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High schools: Friday night basketball
D-III Boys’ BasketballNo. 2 St. Thomas 67, No. 7 Belmont 50Key players: St. Thomas – Cole McClure (22 points), Will Mollica (17 points), James Allen (16 points); Belmont – Anakin Underhill (20 points), Keegan Martinez (13 points)Highlights: The...
Alpine skiing: Lucas Golden sweeps GS and slalom titles, leads Concord to 4th in D-I
By DAN ATTORRI
Lucas Golden was hoping to be on the podium. He ended up standing on top of it. Twice.Golden, a freshman, won both the giant slalom and the slalom titles at the NHIAA Division I boys’ Alpine skiing championships on Friday at Crotched Mountain, leading...
Alpine skiing: Wilson wins GS, Chapin wins slalom as Hopkinton claims D-III team title
By DAN ATTORRI
Their best skier fell on his first run of the day. One lost a pole. Two more missed a gate. But those circumstances didn’t define them.Senior Harrison Wilson won the giant slalom in the morning, junior Merrick Chapin won the slalom in the afternoon...
High schools: MV’s Reynolds finishes 3rd at ski jump state championship, Laconia girls hands Concord Christian hoops first loss of the season, plus more basketball and Nordic results
Ski JumpingState championshipKey players: MV – Mychal Reynolds (3rd), Austin Valliere (13th), Wyatt King (18th); Concord – Sebastian Christie (12th); Hanover – Schuyler Clapp (1st), Jai Gregory (2nd)Highlights: Reynolds led MV to fourth as a team and...
Alpine skiing: Hopkinton girls defend D-III title, Belmont’s Ella Stevens sweeps slalom and GS
By DAN ATTORRI
The Hopkinton girls’ Alpine ski team has been consistent all season and that wasn’t about to change on Wednesday. Hawk sophomore Marcella Guadagno finished second in both the slalom and giant slalom, and sophomore Avery Loew and freshman Lia Chapin...
Boys’ hockey: Concord bounces back from first regular season loss with win over Exeter
By ERIC RYNSTON-LOBEL
CONCORD – The Concord boys’ hockey team isn’t used to losing many regular season games. So when the Crimson Tide arrived at Everett Arena on Wednesday after a 4-1 loss to Hanover the day before, there was a renewed focus facing off against an Exeter...
High schools: Winnisquam, Kearsarge girls advance to D-III quarterfinals
D-III Girls’ BasketballNo. 3 Winnisquam 64, No. 14 Belmont 32Key players: Winnisquam – Lauren MacDonald (35 points, 7 rebounds), Bella Sargent (11 points, 11 rebounds), Triniti Carter (6 points, 10 rebounds), Caidyn Carter (5 points), Sophia Braun (4...
Girls’ hockey: Concord back on track, beating Manchester to snap five-game losing streak
By ERIC RYNSTON-LOBEL
CONCORD – It’s often the most elusive goal for any coach: consistency. There’s no easy tweak or schematic change that can turn things around. It takes time.With now three games remaining in the regular season, Concord girls’ hockey continues to search...
High schools: D-III boys basketball prelims, Stark beats MV in OT, Concord puck loses first regular season game since 2021
D-III Boys’ BasketballNo. 5 Hopkinton 64, No. 12 Newport 52Key players: Hopkinton – Abram Standefer (20 points, 6 rebounds, 4 blocks), Kristof Cauley (15 points, 3 rebounds, 5 assists); Newport – Christian Forsythe (25 points), Aaron Fellows (12...
Alpine skiing: Mika Taylor defends slalom title, leads Concord girls to 3rd in D-I, Bow girls finish 5th in D-II
By DAN ATTORRI
On Dec. 21 Mika Taylor finished third in the slalom in the first Alpine race of the season. She never lost again.The Concord High sophomore defended her title in the slalom and finished runner-up in the giant slalom to lead the Crimson Tide to third...
Girls’ basketball: Hopkinton headlines area teams to qualify for Division III playoffs
By ERIC RYNSTON-LOBEL
Even though Hopkinton High girls’ basketball lost its final two regular-season games to limp across finish line, the Hawks still secured the second seed and a first-round bye in the Division III playoffs, which begin on Wednesday.At 13-3, Hopkinton...
Monitor Sports Podcast: Hopkinton’s Matt Miller previews D-III boys’ basketball playoffs
Monitor staff
On this week’s podcast, Eric Rynston-Lobel and Dan Attorri break down the Division III boys’ and girls’ basketball playoff brackets and discuss results from last week’s regular-season boys’ and girls’ basketball and hockey games. Then, Hopkinton boys’...
Labor board gives Dartmouth’s trustees more time to appeal as athletes prepare for union vote
By The Associated Press
The National Labor Relations Board granted Dartmouth’s trustees extra time on Monday to request a review of a regional official’s ruling that the school’s men’s basketball players are employees.The official’s ruling last week cleared the way for an...
High schools: Concord girls’ hoops wins 4th in a row, plus more basketball results
Girls’ BasketballConcord 52, Manchester Central-West 38Key players: Concord – Sofia Payne (20 points, 10 rebounds), Whitney Vaillant (12 points, 11 rebounds)Highlights: The Tide won its fourth game in a row.Records: Concord 6-8; Manchester 3-11Concord...
Boys’ basketball: Kearsarge, Hopkinton, Belmont all hosting playoff games as D-III tournament tips off Tuesday
By ERIC RYNSTON-LOBEL
Three area teams will compete in the Division III boys’ basketball playoffs that begin on Tuesday. Kearsarge finished the season at 15-3 and will be the four seed. Hopkinton will be the five seed after posting an 11-5 regular season record, while...
A roundup of local sports briefs, news and announcements
Middle school resultsThe Hopkinton Middle School girls’ basketball team won the Tri-County Division III championship on Saturday with a 33-23 victory over Weare. The Hawks played excellent defense, holding Weare to just five points in the second half....
A Look at the Lynx: NHTI men’s basketball secures top seed in conference playoffs
The NHTI men’s basketball is scorching hot. This past week the Lynx beat the only opponent in their conference to have handed them a loss, Vermont State University-Radolph, 93-75. The Lynx rolled through their Saturday and Sunday conference games and...
Indoor track: Jamie Lano wins a pair of titles to lead Coe-Brown boys to championship defense
By DAN ATTORRI
PLYMOUTH – “If you’ve got the horses, you might as well ride them.”Quoting former indoor track league director Larry Martin, those were Coe-Brown Northwood Academy head coach David Zink’s words regarding the Coe-Brown boys’ indoor track team’s path to...
As Dartmouth student-athletes push for unionization, UNH’s Michael McCann provides perspective on changing landscape
By ERIC RYNSTON-LOBEL
A resolution to the Dartmouth College men’s basketball players’ quest to be recognized as employees and unionize will likely take months to play out in court.On Monday, the push by the Dartmouth student-athletes received a boost when Laura Sacks, a...
Swimming: Raymond brothers combine for 4 titles to lead Coe-Brown to 3rd at D-II championship
By DAN ATTORRI
Coe-Brown Northwood Academy only has four swimmers. That’s all it took for the Bears to claim the bronze at the NHIAA Division II swimming championship on Saturday. Senior Chris Raymond won both the 100-yard freestyle (50.57 seconds) and 200 freestyle...
