES
BARRE, Vt. — A recent Hartford High social media post touted T-shirts celebrating the boys basketball team’s advancement to the VPA Division II semifinals. The tongue-in-cheek update claimed they’d been discovered in a box dating to 1984 — the last...
Windsor bowler finishes 11th in state tournament
RUTLAND — Windsor’s Avery Bean finished in 11th place in Saturday’s individual Vermont bowling tournament.Bean threw 202, 179, and 177 in the three games. His teammate, Sam Russell (129, 154, 193) finished in 22nd place among the 32 bowlers competing...
Local Roundup: Thetford boys are Barre-bound after quarterfinal hoops win
Editor’s note: To have your team’s results included in the Local Roundup, visit https://www.vnews.com/submit-a-score.BOYS BASKETBALL Thetford 64, BFA-Fairfax 31 Key players: Thetford — Hunter Clay, Dylan Vance, Mitchell Parkman, Xander Oshoniyi;...
It’s all smiles for WRV boys in hoop quarterfinal
By TRIS WYKES
SOUTH ROYALTON — Any spectator wanting to re-enter Saturday night’s VPA Division III boys basketball quarterfinal game between No. 3 White River Valley and No. 6 Richford got a smiley face inked on the back of one hand.The majority of those in a...
Dartmouth basketball mired at bottom of standings
By TRIS WYKES
HANOVER — One minute, 27 seconds.That’s the extent to which the Dartmouth College men’s basketball team held a lead on Friday night during an 82-69 loss Penn at Leede Arena. Were the Quakers an Ivy League force, the statistic might be somewhat...
Windsor girls basketball looking for third straight state title
By TRIS WYKES
WINDSOR — It’s playoff time, and the Windsor High girls basketball team is rounding into form yet again.The Yellowjackets, back-to-back VPA Division III state champions, blew out Division IV power West Rutland, 53-32, on Thursday, keeping the Golden...
Local Roundup: Hanover’s Maeve Lee reaches 100 career goals in girls hockey win
Editor’s note: To have your team’s results included in the Local Roundup, visit https://www.vnews.com/submit-a-score.GIRLS HOCKEY Hanover 10Oyster River-Portsmouth 1 Key players: Hanover — Maeve Lee (3 goals, 1 assist), Rory Seelig and Rachel Rockmore...
Local Roundup: Hartford, White River Valley open boys basketball playoffs with decisive wins
Editor’s note: To have your team’s results included in the Local Roundup, visit https://www.vnews.com/submit-a-score.BOYS BASKETBALL Hartford 93, Mount St. Joseph 22 Key players: Hartford — Sophomores Ryan Murphy (16 points), Noah Danieli (15 points)...
Hartford boys hockey is battle-tested heading into postseason
By TRIS WYKES
WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — The gamble has worked thus far. Is there a bigger payout to come for the Hartford High boys hockey team?“This program has never played a tougher schedule,” 26th-year Hurricanes coach Todd Bebeau said flatly after Wednesday’s 6-2...
Dartmouth to name football stadium after Buddy Teevens
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HANOVER — Dartmouth College will honor the memory of its winningest football coach by adding his name to its athletic complex next fall.Buddy Teevens, known nationally for his efforts to make football safer, died in September of injuries he had...
Mascoma boys basketball team loses to Saints
By BRANDON BROWN
BOW, N.H. — Revenge is sweet.The St. Thomas Aquinas High School boys basketball team lost to Mascoma in last year’s NHIAA Division III semifinal round, and the second-seeded Saints had their sights set on making sure that wouldn’t be the case two...
Local Roundup: Thetford boys hoops wins VPA D-III tournament opener
Editor’s note: To have your team’s results included in the Local Roundup, visit https://www.vnews.com/submit-a-score.BOYS BASKETBALL Thetford 58, Oxbow 27 Key players: Thetford — Mitchell Parkman, Dylan Vance, Hunter Clay, Dempsey McGovern; Oxbow —...
Local Roundup: Oxbow defeats Montpelier in girls hoops
Editor’s note: To have your team’s results included in the Local Roundup, visit https://www.vnews.com/submit-a-score.GIRLS BASKETBALL Oxbow 42, Montpelier 34 Key players: Oxbow — Braylee Phelps, Anastase Bourgeois, Natalee Spear; Montpelier — Iris...
Woodstock girls basketball focuses on the ‘positives’
By TRIS WYKES
WOODSTOCK — The referee had changed into street clothes after Monday night’s game and was walking out of Woodstock High’s Dailey Gymnasium when he veered off to shake the hand of Wasps girls basketball coach Timmy MacDonnell.“You’re a saint,” the man...
Hanover girls hockey wins 6-0 over Bishop Guertin
By TRIS WYKES
WEST LEBANON — The Hanover High and Bishop Guertin girls hockey teams have staged many a memorable NHIAA game during the past decade, battling for standings position or their playoff lives.Saturday night’s clash at Campion Rink was not a dramatic...
Local roundup: Lebanon boys basketball rallies for win on Senior Night
Boys Basketball Lebanon 59, Hollis Brookline 51 Key players: Lebanon — Nick Brill 20 points, Talan Patkul 16 points Hollis Brookline — Cam Kump 17 points Highlights: Lebanon was down double digits in the first quarter but rallied back on Senior Night....
Stevens High wins bowling championship
By PATRICK O’GRADY
MERRIMACK, N.H. — The Stevens High bowling team won its third NHIAA state championship in the last four years with a thrilling come from behind victory in the semifinal match and a win in the finals against Bishop Guertin that came down to the final...
