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CLAREMONT — Newport High girls basketball coach Ross Dole wanted Zoey Lord to slow down. He also wanted his team to play faster.In the first of two meetings this season, Newport used a furious second-half blitz to beat Stevens, 52-28, on Friday. But...

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Jackson Proctor’s phone was blowing up.Nearly a month removed from the conclusion of the Dartmouth College football team’s season — the senior quarterback’s seven-touchdown performance on Nov. 23 helped clinch a share of the Ivy League title for the...

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CANAAN — The Mascoma High girls basketball team picked up its first win of the season on Tuesday, knocking off Newfound, 34-28. It was a victory that the Royals needed — even just three games into the season.Only 24 hours earlier, Mascoma was routed...

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Senior defensive lineman Ejike Adele was honored as the Ivy League’s defensive player of the year on Monday, becoming the first Dartmouth College football player to earn the distinction since 2019.Adele, a three-time Ivy League champion during his...

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WINDSOR — The first 2 minutes and 47 seconds of Monday night’s game between the Woodstock and Windsor boys basketball teams belonged to Aksel Oates.The Woodstock junior forward’s first 3-pointer, a relatively uncontested look from the wing, didn’t...

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WOODSTOCK — As the ice resurfacer scraped Union Arena’s rink one final time, the Saturday night crowd having long filtered out, Woodstock girls ice hockey coach Ian Coates pointed toward the banners hanging from the corner of the arena’s...

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WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — White River Valley High junior guard Jacob Benoit was elated; Hartford High boys basketball coach Mike Gaudette was exasperated.In the waning moments of its 68-59 win on Friday, White River Valley pushed the ball up the floor...

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HANOVER — Cliché as it is, there’s a reason basketball coaches often reinforce the importance of playing a complete 40 minutes. The Dartmouth College women’s basketball team, plagued by a quarter of poor play once more, dropped its game against UMass,...

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HANOVER — The Clarkson University band made its presence known on Saturday night in Thompson Arena, perhaps more than any other player or fan outfitted in the school’s green and gold.Stretching across the back three rows of section 3, the traveling...

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DURHAM, N.H. — With less than three minutes remaining in his team’s 69-65 win over New Hampshire on Tuesday night, senior Dartmouth men’s basketball guard Ryan Cornish snagged a rebound, took one dribble and hurled a pass down the court in the...

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HANOVER — The question elicited a couple of chuckles from the Dartmouth College women’s basketball contingent at the postgame dais.Flanked on all sides by a gaggle of youth reporters armed with questions, second-year Big Green coach Linda Cimino,...

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It wasn’t long after Ben Britton had joined the Lebanon High School golf team four years ago before he had earned himself a nickname: The Franchise.A self-described “pretty small” freshman with a quality short game, Britton’s talent was evident early....

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Fresh off capturing a share of the Ivy League title for the second consecutive season, the Dartmouth College football team had 15 players earn postseason distinctions, the league announced on Tuesday. Sophomore kicker Owen Zalc took home the Ivy...

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It was a banner fall season for the bass fishing programs at Mascoma Valley Regional High School and Lebanon High School. Mascoma, led by its senior tandem of Tanner Moulton and Peyton Sargent, successfully defended its crown at Lake Winnisquam in...

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HANOVER — The ball, quite literally, fell into Jamal Cooper’s lap.Cooper, a junior free safety for the Dartmouth football team, was the beneficiary of Ahmir Braxton’s handiwork, the senior defensive back disrupting Brown wide receiver Mark Mahoney’s...

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HANOVER — Only 10 seconds after Harvard fullback Chloe Headland had kicked the ball out of play, the confetti cannons began firing. As specks of red filled the air and slowly fell to the grass at Burnham Field, the Dartmouth women’s rugby team...

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HANOVER — The Dartmouth College football team had done all it could. Now it was time to wait.Minutes removed from capping their season with a resounding 56-28 victory over Brown — propelled by a standout, seven-touchdown performance from senior...

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It’s late October in Manhattan and the Dartmouth football team’s defense, which held Columbia scoreless in the first half, had forced a three-and-out to begin the third quarter. Out trotted Lions punter William Hughes to boot the ball back to the Big...

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Dartmouth College senior linebacker Braden Mullen can’t bring himself to root for Yale. After a four-year stint in the Ivy League, a span that saw him go 2-2 against the Bulldogs, it’s just too tough.But Mullen and the Big Green’s Ivy title hopes —...

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HANOVER — Basketball is a sport defined by its spurtability. Coaches often declare that the game is decided by runs, each team propelled by short or extended bursts of scoring while the other squad falls cold. The Dartmouth women’s basketball team...

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HANOVER — Dartmouth College senior Steven Townley’s shot clattered off the left post and into the net to reclaim a one-goal advantage over No. 6 Cornell late in the third period on Friday. Townley later said he didn’t even look at the net before...