Orford
But as the Raptors found out, it’s been tough to hold the Panthers and senior striker Connor Brown down for long, as Thetford found its groove late for a 3-0 victory on Tuesday.
Brown scored twice for Thetford, including a goal with just three minutes left in a largely frustrating first half for the Panthers’ offense. But first-year Thetford coach Mark Weigel said that goal opened the floodgates and gave his team all the confidence it needed.
“We were not playing to our potential in the first half,” Weigel said. “Give credit to Rivendell for disrupting what we wanted to do. But once we scored that goal, and even in the last 10 minutes of the first half, we started to figure things out.”
Erik Lindahl assisted on both of Brown’s goals. Nick Moses scored the insurance goal with 13 minutes remaining in the match, assisted by Dylan Thorburn. Anthony Stoffel made seven saves for the shutout.
Thetford (6-2-1) hosts Lamoille on Friday. The Raptors (3-5-0) are home to Williamstown on Thursday.
South Royalton
Nicholas Howe and Stephen Paige both had two-goal afternoons for SoRo (5-3-0), which has won five of six since an 0-2 start. Connor Lambert also scored for the Royals, with Forrest Pellerin, Michael Hemond and Ryan Jones each earning an assist in the win.
“We got off to a really slow start, but we had a much better second half,” Montano said. “We’ve had a bug going around the team and we were missing three starters. Regardless, we had a poor first half, a much better second half. Mid Vermont Christian is much improved since the last time we saw them.”
Josh King and Daniel Roberts dented the net for MVCS, and goalie Brandan Palmer made seven saves.
SoRo hosts Craftsbury on Saturday. Mid Vermont gets a visit from Christ’s School of Twinfield on Friday.
Jaffrey, n.h.
Spaulding added four assists for a seven-point afternoon. Mitchell Paquette, Logan Bonneau and Coby Hussey all scored goals, Drew Grenier produced four helpers and Sweet chipped in with an assist. Tanner Durkee posted two saves in the Stevens net.
The Cards are home to Hillsboro-Deering on Friday.
Woodsville
Sam Pushee and Adam Cataldo each added goals for the Engineers. Garrett Olsen had an assist, and goalie Cooper Davidson made fives for Woodsville (9-2-0).
“We played solid,” Woodsville head coach Mike Ackerman said. “It wasn’t one of our better games.”
Woodsville hosts Blue Mountain on Thursday.
Sunapee
Will Austin capitalized out of a goalmouth scramble to put Sunapee on the board in the first half. Freshman Darren Hulton popped in his first varsity goal 18 minutes into the second half on a Carson Garland assist.
Sunapee owned a 28-2 advantage in shot attempts and 16-1 in shots on goal, but Houde’s play kept the match close. Will Palin posted a one-save shutout for Sunapee, which hosts Newmarket on Friday evening. The Tigers visit Monadnock on Friday afternoon.
Hardwick, Vt.
Oxbow head coach Barry Emerson pointed to Garrett Gadapee, who had a strong defensive game. “We’ve had a lot of these games,” Emerson said. “We’re just really young.”
The Olympians travel to Richford on Friday.
Sharon
Eleanor Frost and Jasmin Johnson also converted for Sharon (9-0-0), the latter netting her first varsity goal. Lloyd, Frost and Grace Dorman recorded assists, and Abby Levy needed just one save for the shutout.
Amelia Mattrick scored her first goal of the year for Whitchester on a Brianna Hillier pass. Krista Townsend had a busy afternoon in goal, making 16 stops.
Whitchester visits Rivendell on Thursday, with the Raptors serving as Sharon’s guest on Saturday.
Woodsville
Chelsea Paye’s second goal of her varsity career — the other came a shade over a year ago — served as Woodsville’s game-winner, set up by the first of Molly Clough’s two assists. Suzy Bazzell and Sarah Britton scored in the second half for the Engineers.
“I think the kids are actually starting to come together,” Woodsville coach Ann Loud said following the team’s first back-to-back victories. “We talked well. We moved the ball well. We definitely played better than we did in Lisbon.”
The win was Loud’s 100th in her coaching career. Woodsville hosts Blue Mountain on Thursday.
Orford
Regan Covey put Thetford on the board by converting an Arwen Clayton cross midway through the second half. Lily MacVeagh — part of the TA midfield patrol that included Maddie Cross, Sophie Williams, Brooke Horniak, Taylor Hollis and Clayton — added an insurance goal on an unassisted volley in the final 10 minutes.
The result matched a 2-0 Thetford home win over Rivendell from earlier in the season. The Panthers visit U-32 on Thursday, while the Raptors host Whitcomb-Rochester that day.
Woodstock
Olivia Marsicovetere and McKenzie Dalton also scored for the Wasps, with Dalton, Milstone and Alexa Tsouknakis earning assists. With Findeisen and Milstone anchoring the defense, only a shot from the Cosmos’ Taylor Quintin got past Woodstock keeper Brittney Poljacik (seven saves).
Woodstock hosts rival Hartford on Friday.
Sunapee
Sunapee emphasized quick starts to grand effect, scoring three times in the match’s opening 10 minutes and three more times in the first 15 minutes after the interval.
Maddie Austin led the way with a hat trick, Mary Grzanna and Hannah Cooney both struck twice, and Maryann Cousens, Sydney Clark, Jackie Balch, Kate Frederick and Lynnsey Trabka made up the rest of Sunapee’s goal-scoring.
Austin (two), Cousens (two), Frederick, Cooney, Jess Parsons, Suzanne Richard and Ellie Frederick checked off the assist column.
The Lakers face their stiffest test of the season on Friday when undefeated Newmarket visits. Newport has a date with Gilford on Friday.
North Sutton, n.h.
Cate Wagner broke the scoreless deadlock with a 30-yard strike with 15 minutes to play. Sylvie Alexander locked down the win by scoring off an Amelia Lubrano pass with two minutes left for her first goal of the campaign.
“They have a run-and-gun style, and it took us a while to get that under control,” Hanover coach Doug Kennedy said. “We had several very good chances in the first half that we didn’t convert.”
Mahler Meyerrose had a two-save clean sheet for the Marauders, who host Trinity on Friday.
Claremont
Julia Belaire and Kelsey Belisle each recorded helpers. Amber Duford made two saves. Griffin’s final goal was scored with 12 minutes to go in the second half, but Stevens couldn’t complete the comeback.
The Cardinals (8-4-0) travel to Fall Mountain on Friday night.
Conway, n.h.
Mayes scored twice unassisted and earned her hat trick by converting a Molly Pelletier pass. Hannah Bunten notched Lebanon’s other goals, upping her team-best total to nine on the year.
Kaitlin Chamley, Katie Berthasavage and Emily Hunnewell marshaled the defense in front of goaltender Hope Brown (three saves), who came within a Kennett penalty stroke with 30 seconds to play of earning her third straight shutout.
The Raiders visit Kingswood on Thursday.
Hanover
The Cougars scored six minutes into the second half, converting on a penalty corner. Hanover coach Jean Essex pointed to her back line of Allyce Good, Johanna Copeland, Aiden Stone and Hannah Curtis for helping slow Derryfield’s high-powered offense.
Hanover (5-6-0) hosts Lebanon on Saturday.
Quechee
Emily Jasmin had 13 assists and two aces for Mid Vermont Christian. Kelsey Moselle had two kills and three digs. St. Johnsbury swept all three sets, 25-12, 25-17, 25-18.
MVCS travels to South Burlington on Friday.
Laconia, n.h.
The Marauders visit Pelham on Friday.
Boston
Erika Leach and Rachel Fisher produced Colby-Sawyer’s goals. Hartford High graduate Allyse Mullen earned an assist on Leach’s game-opening score.