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Boys’ BasketballPembroke 82, Bishop Brady 22Key players: Pembroke – Joe Fitzgerald (14 points), Zach Bemis (13 points), Evan Berkeley (12 points), Devin Riel (8 points), PJ Sinclair (8 points), Andrew Fitzgerald (7 points, first varsity...

Girls’ Indoor TrackBow 2nd, Kearsarge 3rd, Belmont tied 6th, John Stark tied 6th, Pembroke 11th, Merrimack Valley tied 12thKey players: Bow  – Hannah Pawlowski (2nd 600, 2nd 1,000), Charlotte Larochelle (3rd long jump, 4th 55 dash), Julia Hou (3rd...

Boys’ BasketballBow 69, ConVal 52Key players: Bow – Jake Reardon (36 points, 13 rebounds, 6 assists), Peyton Larrabee (12 points, 10 rebounds), Brendan O’Keeffe (7 points)Coach’s quote:  “I thought we played good in spurts in the first half by using...

By ERIC RYNSTON-LOBEL

PENACOOK – Merrimack Valley desperately needed a win on Tuesday night. Things didn’t start well.Playing on its home floor after starting the season 0-2, the Pride fell behind Coe-Brown, 12-6, at the end of the first quarter. About midway through the...

Girls’ BasketballConcord Christian 61,Laconia 38Key players: Concord Christian – Kayden Rioux (23 points), Lilli Carlile (19 points), Emma Smith (16 points); Laconia – Macy Swormstedt (13 points), Mekhia Burton (6 points)Highlights:  Rioux drained six...

Boys’ HockeyBow 2, Keene 1Key players: Bow – Landon Wescott (goal), Billy Smethurst (goal), Mason Marquis (27 saves)Highlights: Captain Smethurst scored the game-winning goal on the power play to lift the Falcons to their first victory of the...

Girls’ BasketballBishop Guertin 53,Concord 27Key players: Concord – Whitney Vaillant (11 points), Sofia Payne (7 points), Delaney Duford (6 points), Maddie Kelly (3 points)Highlights:  The Cardinals held the Tide to just six baskets from the field and...

By DAN ATTORRI

With a two-year hiatus between indoor track seasons, there was a lot of uncertainty heading into the campaign last winter.At the Division II championship, that uncertainty faded quickly. The Coe-Brown Northwood Academy boys’ team won its first indoor...

WrestlingConcord 43, Keene 27Key players: Concord – Devon Farwell (win by pin at 215), Biswas Darji (win by pin at 106), Cullen Burke (win by pin at 120), Griffin Norwalt (3-1 win by decision at 132), Jaxon Carter (win by pin at 144), Tony Gualtieri...

By ERIC RYNSTON-LOBEL

PEMBROKE – Graduating nine players in an offseason usually means a rebuild the following year. For coach Mike Donnell’s Pembroke Spartans, it was merely a “retool.”With several new faces taking the floor in Tuesday night’s season opener between...

By ERIC RYNSTON-LOBEL and DAN ATTORRI

When Bedford’s Javin Manfield slid the puck past the outstretched reach of Concord goalie Kal Gaudreault to beat the Tide in overtime in last season’s Division I boys’ hockey semifinal, it felt like the end of an era of dominance for Concord boys’...

By DAN ATTORRI

Several area football players were named to their respective division’s All-State roster, as selected by the NHIAA coaches. Gilford-Belmont led area Division II East programs with four First Team selections (including first-year quarterback Anakin...

By DAN ATTORRI

More area fall athletes received postseason accolades and Bishop Brady golf coach Jason Bird was named the Division III Coach of the Year, as voted on by NHIAA coaches. Standout freshman Mady Savary was named to the D-III First Team, as was Coe-Brown...

By ERIC RYNSTON-LOBELand DAN ATTORRI

Even though Pembroke graduated nine seniors from last year’s team that lost to Pelham by three in the Division II championship, head coach Mike Donnell’s optimistic about his retooled roster entering 2023-24.Senior Joe Fitzgerald will be the only...

By ERIC RYNSTON-LOBEL and DAN ATTORRI

About nine months removed from its devastating 38-37 loss to Kennett in the Division II championship game, Bow girls’ basketball looks to move forward from its 20-1 season with new coach Cassidy Emerson.Emerson, who graduated Concord High School in...

By ERIC RYNSTON-LOBEL

Gavin Wheeler took the field on Oct. 25 prepared for Proctor Academy’s matchup with Cushing Academy just like any other soccer match he’d played in. But roughly 20 minutes into the game, a regular afternoon on the soccer pitch turned into something...

By DAN ATTORRI

Area coaches swept the Division II Coach of the Year awards, 21 area players were named to their respective First Team rosters and dozens more dotted the All-State lists that were released by the New Hampshire Soccer Coaches Association on...

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...

Monitor staff

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...