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SWIMMING
At a five-team swim meet on Wednesday at the CCBA in Lebanon, Hanover swimmers qualified for more events at next month’s NHIAA Division II state meet. Hanover won the meet, which also included Lebanon, Stevens, Kearsarge, and Plymouth Regional.
Landes Hough, Miles Vogt, Alan Zhang, Alex Chen, Haoyi Liu, Miles Molina and Nate Holt for the Hanover boys made qualifiying times and the Bearsโ Addy Cesanek, Bea Bonholdt-Collins and Ruby Lintner qualified for the girls.
Lebanon’s Hailey Belardo won the girls 50-yard free while Hanover had firsts by Cesanek and Holt (girls, boys, 200-yard free), Hough (boys, 50 free), Bornholdt-Collins, Vogt (girls, boys 100-yard butterfly), Liu (boys, 100 free), Grace Staats (500-yard free), Cesanek, Chen (girls, boys 100-yard backstroke), Vogt (100-yard breaststroke).
Hanover has one more meet on Feb. 3 at the Upper Valley Aquatic Center before the state meet on Feb. 14th at the University of New Hampshire.
BOYS BASKETBALL
Hartford 50, Rutland 40
Key athletes: Kole Fotion (16 points); Ryan Murphy (11 points); Rex Banning (9 points)
Key moment: Hartford led 26-21 at halftime.
Coachโs quote: โIโm really happy for our entire program tonight. Itโs not often both of our teams beat Rutland. Overall, I loved our intensity from the kids on the floor to our entire team on the bench.โ โ Mike Gaudette, Hartford
Records: Hartford: 13-0; Rutland: 8-3
White River Valley 74, Bellows Falls 65
Key athletes: White River Valley: Jordan Barcomb (21 points, 10 rebounds); Charles Young (15 points, 9 rebounds, 5 assists); Grayson Russ (8 points, 9 rebounds, 4 steals) Bellows Falls: Jacob Kissell (17 points); Jaden Bazin (16 points); Morgan Haskell (12 points)
Records: White River Valley: 7-5; Bellows Falls: 3-6
Oxbow 84, Northfield 48
Key athletes: Oxbow: Jayden Huntoon (21 points); Kobin Ellsworth (15 points); Colin Chase (12 points) Northfield: Damian Morrison (22 points); Mason Shreve (8 points)
Key moment: Oxbow outscored Northfield by 16 points in the third quarter to put the game out of reach.
Coachโs quote: โTonight was our Coaches versus Cancer game, so it was a very special night for our team and our community, happy we could get the win and play everyone.โ โ Jesse Ellsworth, Oxbow
Records: Oxbow: 7-5; Northfield: 2-8
SKI JUMPING
Hanover 385, Kennett 371, Plymouth 355, Mascoma 180, Concord 99, Londonderry 89, Lebanon 85
Key athletes: Caroline Chor (1st); Harris Bushell (3rd); Hayden Clapp (4th); Julian Hart (11th) led Hanover to victory. Timothy Tourville of Mascoma was 7th and Lebanon’s Helena Mielcarz was 4th among the girls.
Key moment: Chor had the long jump of the day at 41 meters. Second-year jumper Hart had a PR jump of 31.5 meters.
Coachโs quote: โIt is exciting seeing some of Hanover’s second-year jumpers breaking through. With the Hanover meet next week (Feb. 4) and States (Feb. 12), it is a good time to be peaking.โ โ Tom Dodds, Hanover
