Local Roundup: Hammonds Lead Royals Past Bears

West Canaan — A sizable helping of Hammonds lifted the Mascoma High field hockey team to a 3-2 overtime victory Tuesday over Winnisquam.

It was Alyssa Hammond who scored the winning goal, redirecting home a Michaela Dowd shot that was headed wide of the net. Dribbling the ball the length of the field before dishing it off to Dowd was Kayla Hammond, the scorer’s cousin. Thrilled to witness it all was Royals coach Jenn Hammond, mother of Kayla and aunt of Alyssa.

“We started out flat and slow, so we told the players at halftime that we need to play like the team that had beaten Berlin in our last game,” said Jenn Hammond, whose squad improved to 5-2-0.

Justine Martin’s goal off an Elizabeth Jones assist eight minutes before halftime opened the scoring. However, the Bears scored twice before intermission arrived, the second tally coming with just 2 seconds to play.

Mascoma rallied quickly, however, Kayla Hammond scoring 42 seconds into the second half. Overtime arrived with seven-on-seven play and the Hammonds, both juniors, figured in the winning goal.

The Royals visit Monadnock (7-0-0) on Saturday afternoon. The Huskies have posted six shutouts and outscored their opponents by a combined 34-1.

Boys Soccer Sharon 2Craftsbury 1 (2 ot)

Craftsbury, Vt. — Olly Skeet-Browning scored three minutes into the second overtime off an assist from Josh Amodeo, and the Phoenix jumped to 4-2-0.

Skeet-Browning was also involved in Sharon’s first goal when a free kick he booted was knocked into the net by one of the Chargers. The halftime score was 1-1, and Thatcher Morrison made four saves for Sharon, which plays at Chelsea on Monday.

Lebanon 5, Kennett 0

Lebanon — Luke Sandmann had a goal and an assist to push the Raiders to their fourth consecutive shutout victory and their record to 7-1-0. The Eagles fell to 6-1-0.

Graham Chickering, Nate Gariepy, Nate Chickering and Patrick Mason also scored for Lebanon, which received assists from Noah Ryder and Julian Stott along with Sandmann. Davis Cole and Erik Spaulding combined for the shutout in net.

The Raiders host Goffstown on Tuesday.

Thetford 1, Rivendell 0

Thetford — The Panthers (4-1-0) got back on the winning track thanks to a first-half goal and tandem shutout goalkeeping.

Dylan Thorburn’s third goal of the campaign, set up by Erik Lindahl, provided the margin of victory for TA. Anthony Stoffel and Cordell Benjamin combined on a three-save shutout.

Thetford goes to Stowe on Friday. The Raptors (2-2-0) visit Chelsea in a Central Vermont League match on Thursday.

Hanover 4, Nashua North 0

Hanover — Casey Starr ignited a three-goal second half with a pair of strikes as the Marauders (6-1-0) rolled at Merriman-Branch Field.

Freshman Charlie Adams gave Hanover all the lead it would need with his team-best fifth goal of the season, set up by David Seigne and Will Smith, for a 1-0 lead at the interval. The lead held firm, growing when Starr struck unassisted in the 57th minute. Adams fed Starr’s second goal of the match, and Elias Zinman’s first varsity score secured the victory late on a Liam Collins pass.

Pat Logan recorded a three-save shutout for the Marauders, while the Panthers’ Roe Hendrick stopped nine shots. Hanover heads to Merrimack on Friday.

Hopkinton 5, Mascoma 1

West Canaan — The Hawks fired 20 shots at Mascoma’s net to earn a comprehensive victory over the up-and-coming Royals (4-3-1).

Tucker Stenger polished off a feed from Killian Dowd for the home team’s lone goal. Hunter Whyte kept Mascoma in the match with his 15-save netminding.

Mascoma stays home to host Stevens on Friday afternoon.

Williamstown 3Whitcomb-Rochester 2

Williamstown, Vt. — The Blue Devils scored with nine minutes remaining after one of their shots deflected off a defender and into the net.

Zak Gillette scored 30 seconds before halftime on a 50-yard shot off the crossbar to pull the Mountaineers (1-2-0) into a 1-1 tie. Ambrose Wigglesworth scored 16 minutes after intermission off a Gillette feed for a 2-1 lead, but the hosts equalized five minutes later.

Isaac Hodgdon made 11 saves for Whitchester, which hosts Blue Mountain today in Rochester.

Girls Soccer Sharon 4, Craftsbury 1

Craftsbury, Vt. — The Phoenix received two goals and an assist from Eleanor Frost and goals from Mallory Lloyd and Grace Dorman for their latest victory.

Maya Johnstone had an assist, and Abby Levy made four saves for Sharon.

Sharon (6-0-0), which received strong defensive play from Kaila Skeet-Browning, visits Chelsea on Tuesday.

Hanover 5, Trinity 0

Manchester — Anna Dickson scored twice and added an assist as the Marauders improved to 6-1-0. Carly Craft scored twice, and Maeve Goodrich also tallied for the visitors.

Amelia Lubrano, Sylvie Alexander and Ruby Spitz each had single assists, and Bella Bardales made three saves during the second half for Hanover, which visits John Stark on Friday.

Golf Marauders Tops In Three-Way Match

Concord — Hanover’s Brian Feltzer and Phin Choukas were co-medalists after shooting 38s on the par-36 front nine at Beaver Meadow Golf Course, site of next month’s NHIAA Division II championship.

Jack Brendel and Finn Hackett each shot 41 for the Marauders, and David Lehmann added a 42. Hanover (13-1) is at Portsmouth to face the Clippers and Hollis Brookline today.

Team scores: Hanover 200, Bishop Brady 218, Milford 234.

Lebanon Now 11-1

Canterbury, n.h. — The Raiders (11-1) kept pace with the NHIAA Division III pacesetters by sweeping three foes on the front nine at Canterbury Woods Country Club.

Lebanon’s Hunter Marsh led the way with a medal-winning round of 4-over-par 40. Kyle Pelletier and Nate Damren both followed two shots behind, with a 43 from Alex Bitler closing the door on the Raiders’ latest success.

“It’s going to put us in the top three, easy,” Lebanon coach Chris Pollard said. “We’ve got to get a little lower for Derryfield (10-0) and Bow (17-0), and that’s what we’re striving for.”

The Raiders head to East Kingston, N.H., and Apple Hill Golf Course on Thursday for a match with Kearsarge and host Sanborn.

Team scores: Lebanon 167, Kearsarge 189, Belmont 193, Laconia 219.

Women’s Soccer Dartmouth 1, Vermont 0

Burlington — Meredith Gurnee’s drive from outside the penalty a little past the 10-minute mark of the second half gave the Big Green (6-2-0) a nonconference win over the Catamounts (5-3-1) at Virtue Field.

Gurnee broke the scoreless tie at 55:25 with a shot that beat UVM netminder Coco Speckmeier (seven saves) to the upper left corner of the net. Casey Cousineau notched a seven-save shutout for Dartmouth, denying a Sarah Martin attempt from distance in the 89th minute to clinch the decision.

The Big Green begins Ivy League play Sunday in a Burnham Field home date with Brown.

Women’s Hockey Big Green Picked 10th

Hanover — New coach Laura Schuler’s Dartmouth women’s hockey team will end up outside the ECAC playoff cut line if Tuesday’s prediction of a 10th-place finish comes to fruition.

The league announced its preseason poll on Tuesday. The poll, determined by a vote of the league’s coaches, set Quinnipiac as the early favorite, with Clarkson, Princeton, Colgate and Harvard filling out the top five.

The top eight teams in the 12-school league make the conference tournament.

The Big Green finished 10th last season with a 6-18-3 mark. Dartmouth, which returns 16 players from that squad, opens the season with an exhibition with McGill on Oct. 16.