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By ERIC RYNSTON-LOBEL

Dave Smith and the Bears still feel the sting of last year’s 43-42 loss to Laconia in the Division II playoffs preliminary round. As often is the case with close losses in big games, that defeat has remained front of mind as Coe-Brown gears up for...

By ERIC RYNSTON-LOBEL

BOW – One thing Hopkinton head coach Pat Roye never had to worry about with his team this year? Effort.Even in the No. 5 Hawks season-ending 46-31 loss to No. 1 Conant (19-1) in the Division III semifinals at Bow High School on Friday night, they...

By ERIC RYNSTON-LOBEL

GOFFSTOWN – Hopkinton head coach Matt Miller prepared his team for Wednesday night’s semifinal against undefeated Gilford as if they were about to hit the slot machines in Vegas.They were the team without much experience. They were not supposed to be...

By ERIC RYNSTON-LOBEL

CONCORD – Everything had been running smoothly for the Tide – the team had won five in a row, positioned itself well for the playoffs and started to build confidence that was lacking earlier in the year. But Tuesday night’s 59-34 loss to Salem on the...

By ERIC RYNSTON-LOBEL

Rusty Wightman had poured nearly five years into the Hopkinton girls’ soccer program and wouldn’t let a grim cancer diagnosis keep him away. He was the girls’ JV coach from 2018 through 2021, then had to step away from coaching. But he still attended...

By ERIC RYNSTON-LOBEL

LONDONDERRY – Amid the musty air in the gymnasium at Londonderry High School on Saturday, the Concord wrestling team represented itself admirably, placing fourth in the Division I wrestling championships. The Tide finished with 161 points, 0.5 behind...

By ERIC RYNSTON-LOBEL

In yesterday’s paper, I broke down all you need to know on the boys’ side of Division I and II basketball as the playoffs near. Today, I’ll look at where the girls’ teams stand with a few days left in the regular season.BowBow girls’ basketball has...

By ERIC RYNSTON-LOBEL

With less than a week remaining in the regular season, area D-I and D-II basketball teams will begin looking ahead to the playoffs.Some will sneak in as 14th or 15th seeds. Others will snag top spots with hopes of winning a championship.Pembroke...

By ERIC RYNSTON-LOBEL

DURHAM – Despite a power outage that postponed part of the D-I and the entire D-II swimming championships from Saturday to Sunday at the University of New Hampshire, five schools — Concord, Bow, Coe-Brown, Kearsarge and Belmont — were among the area...

By ERIC RYNSTON-LOBEL

PENACOOK – Merrimack Valley head coach Tim Mucher did not sound like a coach whose team had just won a game by 31 points to improve to 11-5 on the season after the Pride beat John Stark, 63-32, on Tuesday night. “Very lackadaisical, until the third...

By ERIC RYNSTON-LOBEL

BOW – Despite being significantly undermanned, Bow fought admirably on Tuesday night, even though the Falcons came up short against Kennett, 50-41.The Falcons (6-8) kept pace with the Eagles (8-5), who knocked down several 3s early, but trailed 14-9...

By ERIC RYNSTON-LOBEL

The possibility of doubling police patrol coverage to 16 hours a week became a main point of discussion during the Salisbury budget public hearing Monday night. A petitioned warrant article will ask residents at Town Meeting to approve an additional...

By ERIC RYNSTON-LOBEL

In the eyes of Jeff Collins, it was only a matter of time before name, image and likeness (NIL) arrived in New Hampshire at the high school level. The executive director of the New Hampshire Interscholastic Athletic Association (NHIAA) has followed...

By ERIC RYNSTON-LOBEL

CONCORD – Bishop Brady (6-7) head coach Sal Alosa didn’t expect to be without his starting point guard Payton Bryson on Friday night against Merrimack Valley (5-7).But after colliding with a teammate in Thursday’s game against Pelham, Bryson wasn’t...

By ERIC RYNSTON-LOBEL

CONCORD – Heartbreak hung over Merrimack Valley on Tuesday night after the Pride allowed buzzer beaters at the end of regulation and overtime to fall to Pelham, one of the top teams in Division II. On Friday night, in spite of not turning in a stellar...

By ERIC RYNSTON-LOBEL

CONCORD – Brooks Craigue unequivocally remains the engine that runs Concord boys’ hockey (12-0-0), and that held true again Wednesday night in the Tide’s 6-0 victory over Londonderry (6-6-0). But as Concord hits the homestretch of the regular season,...

By ERIC RYNSTON-LOBEL

NORTHWOOD – Coe-Brown boys’ basketball coach David Smith describes this year’s Bears as “a great character team.” They don’t panic. They don’t pout. They do what it takes to win.Even after allowing 20 points in the second quarter, including four...

By ERIC RYNSTON-LOBEL

CONCORD – It’s a question Concord head coach Rob Darrell’s asked himself all year: What do we have to do to play a 32-minute game?On Monday night against Portsmouth (9-1), the Tide (5-6) didn’t seem any closer to answering that question in a...

By ERIC RYNSTON-LOBEL

WEARE – After Zach Feudner applied for the John Stark wrestling coach position before the start of last season, he asked then-sophomore Stephen Johnston how many wrestlers he’d have on the team.The answer: Just two.“I mulled that over for a little...

By ERIC RYNSTON-LOBEL

One of the fastest-growing sports in America, pickleball now has a new indoor home in Concord. All-Stars Pickleball Club opened its doors on Dec. 8 in the former Old Navy store at the Steeplegate Mall. For pickleball standards, the facility features...