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By BENJAMIN ROSENBERG

Last year was another banner fall for field hockey in the Upper Valley, with Windsor winning its third state title in a row, Hartford playing in a championship game and both Hanover and Lebanon enjoying typically strong seasons.The Yellowjackets,...

Hanover High field hockey opened its NHIAA Division II season on Monday with a 4-3 come-from-behind win over Bow at Merriman-Branch Field.Down 2-0 after one quarter, Hanover used two goals from freshman Maggie Higgins around a Mia Edmonds score for a...

By GREG FENNELL

HANOVER — The second half of Monday’s NHIAA Division II quarterfinal gave Hanover High field hockey coach Jean Essex hope for the future. The first half took care of the present.A three-goal Kennett explosion over an eight-minute span of the second...

By PETE NAKOS

LEBANON — Kate Blaisdell dribbled along the right sideline, taking the ball off the restart into the circle with less than a minute to play in overtime. She then went baseline, keeping a Lebanon High field hockey defender to her left and the ball on...

By PETE NAKOS

WEST CANAAN — Mascoma High field hockey coach Jenn Hammond has reminded her team constantly this season to take it one game at a time — but not for the reasons that phrase has become a cliche, but because nothing is guaranteed in this unprecedented...

By PETE NAKOS

HANOVER — One of the ramifications of regional scheduling during the COVID-19 pandemic has been the chance for teams to meet twice in a week to make contact tracing easy. It also allows for teams to get their chance at revenge. The Hanover High field...

By PETE NAKOS

Field hockey coaches across the Upper Valley are adjusting to COVID-19 guidelines as the season begins, and they’re adjusting to another wrinkle as well: The sport has moved from two halves to four quarters. The change messes with the pace of play and...

By PETE NAKOS

EXETER, N.H. — Unlike the rest of her Hanover field hockey teammates, Kate Blaisdell already has an NHIAA Division II state title. She was on the Windham High team that beat the Marauders in the championship game two years ago. But on Friday night at...

By PETE NAKOS

BEDFORD, N.H. — Coach Jean Essex handed out medals at the beginning of the receiving line as her Hanover High field hockey team passed the NHIAA Division II state plaque from player to player. After back-to-back years of watching other teams handle...

By PETE NAKOS

Kate Blaisdell has been a strong addition for the Hanover High field hockey team. She’s scored 10 goals in nine games and has helped the Marauders jump out to a 7-1-1 start. But the junior transfer from Windham isn’t only a welcome offensive presence;...

By PETE NAKOS

HANOVER — Halfway through the first half, coach Jean Essex screamed out to her Hanover High field hockey players that they looked scared. The offense had produced only one shot, the defense had allowed for visiting Derryfield to have its way and...

By Greg Fennell

West Lebanon — The Hanover High field hockey team may not have come home with the ultimate prize of a state championship, but longtime coach Jean Essex’s work with the Marauders this fall apparently impressed her peers.The New Hampshire Field Hockey...