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Hockey: Kearsarge’s Justin Garzia named D-III Coach of the Year, All-State rosters released

03-22-2024 1:28 PM

By DAN ATTORRI

The New Hampshire High School Hockey Coaches Association recently released its end-of-season awards and All-State rosters for the 2023-24 season. Kearsarge-Plymouth head coach Justin Garzia took home the biggest prize, getting named the Division III...


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The Black Ice Tournament moves inside again, but the tradition remains

03-22-2024 12:45 PM

By ERIC RYNSTON-LOBEL

There’s something cinematic about the Black Ice Tournament at White Park in the middle of the Concord winter. Hockey skates slice across the ice, friends of years past reunite and the community gathers to enjoy hockey, the cold weather and all...


Forty-eight of the 50 states are sending players to men’s March Madness. New Hampshire isn’t one of them

03-20-2024 11:52 AM

By ERIC RYNSTON-LOBEL

According to a map posted by the official NCAA men’s March Madness account on X, formerly Twitter, New Hampshire is one of just two states not sending any players to the Division I men’s tournament, which began with the First Four on Tuesday...


Dartmouth refuses to work with basketball players’ union

03-19-2024 12:16 PM

HANOVER — Dartmouth College will not enter into collective bargaining with the union its men’s basketball players voted to join earlier this month, the school said Monday in a move that could send the case to federal court.In a statement announcing...


Nordic skiing: Team New Hampshire bests Vermont, wins Eastern High School Championships for first time in nearly three decades

03-19-2024 10:23 AM

By ERIC RYNSTON-LOBEL

For the first time since 1995, Team New Hampshire took home the Eastern High School Championships title at the Holderness School on Sunday. The Nordic skiing competition features up to the top 48 skiers (24 boys and 24 girls) from each of New...


Winter 2023-24 Players of the Season

03-14-2024 2:58 PM

By ERIC RYNSTON-LOBEL and DAN ATTORRI

With last Sunday’s Division II girls’ basketball championship wrapping up the winter sports season for area teams, the Monitor would like to highlight top athletes from the Concord region. It was another strong season for area programs. In boys’...


Basketball: Pembroke’s Dexter, Hopkinton’s Murdough named Player of the Year; All-State selections and awards released

03-12-2024 12:21 PM

By DAN ATTORRI

The New Hampshire Basketball Coaches Organization released its award and All-State selections for the 2023-24 season following the conclusion of the Division I and Division II championship games on Sunday, and Capital area programs were...


Girls’ basketball: D-II season recap

03-12-2024 12:18 PM

By ERIC RYNSTON-LOBEL

Area girls’ basketball teams made up three of the four semifinalists in Division II this season, with No. 1 Concord Christian ultimately taking down No. 3 Pembroke for the state championship. Sunday was the Kingsmen’s third straight state title,...


Boys’ basketball: D-II season recap

03-11-2024 1:10 PM

By ERIC RYNSTON-LOBEL

It was a strong winter season for area Division II boys’ basketball teams. Four of the six reached the playoffs; all four won at least one game, and two advanced to the semifinals. No. 3 Pembroke saw its championship hopes dashed after losing to No. 2...


Girls’ basketball: No. 3 Pembroke’s strong season ends in state championship defeat

03-10-2024 12:49 PM

By ERIC RYNSTON-LOBEL

DURHAM – The No. 3 Pembroke Spartans (18-4) don’t get rattled. That’s been their calling card all season.But in the third quarter of Sunday’s Division II championship game against No. 1 Concord Christian (20-1), that demeanor was tested more heavily...


Girls’ basketball: Concord Christian reaches another level in D-II championship victory

03-10-2024 12:47 PM

By DAN ATTORRI

DURHAM – The Concord Christian Academy girls’ basketball team seemingly always plays with the highest level of intensity. In the second half of the championship game, the Kingsmen found an even higher gear.The No. 3 Pembroke Academy Spartans (18-4)...


Boys’ hockey: Pembroke-Campbell’s program-best season ends with a championship game defeat

03-09-2024 6:18 PM

By ERIC RYNSTON-LOBEL

MANCHESTER – No. 1 Berlin-Gorham (20-0-0) doesn’t allow many goals. Entering Saturday’s Division III boys’ hockey championship game, it had allowed more than one goal in just four of its first 19 games this season. So when Jamison Walsh scored for the...


Girls’ basketball: No. 1 Concord Christian, No. 3 Pembroke prepare to do battle for the Division II title on Sunday

03-08-2024 11:33 AM

By ERIC RYNSTON-LOBEL

When Pembroke faced off against Concord Christian on Jan. 30, both teams were unbeaten. The Spartans led 51-50 with 6:15 remaining in the game but didn’t score again for over five minutes, as CCA stormed ahead to a 65-55 victory.On Sunday, the two...


Hockey: Pembroke-Campbell advances to program’s first championship game appearance with 5-0 semifinal win over Kearsarge-Plymouth

03-07-2024 1:34 AM

By DAN ATTORRI

In 25 years the Pembroke ice hockey program has never played in a state championship. That will change on Saturday.No. 2 Pembroke-Campbell (15-4-0) controlled Wednesday night’s semifinal from start to finish, defeating No. 6 Kearsarge-Plymouth...


Girls’ basketball: No. 1 Concord Christian one win away from third straight state championship after defeating No. 4 John Stark

03-07-2024 1:04 AM

By ERIC RYNSTON-LOBEL

SALEM – After falling behind 13-2 less than three minutes into Wednesday night’s Division II semifinal, No. 4 John Stark (16-5) looked to be in deep trouble against No. 1 Concord Christian (19-1).The Kingsmen came out asserting their game, forcing...


Girls’ basketball: Pembroke withstands late surge from Laconia to punch its ticket to the Division II championship

03-07-2024 1:01 AM

By ERIC RYNSTON-LOBEL

SALEM — Beating the No. 3 Pembroke Spartans (18-3) requires more than just slowing down their senior star Annelise Dexter. The Spartans have depth, they have versatility and most importantly, for this time of the season, they have poise. And in...


Nordic skiing: Concord boys win D-I championship, girls finish 2nd; Watt, Lesser and Clarner earn individual crowns

03-07-2024 12:56 AM

By DAN ATTORRI

This year’s winter conditions posed far greater challenges than usual to the state’s high school Nordic ski teams, so much so that even having a championship wasn’t a given. But meet organizers pulled a rabbit out of a hat and Concord High made the...


Boys’ basketball: No. 4 Coe-Brown pushes No. 1 Pelham to overtime, comes just short of reaching D-II championship game

03-06-2024 8:35 AM

By ERIC RYNSTON-LOBEL

DURHAM – As Coe-Brown head coach Dave Smith stood outside the Bears’ locker room at Oyster River High School hugging his players one by one — virtually all with tears in their eyes — he exuded nothing but a sense of pride and appreciation.“The effort...


Boys’ basketball: Hanover grinds down Pembroke, ends the Spartans season in the D-II semifinals

03-06-2024 6:14 AM

By ERIC RYNSTON-LOBEL

DURHAM – Entering Tuesday night’s Division II boys’ basketball semifinal, the No. 3 Pembroke Spartans (18-3) knew exactly what No. 2 Hanover (19-1) was going to do: run a remarkably methodical offense and play smart, disciplined defense. Pembroke knew...


A victory for college athletes — but only a step

03-05-2024 6:24 PM

By JIMMY GOLEN

A ruling that gives the Dartmouth basketball team the right to unionize has far-reaching implications for all of college sports — from the quaint, academically oriented Ivy League to the big-money football factories like Michigan and Alabama.The...



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