White River Valley's Diego Gonzalez.
White River Valley's Diego Gonzalez.

Newport — Getting to an NHIAA state tournament sometimes requires a fortunate bounce. If the Newport High boys soccer team reaches the postseason in a couple of weeks, the Tigers might look back at Tuesday as a key day in their progress.

After letting a two-goal lead get away, the Tigers bounced back in overtime for a 3-2 defeat of Hinsdale at Sichol Field.

A bounce, in fact, made the difference: Cooper Skarin’s 18-yard drive five minutes into the first extra session solved the Pacers’ netminder and clanked in off the crossbar for the win.

With Skarin and Ben Gallagher providing accurate service to the wings on attack, the Tigers (3-8-1) struck twice in the opening half. Joe Boliero got the first, converting a breakaway feed from Gallagher. Isaac Lafayette netted the second on a pass from Boliero, who has amassed five goals and an assist in Newport’s last three matches.

The Tigers lost their momentum with the halftime break, however, and Hinsdale (5-7-0) equalized to send the match to overtime. Mike Wilkinson and Jarred Meyette helped settle the defense down in front of goalkeeper Garret Harold, and Newport got its game back in time for the victory.

The victory unofficially leaves the Tigers tied with Moultonborough for the last invitation to the upcoming 16-team NHIAA Division IV state tournament. Newport is off until hosting Franklin next Tuesday.

Rivendell 5Blue Mountain 4 (ot)

Wells River, Vt. — Rivendell sophomore midfielder A.J. DeBois scored the game-winning goal in the 92nd minute, picking up a loose ball at the top of the box and hitting it to help the Raptors improve to 8-2.

Johnny Vogelien and Zach Gould scored twice each for the Raptors. Luke Senn and Charlie Bradley finished the game with two assists each. Rivendell keeper Zach Dexter made 10 saves in the victory.

Vogelien’s goals came three minutes apart in the first half, both off of feeds from Senn. Rivendell led, 3-2 at halftime after a goal from Gould in the 21st minute. Gould added another in the second to increase the deficit. Blue Mountain tied the game with back-to-back goals in the final five minutes to force overtime.

Rivendell travels to Leland & Gray on Saturday.

WRV 2, Sharon 0

Sharon — Diego Gonzalez struck for both goals as White River Valley (7-2-0) blanked the Phoenix.

Jacob Hewitt served the passes that Gonzalez converted on a day in which the Wildcats held an 11-3 edge in shots. Sam Fisk posted a three-save shutout for the visitors. Sharon netminder Ben Rodis held his own with five stops.

The Wildcats visit Blue Mountain on Thursday. The Phoenix (3-7-1) is back in action this afternoon at Stratton Mountain.

Woodstock 3, Otter Valley 2

Woodstock — The Wasps scored twice in the first 10 minutes and never looked back, improving to 5-3-1.

Isaac Emery finished the game with two goals. Emmet Mahoney opened the scoring in the fourth minute. Emilio Montano had two helpers in the first half and Andrew Gubbins added an assist. Stephen Bianchi made three saves.

The Wasps host Hartford today.

Hanover 9, Spaulding 1

Rochester, n.h. — Three Marauders scored their first varsity goals and a fourth added his first of the season as Hanover (10-3-0) put its depth to good use.

Charlie Adams scored a goal and set up two others to surpass Asa Berolzheimer for fourth place on the program’s all-time scoring list with 35 goals and 31 assists. Latham Allison, Pat Osborn and Aidan Rowley all dented the net for the first time as a Marauder, Nico Mayo-Pushee contributed his first goal of the year, and Liam Collins, Caleb Benjamin, Amane Matsuoka and Christo Dragnev also struck twine.

Allison and Benjamin joined Adams in the two-assist department, and Collins also had a helper. Goalkeeper Andrew Enelow earned his second win of the year with four saves. Hanover hosts Pinkerton (10-3-0) on Friday in a match for third place in NHIAA Division I.

N-W 1, Thetford 0

Northfield, Vt. — Northfield-Williamstown made Caden Hurley’s 12th-minute goal stand up in a narrow defeat of the visiting Panthers (2-8-0).

Jake Colby, a goalkeeper at the now-defunct Chelsea School, made seven saves in his second start for TA. Colby had missed much of the season mending a broken finger before getting his first start last week.

Thetford hosts Lyndon in a make-up match on Saturday.

White Mtns. 4, Mascoma 2

Whitefield, n.h. — The Spartans used a pair of first-half goals for a lead from which the Royals (5-7-0) would not recover.

Dylan Pelton nodded home Isaac Rayno’s free-kick service to bring the visitors to within 2-1 with five minutes left in the opening half. White Mountains extended the lead after the break; Gabe Sperry converted a Ben Schwarz pass in the 58th minute to cut the gap for the Royals only to have the Spartans regain the two-score cushion a minute later.

Lizz Pelton kept busy in the Mascoma net, making 17 saves. The Royals visit Hillsboro-Deering for a make-up game this afternoon.

Littleton 6, Woodsville 2

Littleton, n.h. — Corey Bemis and Conner Maccini scored for the Engineers, who fell to 6-6.

Donny Bowman finished the game with an assist. Dalton Brown made six saves in the loss. Woodsville travels to Groveton on Thursday.

Twin Valley 7, Windsor 0

Whitingham, Vt. — The Yellowjackets fell to 2-9-1. They host Rivendell on Monday.

Hazen 2, Oxbow 0

Hardwick, Vt. — The Olympians’ losing streak stretched to four matches with a shutout loss to the Wildcats. Oxbow (2-9-0) is off until an Oct. 17 visit to Enosburg Falls.

Girls Soccer

Rivendell 3, Blue Mountain 0

Wells River, Vt. — The Raptors scored three goals on 24 shots to improve to 9-1.

Elizabeth Noyes, Jenna Gilbert and Emily Hebb all found the back of the net for Rivendell. Mikayla Stever had two assists and Cora Day added a helper. Kendyl Boisvert and Shauna Simmons combined for three saves in the shutout.

Rivendell travels to Woodstock on Saturday night.

Woodsville 1, Littleton 0

Littleton, n.h. — Olivia Sarkis scored in the second half to lift the Engineers.

Mackenzie Dennis made 12 saves for the shutout. Woodsville (8-4) travels to Groveton on Thursday.

Hanover 9, Man. West 0

Hanover — The Marauders (9-2-1) received a hat trick from Lainie Taylor in a dominant win over the Blue Knights at Merriman-Branch Field.

Ellie Stannard had a pair of goals for the hosts, who also received scores from Eleanor Van Aalst, Caroline Adams, Riley Craft and Pepper Joseph. Van Aalst contributed a pair of assists as well, and Stannard, Joesph, Sonja Lippman, Maeve Goodrich and Emma Tysinger also recorded helpers.

Bella Bardales and Lauren Ilsley shared the shutout, with Ilsley making Hanover’s only two saves. The Marauders go to Plymuth on Friday.

Hinsdale 1, Newport 0

Hinsdale, n.h. — Lexi Leclaire’s goal in the final minute of the first half stood up for the Pacers (7-5-0), who got all they could handle from the Tigers (1-10-1).

Angelina Nardolillo posted an eight-save shutout for Hinsdale. Shelby Adams had a nine-save effort in the Tigers’ net. Newport is off until meeting Wilton-Lyndeborough a week from today.

Field Hockey

Mascoma 10, Kearsarge 0

West Canaan — The Royals (12-1-0) flexed their scoring muscles, getting a five-goal, one-assist game from Mackenzie Labrie to move within one win of clinching the top seed in next week’s NHIAA Division III tournament.

Morgan Prentiss and Amelia Wilson both struck for two goals for Mascoma, with Natalie Poitras providing the other. Wilson and Katie Pushee each had a game-high three assists, and Bella Kondi and Mikayla Dowd hit the scoresheet with assists as well. Abby Duhaime needed just one save for the clean sheet.

Winners of eight straight, the Royals can clinch top seed and a first-round tournament bye with a home win over Littleton on Friday.

Woodstock 8, Fair Haven 0

Fair Haven, Vt. — Lili Sorrentino’s hat trick paced a big scoring afternoon for the Wasps (7-3-2).

Mackenzie Yates provided a pair of goals, Claire Coates scored once and junior first-year player Lizzy Peck completed Woodstock’s offensive barrage with her first varsity goal. Khara Brettell had a goal and an assist for the Wasps, who also got assists from Coates and Natalie Stevens.

Maggie Parker went without a save in a rocking-chair shutout for Woodstock, which hosts Windsor on Friday.

Windsor 3Otter Valley 2 (ot)

Brandon, Vt. — Angelina Bigwood netted a pass from Hannah Wood with a little more than a minute left in overtime to give the Yellowjackets (8-3-0) a seesaw win.

Alia Edmunds put OV (6-4) on the board less than 10 minutes into the contest, but Windsor roared back for a 2-1 lead on Hannah Wood’s unassisted goal and a Bigwood tally of a Peyton Richardson pass. The Otters’ Riley Keith forced overtime with 7:23 left in regulation.

The Jacks owned advantages in shots (12-4) and penalty corners (17-4) but required a big six-stop effort from goalies Madie Leduc and Glenna Ricard for the victory. Windsor visits Woodstock on Friday.

Lebanon 3, Mascenic 2

New Ipswich, n.h. — After slogging through the first two-thirds of the contest, the Raiders (9-3-1) scored twice in the final 15 minutes and change to reverse a 2-1 deficit.

The Vikings (5-6-0), down 1-0 at the half, scored in the second and sixth minutes of the second half to take the lead. That finally woke Lebanon up as Sydney Gonyea scored the tying and go-ahead goals, the latter with 2:11 to play, for the victory.

Molly Smith scored the Raiders’ first-half goal. Jenna Spaulding, Sydney Brochu and Katie Berthasavage all recorded assists, and goaltender Hope Brown finished with eight saves.

The Raiders close the regular season at home against Stevens on Saturday at 2 p.m.

Con-Val 2, Newport 1

Newport — The Cougars (4-6-1) pulled off the surprise when senior Dee Kashulies notched the game-winning goal with just 14 seconds left in regulation time following a failed Newport clearance.

The visitors solved Tigers goalie Kelsey Wheeler (six saves) just six minutes into the contest, but Newport’s Eliza Bates equalized within 10 minutes. Wheeler and Con-Val netminder Taylor Jarest kept the contest deadlocked until Kashulies’ late heroics.

Newport (7-6-0) goes to Hopkinton on Friday to close its regular-season schedule.

Golf

Lakers Seventh at States

Barrington, n.h. — Sunapee placed seventh out of seven schools at the NHIAA Division IV state team tournament at Nippo Lake Golf Club.

Fourteen golfers made the cut of 20-over-par 90 to advance to Saturday’s state individual finals at Derryfield Country Club. No one from Sunapee made the cut, although Jackson Scheele came closest at 24-over 94. Anah Durkee (104), Cam Summerton (105), Austin Davis (105) and Ryan Fleury (118) also teed up for the Lakers.

Woodsville sent two individuals, Zach Moore (101) and Steven Aldrich (127), having not qualified for the team finals.

Dan Miner led Hopkinton to the team title, posting the low round of 6-over 76 to top Mascenic’s Anthony Andronaco and Moultonborough’s Thomas Hickey by a stroke.

Team scores: Hopkinton 333, Mascenic 343, White Mountains 356, InterLakes 371, Littleton 371, Trinity397, Sunapee 408.

Dean, Leary in Top Five

Middlebury, Vt. — Woodstock’s Emily Dean and Mid Vermont Christian’s Allie Leary both finished in the top five out of a field of 20 golfers at the VPA Division II girls golf championship at Middlebury College’s Ralph Myhre Golf Course.

Otter Valley’s Mia Politano won the individual D-II medal with a low round of 16-over-par 87. Also competing as individuals, Dean placed third at 97, and Leary tied for fifth at 107. Lake Region, behind runner-up Tia Martinez (91) and Alayni Miller (118), won the team crown by 19 strokes over Northfield.

Burr & Burton’s Julia Dapton won the D-I medal at 9-over 80, and North Country took the D-I team title for the fourth straight year.

Cross Country

Woodstock Sweeps; Hartford Third

North Springfield, Vt. — Woodstock’s Riley Shepherd and Sidney Pilot swept to victories at the North Springfield Dam’s five-kilometer course in the final Marble Valley League race of the regular season.

Shepherd (17 minutes, 10 seconds) and Owen Coates (18:09) led the Wasps to a 1-2 finish in the boys race. Aaron Mitchell (18:10) was third in a personal-best time for Hartford, which also picked up points from Drew Boyce (12th, 21:22), Lucas Benson (13th, 21:38) and Thomas Kasten (22nd, 22:55).

Wasps also claimed the top three spots in the girls race. Pilot won in 20:45, Victoria Bassette followed in 21:15 and Molly Shearer grabbed third in 22:18. Bethany Davis claimed fifth for Hartford (22:51), with Clementine Phillip (12th, 25:17), Katie Trombley (13th, 25:39) and Ceci Spaulding (21st, 28:22) also scoring. Morgan McKeen led Windsor (24:41) with a ninth-place finish.

The teams all return to North Springfield Dam for the MVL Championships next Tuesday.

Boys team scores: Woodstock 14, Bellows Falls 26, Hartford 30, Green Mountain 31, MSJ 38, Otter Valley 39.

Girls team scores: Woodstock 12, Bellows Falls 36, Hartford 51, Windsor 63, Otter Valley 72, Green Mountain 81.

Volleyball

InterLakes 3, Mascoma 0

Meredith, n.h. — The Lakers halted the Royals’ recent momentum with a straight-sets victory of 25-6, 25-12, 25-10.

Ella Shinnlinger (blocking), Renee French (defense), Jadyn Bates (setting) and captain Lindsay McDonald all had noteworthy performances for Mascoma (6-7). The Royals host Newfound on Friday.

Belmont 3, Sunapee 1

Belmont, n.h. — The Lakers (3-7) put up a battle before dropping a 24-26, 25-20, 25-18, 25-18 decision to the Red Raiders (4-5).

Sunapee rallied from a 20-15 deficit to take the opening set and were competitive in each of the sets they dropped. Tess Palin led the attack with eight kills to go with six from Molly Reed. Mackenzie Wrightington had four aces, and Reed and Maddie Blewitt each contributed three.

Sunapee entertains Newfound this evening.

Women’s Soccer

Dartmouth 3, Holy Cross 0

Worcester, Mass. — Two freshmen and a sophomore did all of the scoring for the Big Green (7-3-2) in a nonleague shutout of the Crusaders.

First-years Tracey Mills and Grace Rorke scored for Dartmouth, as did sophomore Erin Kawakami. Rorke’s strike was the first of her varsity career. Mariel Gordon recorded her fourth shutout of the season with four saves.

College Field Hockey

Maine 4, Dartmouth 0

Orono, Maine — Senior goalkeeper Hailey Valerio kept the Big Green (4-6-0) relevant with a career-high 16 saves, but Dartmouth ultimately didn’t have the means to corral the 17th-ranked Black Bears (11-2-0).

Nina Keur scored twice for Maine, sandwiching her scoring around goals from CaseyCrowley and Emily Hindle. The Black Bears owned a 34-3 edge in shots.

The Big Green is home to Yale on Saturday and Northeastern on Sunday.