Manchester — For the second straight year, Hanover High senior Matti Hartman has drawn the highest praise of the coaches who have spent the winter unsuccessfully trying to slow her down.

Hartman was selected the NHIAA Division I girls hockey player of the year by the New Hampshire High School Hockey Coaches Association over the weekend. She fronts a roster of six Marauders chosen for the D-I all-state girls hockey team, which was released in conjunction with Saturday’s state championship games at Verizon Wireless Arena. Hanover won its seventh straight NHIAA crown and its eight in nine years of state sanctioning with a 4-1 defeat of Berlin-Gorham at Verizon Wireless Arena.

Hartman, linemate Eliza Laycock and defenseman J.J. Taube made the all-state first team. The Marauders also placed three players on the honorable mention squad: blueliner Sarah MacCormick and forwards Cate Wagner and Kelly Brigham.

Hartman had a goal and an assist in Saturday’s win to finish the season with 49 goals and 41 assists. That upped her career tally to 250 points, second in program history only to 2008 Hanover graduate and assistant coach Josie Fisher’s 257.

Runner-up Berlin-Gorham filled out the other first-team spots with goaltender Chelsea Caron, forward Rylie Bennett and defenseman Meagan Accardi. Souhegan’s Kelli Braley was named coach of the year.

The Marauders finished 20-1-2 overall and 18-1-2 in league play. They’ve won 72 straight games against NHIAA opposition dating back to 2012 and graduate five seniors in Hartman, Laycock, Brigham, Julia Montgomery and Ella Williams.

Skaters from Hanover’s boys team and both Lebanon squads were bypassed for all-state honors by the coaches in their respective divisions.

Men’s HockeyKruger Joins Stingrays

North Charleston, s.c. – Dartmouth senior goaltender James Kruger signed to an amateur tryout contract with the ECHL’s South Carolina Stingrays, the team announced Thursday afternoon. Kruger was scheduled to join the team in time for Thursday night’s game with the Atlanta Gladiators and former Big Green teammate Eric Neiley.

The Minnetonka, Minn., native made 44 appearances at Dartmouth with 41 starts with a 20-16-5 career record, a 2.43 goals-against average and a .909 save percentage, the latter figure representing the sixth-best mark in program history. Kruger’s junior campaign was one for the record books, with single-season program standards of a 1.98 GAA and .926 save percentage.

Kruger went 6-4-0 as a senior, splitting time in goal with classmate Charles Grant. The Stingrays are the ECHL affiliate of the Washington Capitals and the AHL’s Hershey Bears.

BaseballNorth Florida 8 Dartmouth 6

Jacksonville, Fla. — Keith Skinner launched a two-run homer to right field in the bottom of the ninth inning as the Ospreys (15-10) swept a two-day set with the Big Green (4-11).

Junior Michael Ketchmark played a big role in Dartmouth’s offense, blasting a pair of home runs for the Big Green’s first two-homer performance in nearly two years. Freshman Mike Brown delivered three hits and Ben Socher added two for Dartmouth, which slapped 11 hits on the afternoon.

The Big Green begins a three-game weekend set at South Florida tonight.