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Boys soccer: Bears’ next-man-up mentality tested again in semifinals loss
11-08-2024 5:01 PM

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...

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Big Green faces Princeton on Friday evening after losing its first game last weekend
11-07-2024 4:31 PM

By ALEX CERVANTES

In the immediate aftermath of Dartmouth’s 31-27 homecoming defeat to Harvard on Saturday, senior quarterback Jackson Proctor, in his first game back since a three-game hiatus due to injury, used one of his coach’s favorite adages.“Obviously it wasn’t...


Boys soccer: Lightning counterattack ends Raiders’ year
11-06-2024 4:01 PM

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...


Dartmouth roundup: Narrow margins catch football; men’s soccer fighting for Ivy tourney
11-05-2024 5:31 PM

By ALEX CERVANTES

For the sixth consecutive time this season, the margin of victory in a Dartmouth football game was within four points. But Saturday’s homecoming tilt with Harvard marked the first instance this fall where the Big Green emerged as the loser in a...


Cardinals march forward into D-III girls soccer championship match
11-05-2024 5:01 PM

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...


Windsor avenges previous defeats by dominating Montpelier for title
11-03-2024 6:31 PM

By ALEX CERVANTES

BURLINGTON — The Windsor High field hockey team had been playing for this game, a state championship rematch with Montpelier, since the beginning of the season.The Solons, the defending two-time state champs, had ousted the Yellowjackets from the...


No words needed: Hartford wins again
11-03-2024 5:33 PM

By ALEX CERVANTES

BURLINGTON — All Hartford High’s Charlotte Jasmin needed was a head nod from Madison Barwood. No words needed to be spoken between the teammates. The quick gesture and some simple eye contact sufficed.Just a shade under five minutes into the third...


Upper Valley athletes buck the trend of single sport specialization
11-01-2024 6:31 PM

By ALEX CERVANTES

The sun had set on a Saturday in early October and Windsor senior Audrey Rupp’s body was aching.Rupp had begun her day donning shoulder pads and a helmet, trotting out onto the Yellowjackets’ football field for an early afternoon clash with Poultney....


Special teams flub only thing keeping Harvard from being undefeated like Dartmouth
10-31-2024 6:01 PM

By ALEX CERVANTES

Let’s rewind to late September. On the same day sophomore kicker Owen Zalc’s heroics ensured Dartmouth escaped North Andover, Mass., with a 16-14 victory over Merrimack, Harvard kicker Kieran Corr was lining up for a standard 27-yard field goal at the...


Pizza-loving midfielder strikes twice in Windsor victory
10-31-2024 5:02 PM

By ALEX CERVANTES

WINDSOR — It’s time to bring Kemari Wildgoose her Pizza Chef.It’s said to the victor go the spoils. In the case of Wildgoose, a junior midfielder for the Windsor High girls soccer team, her postgame reward for scoring a header involves the finest the...


Wild finish denies Hartford boys soccer’s bid for first championship
10-30-2024 6:01 PM

By ALEX CERVANTES

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — As the horde of Stratton Mountain School boys soccer supporters flooded the field at Maxfield Sports Complex following the final buzzer’s sound, several Hartford players jogged toward Ben Lang.Lang, the Hurricanes’ senior...


Dartmouth roundup: Football and women’s rugby both start 6-0
10-29-2024 5:01 PM

By ALEX CERVANTES

For just the second time in the two programs’ histories, the Dartmouth College football and women’s rugby teams have each started the season 6-0.Following a 31-15 victory over Quinnipiac on Saturday, the Big Green are now the lone unbeaten squad in...


Big Green in Ivy driver’s seat after victory
10-27-2024 6:03 PM

By ALEX CERVANTES

NEW YORK — The football bounced once off the Columbia logo at midfield before nestling into the arms of Dartmouth senior defensive back Sean Williams.Williams had recovered the Lions’ onside kick, the hosts’ last-ditch effort to potentially extend...


Hartford girls volleyball earns first postseason win
10-24-2024 6:01 PM

By ALEX CERVANTES

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — The second-round VPA Division I girls volleyball playoff clash between Hartford and St. Johnsbury came to an abrupt conclusion when a Hilltopper’s serve didn’t clear the net.There was no extended rally, no punctuating kill or...


Unbeaten Dartmouth vs. one-loss Columbia is deja vu all over again
10-24-2024 5:01 PM

By ALEX CERVANTES

You have to go back almost 30 years, all the way to 1996, to find the last meeting between an undefeated Dartmouth squad and a one-loss Columbia team.That year, the Democratic National Convention was held in Chicago, the New York Yankees were in the...


Hanover field hockey advances
10-23-2024 5:01 PM

By ALEX CERVANTES

HANOVER — Hanover’s Greta Mancini was somewhat astounded that her shot had trickled into the cage.Mancini’s first-quarter goal was the Bears’ lone tally in a 1-0 win over Pembroke in the first round of the NHIAA Division II field hockey playoffs on...


Dartmouth roundup: Men’s soccer rout of Yale keeps bid for Ivy tourney relevant
10-22-2024 4:01 PM

By ALEX CERVANTES

HANOVER — The Dartmouth men’s soccer team wanted to send a message, plain and simple.The Big Green did just that Saturday night against Yale, securing a 4-0 victory — the team’s second clean sheet of the season — over the reigning Ivy League...


Big Green stays perfect by doing the little things often and correctly
10-20-2024 4:55 PM

By ALEX CERVANTES

HANOVER — Isaac Boston leapt twice and waved his hands wildly in the back of the end zone. The Springfield, Mass., native who called Hanover his home for the first four years of his collegiate career, made a concerted, flailing effort to capture the...


After thrilling OT win, undefeated Big Green faces Central Connecticut State on Saturday
10-17-2024 5:01 PM

By ALEX CERVANTES

Days removed from overseeing the largest comeback in program history, Dartmouth College football coach Sammy McCorkle joked that he was delighted to be on the right side of history in last Saturday’s 44-43 overtime triumph over Yale.The second-year...


High school girls soccer: Lebanon offense erupts against Plymouth
10-16-2024 5:01 PM

By ALEX CERVANTES

LEBANON — A weight was lifted for the Lebanon High girls soccer team in its 3-0 win over Plymouth on Tuesday.In recent games, coach Breck Taber felt as if there was some invisible barrier keeping the Raiders from capping any attacking push with a...


Dartmouth roundup: Football ranked; men’s soccer all tied up
10-15-2024 3:31 PM

By ALEX CERVANTES

The Dartmouth football team is off to its best start since 2021 following a thrilling 44-43 overtime victory over Yale on Saturday. The win, which saw coach Sammy McCorkle’s squad overcome a 23-point deficit in the third quarter to manufacture the...

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