Lake Placid, n.y. — Lyme’s Evan Nichols didn’t have much down time during the holiday, not given the way he flew over snow in the Adirondacks.

Nichols won a USA Cup Nordic combined competition in Lake Placid last week, one of four competitions in which he competed. A member of the USA Nordic junior national team as well as a competitor for Hanover’s Ford Sayre Ski Council, Nichols also placed high on the list in other ski jumping and Nordic combined events held last week.

Nichols placed second in the jumping portion of the USA Cup Nordic combined with 97 points, just behind fellow national team member Niklas Malacinski. Nichols made up a 10-second gap once on the 1,200-meter cross country route on the Olympic Jumping Center’s upper loop, winning in 11 minutes, 57 seconds to ultimately edge Malacinski by 15 seconds in the final standings.

Nichols was sixth out of 22 competitors in USA Cup jumping action last Thursday, scoring 180.5 points on jumps of 84 and 78 meters. He followed that up by taking eighth out of 28 athletes in the New York Ski Education Foundation’s New Year’s event, which doubled as a trial for the World Junior Nordic Combined Championship, scoring 181.5 points on jumps of 81.5 and 79.5 meters.

One day later, Nichols finished third overall and first among Americans in the NYSEF New Year’s Nordic Combined race on Saturday, ranking third in the jumping portion with 92.5 points before completing the cross country race in 24:05. He trailed only two Chinese athletes in the final rankings.

On the Ice

Squirt Green Extinguishes Flames

West Lebanon — Behind the shutout goaltending of Michael Anderson and Savo Ftorek, the Hanover Squirt Green youth hockey team blanked the Manchester Flames, 3-0, at Campion Rink on Saturday.

After a scoreless first period, Hanover’s Benjamin Fogg got the home team on the scoreboard with an assist from Timothy Rudd. Conor LeRoy’s unassisted goal later in the middle stanza kept the pressure on Manchester.

It remained a two-goal contest until the final seconds when Fogg hit an empty net to clinch the victory. Jackson Southern earned an assist on Fogg’s second goal of the game.

The Wild will host Chittenden-South Burlington for a pair of games at Campion on Sunday.

With Sticks

Indoor Field Hockey

Meriden — At it wraps up one season of high school and adult indoor field hockey, Mascoma Valley Parks and Recreation has another one in the works for January.

All sessions are held in Kimball Union Academy’s Barn facility next door to Akerstrom Arena, with high school play for grades 7-12 from 6:30-7:30 p.m. and adult play from 7:30-8:30 p.m. The cost of the program is expected to remain $10 per night or $30 for the four-week season.

Contact Mascoma Rec or visit their Facebook page for more information.

In the Gym

Wear Out Your TrainerFor a Good Cause

Lebanon — Wayne’s World Elite Fitness Training in Lebanon will link up with a variety of other fitness facilities around the Upper Valley for the Crush Cancer (and Your Trainer) charity fundraiser on Jan. 19.

Five years into the event’s existence, Wayne’s World owner Wayne Burwell and his peers are expanding their reach from two gyms to seven with the hope of raising $20,000 for the Norris Cotton Cancer Center in Lebanon. The event will offer two means for achieving that goal.

Each of the seven facilities will host an open boot camp from 10-11 a.m. At a cost of $20, participants can put in some sweat equity for an hour with their favorite trainers and gyms.

At 11 a.m., the tables get turned. Participants can take a train-your-trainer pledge of $5 per minute, where they get to dictate exercises for their trainers to perform. Train your trainer continues until 3 p.m.

For more information on the event, including a list of participating gyms, or to get involved in the fun and fundraising, contact Burwell at waynesworldeft@gmail.com.

In the Gym, Part Deux

Toddler Open Gym

White River Junction — The Hartford Parks and Recreation Department is bringing back its Toddler Open Gym program on Sunday mornings beginning this weekend.

The program, which will run from 9-10 a.m. at the Dothan Brook School, is open children ages 1-5 along with their parents, grandparents or caregivers. Hartford Rec provides a variety of items for play. Adults must stay with their children during the hour to provide supervision.

Pay is on a drop-in basis at $2 per visitor by purchasing a Toddler Open Gym season pass at $10. The first session will be on Jan. 6 and will continue every Sunday morning through March 10.

Contact Hartford Parks and Rec at 802-295-5036.