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On this week’s episode of the Monitor Sports Podcast, Eric Rynston-Lobel and Dan Attorri break down their picks for Players of the Season for eight area sports for the fall 2023 season.Listen on Apple or...

By ERIC RYNSTON-LOBEL

The 2023 season couldn’t have ended any better for Josh Smith in his first year as the head coach of Bow boys’ soccer. The Falcons finished the regular season 14-1-1 before taking down top-seeded Lebanon in the championship game for the school’s first...

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John Stark wins its second straight D-II field hockey championship, No. 7 Pembroke upsets No. 2 Merrimack Valley in the D-II girls’ soccer quarterfinal and area football teams compete for playoff seeding. Eric Rynston-Lobel and Dan Attorri break it...

By DAN ATTORRI

MANCHESTER – Anyone who has run cross country in New Hampshire knows the McIntyre hill on the iconic 5K course at Derryfield Park that is the main feature of the second mile of the race. In the past, cresting that hill has broken Jamie Lano. On...

By DAN ATTORRI

Winning the championship is the ultimate goal, but some end of season awards have already been doled out. The New Hampshire Field Hockey Coaches Association announced All-State rosters and major award winners on Wednesday, with John Stark and Bishop...

By DAN ATTORRI

On Saturday, every NHIAA cross country program will grace the course at Derryfield Park in Manchester for the running of the NHIAA division championships. Individual and team titles are at stake for a few of the area’s elite, and several more are in...

The last of fall colors stick around as autumn comes to an end.

By ERIC RYNSTON-LOBEL

PENACOOK – Merrimack Valley’s season has been one of head-scratching outcomes, both good and bad.On Tuesday against No. 11 Plymouth (8-7-2) in the preliminary round of the playoffs, the No. 6 seed in Division II turned in dud. For a team that took...

With NHIAA soccer and volleyball playoffs starting this week, Eric Rynston-Lobel and Dan Attorri get you caught up on everything you need to know about all the local teams participating. They also update the state of the field hockey playoffs with Bow...

By DAN ATTORRI

PENACOOK – Every year the Capital Area Cross Country Championship provides one final tuneup before the NHIAA division championships and for local runners to determine who is the best in the area. As it turns out, this year, they’re both...

By ERIC RYNSTON-LOBEL

PENACOOK – Coe-Brown looked like a team that hadn’t lost since Aug. 31 for the first 15 minutes or so of Tuesday’s game at Merrimack Valley. Somer Loto slipped a shot behind MV goalie Hannah Verville in the third minute to give the Bears an early 1-0...

By DAN ATTORRI

Experienced golfers know that the game is as much about mindset as it is skill. Concord senior Gavin Richardson and Merrimack Valley senior Andrew Surprenant both practiced that on Saturday at Beaver Meadow overcoming shaky starts to become the...

By ERIC RYNSTON-LOBEL

For a program that hadn’t even had a varsity golf team since 2016, merely sending two players to participate in the Division II team championship would’ve been impressive to head coach Joe Dougherty. But on Tuesday at Breakfast Hill Golf Club in...

By DAN ATTORRI

The NHIAA fall postseason is upon us, starting with the golf championships being contested this week. The top eight teams from each of the four NHIAA divisions will compete for team titles throughout the week, while the top 14 individuals from each...

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On this week’s episode, Eric Rynston-Lobel and Dan Attorri highlight Merrimack Valley football’s upset win on homecoming over Bow, Pembroke boys’ soccer turning things around, the depth of D-II girls’ soccer and John Stark field hockey remaining...

By DAN ATTORRI

PENACOOK – The Pride wanted to move the ball better through the middle of the field and create more opportunities inside the box. In the first minute, sophomore Izzy Navoy had her first shot on goal. In the third minute, her second attempt found the...

By ERIC RYNSTON-LOBEL

PENACOOK – Not much has broken Pembroke’s way so far this season, and for the first seven minutes of play on Saturday morning, it looked to be much of the same. Playing on Merrimack Valley’s homecoming, the Spartans quickly found themselves in a 2-0...

By DAN ATTORRI

PENACOOK – It had been a rough week for the Merrimack Valley field hockey team. While the Pride had played well defensively, the scoreboard showed goose eggs for MV all week. But the Pride weren’t going to be denied on homecoming.Senior Grace Thompson...

By DAN ATTORRI

The Pride were hoping to have more wins entering Saturday’s homecoming game, but this win was a sweet one that the Merrimack Valley players won’t soon forget.Junior defensive end Michael Heine had 15 tackles, including a stop on Bow’s two-point...

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Eric Rynston-Lobel and Dan Attorri discuss the success of area boys’ and girls’ soccer teams in Division II, Concord football picking up its first win of the season and the results from the weekend's Manchester Invitational in cross country. Then, Bow...