UVM men’s soccer advances to NCAA tournament semifinals for the first time in Catamount history

By OLIVIA HAGIOS

The University of Vermont men’s soccer team is making Catamount history this season, advancing to the semifinal round of the NCAA’s Division 1 tournament for the first time in history as the team chases a national championship.The Catamounts have won...

Big Green women’s basketball team loses after poor 4th quarter

By ALEX CERVANTES

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,...

Amid confusion on transgender sports law, Kearsarge has yet to face legal challenge

By JEREMY MARGOLIS

The Kearsarge Regional School District has yet to face any legal consequences for declining to comply with a new state law barring transgender girls from participating on girls’ sports teams, according to Superintendent John Fortney’s response to a...

Big Green men’s hockey looking forward to changing the tune

By ALEX CERVANTES

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...

Public meetings slated after petition to stop wake sports at 10 Vermont lakes

By EMMA COTTON

In April, Vermont enacted long-debated, statewide restrictions on wake boats, designed to create large wakes for recreation with a goal of preventing environmental harms. The new rule only allows wake boats in 30 of the state’s inland lakes.Now, nine...

Dartmouth men’s basketball finds some success by playing at quick pace

By ALEX CERVANTES

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...

UVM men’s soccer advances to the quarterfinals of the NCAA tournament to face Pittsburgh

By OLIVIA HAGIOS

The University of Vermont men’s soccer team is on a roll, winning three straight NCAA Division I tournament games and advancing to the quarterfinals to play No. 2-seeded University of Pittsburgh this weekend.The Catamounts claimed the America East...

Dartmouth roundup: Women’s hoop program remains work in progress

By ALEX CERVANTES

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,...

Managing to make a mark: Lebanon grad Felix rewarded with minutes for college soccer team

By TRIS WYKES

Alex Felix was a bit nervous but mostly filled with excited anticipation as he waited to substitute into the St. Olaf (Minn.) College men’s soccer game against visiting Concordia-Moorhead on Nov. 2.The 2021 Lebanon High graduate’s emotions were...

College Notes: How Upper Valley athletes fared at the collegiate level

Compiled by TRIS WYKES

MEN’S CREW Williams (Mass.) College senior Noah Phipps (Norwich/Hanover) occupied the stroke seat for the Ephs’ first varsity boat, which finished seventh out of 42 teams at the Head of the Charles in a time of 14 minutes and 57 seconds in the...

Lebanon golfer Ben Britton came back from 6 holes down to force tie in title match

By ALEX CERVANTES

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....

Dartmouth football puts nine on All-Ivy first team

By ALEX CERVANTES

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...

Royals repeat as bass fishing champs while Raiders finish in third

By ALEX CERVANTES

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...

Big Green football squad celebrates its defense

By ALEX CERVANTES

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...

Hartland shooting range closes for season on Dec. 14

HARTLAND — Hammond Cove Shooting Range will close for the winter on Dec. 14, and reopen in April. Hammond Cove, located at the end of Ferry Road in Hartland, is an outdoor public shooting range operated by the Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department. It...

Big Green denied in NIRA D-I women’s rugby final

By ALEX CERVANTES

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...

On the summit again: Dartmouth routs Brown for Ivy title share

By ALEX CERVANTES

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...

Big Green’s special teams coach wants his unit to match his energy

By ALEX CERVANTES

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...

Checking for holes

Jordan Long, who splits his time between Boston and Post Mills, inflated a hot air balloon at the Post Mills Airport on Wednesday.Long, who learned to make hot air balloons under the guidance of Brian Boland, designed and sewed the balloon himself...