Sports
High school roundup: ConVal sends two skiers to Meet of Champions
By BEN CONANT
ConVal hosted the NHIAA Division II boys’ alpine skiing state championship at Crotched Mountain on Monday and will send two Cougars to the Meet of Champions.Garret Rousseau took fifth in the slalom and 30th in the giant slalom to earn his way to...
High School Roundup: Rautiola scores 1,000th point, postseason is upon us
By BEN CONANT
Long before Brynn Rautiola ever donned an orange-and-black jersey, before her championship wins and personal victories as a Conant Oriole – in fact, long before she even lived in the Jaffrey-Rindge school district – she idolized Conant girls’...
High School Roundup: Conant is first to beat Concord Christian this season
By BEN CONANT
The Conant boys’ basketball team handed Division IV leader Concord Christian Academy its first loss of the season in Jaffrey Tuesday night, 46-43, after nearly handing the visiting Kingsmen the ballgame. One night after the CCA girls snapped Conant’s...
High School Roundup: ConVal track tunes up before state meet
INDOOR TRACK The ConVal boys’ and girls’ indoor track teams competed in their final competition before the state championship meet on Sunday at UNH. For the boys, sophomore William Simard finished fourth in the 1,500-meter run in a personal-best time...
High School Roundup: Gutwein drops 40 in ConVal win
GIRLS’ BASKETBALLConant 39, Gilford 20The Orioles won their road rematch with Gilford Monday night behind 16 points from Brynn Rautiola and 13 from Emma Tenters. After beating Hillsboro-Deering 63-31 Tuesday, Conant is now 14-0 on the season with a...
ConVal-Conant alum Spingola playing college hockey at Springfield
By BEN CONANT
When Tessa Spingola first stepped onto the ice as a high school freshman, she never imagined her hockey career would lead her to a starting spot on a college team. But now, the Springfield College freshman is a member of both the Pride varsity...
High School Roundup: Spartans down Cougars in girls’ basketball matchup
By BEN CONANT
The Milford girls’ basketball team is Division II’s surprise upstart this winter, and although ConVal played well against the Spartans Friday night in Peterborough, the visitors continued their strong season by dominating the glass and coming away...
Raelin Deschenes follows in her father’s racing tire tracks
By ASHLEY SAARI
Seven-year-old Raelin Deschenes has inherited a need for speed.Deschenes has a small (but hopefully growing) haul of trophies in her garage, a roadmap to her successful first season in the Claremont Motorsports Karting Series.Only 6 when she first...
High School Roundup: Vikings pillage Warriors in doubleheader sweep
By BEN CONANT
The visiting Vikings pillaged Wilton’s Warriors in Tuesday night’s doubleheader, as Mascenic’s boys’ and girls’ basketball teams routed their WLC counterparts.Mascenic boys’ head coach Ryan Kelley said that his team hadn’t practiced for days thanks to...
High School Roundup: 1,000 points for Tenters? Piece of cake
By BEN CONANT
Conant High School’s first Hoops for Hunger basketball fundraiser Saturday night raised around $3,000 and a slew of canned goods for local families in need. But on the court, no one was hungrier than senior forward Emma Tenters, as she ate up the...
Ashley Rose Humphreys of Lyndeborough competes at World University Games
By KATHLEEN HUMPHREYS
“It’s an honor to be representing Team USA” is what was most on the mind of Ashley Rose Humphreys of Lyndeborough while competing at the World University Games at Lake Placid.Humphreys, a May graduate of Colby-Sawyer College, was recruited by U.S. Ski...
ConVal boys’ basketball loses title rematch against Souhegan
By JOSH LACAILLADE
The Souhegan Sabers boys’ basketball team is heating up, and has no plans to cool down.On Tuesday night, ConVal was the latest to fall to the undefeated Sabers, losing 51-40 in their first matchup since Souhegan scored a 53-51 win in last year’s...
Ashley Rose Humphreys of Lyndeborough to compete at World University Games
Ashley Rose Humphreys of Lyndeborough will be competing in the 2023 Lake Placid FISU World University Games. Opening ceremonies will be on Jan. 12.Humphreys will be competing in the super-G and alpine combined events at Whiteface Mountain.“It’s an...
Late shot gives WLC boys first win
By JOSH LACAILLADE
On Tuesday night, Ben Jacob, Alex Nelson and Joe Krug led the Wilton-Lyndeborough boys’ basketball team to a 34-33 victory over Mount Royal Academy, the team’s first win of the season. Jacob scored 16 points, while Krug hit a crucial three-pointer...
Souhegan Lions Club hosts Peanut Butter Chip Chase
Benjamin Pyhala, John Crawford and Gavin Ketola were the top three overall finishers in the Peanut Butter Chip Chase 5K run/walk New Year’s Day.Pyhala crossed the line in 17 minutes, 44 seconds, followed by Crawford in 18:10 and Ketola in 18:37....
Ledger-Transcript Fall Sports Awards
The fall 2022 high school sports season didn’t produce any local team state champions, but there was still plenty to celebrate. Mascenic field hockey, ConVal boys’ soccer and the undefeated Mascenic girls’ volleyball team all made the final four in...
High School Roundup: ConVal softball dances way to winning start
By BEN CONANT
The loose, confident Cougars are dancing their way to ConVal’s best softball start in years, and with any luck, their cleats will keep on clicking.“I think we’re more of a unit than we ever have been before,” said pitcher and co-captain Kendall...
High School Roundup: Mascenic baseball off to red-hot start
By BEN CONANT
The Mascenic baseball team is undefeated in the early going thanks to an improved offense and a stable of solid pitchers.“Our bats are off to a hot start and we’re scoring runs early in games,” said head coach Jared Stauffeneker, whose Vikings entered...
High School Roundup: WLC softball team finding their focus early on
By BEN CONANT
Midway through Friday’s run-rule loss to Sunapee, the Wilton-Lyndeborough softball team wasn’t just down on the scoreboard – they were down in the dumps. But while the visiting Lakers may have put up enough numbers to win, the Warriors rallied and...
Too close for comfort? Singlets no longer required in high school wrestling
By BEN CONANT
Every wrestler remembers the first time they were faced with it. It gets a tight — some would say, downright uncomfortable — grip, and never lets go, grappling closer than any opponent on the mat. It’s the wrestling singlet, that form-fitting piece of...
