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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...

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...

Monitor staff

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...

Monitor staff

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...

By DAN ATTORRI

Maddy Lane is new to varsity level this season, although you wouldn’t know it by watching her. She’s finished in the top five of every major invitational she’s competed in this season, and the Hopkinton freshman added another impressive result to her...

By DAN ATTORRI

BOW – Last week the Falcons showed they could defend against the best in the division. On Saturday, against one of Division II’s best goalkeepers, the Bow boys’ soccer team (5-1-1) showed they attack against the best too.Senior midfielder Colby Smith...

By ERIC RYNSTON-LOBEL

PENACOOK – If nothing else, the Merrimack Valley girls’ soccer team been extremely consistent so far this season. Entering Thursday, MV had played five games, winning four and tying one. All four wins came by a 2-1 score; the other matchup ended in a...

By DAN ATTORRI

One program has been a power for the past decade, the other just reinstated its varsity program. Regardless of where they’ve been, both the Bow Falcons and Merrimack Valley Pride are near the top of the Division II golf standings and maintained their...

On this week’s podcast: Concord football falls to 0-2 and loses its best player to injury, Bow football picks up its much-needed first win of the season, Bow boys’ soccer loses for the first time this fall and John Stark field hockey continues to...