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GOFFSTOWN – The Bow High and the Bishop Brady High swim teams met at the Goffstown YMCA on Tuesday night for a competitive evening against three other schools. The Falcons proved they have the talent and speed to win tight races across the board, and...

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The Concord High girls’ basketball team opened its season against Portsmouth High School at home on Monday night. The two are coming off very different seasons, Portsmouth (2-0) made the final four while the Tide finished with an 8-10 record that saw...

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Virtual cars flew across the screens as competitors in the NHIAA’s first competitive Rocket League state esports championship played the popular soccer-like game that uses race cars as the players, all vying to score a goal in the opposing team’s...

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Before the season started, the Kingsmen had only lost two games—and won 61—in the past three years during their ascent from Division IV to D-I. Tonight they suffered their third loss at the hands of a solid Bishop Guertin Cardinals team that outlasted...

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Two hundred gallons of water per minute mixed with freezing cold air shot a plume of snow 225 feet into the air at Beaver Meadow Golf Course creating a thick white base over the dormant green grass.Throughout the next month, a machine known as a HKD...

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PITTSFIELD – After difficult losses on the court opening night in Farmington, the Pittsfield Panthers looked to bounce back at home with a doubleheader against Portsmouth Christian Academy.The girls’ team is entering its third year since returning to...

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After a 30-year absence, basketball finally returned to Franklin High School for the Golden Tornadoes’ Division IV opening night double-header against Mount Royal in their renovated gym on Friday night in front of a packed house. Both the girls’ and...

By ALEXANDER RAPP

The Franklin High School wrestling program is returning this season after an eight-year absence with George Tarwo, a former state-champion wrestler, as a coach who brings experienced leadership to revitalize the program.The last time the Golden...

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FRANKLIN – Franklin High girls’ and boys’ basketball is returning to the Golden Tornadoes’ high school building after 30 years of playing in the middle school gym. Franklin’s athletic director, Dan Sylvester, attributed the success of the project to...

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Johnny Huston was walking down Pleasant St. in Concord eating a bagel and spied the place of his dreams – an empty retail space perfectly sized for the clothing business he had always wanted.After flipping a coin to decide his future, the 24-year-old...

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The annual Concord Ski and Skate sale is moving again this year to a former Family Dollar in Penacook next to Constantly Pizza.The Capital Ski & Outing Club will sell skis, snowboards, clothes and gear from vendors and direct from the community from 9...

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New England College’s women’s basketball team has a 1-2 guard punch that’s been terrorizing teams across the state and region since they first played together in elementary school.The two, Macy Gordon and Mackenzie McDonald, now juniors in college,...

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Kristina Tkach was shooting pool in Penacook Thursday morning at Capital City Billiards, knocking down shots one after one.For those who don’t know, Tkach, who goes by the nickname “The Krystal,” is the current 10-ball pool world champion and the No.1...

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Cole Thompson has been glued to a motorcycle’s seat since he first got a Yamaha PW50 at age 3. Now 14, he has ascended from novice to amateur to compete in races across the region and country and aims to jump to expert races soon.Thompson and his...

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Franklin High School’s former track and field coach, William “Bill” Heydt, Sr., was inducted into the New Hampshire Interscholastic Athletic Association’s Hall of Fame this past Sunday for his long-time coaching, commitment and leadership.Heydt...

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In Bow High School’s library, students are glued to gaming after school as they practice and train for esports competitions. They duke it out in Super Smash Bros. — a multiplayer fighting game where Nintendo characters go head-to-head until one has...

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Eli Lemire, a recent graduate from John Stark Regional High School in Weare, won the United States Collegiate Athletic Association’s men’s cross country national championship in Pennsylvania this past Sunday.His win in Pennsylvania was his third of...

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BEDFORD – Two goals in the first half lifted the Hopkinton Hawks to a 2-0 victory in the Division III championship over Mascoma Valley, a perfect performance to complete a perfect season. “That’s a special feeling, you know. And a lot of these guys...

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EXETER – The defending champions, No. 1 Hollis-Brookline (19-0-0), became undefeated champions once again after a 1-0 win over the No. 2 Bow Falcons (14-4-1) thanks to an early goal by junior midfielder Marleigh Kreick.“We just tried to outrun them,...

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LACONIA – Senior outside hitter Lylah Shumway spiked the last ball to send her team, the Concord Christian Academy Kingsmen, to the Division III volleyball championship for the first time since the program was restarted in 2022.Shumway’s game-winning...