Press Release: March 2, 2014 March 1: Kearsarge 0 vs. Cardigan Mountain 0 (Proctor Academy) Last weekend the Kearsarge Bantams lost a tight game to Plymouth 2-1 on the campus of Plymouth State University. The following day Kearsarge played a stingy Keene team at Proctor Academy and got goals from Matt Jarvis and Alfie Rylander to win 2-1. The win helped erase a ‘not-so-good-taste’ in the mouths Continue Reading...
Kearsarge February 9
Press Release: February 9, 2014 February 8: Kearsarge 7 @ Pleasant Valley 0 (Vermont Academy) The ride for all of us was a long one, and it led to a place that seemed even further from any place we may have seen or envisioned along the way. Tucked back in the hills with nary a sign to alert a soul they are even getting close, we found Vermont Academy. Saxtons River, Vermont, apparently named Continue Reading...
Kearsarge February 1
Press Release: February 2, 2014 February 1: Kearsarge 1 vs. Twin Valley 3 (Proctor Academy) Just before high noon, the Bantams of Kearsarge played their first of two games on Saturday, February 1st at their home rink on the campus Proctor Academy. Their opponent was a now familiar, team from Twin Valley. In recent weeks, Kearsarge had played this team tough but could not manage to gain a victory. Continue Reading...
Kearsarge January 25-26
Press Release: January 27, 2014 January 25: Kearsarge 1 vs. Pleasant Valley 1 (Proctor Academy) Saturday welcomed wind chills that hovered somewhere between 0 degrees and 10 degrees Fahrenheit. Inside, the rink was cold. I don’t know if the cold impacted the play, but both teams came out a little bit stiff. Okay maybe they came out a-lot-a-bit stiff. The game was scoreless when third period Continue Reading...
Kearsarge January 4-5
Press Release: January 6, 2014 January 4: Kearsarge 4 vs. Oyster River 0 Saturday saw the Kearsarge Bantams play two games, one at home, and then later on the road at Plymouth. The first game was at Proctor Academy where Kearsarge hosted Oyster River. The temperatures inside the rink were just as cold as the single-digit temps outside, or so it seemed. Either way, the Bantams from Kearsarge Continue Reading...
Kearsarge December 1st
Press Release: December 4, 2013 December 1: Kearsarge 4 @ Henniker 3 For me it would be the second of three New England college towns that youth hockey took me to for the weekend. This stop was in Henniker, NH and the picturesque scene of New England College. Complete with the covered bridge to adjoining athletic fields, and the ice coated banks of the Contoocook River winding gently through the Continue Reading...
Kearsarge November 17-23
Press Release: November 24, 2013 November 17: Oyster River 0 @ Kearsarge 3 Over this past week, the Kearsarge Bantams played two more games after their opening day 0-0 tie versus Henniker. On Sunday, the 17th Kearsarge hosted Oyster River. Then yesterday, the 23rd, the Bantams left home ice at Proctor Academy to play a road game versus the Monarchs at Tri-Town arena in Hooksett. On Sunday, the Continue Reading...
Kearsarge Opener
Press Release: November 17, 2013 The Kearsarge Youth Hockey Bantams opened their 2013-14 season yesterday, hosting the Henniker Huskies at Proctor Academy’s Teddy Maloney Rink. This group of Bantam players’ and their families were all wondering what to expect as the drop of the first puck approached. The kids were wondering where their skills, skating, and their evolving mastery of teamwork would Continue Reading...