Local Roundup: Mountaineers Climb High, Win Third Straight

Sharon — After a lukewarm start to the season, the Whitcomb-Rochester boys soccer team is finally playing with more urgency. Opponents don’t appear to have an answer.

Zak Gillette scored twice and Ambrose Wigglesworth once in the Mountaineers’ 3-0 win at Central Vermont League rival Sharon Academy on Wednesday for Whitchester’s third straight win.

After a 3-3 start, the Mountaineers are 6-3 and have outscored their last three opponents an aggregate 15-1, including back-to-back shutouts.

“We’re playing with intensity and we’re aggressive beating teams to the ball,” Whitcomb-Rochester coach Corey Stearns said.

“(The Phoenix) outshot us 13-10 today, but it was our guys who had many more of the quality chances.”

Gillette fed Wigglesworth for the first goal in the 12th minute, then Gillette scored the next two unassisted, in the 27th and 46th.

It was the third game in five days for Sharon (7-3). “I think that fatigue was a factor,” Phoenix coach Rob Stainton said.

Isaac Hodgdon made 13 saves behind a strong Whitchester defense led by starting four Marcus Sheldon, Liam Walker, Gavin Turner and Damian Burbano-Young.

“Everybody contributed today,” Stearns said. “The starters and the subs.”

Thatcher Morrison made four stops for Sharon, which finally has a few days off before visiting Williamstown on Tuesday.

Whitchester heads to Twinfield on Saturday.

Hanover 2 Nashua North 1 (ot)

Hanover — Jake Acker netted the winner with two minutes left in overtime as the Marauders rallied past the Titans.

Sam Strohbehn’s free kick was redirected by Simon Kahan to the middle, from where Acker was able to send it past Nashua North goalie Brett LeBlanc (nine saves).

Hanover got on the board first late in the first half, when Acker fed Luke Messersmith to make it 1-0 in the 32nd minute.

The Titans’ Joao Santana-Neto tied it up three minutes later, putting the teams back in a deadlock at halftime.

It stayed that way until Acker’s winner, securing a sixth straight victory for Hanover (10-1).

Hans Williams made eight saves for the Marauders in his second game of the season in place of resting Pat Logan.

Hanover hosts Manchester Memorial on Friday night in its homecoming game. Food donations will be collected to benefit The Haven homeless shelter and pantry.

Girls Soccer Leland & Gray 2, Windsor 0

Windsor — The Rebels scored once in each half to get past the Yellowjackets (1-8).

Leland & Gray owned a 21-9 advantage in shots, forcing a strong game from Jacks goalie Kaycee Herschel (15 saves).

Windsor hosts Proctor for its homecoming game Saturday.

Hazen 5, Oxbow 0

Hardwick, Vt. — The Olympians (3-6) fell behind by three goals in the first 20 minutes early on and couldn’t recover.

“We just didn’t show up at the beginning of the game,” O’s coach Charlie Barton said.

Kaysea Neil made seven stops for Oxbow, which was outshot 13-10.

The Olympians are back on the road Saturday, visiting Richford.

Hartford 0Brattleboro 0 (2 ot)

White River Junction — The Hurricanes (4-2-3) and the Colonels (2-6-1) battled to a scoreless draw despite Hartford’s 27-4 shots advantage.

Hartford keeper Morgan White made four saves behind the strong backfield play of Lyndsie Rice, Kaylee Williams, Madison Druge and Maya Bolger-Chen.

Hartford visits Woodstock on Friday.

Field Hockey Woodstock 2 Burr & Burton 0

Woodstock — The Wasps’ Lily D’Anna and Miranda Johnson scored one minute apart early in the first half, and the Wasps (6-3) held on to beat the Bulldogs.

Mariah Luce and Lily Doton had the assists, the latter beating several defenders before setting up Johnson’s strike.

Molly Henne made three saves and Heather Blanchard had a defensive stop for Woodstock, which visits Otter Valley on Saturday.

Franklin 1, Mascoma 0

West Canaan — The Golden Tornadoes scored the game’s lone goal late in the first half on a deflection off a Royal defender’s stick, and Mascoma fell to 5-5-1 despite a 16-2 advantage in shots.

Abby Duhaime made a pair of saves for Mascoma, which hosts Winnisquam on Friday in a rematch of a Royals’ overtime win over the Bears in Tilton, N.H., earlier this season.

Mascenic 3, Newport 1

Newport — The Tigers fell to 1-9.

After Newport surrendered the first goal, Hailey Perry tied it up for the Tigers with 5:48 left in the first half, assisted by Lacey McNeel.

The Vikings, however, answered two minutes later and added an insurance goal in the second half.

Katy Jurado made seven saves for Newport, which plays at Monadnock in a makeup game this afternoon before hosting Hopkinton on senior day Friday.

Monadnock 4, Stevens 0

Claremont — The Cardinals fell to 8-3, while the Huskies improved to 9-0-2. Stevens visits Pembroke on Friday.

Volleyball Mascenic 3, Sunapee 0

Sunapee — The Lakers (8-2) were swept by the Vikings (8-1) in three sets (25-18, 25-12, 25-7).

Elsa Pierson had two aces, for Sunapee, while teammates Abi Downey and Meg Frederick had four kills apiece. The Lakers host Newfound on Friday.

Marlborough 3, Mascoma 0

West Canaan — The Panthers swept with scores of 25-9, 25-7 and 25-12. Mascoma (2-9) visits Pittsfield on Friday.

Cross CountryO’s Run at Lamoille

Hyde Park, Vt. — Oxbow’s Isabella Giesing was third (21:05) in t he girls race and Hannah Giesing sixth (22:08) in a multi-team meet at Lamoille.

Leanne Burgess (33rd), Emily Carson (37th) and Cassidy Pryer (39th) also turned in top-50 finishes to help the Olympians to a third-place finish (98 points) behind Harwood (29) and Montpelier (80).

The Oxbow boys were fifth, led by William Douglas (26th, 19:27), Willy Moreno (36th), Jon Puffer (39th) and Keelan Durham (42nd). Harwood won the meet with 41 points.

Men’s SoccerDartmouth 1, UNH 0

Hanover — Justin Donawa scored in the 71st minute to propel Dartmouth (2-1-5) past New Hampshire (9-2-0).

Donawa scored his second goal of the season when the Bermuda native received a pass from Matt Danilack and sprinted up toward the box, finishing with a hard shot that ended up in the lower left corner of the net.

Big Green keeper James Hickok made three saves.