The Hanover High girls basketball team, playing without three standouts from last season’s team, showed Friday that it’s still a force with which to be reckoned. The Marauders routed visiting Bow, 52-29.
Reserve point guard Maddie McCorkle had 13 points to lead the Marauders during their opener. McCorkle, the daughter of Dartmouth College associate head football coach Sammy McCorkle, saw extensive action with starting point guard Diana Schwarz in foul trouble.
Sophomore Julia Golder had 14 points and 12 rebounds and freshman Willa Parkins had six points and 10 rebounds for Hanover, which features five freshmen and two sophomores on a roster that returns only four players from last season. The top two scorers from that campaign, Silke Milliman and Caroline Merguerian, departed for prep school and another starter, Lois Schwarz, underwent surgery for a torn knee ligament during August.
“Everyone contributed tonight,” said coach Dan O’Rourke, whose team next plays Wednesday against visiting Lebanon. “It’s going to have to be by committee because we have so many young players.”
Freshman Bella Bardales had seven points and classmate Ella Edmonds had five for the Marauders.
Lebanon
Freshman Rebecca Wright had 10 points for Lebanon and Maddie Hastings added eight points. Raiders head coach Tim Kehoe was impressed with the play of sophomore guard Zoe Soule, who had three points.
“She came off the bench and lit it up defensively,” Kehoe said. “She was sort of a catalyst for us.”
The Raiders travel to Hanover for the annual Wechsler Cup doubleheader against the Marauders at 7 p.m. Wednesday.
West Canaan
“I think Monadnock’s the best team we’ll play all year,” said Mascoma coach John Billings. “They started out playing us man-to-man and we were able to spread them out and get some back cuts and nice drives to the basket. Then they switched to a zone and we struggled to hit jump shots and deal with their length and athleticism.”
The Royals, who play Hillsboro-Deering on Jan. 3, were scheduled to compete twice in the Fall Mountain tournament shortly after Christmas. However, that event has been canceled. Stevens and Newport were the other teams on the bill.
Woodsville
“At least we’re no longer averaging more than one per minute,” joked Woodsville coach Russ Wilcox, whose team hosts Colebrook on Tuesday. “We rebounded really well and got lots of second-chance points.”
Junior forward Lily Kinder had 18 points and freshman forward MaKenzie Dennis added seven for the Engineers, who led, 23-14, at halftime.
White River Junction
“At halftime we talked about stepping up our defense, having active hands and rebounding the heck out of the ball,” Guerin said.
Hartford hosts Lyndon on Wednesday.
Northfield, Vt.
Manchester
Sunapee led, 32-4, after the first quarter and 54-12 at the half. Sydney Clark added 15 points, Mary Grzanna had eight points and Katie Frederick scored 10. Coach Tim LaTorra inserted Sunapee’s junior varsity into the game for the fourth quarter.
“We came out firing on all cylinders,” LaTorra said. “Our pressure was working. We were moving the ball.”
The Lakers host Mascenic on Tuesday.
Conway, n.h.
Chris Nulty had 11 points for Lebanon, which visits Hanover at 5:30 p.m on Wednesday.
Bow, n.h.
Hanover was within five points with 90 seconds remaining. It hosts Lebanon on Wednesday at 5:30 p.m.
Clarendon, Vt.
Windsor
“We turned it over and gave them some easy baskets,” said coach Harry Ladue, whose team hosts Mill River on Tuesday.
Montpelier, Vt.
“We forced a few turnovers and went up early,” said coach Joel Carey, whose team led, 16-4, after the opening stanza.
Newport
Newport (1-2) also played without two starters who were missing because of illness and injury. It next competes in the Keene holiday tournament on Dec. 26.
Claremont
Nick O’Brien had 10 points for Stevens, which led, 19-8, after one quarter and entered the fourth quarter up by 10 points. Henri Bourque and Luke Come each contributed five points for the Cardinals, who visit Franklin on Tuesday.
Montreal
Will Engelhardt led the way with 19 points. Duje Radja had 16, Ray Wilson added 12 and Spencer Cline finished with 11 for Kimball Union, which resumes play this morning and continues through the weekend.
Bradford, Vt.
Emerson posted 11 of his game-high 25 points in the third stanza, which Oxbow entered down 30-28 and led 54-49 at the end. The O’s locked down the victory by going 12-for-16 at the charity stripe in the final quarter, led by a 5-for-6 effort from Emerson.
Dakota Smith backed up the offense with 12 points, followed by eight from Lincoln Illsley. Nine different Olympians scored.
Oxbow visits Richford on Thursday.
Salem, n.h.
“We came back after a lethargic start,” said Hanover coach Dick Dodds, whose club surrendered 17 of the game’s first 18 shots.
Luke Ratliff made 22 saves for Hanover, which was outshot, 24-22, during the contest. The Marauders host Nashua South on Thursday.
Brookline, Mass.
Lexi Nottke got KUA on the board off a power-play pass from Liz Colannio. Izzy Hill notched the winning goal, also the man advantage, on assists from Molly Flanagan and Olive Scull.
KUA is scheduled to wrap up the tourney today with games against Middlesex and Rivers.
North Sutton, n.h.
Jennie Morey had Stevens’ best performances by finishing third in the 50 free in 29.13 and third in the 100 freestyle in 1:08.23.
Hanover
The senior from Burtonsville, Md., led the Big Green in tackles (83), tackles for loss (14.5), sacks (nine) and forced fumbles (five). A national per-game leader in all four categories, Orinolade last week was named the Ivy League’s defensive player of the year.
Orimolade is the first Dartmouth All-American player since running back Nick Schwieger landed on the third team in 2011.