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BOYS BASKETBALL
Lebanon 44, Souhegan 39
Key athletes: Liam Sullivan sank four free throws in the fourth quarter, to go along with his eight rebounds. Elliot Brandis (12 points); played a complete game, taking care of the ball and leading us in scoring
Key moment: Kevin Harkins came in early in both halves and brought our defensive intensity to another level.
Coach’s quote: “Miles Saunders and Kevin Harkins individual defense and our team defense as a whole led to the win against a very good Souhegan team.” – Blendon Salls, Lebanon
Hanover 37, Plymouth 23
Key athletes: Wyatt Daigle (9 points); as nine Bears registered points in a slugfest.
Hartford 99, Lyndon Institute 25
Key athletes: Noah Jenks (21 points); Rex Banning, Kole Fotion (12 points each); Noah Danieli, Owen Jenks (10 points each)
Key moment: Hartford led 50-6 at halftime.
Coach’s quote: “The kids are starting to get better each game and our second unit is really starting to gel. I’m extremely confident with anyone that’s on the floor for us regardless of the score.” – Mike Gaudette, Hartford
Oxbow 52, Danville 48 (OT)
Key athletes: Oxbow: Jayden Huntoon (19 points); Jonny Smith (14 points); Griffin Pike (8 points) Danville: Landen Fournier (19 points); Alijah Andrews (14 points); Sebastain Eldred (9 points)
Key moment: Oxbow outscored Danville 8 to 4 in OT.
Coach’s quote: “We showed a lot of heart losing a lead in the third and tying it up in the fourth to force OT.” – Jesse Ellsworth, Oxbow
Mascoma 74, Conant 37
Key athletes: Brayden Pierce, Bryce Ballou (15 points each); Conner Hemmerling, Colin Myers (13 points each)
Key moment: Third quarter defensive pressure led to turnovers and a good scoring run for Mascoma.
Coach’s quote: “It was a great team win, our depth wore Conant down in the second half. Everyone who played contributed with defensive plays and good teamwork. Held Conant to one shot by controlling the glass” – Silas Ayres, Mascoma
GIRLS BASKETBALL
Thetford 41, Bellows Falls 32
Key athletes: Natalie Snider (18 points, 10 rebounds); Natalie Perry (9 points); Ruth Brooks (7 points)
Key moment: Bellows Falls hit a three with about 3:30 left to take the lead. The Panthers closed out on an 11-0 run.
Coach’s quote: “Great team win. Got a lot of great contribution from the bench tonight. Great minutes from London Oshoniyi, Lacy Parkman and Julia Bonnett. Loved the girls’ energy throughout. On to Hazen on Monday.” – Chris Cook, Thetford
Oxbow 43, Missisquoi 38
Key athletes: Oxbow: Braylee Phelps (13 points); Abby Longto (12 points); Brooke Osgood (10 points) Missisquoi: Kelsey Paredee (14 points); Avery Gutierrez (11 points)
Key moment: It was a close game throughout. Oxbow put up 18 points in the third to go ahead for good.
Coach’s quote: “We faced a good team after a very long bus ride and managed to play well enough to win. That makes me very proud of our team.” – Lisa Williams, Oxbow
GIRLS HOCKEY
Hartford 2, Chittenden Charge 1
Key athletes: Nella Bowen (27 saves); Zoe Zanleoni, Aubree Vail (1 goal each); Johanna Kissell, Grace Hayes (1 assist each)
Key moment: Bowen made an incredible glove save on a short-handed breakaway – Zanleoni took the next faceoff end-to-end to tie.
Coach’s quote: “We played the first half of the game just trying to adjust to the pace of a very quick Chittenden Charge. We found the pace we needed in the third and had a gutsy come-from-behind win.” – Jason Gramling, Hartford
Lebanon 11, Bedford 0
Key athletes: First varsity goals from Natalie Dexter, Andrea Calderon, and Montana Ballard. Also, an assist from goalie Pipper Hamilton
Key moment: Over three games we have allowed zero goals – Andy Lindquist and Hamilton combining for the shutouts.
Coach’s quote: “Team moved the puck well and worked on some specific system objectives each period. Schedule gets significantly harder over the next few weeks and we are looking forward to the challenge.” – Dan McGee, Lebanon
BOYS HOCKEY
Pinkerton 4, Hanover 1
Key athletes: Rex Chanyi (1 goal); Ronan Przydzielski, Isaac McNaughton (1 assist each); JoJo Drent (27 saves)
Key moment: Our 15 best scoring chances, their goaltender didn’t even have to save because they missed the net.
Coach’s quote: “We lose our team aspect when we fall behind. Everyone is still working hard, but we all are trying to win the game by ourselves instead of working as a unit.” – Dick Dodds, Hanover
Middlebury 2, Hartford 1
Key athletes: Nunu Mayer (28 saves); multiple breakaway ones. Kaiden Allen (1 goal)
Key moment: Closed the gap to one with three minutes remaining. Couldn’t get the equalizer.
Coach’s quote: “The kids showed resilience by making it a one-goal game late in the third period. Mayer (our goalie) was the best player on the ice, making many impressive saves. He gave us a chance to close the gap.” – Todd Bebeau, Hartford
SWIMMING
The Hanover girls swim team, defending NHIAA Division II champions, defeated six other schools in a seven-team meet at Colby-Sawyer College on Friday.
The Hanover boys placed second behind Keene High School. Individual first-place finishes for the Hanover girls included Addy Cesanek (200-yard free), Joy Cheng (200-yard IM), and Kai Britton (100-yard free). Cheng, Britton, Charlotte Hourdequin, and Mimi Al-Nimr won the 200-yard free relay. Cheng was also second in the 100-yard back, and Hourdequin was second in the 100-yard breaststroke. Results for the boys included Tony Morris-Wang (second 100-yard back), Alan Zhang (second 100 and 200-yard free), and Haoyi Liu (second, 100-yard breast).
Besides Hanover and Keene, schools represented were Kearsarge Regional, Plymouth Regional, Fall Mountain, Monadnock, and Con-Val
Cesanek, Al-Nimr, Cheng, Britton, and Tintin Wang qualified for the state championship meet with their times. Hanover is off until a Jan. 9th meet, also at Colby-Sawyer.
INDOOR TRACK
Thetford Academy’s Sebastian Perdizet won the 300 meters and long jump, and White River Valley’s George Roda won the 1,000-meter race at the Chip Langmaid Invitational Indoor Track meet at Norwich University on Saturday.
Roda was also second in the two-mile race, and Perdizet placed third in the 55-meter dash. In team scores, with 15 schools, Hartford finished third, White River Valley fourth, and Thetford Academy fifth.
For the girls, Thetford’s Madeline Piecuch and Meredith Sloop finished second and third in the two-mile race, Oxbow’s Casey Wiedrick placed third in the 600 meters, and Hartford’s Kathryn Summarsell took fourth in the 300 meters.
Hartford Jayden Forbes was second in the long jump and fourth in the 300 meters, and teammate Elliot Brooks was third in the 1,000 meters. Jack Hughes of White River Valley was third in the long jump.
Hartford’s 4 by 400 relay team of Forbes, Lucas Sanderson, Jaidin Bennett, and Colby Albrecht was third, and the White River Valley boys 4 by 200 relay teams finished second.
Results: Boys – U-32 105, Mt. Mansfield 60, Hartford 46, White River Valley 44, Thetford 34, Fair Haven 24, Bellows Free Academy 17, Burr and Burton 12, Lamoille 11, St. Johnsbury 11. Girls – U-32 89, Burr and Burton 88, St. Johnsbury 52, North Country Union 48, Lyndon Institute 20, Bellows Free Academy 18, Thetford 18, Mt. Mansfield 13, Springfield 9, Oxbow 8. White River Valley 8. Hartford (12th, 5)
Hanover’s Aria Deeb finished second in the 1,500-meter race at the New Hampshire Winter Track League meet on Sunday at the University of New Hampshire. Alice Bell and Grace Stewart finished fourth and fifth, respectively for Hanover and Deeb, Bell, Stewart and Lou Swenson were third in the 4 by 400 relay. The Bears were fourth among 11 teams at the meet.
In the afternoon, meet at UNH, Mascoma’s Barnaby Diehn won the shot put, Carl Russell was second in the 3,000 meters, with teammate Sam Joyce third in the 300 meters, and Sila Jukosky of Mascoma fourth in the high jump. The Royals, Georgia Kondi, took second in the shot put, and her teammate, Baylee Hill, was second in the high jump. Stevens Own Chapman was fifth in the 55 meters.
For the Lebanon girls, Banipreet Kaur took third in the 300 meters, Sarah Smith was fifth in the 1,000 meters, and Kristen Higgins finished fourth in the 55-meter hurdles. Kaur, Higgins, Carter Breedlove and Maggie Del Frari of Lebanon were second in the 4 by 160 relay. Lebanon’s Oscar Gulledge was third and Lincoln Butterfield of Mascoma fifth in the shot put.
Mascoma girls finished sixth out of 12 teams, and the boys were fifth among 13 schools. The Lebanon girls finished eighth.
In Vermont, Imari Taylor of White River Valley won the shot put, and Finn Proulx of Sharon Academy was third in the 1,000 meters at an indoor meet at the University of Vermont.
At a throwing meet at St. Johnsbury Academy, Connor Sloop was third in the shot put and fifth in the weight throw for Thetford Academy, and Rowan Dumont was fourth for the Hartford girls in the shot put.