Local Roundup: Three Teams Run to MVL Titles

North Springfield, Vt. — Led by a second-place finish from Aaron Mitchell, the Hartford High boys won the Marble Valley League’s B Division cross country championship on Tuesday at the North Springfield Dam. Meanwhile, Windsor’s Morgan McKeen and Evelyn Page finished 2-3 to lead the Yellowjacket girls to their second straight league crown.

Mitchell covered the boys course in 17 minutes, 50 seconds to pace three Hurricanes in the top 10. Lucas Benson claimed ninth for Hartford (19:34), with John Kasten one spot behind him (20:03). Drew Boyce was 12th (23:34) and Thomas Kasten took 32nd (23:24) for the Canes, and all five runners ran in personal-best times. Windsor’s Justin Smith was third with a time of 18:26.

“It was an amazing race today, especially on the boys’ side,” Hartford co-coach Katie Hluchyj said. “Both the boys and girls teams, we saw such improvement over the course of the season.”

Windsor swept to the win in the girls race behind McKeen (22:44) and Page (22:54). Olivia Rockwood (fifth, 23:37) and Belle Moulton (ninth, 24:32) completed Windsor’s tally. Missing a handful of runners due to illness, Hartford took fourth place with Katie Trombley (sixth, 23:52) leading the way.

Hartford and Windsor will compete at Hanover on Friday, with the state championship meet at Thetford Academy set for Oct. 27.

Boys team scores: Hartford 33, Otter Valley 35, MSJ 46, Mil River 69, Long Trail 71, Green Mountain 88, Springfield 122. Windsor: no score.

Girls team scores: Windsor 19, Otter Valley 51, Poultney 59, Hartford 79, Green Mountain 88. Mill River, Springfield, Poultney: no score.

Thetford Boys Take MVL Crown

Westminster, Vt. — The Thetford boys placed three runners in the top 10 and all five in the top 20 to claim the MVL’s A Division championship at Bellows Falls Union High School.

Mount Anthony’s Evan Page (16:31) nipped Woodstock ace Riley Shepherd by one second for the win before Thetford took over. Owen Deffner (16:40) was third, Bel Spelman took eighth (17:30) and Eamon Deffner claimed ninth (17:35) to set the table for TA. Jacob Slaughter (12th, 17:56) and Jason Wolstenholme (19th, 18:34) completed the Panthers’ victory.

Owen Coates placed fourth (17:07) for the Wasps, who were fourth as a team.

Host Bellows Falls dominated the girls race, taking team honors behind freshman winner Abby Broadley (18:53). Sidney Pilot paced third-place Woodstock by finishing in fourth place in 19:40, with Victoria Bassette claiming seventh (20:09). Eloise Silver-Van Meter topped the list for Thetford by placing 11th in 20:59.

Boys team scores: Thetford 51, Mount Anthony 67, Brattleboro 69, Woodstock 101, Bellows Falls 105, Rutland 107, Burr & Burton 294.

Girls team scores: Bellows Falls 35, Brattleboro 78, Woodstock 84, Burr & Burton 90, Mount Anthony 119, Thetford 142, Rutland 159.

Field Hockey

Newport 3, Winnisquam 1

Tilton, n.h. — Tenth-seeded Newport went into the half trailing, 1-0, but came out on top after Maddie Miller scored two second-half goals in an NHIAA Division III tournament upset of No. 7 Winnisquam.

Lacey McNeel sealed the win on a breakaway late in the game. Eliza Bates had two assists, and McNeel and Selena Coronis each had one. Kelsey Wheeler made seven saves to earn her first playoff win.

Newport (8-7-0) travels to second-ranked Hopkinton on Friday.

Windsor 5, Springfield 0

Windsor — Angelina Bigwood set a Windsor single-season record with 22 goals, striking twice in a shutout win over the Cosmos.

Haley Wood owned the former mark of 21 from 2014. She’s currently a senior forward on the Bryant University field hockey team.

Lori Kenyon held the record through the 1980s, before current coach Jody (Farnsworth) Wood claimed it in 1992. Haley Wood is Jody Wood’s daughter.

“To be the player, to be the player’s mom and to be the player’s coach (to own the record) is such a remarkable feeling,” the Windsor coach said in an email. “I am so grateful!”

Peyton Richardson also scored twice for Windsor, which picked up a Hannah Wood goal as well. Winners of four straight, the Jacks (10-3-0) host Otter Valley on Saturday to close the regular season.

Brattleboro 1, Hartford 0

Brattleboro, Vt. — The Colonels nipped Hartford (5-6-2), ending the Hurricanes’ five-game unbeaten streak. The Canes host Burr & Burton on Thursday to close the regular season.

Girls Soccer

Woodstock 2Hartford 1 (2 ot)

Woodstock — The Wasps (7-3-1) struck for the game-winning goal on a 22-yard Sophie Leggett free kick with 6½ minutes left in double overtime for their fourth straight victory.

Woodstock opened the scoring in the 10th minute on a 25-yard Olivia Marsicovetere blast. Hartford forced extra time when Carolyn North converted an Abby Koff corner kick with 12 minutes left in regulation.

After a scoreless opening 10 minutes of extra time, Woodstock’s Novah Conway drew a foul just outside the Hartford penalty area to set up Leggett’s chance. Leggett beat a six-player wall and drove a shot into the low corner of the goal behind Hartford netminder Kaylyn Bills (seven saves).

Woodstock coach Greg LaBella praised his back line of Audrey Eggum, Addie Gray (one assist), Bitty Alexander (in her first varsity start) and Celia Burrington for their defensive work. Twin sisters Ava and Eliza Dotson had key wing midfield roles in the overtime for the Wasps.

Hartford hosts Springfield today. Woodstock goes to Rivendell on Thursday, then closes MVL play at home against Springfield on Saturday night.

Woodsville 1, Profile 0

Woodsville — The Engineers (10-4-0) avenged an earlier defeat to the Patriots (12-2-1) on an Olivia Sarkis goal with 3:28 left in regulation.

Sarah Britton set up Sarkis’ goal with a pass from the corner. Sarkis settled the bouncing ball before turning and delivering the only strike of the match from 17 yards out.

McKenzie Dennis posted a six-save shutout. Woodsville visits Groveton for a makeup contest today, then hosts Gorham in its regular-season finale on Friday.

Thetford 3Northfield-W’town 1

Northfield, Vt. — Madi Powers notched a pair of goals as the Panthers (9-1-1) pulled away for a road victory.

Casey MacVeagh opened the scoring for Thetford before Powers took over. MacVeagh posted an assist on Power’s second strike. Northfield-Williamstown solved TA goalkeeper Emma Berard (four saves) in the second half but couldn’t repeat the feat.

U-32 pays the Panthers a visit on Friday.

Oxbow 2, Enosburg Falls 1

Enosburg Falls, Vt. — Zoe Barton scored twice, including on a penalty kick, to lead Oxbow to a road win.

Melanie Neil had the game’s only assist. Mason Tomlinson made three saves for the Olympians.

Oxbow (11-1-0) hosts Richford on Friday.

Rivendell 4, Blue Mountain 0

Orford — Kendyl Boisvert and Emily Hebb split the scoring for the Raptors (10-2-0), and goalkeepers Cora Day and Shauna Simmons combined on a three-save shutout.

Mikayla Stever and Elizabeth Noyes each contributed an assist for Rivendell, which bounced back from a three-goal weekend loss to Woodstock. The Raptors and Wasps reunite in Orford on Thursday.

Hinsdale 3, Mount Royal 1

Hinsdale n.h. — Alexis Matte scored Mount Royal’s only goal as the Knights fell on the road.

Jacinta Hogan had the assist. Sophie LaRose made five saves in net, and youngster sister Evalynn LaRose made three saves.

Mount Royal (3-11-1) travels to Portsmouth Christian on Friday.

Bow 2, Hanover 1

Hanover — The NHIAA Division II-leading Falcons (13-1-0) got away with a win when a long drive slipped into the Hanover net with 20 seconds remaining in the match.

Bow scored 11 minutes in on a free kick, to which Hanover answered when Charlotte Johnson converted Pepper Joseph’s corner-kick assist in the 76th minute. Bella Bardales finished with seven saves for the Marauders.

Hanover, which shared third place in D-II, visits John Stark on Thursday and Lebanon on Friday.

Boys Soccer

Sharon 4, Twinfield 1

Cabot, Vt. — Olly Skeet-Browning notched his fifth hat trick of season and upped his team-leading goal account to 21 to lead the Phoenix (4-8-1) to a win over the Trojans in a game played at the Cabot School.

Riley Eastman got Sharon on the board in the ninth minute, finishing a Skeet-Browning pass. The junior midfielder did the rest of the scoring from there, converting a 19th-minute penalty kick, knocking home an Ever Toffel feed in the 28th minute and completing his trifecta on an unassisted strike in the final two minutes of regulation. Twinfield scored on a Remy Maas goal in the 36th minute but missed a PK in the 48th.

Ben Rodis stopped seven shots for TSA, which hosts Twinfield to close the regular season on Thursday.

Rivendell 7, Craftsbury 0

Orford — Zach Gould’s three-goal, one-assist day set the tone for the Raptors (11-2-0), who will be no worse than the second seed for the start of the VPA Division IV state tournament next week.

Johnny Vogelien (two goals, one assist) and Charlie Bradley (one goal, two assists) both had three-point days to back up Gould. Merle Russell scored Rivendell’s other goal, and freshman Chris Pierce added an assist for his first varsity point.

Zach Dexter and Owen Mansur shared an eight-save shutout for the Raptors, who host Danville on Thursday.

Woodstock 6, Fair Haven 0

Fair Haven, Vt. — The Wasps (8-3-1) piled all of their goals into the first half in a dominant performance.

Min Purvis struck twice on restarts, on a penalty kick and a direct kick, to pace the visitors. Isaac Emery, Emilio Montano and Taylor Plourde also scored for Woodstock, which picked up its other score on an own goal following an Emery delivery.

Alex Rice earned his portion of the shutout with two second-half saves following a rocking-chair opening half for starting netminder Steven Bianchi.

The Wasps carry a four-match winning streak into Thursday’s senior night contest with Mill River.

InterLakes 2, Mascoma 1

Meredith, n.h. — Possession and control didn’t amount to a badly needed win for the Royals (5-10-0), who remain on the outside looking in at the NHIAA Division III tournament with one game to play.

Mascoma held a 20-10 edge in shots, managing just a Dylan Pelton goal in the final minute of play. Garrett Davis and Ben Seiler earned assists. Eli Dupigny scored both InterLakes goals on breakaways.

“We had to win tonight,” Mascoma coach Keli Green said. “I’d like to end the season on a high note. We were playing tremendous soccer three weeks ago, (but) we hit a slump.”

Mascoma, which has dropped its last six matches, closes with Winnisquam at home today.

Franklin 4, Newport 1

Newport — The Golden Tornadoes capitalized on a muddy Newport goal area for a pair of first-half strikes en route to a win over the Tigers (4-10-1).

Isaac Lafayette scored Newport’s lone goal, on a second-half assist from Cooper Skarin. Garrett Harold “did a great job in goal going after the ball,” Newport coach Caleb Godwin noted, with a slick surface playing a role in at least one Franklin score.

Concord Christian visits Newport to close the regular season on Thursday.

Burr & Burton 5Hartford 0

White River Junction — Hartford struggled to get the offense going in a senior night loss.

“The seniors worked extremely hard throughout the year, played really hard tonight; we want to commend them on their commitment throughout their careers,” Hartford coach Kevin Guilbault said.

Hartford (4-9-0) travel to Mount Anthony on Thursday to end their regular season.

Coe-Brown 3, Stevens 0

Northwood, n.h. — Stevens made a couple early mistakes upon which Coe-Brown capitalized in a shutout win.

Cooper Moote made seven saves for the Cardinals.

Stevens (3-10-2) hosts Kingswood on Thursday to finish its season.

Profile 3, Woodsville 1

Woodsville — Corey Bemis accounted for the Engineers’ only goal, scoring on an Alex Enderson pass in a loss to the Patriots.

Isaac Frost kept Woodsville in the contest, making 14 saves in the goal. The Engineers visit Groveton this afternoon.

Pembroke 1, Lebanon 0

Pembroke, n.h. — The Raiders (8-6-0) began a season-wrapping three-game road trip with a shutout loss to the Spartans. Lebanon visits Coe-Brown on Thursday.

Men’s Soccer

Dartmouth 0, Lehigh 0 (2 ot)

Hanover — The Big Green (4-4-5) kept up its unblemished mark in overtime contests, holding Patriot League-leading Lehigh to a scoreless draw at Whitey Burnham Field.

Dartmouth is now 3-0-5 in games lasting past the regulation 90 minutes. Freshman goalkeeper Alex Budnik posted a five-save shutout in his first Big Green start. Defenders Jordan McNair, Ohad Yahalom, Garrett Scott, Jordan Bailon, Mothibi Penn-Kekana and Steven Hadley also had strong games in holding down the Mountain Hawks (7-5-2).

Dartmouth visits Columbia on Friday night.

Men’s Basketball

Big Green PickedFor Ivy Basement

Hanover — The Big Green is expected to finish last in the Ivy League for a second straight season, if the league’s annual preseason poll is to be believed.

Dartmouth earned just 21 points in Tuesday’s survey to trail its seven league partners. Harvard took 12 of 18 first-place votes to hold down the top spot with 137 points. Penn claimed five first-place ballots and 122 points, and Yale drew the remaining first-place vote and 115 points. Princeton (92), Brown (64), Cornell (54) and Columbia 43) completed the poll.

Dartmouth opens its campaign on Nov. 6 against Newbury College.

Men’s Tennis

Broom Makes ITA Finals

Princeton, n.j. — Dartmouth junior Charlie Broom reached the finals of the ITA Northeast Regional Championship, falling to Cornell’s David Volfson but clinching a spot in next month’s ITA National Fall Championship.

Broom defeated Columbia’s Jack Mingjie Lin, 6-4, 6-3, in the semifinals before dropping a 7-5, 6-3 decision to Volfson. Broom is the first Dartmouth player to make the ITA Fall finals since Dovydas Sakinis in 2015.

Dartmouth hosts the Dartmouth Invitational this weekend.