Recreation Briefs: Former Raider Captures Skip Matthews Run

Lebanon — Nineteen-year-old Josh Fontaine, of Lebanon, won the annual Skip Matthews Memorial Father’s Day Run 4-miler in downtown Lebanon with a time of 20 minutes, 55 seconds, on Sunday.

Fontaine — a 2015 Lebanon High graduate and former runner for the Raiders’ track and field and cross country teams — had a pace of 5:14 to edge 33-year-old Neal Graves, of Stowe, Vt., by 16 seconds.

Upper Valley residents captured 17 of the next 18 spots, led by Canaan’s Joel Burnett (third; 22:16), Enfield’s Rich Smith (fourth; 22:33) and Matthew Ozahowski, of Thetford (fifth 22:36).

Hanover’s Kevin Hartstein and Lebanon’s Dan Shea (both 22:42), Orford’s Liam Fleming (22:47), East Thetford’s Alex Hall (22:51) and Hanover’s Rob Edson (22:55) rounded off the top 10.

The race’s female winner was 24-year-old Lydia Gill, also of Lebanon, who was 25th overall in 6:29.

Snow Wins Eastman Triathlon

Grantham — Gary Snow, of Grantham, won in his hometown during the annual Eastman Splash, Mash & Dash Sprint Triathlon on Saturday. Snow, a Crohn’s Disease patient and veteran of the Ironman World Championships, completed the -mile swim, 12-mile bike ride and 3.1-mile run in 1:04:26. It was more than a minute faster than runner-up Josh Beck (1:05:37).

Upper Valley Running Club had a number of strong finishers, including Greg Hagley (fifth; 1:06:29), Thomas Gessner (seventh; 1:07:19), Jeff Reed (13th; 1:11:07) and Felix Herron (21st; 1:14:25).

UVRC’s Pam Aman (26th; 1:15:53), Tom Moore (29th; 1:17:18), Michael Herron (37th; 1:19:52), Michael Libuda (40th; 1:20:32), Gillian Sowden (52nd; 1:24:05), Melissa Herman (87th; 1:33:31) and Peter Wild (93rd; 1:34:45) also placed in the top 100.

Harbeck Wins West Windsor 5 & 10

Brownsville — Lebanon residents also took the first two spots of the annual West Windsor 5 and Dime 10K at the Old Mount Ascutney Ski Area on Saturday, Eric Harbeck (51:14) edging fellow male 20-29 entrant Brandon Baker by 13 seconds.

Greenfield, Mass.’s Ray Drewitz was third in 51:55, followed by Adam Sharp, of Sunapee (53:19); Peter Harris, of Hartland (53:42); Luke Tkaczyk, of Northwood, N.H. (54:02); Breckenridge, Colo.’s Mark Hurlbert (54:09); Alex Hall, of East Thetford (54:18); Michael Perkins, of Concord (54:33) and Lebanon’s Grant Fortier (54:57) in the top 10.

The first female to finish was Winooksi, Vt.’s Laura Abbene, in 1:00:05.

Hartstein 40th on Mt. Washington

Pinkham Notch, n.h. — White River Junction’s Kevin Hartstein placed 40th of 1,153 finishers at the 56th Mount Washington Road Race on Saturday. Hartstein, a UVRC runner, completed the grueling 7.6-mile run from Washington’s base to summit in 1:17:26.

Other UVRC in the top 200 included Hanover’s Dorcas Wonsavage (139th; 1:31:22), Enfield’s Len Hall (153rd; 1:32:31), Auburn, N.H.’s Bob Mulvaney (172nd; 1:34:21), Piermont’s Michael Musty (179th; 1:34:06) and Freedom, N.H.’s Lydia Gill (195th; 1:35:47).

Rach Palos, Calif.’s Peter Gonnerman (223rd; 1:38:02), White River Junction’s David Rapp (233rd; 1:38:35), Canaan’s James Burnett (25th; 1:40:32) and Meriden’s Chuck Landry (296th; 1:43:33) cracked the top 300 while representing UVRC.

On the DiamondDrillers Capture Tournament

Hanover — The Dresden Drillers bettered the Dresden Thunder, 8-3, in the championship game of the Lebanon U12 baseball tournarnament at Thompson Terrace last Thursday.

Ben Williams and Casey Graham smashed back-to-back home runs for the Drillers, who received solid pitching from Lachlan Simmers and Charlie Bell.

Josh Bucci, Jared Licht, Zhiwen Liu, Ryan Malloy, Curtis Rice, Ian Smith and Matt Walsh all made contributions for the Drillers, comprised of players from Hanover, Norwich and Thetford.

Also during the tournament, the Lebanon White Sox defeated the Lebanon Cubs, the Drillers beat the Dresden Longhorns and the Thunder beat the White Sox to set up the championship game.

Lebanon Firefighter
Playing in CHaD Game

Manchester — Lebanon firefighter Jon Copeland has joined the roster of the Fire team for the upcoming CHaD Battle of the Badges baseball game set for Aug. 28 at Northeast Delta Dental Stadium.

The game marks a return for Copeland, who has played on the Fire roster against its Police rivals since the CHaD game began.

In all, 45 players representing 35 departments around the state have made the commitment to raise a minimum of $1,000 for the Children’s Hospital at Dartmouth in order to participate in the event.

August’s matchup will be the sixth since the game’s inception, with Team Police holding a 3-2 edge in the series. Team Fire has been the top fundraising squad in four of the previous five years, including last year when the team raised nearly $27,000.

Including player efforts, sponsorships, donations and ticket purchases, last year’s game raised more than $62,000. Tickets for this summer’s contest are $10, with children ages 10 and younger getting in for free.

Visit www.CHaDbaseball.org for more information.

At the PoolSchool’s Out at UVAC

White River Junction — The Upper Valley Aquatic Center is celebrating summer with its School’s Out Celebration event Saturday from 10 a.m.-2 p.m.

Activities include face painting, duck decorating, a duck derby, “Touch-a-Truck,” slides and tubes. Free services include a wellness check in with Alex Peck Day Memorial Hospital staff as well as yoga, chair massage, and weekend warrior and spinning classes.

Food includes cake, barbecue and a cake and pie auction, while the day ends with a squirt gun fight (bring your own squirt gun) from 1-2 p.m.

For more information, contact Lisa Vallejo Sorensen at lvs@uvacswim.org or 802-296-2850 ext. 111.

On the TeeMunson Tournament Upcoming

Fairlee — The fourth edition of the Doc Munson Memorial Golf Tournament to benefit area youth sports programs will take place on July 10 at Lake Morey Country Club. Last year’s tournament raised $5,000 that went to a variety of causes in and around Bradford, Vt., and Woodsville. This year’s tourney will be an 18-hole scramble for two-player teams, with a 1 p.m. tee time. Four divisions of play will be set up for golfers of all abilities.

To sign up, contact Bob Munson at 802-222-9622. Tournament organizers are also still accepting applications for scholarships through the tournament. To apply or learn more, send a letter to Bob and Kathy Munson, P.O. Box 331, Bradford, VT 05033.

With a Stick

Lions Club Clinic

Hanover — The Hanover Lions Club will hold a free youth boys lacrosse clinic in conjunction with its annual Byrne Cup Twin State All-Star Lacrosse Games on Saturday at Hanover High School.

While the top graduating seniors from Vermont and New Hampshire compete at Merriman-Branch Field, members of the Dartmouth College men’s lacrosse team will stage the clinic on Hanover High’s upper grass field from 1-2:30 p.m. The clinic is open to boys in grades 3-8, and each player should bring equipment including sticks, helmets, arm and shoulder pads, a mouth guard and gloves. Participants are welcome to stay afterward and attend the all-star games as guests of the Lions Club.

Clinic reservations are requested for planning purposes. Contact Star Johnson at star@starjohnsonrealtor.com or 603-381-8603 to reserve a clinic slot.