Sports
High schools: Concord softball wins big, Wednesday’s area results
Concord 18, Nashua North 0, 5 inn.
High schools: MV sweeps track meet at Kennett, Tuesday’s area results
Merrimack Valley 108.33, Kennett 61.33, Kingswood 55, White Mountains 15, Berlin 11.33, ConVal 6
Boys’ Lacrosse: Concord runs away with a win in 2OT against Hollis-Brookline, 12-11
By ALEXANDER RAPP
As the sun set on Memorial Field, the Concord High boys’ lacrosse team headed into a second overtime period with Hollis-Brookline.
MV star an ace on court and diamond
Kayla Smith recently led the Merrimack Valley Pride girls’ basketball team to great heights and was named the Concord Monitor’s Player of the Season.
High schools: Baseball, softball, lacrosse results
Bedford 7, Concord 0
Futsal Fridays at Keach Park by Samba X bring out ballers
By ALEXANDER RAPP
The music boomed, the metal fences rattled, spectators cheered and the most skilled soccer players in Concord rose to the top. On Friday night at Keach Park, dozens of kids, teenagers, and young adults flooded the court to play a futsal tournament organized by Samba X Player Development.
Track: Merrimack Valley boys win elite Black Bear Invitational championship
By DAN ATTORRI
NORTHWOOD – As the largest team-scoring invitational in New Hampshire that falls around the middle of the season, the Black Bear Invitational can often be used as a measuring stick to see how the state’s high school track and field teams stack up against each other. This spring’s edition wasn’t a typical one, with wet and windy conditions forcing the cancellation of the pole vault and high jump events.
Track: Hopkinton girls win inaugural Campbell Cougar Invitational
By DAN ATTORRI
The Hopkinton girls’ track and field team runners showed their strength on Saturday, winning four events and scoring points in nine of 11 as the Hawks won the inaugural Campbell Cougar Classic Invitational on Saturday at Campbell High School.
High schools: Weekend softball, baseball, lacrosse and tennis results
Concord 11, Nashua South 1
Concord’s Ryan Doherty leads UAlbany lacrosse in sophomore season
By ALEXANDER RAPP
Ryan Doherty was one of the top lacrosse prospects to come out of Concord’s youth hockey system in recent years. Now, it comes as no surprise that he’s tearing apart opposing defenses as a starting sophomore attacker for the Division 1 University of Albany Great Danes.
High schools: Concord baseball wins big, more results from Thursday
Concord 12, Nashua South 1
High schools: Wednesday’s lacrosse, baseball, softball and tennis results
Bow 13, John Stark 1
NHTI Delta Dental 5K road race has largest turnout since before pandemic
By ALEXANDER RAPP
The 21st annual NHTI and Delta Dental 5K road race on April 18 had its largest runner turnout since before the COVID-19 pandemic with more than 300 participants.
High schools: Kearsarge boys’ tennis extends win streak, holds on to first place; plus Tuesday’s girls’ tennis, track, baseball and softball results
Kearsarge 9, Trinity 0
Girls’ lacrosse: Hopkinton pulls off comeback against Bow and earns first victory, 14-8
By ALEXANDER RAPP
BOW – The Hawks and Falcons battled it out in Bow on Monday afternoon, and Hopkinton found a way to come back and snatch victory, 14-8, from Bow in a significant game for both teams early in the season.
High schools: Lovett’s 2 HR leads Coe-Brown softball over Oyster River in championship rematch, plus Monday’s area results
Coe-Brown 9, Oyster River 5
Athlete of the Week: Anakin Underhill, Belmont High School
Anakin Underhill is a three-sport senior at Belmont High School who has had immense success thanks to his hard work and natural talent. He recently won the Division III boys’ basketball state championship with the Red Raiders and has just begun his last season as the ace on their baseball team.
Track & field: John Stark’s Douzanis, MV’s Paquette and Bow’s Hou set meet records at 29-team Sanborn Invitational
By DAN ATTORRI
The extended winter weather has impacted all spring sports, and track and field is no exception. But after facing two weeks of many canceled and modified meets, area high school teams finally were able to compete in a large invitational over the weekend.
High schools: Larrabee strikes out 13 to lead Bow; baseball, softball, lax, tennis and track results from this weekend
Bow 3, Pelham 1
High schools: Speiss strikes out 18 in complete-game one hitter to lead Brady baseball, plus more results from Thursday
Bishop Brady 9, Gilford 2
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