Auburn News

After two impressive wins, Memorial eliminated in semifinal

BY RYAN O’CONNOR If you had asked him two weeks ago if his Memorial baseball team would be playing in the Class L semifinals, Don Menswar would have been more likely to laugh than nod. Yet that’s exactly where the No. 15 Crusaders ended up, Read More...

Posted Wednesday, June 18, 2008 3:40 PM by Hooksett Editor | 0 Comments

Filed under: Auburn, Manchester, Memorial High School, high school sports, baseball

Sub-.500 Memorial two wins from state championship

BY RYAN O’CONNOR As Pinkerton baseball manager Ron Manseau and his players boarded their bus, heads hung in defeat, a voice from behind called out. “Hey, did you guys catch something, or what?” “We caught something alright,” Read More...

Posted Wednesday, June 11, 2008 3:49 PM by Hooksett Editor | 0 Comments

Filed under: Auburn, Manchester, Memorial High School, high school sports, baseball

Local towns wait to see what Manchester will do with high school budget cuts

BY JENN McDOWELL With the Manchester Board of School Committee having announced several times they would not authorize the dissemination of 80 pink slips to teachers in Manchester schools this year, communities holding tuition contracts with Manchester’s Read More...

Posted Wednesday, May 14, 2008 5:56 PM by Hooksett Editor | 2 Comments

Filed under: Auburn, Candia, Manchester, Memorial High School, Central High School, Hooksett, West High School

Memorial’s first-ever varsity victory buoys team’s morale

BY RYAN O’CONNOR With his boys lacrosse team led by a stingy defense and a solid core of veterans, Memorial coach Joe Bernier said it may finally be time to accumulate some wins. In fact, the Crusaders notched the first Division I victory in the Read More...

Posted Wednesday, April 23, 2008 4:08 PM by Hooksett Editor | 1 Comments

Filed under: Auburn, Manchester, Memorial High School, high school sports, lacrosse

City’s proposed high school cuts scare parents, students; April 28 meeting set

BY JENN McDOWELL Parents of high school students being tuitioned to Manchester schools may want to attend a meeting at Manchester Memorial High School on Monday, April 28, at 6 p.m., to discuss the proposed staffing and programming cuts the fiscal year Read More...

Posted Wednesday, April 23, 2008 3:34 PM by Hooksett Editor | 0 Comments

Filed under: Auburn, Manchester, Memorial High School, School, Hooksett, Tuition

Gagnon, among all Manchester grapplers, reaches New Englands

BY RYAN O’CONNOR Among city schools competing at the Meet of Champions, it was Manchester Memorial finishing highest with 20 points to Central’s 13 and West’s 10. That’s due, in large part, to Jacob Gagnon’s second-place Read More...

Posted Wednesday, February 27, 2008 3:24 PM by Hooksett Editor | 0 Comments

Filed under: Manchester, Memorial High School, Central High School, Merrimack Valley, Bedford, Londonderry, Concord, Bedford High School, Bow, West High School

First-year MHS coach gives voice to positive outlook

BY SAPNA PATHAK For Beth Dooley, the best part of being the head coach of Memorial’s girls lacrosse team is never having to be quiet. The first-year mentor leads a Crusaders squad that hasn’t seen a win in more than two years. But not having Read More...

Posted Thursday, May 17, 2007 11:23 AM by Hooksett Editor | 0 Comments

Filed under: Auburn, Manchester, Memorial High School, Merrimack Valley, high school sports, lacrosse

Crusader softball edges Central in its last at-bat

BY SAPNA PATHAK Kelsey Isham really is a good sport. But after driving in the game-winning run and earning her team a victory over a favorite rival, the Auburn native couldn’t resist going over to remind her opponents of the play. It’s not Read More...

Posted Wednesday, May 09, 2007 4:26 PM by Hooksett Editor | 0 Comments

Filed under: Auburn, Candia, sports, Manchester, Memorial High School, Central High School, Merrimack Valley, softball, Hooksett

With new coach, new attitude, MHS wants wins

BY MATT STOUT For two straight seasons, Cody Kelley, Jack Croasdale and the rest of the Manchester Memorial boys lacrosse team have endured different coaches, different systems and the same heartbreak that comes with consecutive 0-16 campaigns. So this Read More...

Posted Wednesday, April 18, 2007 4:52 PM by Hooksett Editor | 0 Comments

Filed under: Auburn, sports, Manchester, Memorial High School, Merrimack Valley

’07 Memorial in search of identity

BY SAPNA PATHAK When the girls of Memorial softball kick off their 2007 campaign, head coach Dave Hedge has four solid reasons why he thinks they can make another appearance in the championship game. With the third-year head coach relying on the arms Read More...

Posted Wednesday, March 28, 2007 3:56 PM by Hooksett Editor | 0 Comments

Filed under: Auburn, sports, Manchester, Memorial High School, Merrimack Valley, softball

All-around effort - Different styles highlight local programs

BY SAPNA PATHAK SALEM – As athletes representing Manchester Memorial at this year’s NHIAA Girls Gymnastics State Championship meet, Amanda Campbell and Stephanie Day displayed two distinct types of competitiveness at the meet on Saturday, Read More...

Posted Thursday, February 15, 2007 5:46 PM by Hooksett Editor | 0 Comments

Filed under: Auburn, Manchester, Memorial High School, Central High School, Pembroke, Pembroke High School, gymnastics state championship

Power and balance - Memorial skaters reverse last year’s slow start

BY MATT STOUT CONCORD – Kyle Mc- Donough had probably seen the situation before. With the Manchester Memorial boys hockey team tied, 4-4, with Bishop Brady midway through the third period on Saturday, Jan. 6, McDonough’s Crusaders took two Read More...

Posted Thursday, January 11, 2007 11:47 AM by Hooksett Editor | 0 Comments

Filed under: Auburn, sports, Manchester, Hockey, Memorial High School