Quechee — The Covered Bridges Half Marathon is turning into Rich Smith’s party, and he’s racing away with the presents.

The Enfield runner won his fifth straight CBHM on Sunday, this time in the rain, and now has six race wins to his credit since 2008 in the 13.1-mile jaunt between Pomfret and Quechee.

Smith, 46, established his lead early on Lebanon’s Harrison Little and stretched it out the rest of the way, winning in a time of 1 hour, 16 minutes, 34 seconds. Smith was the only runner in the field to post splits below 6 minutes per mile.

Lebanon’s Harrison Little, 30, took second in 1:19.00. Windsor’s Phoebe Novello, 22, was right behind in third in 1:19:48 to win the women’s title, with Hanover’s Adam Groff and Derek Dunning, of Northfield, Vt., filling out the top five.

The top 100 finishers and other runners of note can be found in the chart on this page.

On the TrailsSmarts Mountain Tower Project

Lyme — The Colorado-based nonprofit HistoriCorps group is seeking last-minute volunteers of any age or experience to help with the rehabilitation of the Smarts Mountain fire lookout tower next week.

The project will involve five days of backcountry work on the tower and associated cabin. Workers will assemble at the trailead leading to the fire tower on Sunday at 3:30 p.m. for the 2-mile hike to the project site. Volunteers will need to bring their own camping supplies (tent, sleeping bag, pillow, toiletries) and appropriate clothes (sturdy work shoes, long pants, work shirt).

HistoriCorps will provide all meals and snacks for the project, which will run until 1 p.m. on June 17 with eight-hour work schedules planned for each day.

Volunteers can register online at historicorps.org/events/smarts-mountain-2016. For more information, contact marketing and volunteer assistant Jennifer Eberhart at 303-893-4260, ext. 231 or visit www.historicorps.org.

On the PitchFive Make ODP Rosters

Princeton, n.j. — Five Upper Valley girls are headed south this weekend as members of their respective New Hampshire State Olympic Development Program soccer teams.

West Lebanon’s Gracie Gamache and Sally Rainey, North Thetford’s Emma Berard and Anya Jewell, of Springfield, N.H., earned spots on the U14 ODP roster earlier this week. Another girl, White River Junction’s Carolyn North, is on the U15 squad.

Both New Hampshire teams are bound for the Region I tournament in New Jersey this weekend. North’s team will take on Connecticut, West Virginia and Eastern New York in group play. The U14s have games with Eastern Pennsylvania, Maryland and Eastern New York.

Strikers Draw in State Cup

Bedford, n.h. — The Lightning Soccer Club U17 Strikers nearly made a 12th-minute goal hold up, eventually settling for a 1-1 draw with Vermont’s Synergy FC in a New Hampshire State Cup match under the lights on Saturday evening.

Synergy found itself in the New Hampshire tournament for lack of something similar in Vermont. It also found itself in a deficit when Sam Strohbehn received a 40-yard diagonal pass from Henry Kahl and scored for a 1-0 lead early in the match.

The Strikers, top-ranked in their division in New Hampshire, held off the relentless Synergy attack until the visitors converted in the 86th minute for the tie.

Cyclones Win Pair

Meriden — The LSC U9 Cyclones punched home plenty of goals to win a pair of youth soccer matches over the weekend.

On Saturday, the Cyclones received two-goals games from Ronan Przydzielski and Brayden Smith in a 7-2 win over Milford FC. Ryan O’Hern and Roan Palm also scored, as did Zac Garfield on a long-distance free kick, and Patrick Fitzpatrick and Ryan Carroll posted assists.

The Cylclones made it two for two on Sunday by nipping World Cup SC of Nashua, 3-2. Jasper Moore and Safir Mehra led the defense in front of goalkeeper Micah Jacobs, while Smith scored twice and Palm added one more.

Comets Sweep Tournament

Wellesley, Mass. — The LSC U10 Comets rolled to four victories at the Wellesley Tournament over Memorial Day weekend.

Despite the heat, the Comets recorded wins over Needham Warriors (4-1), Mill City (4-2), GPA Mass. West (3-1) and Wellesley United (5-3). Logan Isham, Sawyer Albrecht and Eli Hoffer rotated in goal, with Zach Martsolf-Tan, Kavi Patel, Josh Richards and Kai Kurokawa working well in defense. Noah Branchflower, Veer Patel and Domenico Pentella led the attack.

Last Saturday found the Comets in Hudson, N.H., for a date with Hudson United FC. Norwood Davis stopped an early penalty kick and Kurokawa put the Comets on the board in similar fashion, but LSC went home on the short end of a 4-1 defeat.

Lasers Stay Unbeaten

Amherst, n.h. — The LSC U10 Lasers girls kept an unbeaten streak going with two wins and two draws at the recent Amherst Memorial Day tournament.

The Lasers earned wins of 7-0 over Summit and 3-1 over Warren YSC along a pair of 2-2 ties with CLF Soccer and Raymond Rams. Eliza Wagstaff and Braelyn Park shared the work in goal for the Lasers.

Annabel Clark, Kaelin Fitzpatrick, Svia Russman-Araya, Kiran Park and Sadie Ross had strong tournaments on offense. Ellie Knaus, Sarah Ippolito, Kamdyn Aldrich, Mia Bagnato and Margaret Williams supported the defense.

Cosmos Close With Win

Meriden — The LSC U15 Cosmos closed their spring season by avenging an earlier 4-2 loss to Seacoast United Benfica with a 2-0 shutout win over the weekend.

Showing how much they’d improved since that season-opening defeat, the Cosmos grabbed a 1-0 halftime lead on a goal off a quick break from Patrick Mason. Christo Dragnev added an insurance goal late in the match on a Mason assist.

Jeb Wennrich and Pierce Susco headlined a defense that kept Seacost off the scoreboard.