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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 BILL WILKINSON

Upper Valley girls basketball will be as much a season of resumption than one of fresh beginnings this winter.The COVID-19 pandemic prevented the realization of as many as three state championships last March. Mid Vermont Christian reached the VPA...

By BILL WILKINSON

Usually the only waves in high school swimming and diving come from the pool.That hasn’t been the case with the NHIAA’s season thrown in disarray by the COVID-19 pandemic. Vermont travel restrictions have forced Hanover High — led by its three-time...

By PETE NAKOS

WEST CANAAN — Minutes after his team won Tuesday afternoon’s match, Ben Seiler stood in the rain and talked about how he and his team needed to improve. The junior had just netted a hat trick to lead Mascoma High boys soccer to a convincing 4-1...

By PETE NAKOS

A photo sits on Tad Falzarano’s desk of his nephew. Standing next to Cal Ripken Jr., a young Christian Arroyo is in his Cal Ripken 12-and-under World Series uniform and has a huge grin. The youngster’s love for baseball shows as he’s standing next to...

By PETE NAKOS

Volleyball will look very different in the Upper Valley this fall. In New Hampshire, volleyball will be the only sport played inside, and spectators won’t be allowed due to COVID-19 precautions. Yet because of the changes, the programs at Hanover,...

By PETE NAKOS

Cross country is a sport where more participants make things better. The bigger the field of runners, the easier it is to see how your team chalks up against others. That won’t be so easy this autumn. In New Hampshire, teams will be limited to running...

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

WEST CANAAN — Minutes after his team won Tuesday afternoon’s match, Ben Seiler stood in the rain and talked about how he and his team needed to improve. The junior had just netted a hat trick to lead Mascoma High boys soccer to a convincing 4-1...

By PETE NAKOS

LANGDON, N.H. — Sam Cavallaro sprinted over to his team, appropriately distanced in Fall Mountain’s north end zone, and yelled out the obvious question.“How’s it feel to win a game?” the sixth-year coach of the Hanover High football team asked...

By PETE NAKOS

HANOVER — John Paul Flores enjoys playing a round of golf whenever he can. He says it’s the sport that he’ll play until the day he dies.Yet he wasn’t expecting to refine his short game this fall, and definitely not helping high schoolers with their...

By PETE NAKOS

WINDSOR — At the beginning of each season, Jody Wood hands out a survey to her Windsor High field hockey team, asking players their personal and team goals for the upcoming campaign.Last season’s team goal was winning the program’s first state title...

By PETE NAKOS

HANOVER — Positioned on the left goalpost at Merriman-Branch Field, Evan Nichols had a simple duty: jump.Nichols, a junior on the Hanover High boys soccer team, is known for his ski jumping prowess. So it wasn’t surprising when he leaped above a pack...

By PETE NAKOS

LEBANON — When the Lebanon School Board gathered on the night of Aug. 25 to discuss fall sports, Chris Childs anxiously awaited its decision, watching on his computer at home.The Lebanon High football coach wanted the season to get approval so he...

By PETE NAKOS

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — The Upper Valley Nighthawks are back in the good graces of the Internal Revenue Service.The Nighthawks’ nonprofit status had been revoked on May 15, 2019, for failing to file federal tax returns for three consecutive years,...

By PETE NAKOS

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — I am walking onto the ice of Wendell A. Barwood Arena with gray New Balance sneakers on and thick elastic bands stretched around the balls of my feet for traction.Please don’t fall, Pete. There are a few good reasons why I...

By PETE NAKOS

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — Carter Nalette called his team together for a pregame huddle. As his seven teammates passed around an Aztec idol they call their good-luck charm, Nalette said that no matter what happens, they’re going to have fun. Make sure to...

By PETE NAKOS

DURHAM, N.H. — Top-seeded Lebanon High football struggled to establish its prolific offense in the NHIAA Division III football championship game on Sunday at windy, rain-whipped Wildcat Stadium on the campus of UNH.Trinity High’s James and John...

By PETE NAKOS

Bev Metcalf gave Lebanon High football coach Chris Childs a call earlier this week. Metcalf, the widow of Lebanon boys basketball coaching legend Lang Metcalf, wanted to wish Childs luck in Sunday’s NHIAA Division III championship game.Bev understands...

By PETE NAKOS

HANOVER — By Chris Knight’s standards, the Dartmouth College men’s basketball team was unlucky last season.The 6-foot-7 forward is willing to admit that the 2018-19 defense didn’t lend itself to good play. The Big Green allowed 1.038 points per...