Andover Outing Club at Lake Placid Ski Jumping Meet
Merrimack Blue Storm Youth Lacrosse Sign-Ups
Sign up by March 23
Press release
If you are a student in grades three through eight interested in lacrosse, you are invited to check out Merrimack Valley’s Blue Storm Sports for spring lacrosse sign ups. The March 23 deadline for sign-ups only is fast approaching, so don’t miss out! Lacrosse is an awesome sport. Girls generally need a mouth guard, goggles, and a lacrosse stick. Boys have […]
Andover Girls Softball: Sign Up by March 10!
Ages four to U16: sign up on March 2, 7, or 10
By Melissa Thompson, Andover Girls Softball
Any girl from four to under-16 who would like to play softball, please get your forms turned in sooner rather than later! In order to be sure these girls have enough players to make up teams or to get these girls elsewhere to play, we need all forms turned in by the deadline of Tuesday, […]
Andover Recreation Basketball
Andover Outing Club Holds 30th Anniversary Competition
Press release
On January 11, the Andover Outing Club held its 30th Anniversary Ski Jumping and Nordic-Combined Competition at Proctor Ski Area. Competitors were on hand from across the northeast, including entrants from Andover Outing Club (AOC), Lebanon Outing Club (LOC), Ford Sayer (FS) in Hanover, New York Ski Education Foundation (NYSEF), Salisbury Ski Association (SWSA) in Connecticut, Hanover […]
Nick Fairall Injured While Competing in Austria
Stablized by emergency surgery
Press release
Nicholas Fairall, 25, of Andover, sustained a serious spine injury on January 5 when he fell while ski jumping in the final event of the 4-Hills-Tournament in Bischofshofen, Austria. Nick, a member of the USA Ski Jumping team, a 2014 Sochi Olympian, and a popular coach at AE/MS and the Andover Outing Club, was taken […]
Andover Lions Club Fourth Annual Basketball Tournament
Andover boys win
Press release
The Andover Lions Club held its fourth annual basketball tournament at Proctor Academy on December 26 and 27 with a large crowd in attendance. The Andover boys middle school White team won the boys division, with wins over Kearsarge and the Andover Blue team. Ezra Jenifer scored 24 points in the championship game and earned the […]
Andover Lions Host Annual Basketball Tournament
December 26 and 27 at Proctor
Press release
The Andover Lions will be holding their fourth annual Middle School Basketball Tournament at Proctor Academy on Friday and Saturday, December 26 and 27. There will be both a boys and a girls bracket. Teams playing this year are from Andover, Kearsarge, Franklin, and St. Johnsbury, Vermont. Games will start at 2 PM, and four games will […]
Andover Outing Club Practices Ski Jumping Without Snow
Olympian Nick Fairall on hand for advice
By Charlie Darling, Beacon staff
Nick Fairall of Andover, who competed in the 2014 Olympics in Sochi, Japan, has been working with Andover Outing Club (AOC) members on the roller jump on the porch of the lodge at Proctor Ski Area. “It’s nice to see all the young AOC jumpers getting excited to start ski jumping this winter,” Nick said. […]
Andover Rec Soccer Ends the Year with Tournaments
It was a good, positive season
By Heidi Murphy, Andover Recreation Soccer
The Andover Recreation Committee soccer teams closed out their season with a few tournaments. Michelle Dudek, Harvey Pine, and Chris Bentzler, who were the first and second grade coaches, held a scrimmage among the players. Even though it was a rainy day, the kids really enjoyed themselves and played some stellar soccer. They ended the […]