Manchester
Trailing 35-27 heading into the fourth, the Marauders immediately started chipping away thanks in no small part to an impressive 9-for-10 effort from the free-throw line in those final eight minutes. Down five with just over two minutes to play, senior Olivia Pierce took a charge on Blue Knights star Emily Keefe (27 points) that helped turn the game Hanover’s way.
“I think that play changed the complexion of the game. We just kept going; it was one of those wins where everyone contributed and everyone had to fight for it,” Hanover coach Dan O’Rourke said.
Julia Golder led Hanover with a career-high 20 points, including nine in the fourth quarter to lead the Marauders’ comeback. Golder and Ella Edmonds (six points) combined for all nine points from the charity stripe in the final stanza. Pierce added nine points.
“This is a great win against a quality team with four senior starters. We’re very young, with a lot of freshmen. I think we grew up a lot tonight and really played well together. It’s nice for momentum; we’ll see what happens next,” O’Rourke said.
Hanover led 11-9 after the first quarter before West took control with 26 points while the Marauders’ offense stagnated over the next two quarters. Freshman Jessica Seibel had a strong game defensively, according to O’Rourke. Hanover (4-4 overall, 3-2 NHIAA) hosts Kingswood on Tuesday.
Bethel
“We had a good week of practice. The kids have worked really hard and came out focused and ready to go. This will be good for momentum going into the meat of the season,” South Royalton coach Dave Davis said.
Grace Pease added seven points for SoRo. The Royals led 11-6 after the first quarter and then sealed the victory with 11 points in the fourth quarter. Hayley Mears led Whitchester with eight points.
“(South Royalton) came in ready to play. They outplayed us, outrebounded us and played hard,” Whitchester coach Dennis Wood said.
The Royals host Chelsea on Wednesday. The Mountaineers visit Black River on Jan. 16.
Orford
Emily Emerson led Thetford with 16 points, 14 of which came in the first half. Danielle Robinson added eight points. Riley Thomson led Rivendell with 15 points, including 13 from the free-throw line, to go with eight rebounds.
“(Thetford) won it with their bench, rebounding and defense,” Rivendell coach Hank Tenney said. “The gym was packed. Fans of both schools were very into it. It was a great game for the fans, a perfect example of sportsmanship from both communities tonight.”
Freshman Mikayla Stever made her first varsity start for the Raptors, finishing with six points along with eight rebounds.
Rivendell (2-2) visits Sharon on Monday, and Thetford (4-2) visits Lyndon on Friday.
Peterborough, n.h.
Lebanon spread the ball around well, posting 18 assists on its 21 baskets and scoring at least 16 points in each of the first three quarters. Rebecca Wright had 13 points and Maddie Hastings had 12 for the Raiders.
“I thought we shared the ball really well,” Lebanon coach Tim Kehoe said.
The Raiders host Merrimack Valley on Tuesday. Like Lebanon, the Pride was undefeated in NHIAA Division II play heading into Friday night.
Woodstock
Windsor’s defense held the Wasps (2-3) without a point in the first quarter to set the tone for the night. Rockwood did much of the rest, producing her fifth 20-point game of the season for Windsor (6-1).
Ashleay Wilcox did a little bit of everything in the victory, scoring nine points, “playing great defense, having many assists,” Windsor coach Bruce Mackay noted. “When she plays like that, we’re pretty solid.”
Yvette Gray added a season-high nine points — all on 3-pointers — for Windsor, which hosts defending Vermont Division IV state champ MSJ on Tuesday.
Loretta Blakeney had four points and Madison Schultz contributed three for Woodstock, which goes to Hartford on Monday.
West Canaan
Mascoma coach John Billings credited junior Aliviene Adams with giving the Royals a boost off the bench. Alyssa Hammond hit two of Mascoma’s four 3-pointers and finished with a team-best eight points.
“The Conant kids obviously have spent time working on their games, and I’m familiar with both the boys and girls programs,” Billings said. “They spend time in the gym and they take pride in it. We need to start to emulate schools like Conant.”
Sydney Thompson added six points for Mascoma, which hosts Kearsarge on Tuesday.
Wells River, Vt.
Mallory Lloyd had 21 points to lead Sharon. Jocelyn Johnson added nine points. The Phoenix used a 14-point second quarter to lead 19-13 at halftime.
“We had the lead until the end; we just couldn’t execute down the stretch. It was a good effort all the way,” Phoenix coach Gregg Nalette said.
Sharon hosts Rivendell on Monday.
Bradford, Vt.
The Olympians (2-3) played Lyndon to a 12-12 tie through one quarter when fouls began to take their toll. The visitors attempted a dozen free throws in the second stanza and 34 for the game as Oxbow drew 26 fouls to Lyndon’s 15.
“We played them well defensively in the first quarter,” Oxbow coach Barry Emerson said. “But we put some pressure on (in the second) and got into a little foul trouble.”
Zea Macris (16 points), Shaylan Mosher (14) and Madalyn Sanborn (12) led the way for the Vikings. Sara Walker finished with 11 points and added double-digit rebounds as well, Emerson noted.
Oxbow has a week off before viciting Lake Region on Friday.
Craftsbury, Vt.
Rachel Seale led MVCS with 12 points. Sydney Goodwin added 10 and Danyelle Goodwin had seven. The Eagles scored 14 points in the third quarter and edged to within nine points on a pair of occasions in the second half.
MVCS hosts Twin Valley on Friday night.
Rutland
Morgan White led Hartford with seven points. MSJ led, 21-7, at halftime and never looked back. The Canes host Woodstock on Monday when they will run a fundraiser for Lebanon hockey player Julie Barber, who is recovering from spinal cord surgery.
Woodsville
Lily Kinder (10 points) and Brianna Robbins (eight points) led Woodsville. The Engineers (5-2) host Colebrook on Thursday.
Peterborough, n.h.
Lebanon led by 22 with four minutes left to play after holding Con-Val to just two points in the third quarter to put the game out of reach. Ryan Milliken and Matt Eylander each added 13 points. Paul Slabinski chipped in with seven points.
The Raiders visit Merrimack Valley on Tuesday.
Hanover
The Blue Knights used an 11-2 run in the second period to get an early edge, although Hanover closed to within 25-19 at the half by scoring five of the last seven points of the quarter. Manchester West’s lead slipped to three points, at 47-44, in the second half, but the visitors’ 6-for-7 performance from the line in the final two minutes sealed the deal.
Jacobee Burpee led the Knights (3-2) with 22 points. Benny Gantrish topped the Hanover scoresheet with 19 points, followed by 10 from freshman Charlie Adams.
The Marauders go to Kingswood on Tuesday in search of their first NHIAA Division II win of the young campaign.
Swanzey, n.h.
Noah Spaulding had 18 points to lead Stevens (4-1). Zachary O’Brien and Parker Smith each had eight points. Monadnock outscored the Cardinals, 17-6, in the second quarter to lead, 30-17, at the break.
The Cardinals host Conant on Tuesday.
Woodsville
“They’re going to be one of the teams there at the end,” Woodsville coach Jamie Walker said. “If we want to be there at the end, we have to get a lot better.”
Garrett Olsen hit a pair of 3-pointers for a team-best seven points and Sam Pushee followed with six for Woodsville, which heads across the Connecticut River to Blue Mountain on Monday night.
Jaffrey, n.h.
Devin Duhaime added 11 points for Mascoma (1-6 overall, 1-3 NHIAA). The Royals fell into an early hole, trailing 15-7 after the first quarter. Next up is a visit from Kearsarge on Tuesday night.
West Lebanon
Laycock scored unassisted in the first period, but it took the middle stanza for Hanover to regain command. Lyons tied the game on a Cate Wagner pass, then added the primary assist in Laycock’s eventual game-winning goal. Hannah Curtis also helped on the clincher, and goaltender CiCi Barton backed it up with nine saves.
“We usually don’t give up back-to-back goals like that, but the girls answered back,” noted Hanover coach John Dodds, whose Marauders outshot Beekmantown, 10-0, in the second period.
Emma Tysinger and Maggie Lee also had strong games for Hanover, which hosts Berlin-Gorham on Tuesday afternoon.
Hanover
Roper tossed the shot 45 feet, 10.25 inches to win the event by nearly 6 inches. Thetford Academy’s Caleb Davidson took fifth in the event’s field of 58 competitors, recording a distance of 43-11.75.
Two other area athletes cracked the top three in unseeded action. Hartford High’s Ileana Sirois claimed third place in the girls long jump, leaping 15-3.5 in an event won by Sammy Shea, of Andover, Mass. (17-7.5). Sirois also went 31-10.5 in the unseeded triple jump, good for ninth place.
Lebanon’s Zach Petrin produced a third-place finish in the boys unseeded long jump, going 10-1.25 to finish 3 inches behind winner Brock Santoro, of Lancaster, N.Y.
The main high school meet takes place today at Leverone.
Newbury, n.h.
Led by Justin Norris, the Cougar boys swept the top four spots in the slalom and three of the top four in the GS, with Norris winning both races. Hanover’s Josh Chu took third in the GS (48.37 seconds) for the only dent in the hosts’ top-four armor. Finn Higgins was fifth (1:10.68) and Chu seventh (1:12.42) in the slalom for Hanover, while Luke Sandmann was 10th (1:16.61) for Lebanon. Logan French (eighth, 50.59) and Sandmann (10th, 51.11) hit the top 10 in the GS.
The Marauder girls won the team slalom behind Laila Stevens (second, 1:11.55), Carly Craft (fourth, 1:16.67), Margaret Kohl (fifth, 1:19.95) and Sara Bozuwa (sixth, 1:20.90). Kearsarge answered with enough points in the GS to get the overall team win, despite a win from Hanover’s Stevens (48.16).
Jessica Hastings had the best day for Lebanon’s girls, claiming 13th in the GS (1:19.21) and 12th in the slalom (53.95). Brie Von Beren (1:10.75) won the slalom for Kearsarge.
Boys team scores: Kearsarge 786, Hanover 742, Lebanon 736, Trinity 616.
Girls team scores:Kearsarge 775, Hanover 769, Lebanon 719, Trinity 697.
Mendon, Vt.
Woodstock’s girls took spots 3-4-5 to help finish a single point behind the Bulldogs.
Anna Dieffenbach was third with a combined two-run time of 1:26.41, Grace Vollers was fourth in 1:27.33 and Emma Maiden placed third in 1:27.65. Chloe Noble placed 11th among scorers at 1:38.16.
Burr & Burton’s Lydia Morgantini (1:23.34) was just over 3 seconds better than host Rutland’s Vera Martin for the win.
On the boys side, the Bulldogs swept the top three spots to beat the Wasps by 17 points.
Woodstock did place four in the top 12, led by Hartley Walker-Money (sixth; 1:23.68), Erik Weiss (seventh; 1:23.95), Elliot Shoemaker (ninth; 1:25.77) and Kyle Weirether (12th; 1:26.7).
Boys team scores: Burr & Burton 16, Woodstock 33, Rutland 37.
Girls team scores:Burr & Burton 22, Woodstock 23, Rutland 70.
New London
Manetsch won two girls freestyle races, taking the 100 in 59.06 seconds and the 500 in 5:43.13. Hansen grabbed his wins in boys freestyle action, taking the 200 in 1:47.58 and the 500 in 4:47.06.
Hanover added individual wins from Grace Wenger in the girls 200 IM (2:23.44), Erik Hansen in the boys 200 IM (2:10.47), Maddie Wenger in the girls 50 free (26.38) and Jack Wadsworth in the boys 50 free (23.97).
The Marauders also proved victorious in four relays.
Hanover’s diving team competed in a separate meet at Nashua High School North. Amelia Wallis and Hazel Garrity went 1-2 for the Marauder girls, while Kai Renshaw was second and Ben Hoffer third for the Hanover boys.
Princeton, n.j.
Robyn Chemago kept Dartmouth (2-11-0, 1-7-0) in the game with 40 saves. Mackenzie St. Onge accounted for three of the Big Green’s 10 shots on Princeton netminder Steph Neatby.
Dartmouth goes to No. 8 Quinnipiac this afternoon.
Hanover
The successor to all-time passing leader Dalyn Williams as Dartmouth quarterback, Heneghan grew into the role and led the Ivy League in both passing yards (2,725) and total offensive yards (2,974).
On top of that, Heneghan carried a 3.81 grade-point average with an economics major heading into the football campaign.
Players from all FCS schools are eligible for inclusion on the academic all-star squad provided they maintain a minimum 3.20 GPA and have been a starter or key player on their teams.