Local roundup: Potter’s two-way play sends Hartford boys hoop past Fair Haven
Brandon Potter
Modified: 3/10/2021 12:00:49 AM
FAIR HAVEN, Vt. The second half belonged to the Hartford High boys basketball team in a VPA Division II showdown at Fair Haven on Tuesday night. The Hurricanes erased a seven-point halftime deficit to beat the host Slaters, 57-51, in a potential postseason preview.
Hartford’s Brandon Potter drew the assignment of guarding Fair Haven star Kohlby Murray and Potter was more than up to the task, holding Murray to just 13 points. Potter countered that with 13 points of his own to settle that battle at a draw.
D-II Nordic championships: Hopkinton girls finish second, Kearsarge boys third
Kearsarge s Steven Williamson competes at the Division II Nordic championships on March 4, 2021, at Great Glen Trails in Gorham. Williamson finished fifth in the classic race and sixth in the skate race to lead the Cougars to a third-place result in the team standings. MELISSA CURRAN Monitor staff
Hopkinton s Francie Trafton competes at the Division II Nordic championships on March 4, 2021, at Great Glen Trails in Gorham. Trafton finished fourth in the skate race and eighth in the classic race and Hopkinton finished runner-up to Lebanon, 732-728. MELISSA CURRAN Monitor staff
Hopkinton s Michael Eggers-Emerson competes at the Division II Nordic championships on March 4, 2021, at Great Glen Trails in Gorham. Eggers-Emerson finished 15th in the classic race and 21st in the skate race to help the Hawks to a fifth-place team finish. MELISSA CURRAN Monitor staff
Worth the wait: Lebanon girls win first NHIAA D-II cross country ski crown
Ayla Weale
Modified: 3/4/2021 10:06:46 PM
PINKHAM NOTCH, N.H. In the end, it was worth the wait.
Delayed by two days when weather softened the course, the Lebanon High girls cross country ski team won its first NHIAA state championship on Thursday, taking the Division II crown at Great Glen Trails. Senior Ayla Weale recorded a pair of top-10 finishes for the Raiders, who had previously recorded four runner-up results in various divisions in the 1970s and ‘90s, long before the NHIAA set up Nordic skiing for its own state honors.
Local roundup: Weale, Phipps sweep Fall Mtn. Nordic ski race
Ayla Weale
Modified: 1/24/2021 8:27:02 AM
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LANGDON, N.H. Lebanon’s Ayla Weale (10:38) edged out her closest competitor by more than 30 seconds and Hanover’s Noah Phipps nipped his brother, Simon, to claim individual victories in a three-team Nordic ski race at Fall Mountain Regional High School on Saturday. Hanover swept the team titles over the Raiders and Wildcats.
Britta Arnold (11:10), Sage Gilbert-Diamond (11:12) and Elsa May (11:35) took 2-3-4, respectively, guiding the Marauders to a team win. They were followed by Kathryn Davis (12:03) in sixth and Annika Milliman (12:25) grabbed 11th.