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By DAN ATTORRI

MANCHESTER – Last year, the Hopkinton girls’ cross country team was undefeated, but fell just shy of its ultimate goal. This year, the Hawks finished the job.Sophomore Maddy Lane easily defended her title, senior Shaylee Murdough (third) and freshman...

By DAN ATTORRI

PENACOOK – The Capital Area Cross Country Championship annually serves as a final gauge for local teams before the division championships. If Thursday’s results are any indication, area runners should do very well.Concord junior Josiah Conley won the...

By DAN ATTORRI

We’re just over halfway through most fall sports, but the NHIAA golf season is almost done. All four team championships will be decided this week on Tuesday and Thursday at different courses across the state, while five individual titles will be...

FootballJohn Stark 14, Merrimack Valley 6Key players: John Stark – Joey Dykstra (2 rush TD); MV – Travis Garcia (2-for-2 FG; offensive line), Reece Clermont (RB), Colby Scheffer (RB)Highlights: Dykstra ran for a pair of touchdowns in his first game...

Field HockeyConcord 4, Portsmouth 0Key players: Concord  – Lilly Merrill (2 goals), Ally McGonigle (assist), Amy Desrochers (goal, assist), Lexi Magee (2 assists), Elliana Wing (goal)Highlights: Concord scored two goals off corners to open the season...

By ALEXANDER RAPP and DAN ATTORRI

Merrimack Valley High School’s varsity volleyball program will begin it’s inaugural season at John Stark Regional High School on Wednesday. This project is many years in the making and the time has finally come for the team to compete.In the fall of...

uBy ALEXANDER RAPPand DAN ATTORRI

Concord High’s Chris Beyer won the New England cross country championship as a senior in 1991, and he was the last Crimson Tide athlete to do so. Now, 33 years later, he has taken over the as the girls’ cross country head coach.After falling short of...

GolfJohn Stark 71, Kearsarge 62, Campbell 58Key players: John Stark – Landon Duclos (41, 21 points), Zack Fredette (41, 21 points), Daniel Brisson (43, 19 points), Hayden Pond (10 points), Charlie Pierce (9 points); Kearsarge – Owen Blood (42, 20...

By DAN ATTORRI

Pembroke Academy experienced some low moments last season. Coming off back-to-back championship game appearances, the Spartans experienced some poor results in 2023, sinking as low as 14th place in the Division II standings.Hampered by multiple...

By DAN ATTORRI

After spending so many seasons near the top of the standings, but just shy of reaching the peak, the Concord High School golf team finally claimed a coveted title – the program’s first in 22 years. Now, the Tide is going for a repeat.Last season was a...

By DAN ATTORRI

Summer conditioning is done, equipment has been handed out and, on Friday morning, area high school football players donned helmets for the first time, marking the official beginning of the 2024-25 NHIAA season.This fall is also the beginning of a new...

By ERIC RYNSTON-LOBEL

While no area softball teams won state titles this spring, there was no shortage of noteworthy storylines. Concord was stunned by a double-digit seed in the first round of the playoffs, while Bow turned in its best season in program history and...

By ERIC RYNSTON-LOBEL

Bow High baseball headlined area teams this spring on the diamond, winning the state championship for Division II. It was also a strong spring season for Belmont and John Stark, both of which made deep playoff runs as well.Here is a recap of the area...

By SOFIE BUCKMINSTER

MANCHESTER – Usually teams with only one senior don’t expect to make it to the championship game. But Belmont baseball was an exception.After a thrilling victory over No. 1 Conant on Tuesday, No. 4 Belmont (17-3) had the chance to play for a state...

By ERIC RYNSTON-LOBEL

Four area teams will compete in championship games to close out the spring season on Saturday.At 10 a.m., No. 4 Bow baseball (15-5) will face off against No. 3 Souhegan (14-5) in the Division II state championship at Delta Dental Stadium, the home of...

D-III BaseballNo. 4 Belmont 11, No. 5 White Mountains 1, 5 inn.Key players: Belmont – Anakin Underhill (5 IP, 1 H, 0 ER, 2 BB, 3 K; 2-for-3, HR, 3 RBI, 2 runs, walk), Michael Collette(1-for-2, walk, 2 RBI), Jaxson Embree, (1-for-3, RBI), Owen Waldron...

By DAN ATTORRI

TILTON – Hot and humid conditions didn’t bode well for a record-breaking day, but that wasn’t even close to being the case. Facing one of the most competitive groups of Division III athletes and teams in NHIAA track and field history, the Hopkinton...

By DAN ATTORRI

With the NHIAA division championships just a week away, most area high school track and field programs participated in competitive invitationals for one final tune-up over the weekend. Six Concord High athletes won individual titles at the non-scoring...

By ERIC RYNSTON-LOBEL

Belmont baseball coach Matt LeBlanc looked up at the scoreboard and saw that his Red Raiders had scored 11 runs against Winnisquam. He felt a chill move up his spine.On May 6, the program had partnered with the Jake Deware Kindness Project to carry on...

By ERIC RYNSTON-LOBEL

BELMONT — Going into a game with key starters out certainly wasn’t the most ideal scenario for head coach Matt LeBlanc as his Red Raiders (9-2) prepared to face Monadnock (12-2) in a battle between two of Division III’s top teams on Monday. And even...