Hanover

Hanover boys soccer’s season ended in the semifinals against second-seeded Bedford, where the Bears held the Bulldogs to one shot on goal but could not find an answer to a late goal. The third-seeded Bears finish with 14 wins and 13 shutouts, one round further than a year ago.

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MANCHESTER, N.H. - Hanover boys soccer did almost everything it came to Manchester to do on Wednesday. The Bears crowded the middle of the field, slowed Bedford’s attack and held the second-seeded Bulldogs to a single shot on goal. That one shot was enough.

Junior midfielder Devyn Lafferty scored in the 71st minute, and Bedford beat third-seeded Hanover 1-0 in the semifinals at Chabot-McDonough Field at Manchester Memorial. The loss ends the Bears’ season.

For 70 minutes, neither side could find much. Hanover packed the midfield and kept multiple players around Caden Santerre, Bedford’s senior star striker, all night. Bedford coach Stu Pepper said afterward that no team had done a better job of slowing his side down all season.

The Bears had the best look of the night first. In the 67th minute, John Thapa slipped a through ball to Rex Chanyi inside the penalty box, but Chanyi’s shot went wide left.

Four minutes later, Bedford broke through. Santerre won a header, Lafferty collected the ball inside the box and drove a low shot home. It was Bedford’s only shot on goal of the game. Lafferty, who missed the first half of the season with hip and groin injuries, also scored against Hanover in the teams’ 2-2 draw at Bedford on Oct. 13.

Hanover finished with two shots on goal, and Bedford junior goalkeeper Silas Heiser kept both out for the shutout. Bedford also had all four of the game’s corner kicks.

“They’re good at playing through and we were able to stop them,” Hanover coach Lucas Richardson said. “We work really hard and it’s hard to play that way for 80 minutes and they (the players) did it tonight.”

It was that kind of season for the Bears, who won games with their defense all fall. Hanover finishes 14-3-2, with 13 shutouts and just 10 goals allowed in 19 games. The Bears’ three losses came against Manchester Memorial, unbeaten Nashua South and Bedford.

The playoff run included a 1-0 home win over Concord in the opening round and a 3-1 home win over Londonderry in the quarterfinals. A year ago, Hanover’s season ended in the quarterfinals on penalty kicks against Bishop Guertin. This group went one round further and came within a goal of playing for the title.

Bedford will meet top-seeded Nashua South in the final on Saturday, November 7, at 5:15 p.m. back at Memorial High. The Bulldogs won the title the last time they reached the final, in 2023.

Hanover’s fall isn’t over yet. Bears football plays a quarterfinal at Merrimack Valley on Friday night, and Hanover cross country runs at the Meet of Champions on Saturday.

Other relevant play on Wednesday, November 4:

Exeter 3 at Nashua South 4 Top-seeded Nashua South, which beat Hanover 2-0 on Oct. 22, edged Exeter in the other semifinal to set up Saturday’s final against Bedford.

That wraps up the day for Hanover High School sports. We’ll see you next time!

Lebanon

Lebanon boys soccer’s playoff run ended in the semifinals, where defending champion Campbell advanced in a penalty-kick shootout. The third-seeded Raiders came in on a five-game winning streak after an overtime quarterfinal win over Pembroke, and they finish with 11 wins, four more than a year ago.

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SALEM, N.H. - Lebanon boys soccer took defending champion Campbell all the way to the end on Monday. It took a penalty-kick shootout to separate them, and that is where Campbell goalkeeper Adam Correau came up big.

Correau blanked the Raiders in the shootout, and No. 2 Campbell won it 3-0 to advance to the final. The semifinal at Salem High School goes in the books as a 2-1 Campbell win, and it ends the season for third-seeded Lebanon.

It is the second time in three years that Campbell has ended Lebanon’s season in the semifinals, and the Cougars have made a habit of winning this way. They also won their semifinal on penalty kicks last fall, then beat ConVal on penalty kicks in the final after 110 minutes of scoreless soccer to win the title.

Monday’s result was no surprise in one way: these two teams have been hard to separate all fall. They played to a 0-0 draw in Lebanon on Sept. 23, when goalkeeper Bently Lang made three saves for the Raiders and Campbell’s goalkeeper made a big second-half save to rob Jesse Madory. After that game, coach Rob Johnstone called Campbell “a dangerous, quality team.” “We got better and better as the game progressed, not only creating danger but remaining wary of Campbell’s quick-strike capabilities,” he said that day.

Lebanon got to Salem the hard way. In Friday’s quarterfinal at home, the Raiders trailed Pembroke 1-0 late in the second half before Madory tied it with a rocket in the 74th minute. Caelan Boynton then finished a cross from Tucker Green early in the first overtime period for a 2-1 win. “Pembroke clogged things up, took the lead on a restart, and pushed us to the brink. Two great goals and incredible heart and fight pushed us through,” Johnstone said after that game.

That win was Lebanon’s fifth straight, and Monday’s loss ends the streak. The run included a 5-3 win over Milford on Oct. 13 and a 3-1 win over Hollis Brookline on Oct. 16. Madory and Boynton were at the center of the attack all fall. Both scored in the first 13 minutes of a 5-0 win over Kennett in September, and the season started with a 1-0 win at Pembroke on Sept. 4, when Austin Engert scored in the 45th minute.

Lebanon finishes with 11 wins, four more than last year’s 7-5-4 team, whose season ended in the quarterfinals. This group went one round further and came within a shootout of playing for the title.

Campbell (13-2-3) will meet top-seeded ConVal (14-2-2) in the final on Friday, November 6, at 7:15 p.m. at Exeter High School, a rematch of last year’s championship game. Campbell and ConVal played to a 3-3 draw on Sept. 21.

Other relevant play on Monday, November 2:

Bow 0 vs ConVal 1 ConVal, which beat Lebanon 1-0 on Sept. 25, got a 12th-minute penalty kick from senior Logan Montano to get past Bow, which beat the Raiders 2-0 on Oct. 2, in the other semifinal.

That wraps up the day for Lebanon High School sports. We’ll see you next time!

Woodstock

Top-seeded Wasps field hockey beat Mt. Abraham to win the state championship, the program’s first title since 2022 and one year after losing the final in double overtime. Senior captain Grace Perreault led the way, and the Wasps finish with just one loss all season.

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MANCHESTER, Vt. - A year ago, Woodstock field hockey lost the state championship game in double overtime. On Sunday, Grace Perreault made sure the Wasps would not come up short again.

The senior captain scored four goals, and top-seeded Woodstock beat second-seeded Mt. Abraham 5-1 at Burr and Burton Academy to win the state championship. Junior Lindsey St. Cyr scored the other goal, and junior Betta Cirovic had three assists.

It is the Wasps’ first title since 2022.

“Honestly, losing wasn’t really an option for me today,” Perreault said. “I don’t know if I was expecting to get four goals, but I was expecting our team to do just as well as we did.” She added, “We all lived up to our expectations and it worked out how I wanted it to.”

Perreault knows the other side of this game, too. She scored Woodstock’s only goal in last fall’s final, a 2-1 loss to Montpelier in the second overtime. After that game, coach Leanne Tapley hoped the sting would push her young team. “I think getting here once and having that feeling will just make them hungry to come back,” she said that day.

Nine starters returned this fall, along with a large junior class that Tapley said has been playing together since elementary school. Perreault and fellow senior Ryann Hughes served as captains, and five players from Springfield joined the Wasps through a co-op.

Woodstock finishes 15-1-1 and went unbeaten in league play. Its only loss came on Sept. 18, a 4-3 game at Burr and Burton, the same field where the Wasps won the title on Sunday. The only other blemish was a 1-1 tie at Hartford on Sept. 11. Woodstock won its last nine games after that loss.

The top seed was at its best in the tournament. Woodstock beat Milton 4-0 in the quarterfinals and Stowe 6-0 in the semifinals, when Cirovic scored three goals, and outscored its three playoff opponents 15-1. Cirovic had already piled up hat tricks this fall, with three goals against Spaulding in the opener, four against Brattleboro in September and three at Windsor on Oct. 6.

Before the final, Tapley kept her message simple. “We need to work together, play as a team and be ready to win,” she said.

Mt. Abraham reached the final by beating Harwood 2-0 in the quarterfinals and knocking out defending champion Montpelier 2-1 in overtime in the semifinals, when freshman Lydia Paquette scored both goals, including the winner in sudden-victory overtime. The teams had not met during the regular season. The Eagles finish 12-4.

Perreault and Hughes, the two senior captains, go out as state champions.

Other relevant play on Sunday, November 1:

Bellows Falls 2 vs U-32 3 U-32, which knocked out Hartford in the semifinals, won its first field hockey title in the other state championship game on the same field, beating defending champion Bellows Falls.

That wraps up the day for Woodstock Union High School sports. We’ll see you next time!

Hanover

Bears boys soccer beat Londonderry in the quarterfinals and meets Bedford in the semifinals on Wednesday. Cross country swept the boys and girls team titles at the division championships, and senior Ben Groves won the boys race.

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Lebanon

Freshman Jill Campbell won the girls individual title at the division cross country championships and led the Raiders girls to third place as a team. The boys finished fifth.

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Mascoma

Royals football won its fourth straight game to close the season with six wins. The cross country girls placed second at the division championships, and senior Carl Russell was fourth in the boys race.

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Woodsville

Engineers cross country ran at the division championships in Manchester, led by eighth-grader Totem Larochelle in the girls race.

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HANOVER, N.H. - Londonderry came to Hanover on Saturday afternoon built on defense. The sixth-seeded Lancers had posted eight shutouts this fall and had just won a 1-0 double-overtime grinder over Pinkerton three days earlier. The third-seeded Bears scored three times anyway.

Hanover beat Londonderry 3-1 on its home turf in the quarterfinals of the tournament and is now one of the last four teams standing in its division.

It was the 14th win of a dominant fall for the Bears, who improve to 14-2-2. Hanover has outscored its opponents 53-9 in 18 games and has kept 13 clean sheets, including a 1-0 win over Concord in Wednesday’s opening round, a rematch of a 0-0 draw at Concord in September.

The Bears’ only two losses came against Manchester Memorial, 3-1 on Oct. 1, and unbeaten Nashua South, 2-0 in Hanover on Oct. 22. Hanover answered both times, winning its next two games after the Memorial loss by a combined 8-0 and following the Nashua South loss with two straight tournament wins.

Londonderry, which outscored its last four regular-season opponents 18-3, finishes 11-4-3.

Next up is a semifinal against second-seeded Bedford, which beat Merrimack 3-1 on Saturday and matches Hanover at 14-2-2. The teams have already played one tight game this fall, a 2-2 draw at Bedford on Oct. 13, when Nate McFetridge and Braeden Friedman scored for the Bears and Ibrahim Jusufovic and Devyn Lafferty answered for Bedford.

The other semifinal pairs Nashua South and Exeter, with the winners meeting for the title.

Hanover boys soccer is next against Bedford in the semifinals at Manchester Memorial on Wednesday, November 4, at 4 p.m.

Other relevant play on Saturday, October 31:

Merrimack 1 at Bedford 3 Bedford, Hanover’s semifinal opponent, beat Merrimack, which the Bears edged 1-0 on Sept. 15.

Winnacunnet 0 at Nashua South 6 Nashua South, which beat Hanover 2-0 on Oct. 22, stayed unbeaten at 16-0-1.

Manchester Memorial 0 at Exeter 2 Exeter shut out Manchester Memorial, which beat the Bears 3-1 on Oct. 1.

Hanover at the division championships in Manchester | Saturday, October 31

Hanover cross country left Derryfield Park in Manchester with two more trophies on Saturday. The Bears won both the boys and girls team titles at the division championships, and senior Ben Groves won the boys individual race.

Groves covered the 5-kilometer course in 15:58.5, 26.6 seconds ahead of teammate Dylan Faris, a sophomore who was second in 16:25.1. Junior Isaac McNaughton was fourth in 16:31.9 and freshman Teddy White was seventh in 16:36.9, with junior Alexander Collins 15th to complete the scoring. Oliver Collins (23rd) and Rohan Novosad (24th) were right behind. Hanover scored 29 points to beat Coe-Brown (45) and Oyster River (64) in a 15-team field, and it is the boys’ fourth straight division title.

The girls made it three titles in a row. Hanover scored 32 points, well clear of Oyster River (59) and neighbor Lebanon (76). Senior Aria Deeb led the Bears in second place in 19:17.5, followed by senior Alice Bell (fourth, 19:54.0), freshman Edie Rojansky (seventh, 20:27.1), junior Mia Sverrild (ninth, 20:27.5) and senior Ari Hirschler (10th, 20:40.5). Grace Stewart (13th) and Olive Hanissian (14th) gave Hanover seven runners in the top 14.

Saturday’s sweep came on the same course where both teams raced the Manchester Invitational in September, when Groves was second and McNaughton fifth in the large-school boys race and the boys placed second as a team. The girls also won their league championship meet in Norwich, Vt., this fall with 26 points.

Hanover cross country is next at the Meet of Champions on Saturday, November 7, at Hopkinton State Fairgrounds, with the girls racing at 2:30 p.m. and the boys at 3:10 p.m.

That wraps up the day for Hanover High School sports. We’ll see you next time!

MANCHESTER, N.H. - Woodsville cross country made the trip to Derryfield Park on Saturday for the division championships.

Eighth-grader Totem Larochelle led the Engineers girls, finishing 80th in 27:34.3. Morgan Alling (90th), Emma Thompson (105th), Sophia Clough (108th) and Amelia Townsend (111th) rounded out the scoring five, and Woodsville placed 13th as a team with 316 points.

Larochelle also led the Engineers girls ten days earlier at Profile in Bethlehem, placing 16th as Woodsville finished third as a team.

Junior Iwan Jones ran for the Woodsville boys and placed 95th in 21:29.2.

Hopkinton swept both team titles. Hopkinton’s Madeleine Lane won the girls race in 18:09.5, and Fall Mountain’s Elijah Bodanza won the boys race in 16:43.9.

That wraps up the day for Woodsville High School sports. We’ll see you next time!

CANAAN, N.H. - Mascoma football saved one more big afternoon for the finish. The Royals beat Farmington-Nute 36-8 at home Saturday to close their season at 6-2.

Mascoma led 8-0 in the second quarter and pulled away from there. The Mascoma Football team account summed it up after the final whistle: “Great TEAM win by our Royals capping off a 6-2 campaign!”

It was the Royals’ fourth straight win and their third straight at home. Mascoma scored 186 points in those four games, an average of 46.5 a game, beating Prospect Mountain on Oct. 10, Hillsboro-Deering 53-20 on Oct. 17, Missisquoi Valley 54-8 on Oct. 24 and Farmington-Nute on Saturday. The defense held each of the last two opponents to eight points.

That finish is a long way from the first half of the season. Mascoma scored 54 points total in its first four games, a stretch that included a 7-0 shutout of Raymond, a 21-12 win over Fall Mountain and losses to Newport (6-24) and Newfound (20-40).

Farmington-Nute falls to 2-5.

Other relevant play on Saturday, October 31:

Prospect Mountain 28 at Hillsboro-Deering 29 Hillsboro-Deering, which Mascoma beat 53-20 on Oct. 17, edged Prospect Mountain, which the Royals beat on Oct. 10.

Fall Mountain 8 at Newport 40 Newport, which beat Mascoma 24-6 on Sept. 12, rolled past Fall Mountain, which the Royals beat 21-12 on Sept. 26.

Mascoma at the division championships in Manchester | Saturday, October 31

Mascoma’s girls cross country team finished second at the division championships at Derryfield Park in Manchester on Saturday. The Royals scored 111 points in a 13-team field, edging Campbell (120) for the runner-up spot behind champion Hopkinton (27).

Freshman Paige Reney led Mascoma in seventh place in 21:53.1. Brooklynn Rice was 34th, senior Isabella Currier 46th, freshman Grace King 52nd and freshman Maddy Song 68th, with freshman Nobelee Cappetta 72nd. Four of the Royals’ six runners were freshmen.

Senior Carl Russell had the best finish of any Mascoma runner, placing fourth in the boys race in 17:26.0. Senior Karson Rogers (18th, 18:25.7) and freshman Ransom Donigian (21st, 18:27.0) also finished in the top 25, and the Royals boys placed sixth of 19 teams with 213 points. Hopkinton swept both team titles, and Fall Mountain’s Elijah Bodanza won the boys race in 16:43.9.

Russell was also the Royals’ top finisher at the Manchester Invitational on the same course in September, placing 12th in a big small-school field.

Mascoma’s girls are next at the Meet of Champions on Saturday, November 7, at Hopkinton State Fairgrounds, at 2:30 p.m.

That wraps up the day for Mascoma Valley Regional High School sports. We’ll see you next time!

MANCHESTER, N.H. - Jill Campbell has spent her first high school season at the front of the pack. On Saturday, the Lebanon freshman finished the job, winning the girls individual title at the division cross country championships at Derryfield Park.

Campbell covered the 5-kilometer course in 18:28.9 and won by a wide margin. Hanover senior Aria Deeb was second in 19:17.5, more than 48 seconds back.

It was the latest win in a breakout fall. Campbell won the small-school race on the same Derryfield Park course at the Manchester Invitational in September, finishing in 18:36, more than 50 seconds ahead of the runner-up, and led Lebanon to the team title. She won the Woods Trail Run at Thetford Academy in early October and took first at the league championship meet in Norwich, Vt., in 18:53.6.

Lebanon coach Kevin Lozeau saw this coming. He said in September that the Raiders knew the talent in the incoming freshman class after Lebanon won the middle school state championship last fall. “We saw this on the horizon, but I am really impressed at how well they have transitioned to the 5K right off the bat,” Lozeau said.

Freshmen filled four of Lebanon’s top six spots as the Raiders girls placed third as a team on Saturday with 76 points, behind Hanover (32) and Oyster River (59). Freshman Carolyn Campbell was 11th in 20:41.1, senior Ollie Hanna was 17th, freshman Victoria Pomeroy was 19th and senior Maeve Finnegan was 30th, with freshman Raeka Mikecz 31st.

On the boys side, Lebanon placed fifth of 15 teams with 155 points. Junior Brent Paige led the Raiders in 27th in 18:23.7, with senior Alistair Smith (28th), junior Ian Kiefer (30th), sophomore Curran Pool (32nd) and senior Koen Christie (38th) close behind. Andrew Campbell (43rd) and Axel Ericson (48th) also ran.

Lebanon’s girls are next at the Meet of Champions on Saturday, November 7, at Hopkinton State Fairgrounds, at 2:30 p.m.

That wraps up the day for Lebanon High School sports. We’ll see you next time!

Lebanon

Raiders boys soccer rallied to beat Pembroke in overtime in the quarterfinals, with Jesse Madory tying it late and Caelan Boynton scoring the winner, and visits Campbell in the semifinals on Monday. Football trailed Inter-Lakes-Moultonborough by just a point at halftime before falling in its regular-season finale.

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Hanover

Bears football’s three-game winning streak ended at Manchester West in the regular-season finale, and Hanover now waits on its playoff seeding.

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Hartford

Hurricanes football put up its most points of the season, but its season ended in the quarterfinals at top-seeded Colchester.

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Windsor

Yellow Jackets football trailed Springfield by a point at halftime before the Cosmos pulled away in the quarterfinals, ending a season that doubled last year’s win total.

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Woodstock

Eighth-seeded Wasps football led top-seeded Otter Valley at halftime in the quarterfinals before the Otters rallied to end Woodstock’s season.

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MANCHESTER, N.H. - Hanover football went to Manchester West on Friday night riding a three-game winning streak, with a better playoff seed within reach. West made sure the Bears went home with neither.

West beat Hanover 20-7 on its home field in the regular-season finale. The hosts led 14-7 after three quarters and added six more points in the fourth to put it away.

The loss ended a strong October run. Hanover had won three straight, starting with a 20-3 win at John Stark on Oct. 10, then edging Kingswood 9-6 on the road and rolling past Hollis Brookline 42-8 on senior night, its highest point total of the fall.

Defense carried the Bears for much of that stretch. Before Friday, Hanover had allowed 17 points combined over three games, and no opponent had scored more than 22 against the Bears all season.

Hanover finishes the regular season 5-4 overall and 3-2 in its division. The Bears opened 0-2 with losses to Plymouth and Milford, then won five of their next six games before Friday. West has won six of its last seven games on its home field.

Now the Bears wait. A win would likely have meant a top-four seed and a home playoff game; with the loss, Hanover could slide as low as sixth. The playoffs begin the weekend of Nov. 6-7.

Other relevant play on Friday, October 30:

Milford 7 at Pelham 38 Pelham, which Hanover edged 12-7 on Sept. 18, rolled past Milford, which beat the Bears 7-0 on Sept. 11.

Souhegan 35 at Hollis Brookline 13 Souhegan, which beat Hanover 18-13 on Oct. 2, won on the road at Hollis Brookline, the team the Bears beat 42-8 a week ago.

Kingswood 13 at Kennett 12 Kingswood, which Hanover edged 9-6 on Oct. 16, won by a point.

Plymouth 36 at St. Thomas 13 Plymouth, which beat Hanover 18-11 in the season opener, rolled on the road.

That wraps up the day for Hanover High School sports. We’ll see you next time!

BRANDON, Vt. - No eighth seed had ever beaten a No. 1 seed in the Vermont high school football playoffs. For a half on Friday night, Woodstock looked like it might be the first.

The Wasps forced three-and-outs on Otter Valley’s first three possessions and scored touchdowns on two of their first three drives. Jake Blackburn ran in from 7 yards out on Woodstock’s opening drive, and Hunter Roberts punched in a 2-yard touchdown run on the third. Woodstock took a 13-8 lead into halftime at Markowski Field.

That was a stunning turn from the regular season, when Otter Valley beat Woodstock 42-6 on Oct. 9.

Otter Valley found its footing behind Max Potter, who played quarterback after starter Nolan Quenneville hurt his wrist early in the game. Potter scored on a 5-yard keeper with 5:21 left in the first half and threw a two-point pass to Keegan Reid, then put the Otters ahead for good with a 9-yard run on their first possession of the second half. Colby Benoit added a 4-yard touchdown run in the fourth quarter, and a two-point run made it 22-13 with 3:10 left.

Woodstock kept coming, but Otter Valley’s defense stopped the Wasps on downs on each of their final three drives. Roberts led Woodstock with 98 rushing yards, and Blackburn added 60.

Otter Valley coach Jim Hill gave the Wasps credit. “(Woodstock coach) Ramsey (Worrell) knows how to get his guys prepared and I knew they’d be prepared,” Hill said. “We had to find a way to win today.”

Woodstock finishes 2-7. The Wasps’ wins came against BFA Fairfax/Lamoille, 26-7 on Oct. 2, and Mill River, 27-7 on Oct. 17, and they closed the regular season with an 18-32 loss to Windsor. Woodstock had knocked Otter Valley out of the playoffs in each of the last two seasons, and on Friday the Wasps came within a few stops of doing it again.

Otter Valley improves to 7-1 and hosts Springfield in the semifinals on Friday, Nov. 6.

Other relevant play on Friday, October 30:

Windsor 6 at Springfield 39 Springfield, Otter Valley’s semifinal opponent, pulled away from Windsor, which beat Woodstock 32-18 on Oct. 24.

Mill River 20 at Mt. Abraham 56 Mt. Abraham, which beat Woodstock earlier this fall, rolled past Mill River, which the Wasps beat 27-7 on Oct. 17.

That wraps up the day for Woodstock Union High School sports. We’ll see you next time!

SPRINGFIELD, Vt. - Windsor football was down 7-0 before its offense touched the ball on Friday night. Springfield’s Braiden Wheeler returned the opening kickoff 75 yards for a touchdown, and the Yellow Jackets spent the rest of the first half fighting their way back into it.

Jack Burke scored Windsor’s touchdown after a turnover, and the fifth-seeded Yellow Jackets went into halftime trailing just 7-6. Fourth-seeded Springfield took over from there, scoring 32 unanswered points after the break to win the quarterfinal 39-6 at Brown Field.

The Cosmos’ pass rush set the tone in the second half, with steady pressure on Windsor quarterback Nolan Weld every time he dropped back to throw.

It was a reversal of the first meeting. Windsor won 15-12 at Springfield on Oct. 9, part of a late-season surge in which the Yellow Jackets allowed 47 points over a four-game stretch.

Windsor finishes 4-4, two more wins than last year’s 2-7 team. The Yellow Jackets opened the season with a 54-0 win over Missisquoi Valley, scored 46 points against Milton in September and closed the regular season with back-to-back wins, the second a 32-18 victory at Woodstock on Oct. 24 that evened the all-time series between the neighbors.

Springfield moves on to the semifinals at top-seeded Otter Valley on Friday, Nov. 6.

Other relevant play on Friday, October 30:

Woodstock 13 at Otter Valley 22 Top-seeded Otter Valley, which beat Windsor 10-0 on Oct. 3, held off Woodstock and hosts Springfield in the semifinals.

Mill River 20 at Mt. Abraham 56 Mt. Abraham rolled past Mill River, which beat Windsor 32-14 on Sept. 19.

That wraps up the day for Windsor High School sports. We’ll see you next time!

COLCHESTER, Vt. - Hartford football saved its biggest offensive night of the season for its last one. The eighth-seeded Hurricanes scored 32 points at top-seeded Colchester on Friday night in the quarterfinals of the playoffs, but the Lakers answered with 54 and moved on.

The 32 points were the most Hartford put up all fall, topping the 26 it scored in a four-point home loss to Lyndon Institute on Oct. 15. The Hurricanes had scored 20 in each of their other two October losses, at Mount Anthony on Oct. 9 and at home against Fair Haven on Oct. 23.

It was a tall order for an eighth seed. Colchester came in 7-1 and improves to 8-1. The Lakers face North Country in the semifinals on Friday, Nov. 6.

Hartford finishes 1-8. Its lone win came at home against Brattleboro, 21-6 on Sept. 25. The Hurricanes played a demanding schedule all fall: seven of their eight regular-season opponents earned playoff spots, including season-opening road trips to Champlain Valley, Rutland and Burr and Burton.

Two of those playoff teams kept rolling this week. Fair Haven, which beat Hartford 34-20, shut out U-32 42-0 on Thursday, and Lyndon Institute, which edged the Hurricanes 30-26, hosts Spaulding on Saturday.

The scoreboard did not go Hartford’s way on Friday, but the Hurricanes went out with their best scoring night of the season.

That wraps up the day for Hartford High School sports. We’ll see you next time!

LEBANON, N.H. - Lebanon boys soccer was running out of time on Friday afternoon. Trailing Pembroke 1-0 late in the second half of the quarterfinals, the Raiders needed a moment. Jesse Madory gave them one in the 74th minute, and Caelan Boynton finished the job in overtime.

Boynton converted a cross from Tucker Green early in the first overtime period to give Lebanon a 2-1 win at home and send the Raiders into the semifinals.

It was a grind from the opening whistle. The teams were scoreless at halftime, and Pembroke broke through first in the second half, taking the lead on a restart. Madory answered with a rocket in the 74th minute to tie it 1-1 and force overtime, and the extra time did not last long. Boynton finished with a goal and an assist, and Green set up the winner.

Coach Rob Johnstone said his team had to dig deep. “Pembroke clogged things up, took the lead on a restart, and pushed us to the brink. Two great goals and incredible heart and fight pushed us through,” Johnstone said.

Madory and Boynton have been at the center of Lebanon’s attack all fall. Both scored in the first 13 minutes of a 5-0 win over Kennett in September, with Boynton adding a second goal and Green also scoring, and Madory scored again in the regular-season finale against John Stark.

The win was Lebanon’s fifth straight, and the Raiders are unbeaten in seven games (6-0-1). They improve to 11-3-2, four more wins than last year’s 7-5-4 team, whose season ended in the quarterfinals. This group is now one round further.

Pembroke was a familiar opponent. Lebanon opened the season with a 1-0 win at Pembroke on Sept. 4, when Austin Engert stepped in front of a pass from the Pembroke goalkeeper and scored in the 45th minute. A year ago, Pembroke beat the Raiders 3-0 in the regular season and reached the quarterfinals. Pembroke, which beat Kennett 3-1 in Tuesday’s opening round, finishes 8-4-6.

Next up is a semifinal at Campbell. The two teams played to a 0-0 draw in Lebanon on Sept. 23, and Campbell shut out Hollis Brookline 3-0 in its own quarterfinal on Friday. The other semifinal pairs ConVal and Bow, two teams that beat Lebanon by a combined 3-0 this fall.

Scoring by period (first half, second half, overtime): Pembroke 0, 1, 0 - 1; Lebanon 0, 1, 1 - 2.

Lebanon boys soccer is next at Campbell in the semifinals on Monday, November 2, at 4 p.m.

Other relevant play on Friday, October 30:

Hollis Brookline 0 at Campbell 3 Campbell, Lebanon’s semifinal opponent, shut out Hollis Brookline, which the Raiders beat 3-1 on Oct. 16.

Milford 0 at ConVal 1 ConVal, which edged Lebanon 1-0 on Sept. 25, held off Milford, a team the Raiders beat 5-3 on Oct. 13.

Bow 2 at Oyster River 1 Bow, which beat Lebanon 2-0 on Oct. 2, won on the road at Oyster River, which beat the Raiders 3-0 on Sept. 18.

Lebanon at Inter-Lakes-Moultonborough | Friday, October 30

Lebanon football gave one of the best teams in its division all it could handle for a half on Friday night. The Raiders trailed Inter-Lakes-Moultonborough just 7-6 at halftime on the road before the hosts pulled away for a 28-6 win in the regular-season finale.

Oden Manganie was in the middle of Lebanon’s best moments, catching the Raiders’ touchdown pass on offense and coming up with an interception on defense.

Coach Kyle Colburn liked what he saw from a short-handed group. “Proud of the boys; they played well, banged up, and a lot of young players stepped up and gave us everything they had. We came out prepared,” Colburn said.

Lebanon closes its regular season at 2-6. The Raiders’ wins came in back-to-back weeks in October, a 54-0 rout of Bishop Brady-Hopkinton on Oct. 3 and a 16-6 win at Sanborn. Inter-Lakes-Moultonborough improves to 7-1.

Other relevant play on Friday, October 30:

Laconia 30 at Kearsarge 29 Laconia, which beat Lebanon 28-12 on Oct. 16, won by a point at Kearsarge, which beat the Raiders 34-12 a week ago.

Somersworth 21 at Campbell 16 Somersworth won on the road at Campbell, which beat Lebanon 38-12 this fall.

That wraps up the day for Lebanon High School sports. We’ll see you next time!

Hanover

Bears girls volleyball’s five-match winning streak and its season came to an end in the quarterfinals against a Gilford team that has now won four straight.

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HANOVER, N.H. - Hanover girls volleyball came into Thursday night riding a five-match winning streak and playing in front of its home crowd. Gilford, which had been on a roll of its own, brought both runs to an end.

The Golden Eagles beat the Bears 3-1 in the quarterfinals of the tournament at the Hanover High School gym, ending Hanover’s season at 13-3 and sending Gilford to the semifinals.

It was a meeting of two teams on winning streaks. Hanover had not lost since a 0-3 setback against Oyster River on Oct. 9, and it had dropped only four sets during its five-match streak, which included a 3-1 road win at Hollis Brookline on Oct. 14, a 3-0 sweep of Fall Mountain on Oct. 19 and a 3-1 win over Merrimack Valley to close the regular season on Oct. 23. Thursday’s loss also ended a three-match home winning streak.

The Bears opened the tournament with a 3-1 home win over Milford on Tuesday, their second win over Milford this fall after a 3-2 decision on Oct. 6. Sage Farger ran the offense with 29 assists and added 16 digs in that match, and Casey Wilkinson anchored the back row with 19 digs and two aces.

Defense was the plan from the start. With several experienced front-row players gone from last year’s team, coach Avery Kretschmar said before the season that this group would have to win with defense. “Focusing on being scrappy, aggressive serves and strategic plays will be key for our success. We are focusing on making the smart play, not the most flashy one, to earn points and win matches,” Kretschmar said.

It worked for most of the fall. Hanover’s only losses before Thursday came in straight sets against Somersworth on Sept. 28 and Oyster River on Oct. 9, and the Bears finished with one more win than last year’s 12-5 team, which also saw its season end in the quarterfinals.

The result flips last season’s script against Gilford. Hanover beat the Golden Eagles twice in 2025, 3-0 on Sept. 26 and 3-1 on Oct. 24, but the two teams did not meet in the 2026 regular season until Thursday.

Gilford improves to 13-3 and has won four straight, including a 3-0 sweep of Coe-Brown in Tuesday’s opening round. The Golden Eagles, who also swept Oyster River on Oct. 14, play in the semifinals on Wednesday, Nov. 4, at 6 p.m. against the winner of Friday’s Somersworth-Kingswood quarterfinal. Somersworth handed Hanover one of its three losses this fall.

Other relevant play on Thursday, October 29:

Laconia 0 at Oyster River 3 Oyster River, the defending champion and one of the teams that beat Hanover this fall, swept Laconia and meets Hollis Brookline in the semifinals on Wednesday, Nov. 4.

Hollis Brookline 3 at Souhegan 1 Hollis Brookline, which Hanover beat 3-1 on Oct. 14, won on the road to reach the semifinals against Oyster River.

That wraps up the day for Hanover High School sports. We’ll see you next time!

Woodstock

Wasps field hockey rolled past Stowe in the semifinals behind a Betta Cirovic hat trick and will play Mt. Abraham for the state title on Sunday, one year after falling in the final.

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Hanover

Bears boys soccer shut out Concord in its tournament opener and hosts Londonderry in the quarterfinals on Saturday.

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Hartford

Top-seeded Hurricanes boys soccer’s season ended in the semifinals against Milton, snapping a 14-game winning streak.

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