DURHAM, N.H. — Hanover High athletes recorded four event victories in morning competition as the New Hampshire Winter Track League held the second of its four state qualifier meets at UNH’s Paul Sweet Oval on Sunday.
Daniel Bandler grabbed a win for the Marauder boys in the 600-meter run with a time of 1 minute, 32.07 seconds. Quincy McBride accounted for Hanover’s team point in the boys meet with a sixth-place finish in the long jump (19 feet, 4 inches).
Hanover grabbed two individual wins and a relay victory in the girls meet. Ella Maclean swept the 55 dash (7.55 seconds) and the 300 dash (43.99). She also teamed with Christine Aman, Zoe Onyango and Anna Stafford to win the 4×400 relay (4:24.37). Onyango completed the Marauders’ scoring by placing third in the 300 dash (45.03).
Lebanon had limited participation in the afternoon meet. The Raider girls had two team point-scoring performances from Emma Doyle in the shot put (fifth, 29-3) and Isabella Hastings in the high jump (sixth, 4-8). The boys 4×160 relay team was ninth.
The league holds two more qualifying meets this week, at Phillips Exeter Academy on Saturday and UNH on Sunday. The NHIAA state meets are Feb. 9 at Dartmouth’s Leverone Field House.
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SALEM, N.H. — Jack Stadheim stood his ground in heavy traffic and banged home the winning goal 58 seconds into overtime for the Marauders (8-3-0, 6-2-0).
Hanover took control of the OT draw, moved into the Jaguars’ end and pounded the net on multiple chances before Stadheim converted. Patrick Daley and Curtis Rice earned assists.
Jack Gardner scored in the second period from Casey Graham and Tono Correa to bring Hanover back from a 1-0 first-intermission gap. Ben Plottner had 23 saves, including 10 in the third period.
The Marauders visit Londonderry at Tri-Town Arena in Hooksett on Saturday.
WOODSTOCK — The Wasps (7-2-2) pummeled 35 shots on the Thunderbirds’ net and got one-goal, one-assist games from Chase Christensen and Owen Coates at Union Arena.
Dylan DesChamp and Christensen gave Woodstock all the lead it would need with first-period strikes. MVU’s Kyle Gilbert scored shorthanded early in the middle stanza, but a Christensen-fed goal from Coates re-established the two-goal cushion. Charles Greene closed the scoring in the third stanza on a Coates helper.
Hanover 6, Exeter 2
EXETER, N.H. — Sage McGinley-Smith had a four-goal, one-assist night and Gail Morse scored her first two career goals as the Marauders (5-5-1, 5-3-1) rallied from an early one-goal deficit.
McGinley-Smith sandwiched her first two goals around Morse’s first strike to turn a 1-0 hole into a 3-1 lead at the second intermission. McGinley-Smith finished her hat trick early in the third, then she and Morse scored again to put the win in Hanover’s pocket. Meredith Morhun had two assists. Morse joined Natalie Morhun, Lily Seelig and Sophia Brackett in the one-assist club. Katie Smith finished with 14 saves, aided by strong defensive play from Natalie Morhun and Danielle Rudd.
Hanover caps a four-game road trip Wednesday at Brady-Trinity-West.
WRV 44, Woodstock 42
SOUTH ROYALTON — The Wildcats (7-4) forced a Woodstock turnover in the final seconds to secure a narrow victory.
White River Valley held a 44-39 lead when the Wasps’ Harrison Morse canned a corner 3-pointer to draw within a basket. After a quick foul and a missed WRV free throw, Woodstock tried to set up a tying or winning hoop only to have the Wildcats steal possession away.
Carder Stratton had 15 points and Dominic Craven netted third for WRV. Morse had a game-high 16 points for the Wasps (1-12), whose last five losses have been by six points or fewer.