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By ERIC RYNSTON-LOBEL

BOW – The No. 6 Bow Falcons (14-5) had really only played man-to-man defense all season. But entering their Division II first round meeting with No. 11 Merrimack Valley (9-10), head coach Cassidy Emerson decided to employ a zone. The gamble worked in...

By ERIC RYNSTON-LOBEL

The 2023-24 season for Concord boys’ basketball was supposed to be one of promise. In head coach Tim LaTorra’s first season last year, he’d taken a team that finished 2-16 the year before to 6-12, a tiebreaker away from reaching the playoffs.But the...

By ERIC RYNSTON-LOBEL

NORTHWOOD – Tuesday night’s first-round Division II playoff matchup between No. 4 Coe-Brown (15-4) and No. 13 Kingswood (8-11) was the type of game any coach in Dave Smith’s position dreads: the third time playing a team you’ve already beaten...

By ERIC RYNSTON-LOBEL

Area teams make up three of the top four seeds in this year’s Division II girls’ basketball playoffs, which begin on Wednesday.Concord Christian, playing in its only season in D-II before moving up to D-I next year, took the top seed after finishing...

By ERIC RYNSTON-LOBEL

It had been roughly three years since Concord High boys’ hockey last lost a regular-season game, but on Feb. 13, the long winning streak finally came to an end in a 4-1 defeat against Hanover. Previously 11-0-1 on the season, the Tide finished just...

By ERIC RYNSTON-LOBEL

Like last season, the Pembroke Spartans top the list among area teams to qualify for the Division II boys’ basketball playoffs. At 16-2, last year’s runner-up turned in another impressive season with a mostly new group of players.Returning senior Joe...

By ERIC RYNSTON-LOBEL

In the Division III semifinals against Winnisquam, Hopkinton seemed to be able to score whenever it wanted. On Saturday, with a state championship on the line against No. 4 Kearsarge at Keene State, the Hawks’ offense mostly vanished.After taking a...

By ERIC RYNSTON-LOBEL

CONCORD – Friday night was a whirl of emotions in the Concord High School gymnasium.It was Senior Night, it was head coach Rob Darrell’s final game coaching in the gym and the Crimson Tide needed to beat Dover (11-7) to keep its playoff hopes...

By ERIC RYNSTON-LOBEL

The preparation began the second the 2022-23 season ended. Bow’s wrestlers knew they could win a state championship, and they weren’t about to let the opportunity pass them by.The Falcons finished second in last year’s Division III state championships...

By ERIC RYNSTON-LOBEL

BOW – Losing eight seniors from a final four team usually isn’t a recipe for success the following season, but for the Hopkinton Hawks (15-3), that was never an excuse. With three returners and an impactful group of underclassmen, the No. 2 Hawks...

By ERIC RYNSTON-LOBEL

BOW – No. 4 Kearsarge knew it could beat the top-seeded Orioles (19-1). The Cougars had done so just 14 days prior, the only team to beat Conant all season. For the first eight minutes, a repeat seemed possible, if not likely. Kearsarge started the...

By ERIC RYNSTON-LOBEL

It was the coolest moment of Noah Dunlap’s life. Senior Night at Kearsarge Regional High School on Feb. 6.Dunlap, a Kearsarge senior who has autism, had the chance to play for the varsity team for the first time. In the first quarter, he made a layup;...

By ERIC RYNSTON-LOBEL

PEMBROKE – When the Pembroke Spartans come out shooting like they did on Monday night, they’re almost impossible to stop. Even against Coe-Brown, one of the better defensive teams in Division II, the Spartans would not be denied in their...

By ERIC RYNSTON-LOBEL

LONDONDERRY – Concord senior Griffin Norwalt was the only Tide wrestler to take first place across the 14 weight classes during Saturday’s Division I wrestling championships at Londonderry High School, but the Tide had eight other wrestlers finish in...

By ERIC RYNSTON-LOBEL

NORTH SUTTON – At this point in the season, it’s usually a good thing when a coach emerges from the locker room drenched. After Kearsarge head coach Nate Camp walked back onto the floor with his blue quarter zip completely soaked following his No. 4...

By ERIC RYNSTON-LOBEL

CONCORD – The Concord boys’ hockey team isn’t used to losing many regular season games. So when the Crimson Tide arrived at Everett Arena on Wednesday after a 4-1 loss to Hanover the day before, there was a renewed focus facing off against an Exeter...

By ERIC RYNSTON-LOBEL

CONCORD – It’s often the most elusive goal for any coach: consistency. There’s no easy tweak or schematic change that can turn things around. It takes time.With now three games remaining in the regular season, Concord girls’ hockey continues to search...

By ERIC RYNSTON-LOBEL

As Pittsfield athletic director Jay Darrah looked around the gymnasium on a somber Monday night, he felt a sense of comfort. Friends and family had gathered together to remember Gabe Anthony, a 2017 Pittsfield High graduate who died in December. The...

By ERIC RYNSTON-LOBEL

Even though Hopkinton High girls’ basketball lost its final two regular-season games to limp across finish line, the Hawks still secured the second seed and a first-round bye in the Division III playoffs, which begin on Wednesday.At 13-3, Hopkinton...

By ERIC RYNSTON-LOBEL

Three area teams will compete in the Division III boys’ basketball playoffs that begin on Tuesday. Kearsarge finished the season at 15-3 and will be the four seed. Hopkinton will be the five seed after posting an 11-5 regular season record, while...