Land trust purchases, conserves 75 acres in Hartland

HARTLAND — The Upper Valley Land Trust has purchased 75 acres of land to create the Timotheus Pohl Conservation Area.

Girls basketball: Oxbow hangs on for trip to finals

By TRIS WYKES

BARRE, Vt. — The heat and humidity generated by warming spring temperatures and a couple of thousand bodies packed into the Barre Auditorium on Thursday drove a gaggle of high school basketball fans out the back door during halftime of the Oxbow-Peoples girls game.

Dartmouth faces perennial power Cornell in first-ever Ivy League Tournament

Staff and wire reports

After being picked to finish in last place in the Ivy League preseason poll, the Dartmouth College men’s basketball team finds itself in a position to advance to the NCAA tournament for the first time since 1959.

Hanover boys hockey falls in semifinal

By TRIS WYKES

MANCHESTER — The proverbial lights went out for the Hanover High boys hockey team Wednesday with a 3-1 loss to Concord in the NHIAA Division I semifinals at John F. Kennedy Memorial Coliseum. The game and season, however, displayed what appears to be a bright future for the Bears.

Hanover girls hockey overwhelms Concord in state semifinal

By TRIS WYKES

CONCORD — The future is now for the Hanover High girls hockey team, which blasted Concord, 11-2, on Tuesday in the NHIAA Division I semifinals at Everett Arena.

Hartford girls hockey repeats as DII state champion

By TRIS WYKES

The Hartford High girls hockey team won its second consecutive VPA Division II title Sunday with a 2-0 defeat of Middlebury at the University of Vermont’s Gutterson Field House.

Local Roundup: Hanover teams advance to hockey semifinals

Hanover 8Keene-Monadnock-FM 0

Thetford boys basketball wins DIII state championship

By TRIS WYKES

BARRE, Vt. — The Thetford Academy boys basketball team did not just, as their warmup shirts read Saturday, “Journey to the Tourney.” They won the whole thing.

Hartford boys hockey bows out in DII semifinal

By TRIS WYKES

BARRE, Vt. — Hartford High’s Cavan Benjamin rushed the puck into the U-32 end Friday night. The rangy defenseman curled out from behind the net and flung a perfect pass back between the circles to gliding hockey teammate Nolan Morlock.

Undefeated season comes to sudden end for WRV basketball squad

By TRIS WYKES

BARRE, Vt. — A frustrated White River Valley boys basketball team and its fans saw an undefeated season come to a disappointing conclusion on Thursday night, falling short of the program’s championship goals.

Thetford boys basketball advances to DIII final

By TRIS WYKES

BARRE, Vt. — When Jason Gray took over as Thetford Academy’s boys basketball coach nine years ago, he had a simple message for a program that hadn’t reached the playoff quarterfinals during its four previous seasons.

Boys basketball: Long championship gap continues for Canes

By TRIS WYKES

BARRE, Vt. — The Barre Auditorium locker room door had been shut for 15 postgame minutes Wednesday when the mustachioed attendant came to officially end the Hartford High boys basketball team’s stay in the venerated, 86-year old building.

Local Roundup: Rivendell advances in D-IV girls hoops tournament

Rivendell 38, Danville 37

Local Roundup: Hartford girls hockey advances to semis

Hartford 4, U-32 0

Tenney Mountain Resort is state’s latest victim of ski chairlift problems

By DAVID BROOKS

From the point of view of New Hampshire ski area owners, this has been a good news/bad news season.

On the Trails: Paths unite young and old on South Africa trip

By SEAN OGLE

There’s something about seeing an unfamiliar place that can reinvigorate your connection to things you see every day and give you a new appreciation for the ordinary.

College basketball: Dartmouth batters Brown for first Ivy Madness invite

HANOVER — Ryan Cornish’s 18 points helped Dartmouth defeat Brown 78-58 on Saturday, a victory that secured the Big Green’s first invitation to the Ivy League’s postseason tournament.

High school boys basketball: Wildcats bound for Barre

By TRIS WYKES

SOUTH ROYALTON — The White River Valley High boys basketball team took in a horror film to start the season.

Local Roundup: Hartford and Thetford advance to boys basketball semifinals

Hartford 68, Lamoille 49