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By ADRIANA JAMES-RODIL

Longtime Hanover High School boys soccer coach Rob Grabill will not return next season after he was informed last month that his contract would not be renewed.

CARY, N.C. — Maximilian Kissel scored in a sudden-death overtime to help Vermont beat Marshall 2-1 on Monday night for the program's first national championship.It was the ninth championship game decided by overtime or penalty kicks in the 21st...

By ALEX CERVANTES

BEDFORD, N.H. — Stuart Kinsman remembers leaving the interview thinking he had hit a home run.Months ago, following the departure of Ryan Limero, Mascoma was searching for its new boys soccer coach. The hiring committee — composed of athletic director...

By ALEX CERVANTES

BEDFORD, N.H. — The Stevens High girls soccer team had not conceded a goal since Oct. 1 entering the NHIAA Division III state championship on Saturday. The fifth-seeded Cardinals’ stout back line, one that had engineered a nine-match shutout streak...

By ALEX CERVANTES

MANCHESTER — Henry Cotter’s left glove was off before the referee’s arm had even extended fully upward, the ensuing red card confirming what Cotter already knew: His night was over.In the 54th minute of Hanover’s 1-0 semifinal loss to top-seeded...

By ALEX CERVANTES

EXETER, N.H. — It took 11 seconds and a couple passes for the Campbell High boys soccer team to clinch the goal that would end Lebanon’s season on Tuesday night at Bill Ball Stadium.When the Cougars’ Zach Dean knocked a lofted pass down in his own...

By ALEX CERVANTES

BEDFORD, N.H. — Ahead of the Stevens High girls soccer team’s 2-0 victory over top-seeded and previously unbeaten Gilford in an NHIAA Division III semifinal on Monday, Cardinals coach Tim St. Pierre delivered a simple speech.“The message before the...

By DALTON BARTLETT

WEST CANAAN — Based on the final score, it would be natural to think second-ranked Mascoma’s 4-1 win over seventh-seeded Stevens in a NHIAA Division III boys soccer quarterfinal on Saturday was one-sided affair. But as is often the case, the score...

By BEN HOOKE

RUTLAND — For all the success Windsor High School has had across a myriad number of sports, one had eluded them all these years.Often an afterthought to the school’s dynastic field hockey and football teams, boys and girls soccer languished in the...

By ALEX CERVANTES

ORFORD — Rivendell girls soccer coach Jason Knowles doesn’t want the regular season to end. In a perfect world, the first-year coach could prolong it. He could manufacture a little more time to capture every bit of magic this group of 17 girls has to...

By ALEX CERVANTES

CLAREMONT — All Brendan Goodwin needed was one errant touch. Stevens and Winnisquam, two diametrically opposed teams, had played 74 minutes of scoreless soccer on Tuesday before Goodwin capitalized on a heavy touch from a Cardinals defender. The...

By ALEX CERVANTES

HANOVER — Do you know who Wally Pipp is?It was a simple question, and Hanover boys soccer coach Rob Grabill likely knew the response he’d receive. Noah Winchester, the target of Grabill’s inquiry, was unaware of Pipp’s legend.With Hanover’s preseason...

By ALEX CERVANTES

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — The instances where Tighe Hrabchak receives an assist from the opposing back line are few and far between.But less than 30 seconds into Hartford’s 9-2 win against Woodstock, an errant pass fell at Hrabchak’s feet inside the...

By DALTON BARTLETT

HANOVER — Hanover High girls soccer continued a hot streak against visiting Salem on Saturday, though it took a half for the Bears to break through.Hanover’s offense got rolling shortly after halftime and kept it rolling en route to a 3-0 win.“It took...

By ALEX CERVANTES

BRADFORD — Oxbow girls soccer coach Shannon Gould’s voice boomed from the sideline. “Come on, Davis,” she shouted. “Lock it in.” Sophomore Mackenzie Pearl had just driven a ball that split Paine Mountain’s two central defenders, and Kayleigh Davis was...

By DALTON BARTLETT

LEBANON — Saturday’s defensive battle between the Lebanon High girls soccer team and visiting John Stark was headed for a scoreless draw when disaster struck for the hosts.John Stark forward Madison Lamothe capitalized on poor defensive positioning by...

By ALEX CERVANTES

HANOVER — St. Mary’s (Calif.) goalkeeper Sam Bentley sunk his butt onto the grass, slid his left arm down the goalpost and stared into the back of the net.Dartmouth men’s soccer coach Bo Oshoniyi wants to punish teams on set pieces. If all goes...

ALEX CERVANTES

WINDSOR — Moments before kickoff, White River Valley girls soccer coach Kim Prestridge held up a large easel paper pad outlined with a list of goals for her team to accomplish Friday. Prestridge got the idea from her assistant coach, Omar...

By TRIS WYKES

Pete DePalo spent his first 15 years living on Coney Island in the New York City borough of Brooklyn, home of America’s first large-scale amusement park. His family moved to the Upper Valley and his life since has been filled with games.Soccer games....

By TRIS WYKES

NASHUA, N.H. — Coughs, sniffles and weeping emanated from the Hanover High bench area Friday as darkness fully fell on Stellos Stadium.It was difficult to determine which players were sick and which were overcome by the Bears’ 4-0 loss to Bedford in...