Lake Placid, n.y.
The 23-year-old West Fairlee native outleaped eight other competitors to win the women’s U.S. Ski Jumping Championship at Lake Placid Olympic Park. Jumping off the facility’s 100-meter ramp, Geraghty-Moats nipped local favorite Nina Lussi by 10 points to win her first national title.
Geraghty-Moats held a slight lead on Lussi through the first of two jumps when her chief rival uncorked a 100-meter jump and a meet-best 134.0 points with her second attempt. Geraghty-Moats answered with the longest jump of the women’s tournament, 102 meters, and her 133.0 points from that effort secured a 250.5-240.5 victory.
“I couldn’t have dreamt of a better day to win my first national title,” Geraghty-Moats said in a U.S. Ski and Snowboard Association news release. “It was a gift to put on a good performance for everyone here in the East that has helped me get to this level. I felt good all weekend, but not 100 percent satisfied with my takeoff until everything clicked for my last jump.”
Both Geraghty-Moats and Lussi have been in Slovenia this summer to do their training. Geraghty-Moats will be back on the United States roster for the FIS Ski Jumping World Cup circuit this winter, beginning in Lillehammer, Norway, on Dec. 1-3.
The Lake Placid tournament coincided with the annual Flaming Leaves Festival at Olympic Park. Utah’s Will Rhoads (280.0 points) won the men’s open division; Thetford’s Aiden Cudhea (49.5) and Lyme’s Evan Nichols (49.0) were 21st and 22nd, respectively, going up against more experienced competition.
Swanzey, n.h.
The Huskies (11-0-2) scored the game’s only goal with 11:30 left in regulation time on a tip-in. Tess Whitney had what coach Patty Deschaine called “an outstanding game” in the Stevens goal.
The Cards close their regular season at home on Wednesday against Mascoma.
White River Junction
Hartford (4-3-4) generated plenty of chances, coach Jeff Acker said, but couldn’t avoid a fourth straight shutout. The Canes, who scored 20 goals in their first seven matches, have gone 0-2-2 since last striking twine in a 5-1 win over Fair Haven on Sept. 28.
“We had chances again, but we’re not getting that last bit of finishing that we need,” Acker said. “I think three games in six days caught up with us. By the end, we were worn out.”
Goalkeeper Morgan White made six saves for Hartford, which hosts Springfield on Thursday evening at Hartford High for senior night.
Swanzey, n.h.
Wentzville, Mo.
A freshman with the Huskies, Hartman notched her first career goal four minutes into the third period of Friday’s 5-0 win at Lindenwood University. One day later, Hartman opened Northeastern’s scoring and later added an assist in a 4-1 defeat of the Lady Lions.
Hartman, who won four straight NHIAA Division I state championships at Hanover to go with two player of the year awards, comes home on Oct. 21 when the Huskies (2-2-0) visit Dartmouth at Thompson Arena in the Big Green’s season opener.
New Haven, Conn.
The Big Green shot 21-over-par 589 for two days, just eight off the pace set by champion Columbia.
Freshman Maddie Nelson shot rounds of 70-74—144 to finish 10th on the par-71 Golf Course at Yale.