LEBANON — The 41st Karp’s Klassic youth and adult basketball tournament at the Carter Community Building Association is seeking teams for March’s event.
The youth tourney runs from March 5-21, with the adult divisions following on March 22-28. The youth tournament is divided grades 3-4, 5-6 and 7-8 for boys and girls. There is a two-game guarantee for all teams entered in either youth or adult play.
The cost to enter is $125 for youth and town teams and $175 for adults. The entry deadline is Feb. 12, and entry fees are nonrefundable.
All games will be held at the CCBA’s Witherell Recreation Center, and proceeds go toward the Longhorns AAU program. For more information, contact tournament directors Paul Karp at 603-448-5166, Rich Tobin at 603-448-2267 or Larry Chiasson at 603-448-4273, or reach the CCBA’s Kevin Talcott at 603-448-6477.
WESTFIELD, Mass. — The Hanover Squirt White youth hockey team went 4-0-1 to win the Fire & Ice Invitational over the Martin Luther King holiday weekend.
After opening play with a 1-1 tie against Rochester, N.H., the Wild proceeded to sweep to wins over the Westfield Junior Bombers (13-0) and Pioneer Valley (Mass.) Lightning (3-0) to make the semifinals. The Wild beat the Schenectady (N.Y.) Chargers, 4-0), to get a title-game rematch with Rochester.
Hanover rolled to a 5-1 win in the final to claim tournament honors. Goaltenders Nunu Mayer and Bryce Morancy starred all weekend for the Wild, allowing just two goals.
ST. ALBANS, Vt. — The Upper Valley Storm sent two travel-level Mite teams to the Andrew Irving Jamboree at the Collins-Perley Sports Complex on Jan. 4-5.
The Storm sent teams into the Gold and Platinum divisions. The Gold squad went 4-2-0, earning four straight wins to close the tournament.
The Platinum team won its championship with a 5-0-1 record, edging Brattleboro in an overtime semifinal before beating Chittenden-South Burlington in the title contest.
TROY, N.Y. — The Upper Valley Aquatic Club earned 17 gold medals and swimmers brought home five high-point trophies from the Starfish Trophy Invitational meet on Jan. 3-5.
Norwich’s Kate Bartlett, Hanover’s Rosie Keith, Hanover’s Maggie and Grace Wenger and Lyme’s Aiden Caulfield all had the top point tallies in the respective divisions. Bartlett won the 50-meter freestyle and 50 butterfly in her girls age gruop. Caulfield won the same honor for boys, claiming the 50 and 100 free along the way.
Keith took the high points for her division, grabbing wins in the 50 and 100 free, 100 fly and 400 individual medley. Grace Wenger amassed seven wins — 200 IM, 200 fly, 200 free, 50 free, 100 fly, 100 free, 500 free) en route to her high-points award, and Maggie Wenger secured hers with a 200 breastroke win and three runner-up results.
UVAC swimmers accumulated 15 silver medals and eight bronzes as well.
GILFORD, N.H. — Ford Sayre’s Schuyler Clapp and Zachary Tracy took the top two spots in the boys U14 division at Gunstock’s Gus Pitou Memorial giant slalom on Sunday.
Clapp skied to the victory in a two-run time of 1 minutes, 22.97 seconds. Tracy was close behind in 1:23.37. Ty Christensen joined them in the top 10 (ninth, 1:27.32), and four other FSSC competitors filled spots 11-15.
Ford Sayre also had two runners-up in two other divisions.
Ben Ames (1:30.90) took second place in the boys U12 division behind Pats Peak’s Alex Schoenfeld, and Allie Vogelien (1:e2.86) took second to Gunstock’s Teagan Peabody among U12 girls.
Nora Holmes (fourth, 1:34.95) and Lila Muirhead (seventh, 1:37.67) joined Vogelien in the U12 girls top 10. Hailey Pastel (eighth, 1:32.62) had the top Ford Sayre result in the girls U14 races. Hayden Clapp ended up fifth (1:31.82) in the boys U12 division.
HANOVER — In conjunction with National Girls and Women in Sports Day, Dartmouth athletics will hold its sixth girls sports clinic on Feb. 22 from 1:30-2:30 p.m. at Leverone Field House.
The clinic is open to girls from kindergarten through eighth grade and will provide participants with the chance to learn skills in a variety of sports, with Big Green athletes serving as instructors. On-site registration is free and begins at 1 p.m.
Each participant will receive a Dartmouth water bottle, a ticket to the Big Green’s Senior Day women’s hockey game with Clarkson later that afternoon and a ticket to the Feb. 29 Dartmouth-Columbia women’s basketball game.
Online advance registration is also available at dartmouthsports.com/ngwsd.
BOXBOROUGH, Mass. — Newport’s Rising Sun Martial Arts earned recognition for five state championships at Saturday’s IPPONE/TSMAA/SMART awards banquet.
Newport’s Richard Cota, Sunapee’s Amelia Gallup and Bradford, N.H.’s Evan Miller all were recognized as forms and fighting state champs by the Twin State Martial Arts Association. Brent and Calla Baker, father and daughter from Newport, were named Triple Crown champions for forms, fighting and weapons forms. The Bakers were also named competitors of the year by TSMAA.
The Independent Promoters and Practitioners of New England honored Gallup with fourth place in women’s black belt fighting. The IPPONE also tabbed Cota for second place in senior men’s intermediate forms and fighting.
QUECHEE — The Hartford Parks and Recreation Department still has vacancies for two more ice fishing clinics scheduled for next month.
Both clinics will take place at Dewey’s Pond in Quechee. The first, on Feb. 1, runs from 8:30 a.m.-noon and will be held in conjunction with the department’s annual Youth Ice Fishing Derby. The other clinic is on Feb. 18 from 9 a.m.-noon. The clinics are family-oriented: Adults must bring a child, and any children be accompanied by an adult. All participants will get to learn the basics of ice fishing, including ice safety and how to accurately determine ice thickness.
All equipment is provided, and there is no charge to participate. Pre-registration is required, however, through hartfordvt.myrec.com or by calling 802-295-5036.
QUECHEE — The Hartford Parks and Recreation Department will hold its annual Youth Ice Fishing Derby on Dewey’s Pond on Feb. 1.
The 19th edition of this popular annual event will see children placed in age-appropriate divisions based on the number of participants. From there, youths will hit the ice to earn prizes for their catches.
Food, refreshments, fishing holes, bait and a limited amount of equipment will be provided. Pre-registration is highly encouraged through hartfordvt.myrec.com or by calling 802-295-5036. Day-of registration is available at the welcome tent. Should weather intervene, the makeup date will be Feb. 8.
ON THE SNOW
LEBANON — With winter here, it won’t be long until Lebanon Rec hits the Alice Peck Day trails for a series of snowshoe hikes.
The treks are slated for Feb. 7, 14 and 21, each going from 10 a.m.-noon. Hikers will meet at the APD trailhead. Participants should dress for the conditions and include snacks, water and any other equipment required, including snowshoes or Yak-traks.
Each hike is free of charge and requires a minimum of three people to go forward. Contact Lebanon Rec at 603-448-5121 for more information or to sign up.
WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — The Patriots may be out of the running for the Super Bowl, but runners will be warming up for the Feb. 2 game by taking part in the seventh RedZone 5K run and walk at the Dothan Brook School.
Participants will follow an out-and-back route from the school to Wilder and back. All are encouraged to wear their favorite football attire, with awards to category winners in all age groups. The RedZone 5K is a family-, stroller- and pet-friendly.
The race starts at 10:30 a.m. Advance registration (via runreg.com) is $10 for adults and $8 for children ages 14 and under. Day-of-race registration is $20. Proceeds from the race benefit the department’s scholarship program.
For more information, call Hartford Parks and Rec at 802-295-5036.
FAIRLEE — The Upper Valley Trails Alliance has rescheduled its annual UVTA Skate-a-thon for Feb. 16 on the Lake Morey Skating Trail.
The skate goes from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. on the lake’s 4.5-mile loop route. The entry fee gets participants free Nordic skate rentals (on a limited, first-come-first-served basis), hot chocolate, soup, lunch from Boloco and raffle tickets for prizes. Skaters can earn an additional raffle ticket for each lap they complete.
Tickets are available online through UVTA’s website, www.uvtrails.org, and they can also be purchased at the Lake Morey Resort on the day of the event. Students get to join for free if they present their UVTA Passport to Winter Fun upon arrival
Visit www.uvtrails.org for more information or to register.