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Two words best describe Upper Valley high school girls lacrosse: quality and consistency.All four squads made the playoffs last spring. While none came home with a state title, Hanover and Woodstock made their finals, with the Wasps’ trip coming at...

By PATRICK O’GRADY

As surely as snapping the finish-line tape signifies a winner, the Upper Valley is filled with high school track and field potential this spring.A number of area schools won outdoor titles last year, and some followed that up with indoor successes...

Once you’ve finally been to the top of the mountain, what do you do for an encore?That’s the challenge facing the Hartford High boys lacrosse program this spring. After multiple attempts that came up short, the Hurricanes ran the table en route to...

The arrival of the Upper Valley high school baseball season marks the return of one top-shelf rivalry (Thetford vs. White River Valley, last year’s VPA Division III title-game matchup) along with another roster (Hanover) good enough to hang some...

By TRIS WYKES

Here’s a look at some of the Upper Valley residents who played varsity college sports this winter.Men’s basketballPlymouth State men’s basketball was 8-17. Sophomore guard Max Galbraith (Hanover) appeared in seven games and totaled 21 minutes… Kansas...

By TRIS WYKES

LEBANON — A quick trip to the store wasn’t often possible with Chuck Hunnewell.Ubiquitous on the Upper Valley sports scene for more than 30 years, the longtime teacher and coach would be waylaid in Rich’s Department Store or Johnson’s Home Center on...

BY TRIS WYKES

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — It was little less than a year ago that the Lebanon High girls tennis team had to comb its building’s 70-year-old hallways for enough competitors to keep its upcoming season alive.Tuesday, the Raiders, boasting their largest...

Sadly, it appears the groundhog lied.   Just when it appeared the Upper Valley’s spring high school teams might get an early start on outdoor workouts, Mother Nature came and dropped a load of snow on the neighborhood. That’s forced programs such as...

By FRANCES MIZE

LEBANON — A two-hour lockdown at Lebanon High School and Hanover Street School ended a little before 4:30 p.m. on Friday when police detained a man with four loaded weapons in his pickup truck parked in front of the schools.The 39-year-old Vershire...

By TRIS WYKES

WEST LEBANON — Lebanon-Stevens-Kearsarge has its strongest girls hockey team in years. The Raiders, however, don’t have Maeve Lee.Hanover’s star forward posted a hat trick during the Bears’ 3-0 defeat of its neighbor Friday in an NHIAA playoff...

By TRIS WYKES

LEBANON — Jeff Sowa, do you believe in moral victories? “Absolutely,” said the first-year Lebanon High girls basketball coach Thursday, minutes after the Raiders extended Timberlane to overtime during a 47-39 loss. “That was a win for us, regardless...

By TRIS WYKES

Saturday was just one of those nights for the Lebanon-Stevens-Kearsarge girls hockey team. The on-ice equivalent of experiencing a flat tire, a dead phone or no hot water in the shower.Unfortunately for the Raiders, their dud occurred with Oyster...

By TRIS WYKES

WEST LEBANON — Conversations swirled inside Campion Rink a year ago. Discussion centered around the possibility that the Lebanon High boys hockey co-op team might be reconstructed in the near future, with Mascoma becoming a feeder school and bringing...

Editor’s note: To have your team’s results included in the Local Roundup, visit https://www.vnews.com/submit-a-score.SKI JUMPINGHanover winseight-team meetKey players: Hanover — Jai Gregory, Schuyler Clapp, Charlie Forbush and Hayden Clapp swept the...

Editor’s note: To have your team’s results included in the Local Roundup, visit https://www.vnews.com/submit-a-score.BOYS BASKETBALL Mascoma 71, Fall Mountain 42 Key players: Mascoma — Tanner Moulton, James Thomas, TJ Mardin, Aiden Smith, Bryce...

By TRIS WYKES

LEBANON — Following a long career as an Upper Valley athlete, coach, teacher and administrator, Lebanon High athletic director Mike Stone will retire after the current school year.“I don’t do a good job with life balance, so retirement’s something...

Lebanon High’s Nordic skiing team usually has better luck holding snow on its Plainfield Elementary School course, but even the Raiders have been staring at barren land for most of the winter. That was until Sunday’s healthy snowfall, which made...

By TRIS WYKES

LEBANON —  All appeared lost for Lebanon High wrestler Abigail Stone on Saturday. The 120-pound grappler was taking a beating from Manchester West’s Samuel Cruz, the latter laying on crushing holds that caused Stone to grimace as if caught in an...

By TRIS WYKES

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — Evan George rescued the Lebanon High’s boys hockey program last season. Thursday night, the sophomore carried the Raiders to their first Philippe H. Bouthillier Holiday Classic title since 2014.An unassuming sophomore working...

By TRIS WYKES

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — An ad for automotive tires was plastered on the boards in front of the Lebanon-Stevens-Mascoma boys ice hockey bench Wednesday at Wendell Barwood Arena.“Grip like never before,” read the graphic.The Raiders, 4-0 victors over...