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• Trinity reaches semis again, seeks second straight title shot

  BY RYAN O’CONNOR To gauge the outcome of Trinity’s Class L boys basketball quarterfinal contest with Alvirne, you needed only to close your eyes and listen to the Pioneer faithful. When Hooksett’s Cormac Fitzpatrick drained back-to-back Read More... Posted Wednesday, March 12, 2008 5:07 PM by Bedford Editor | 1 Comments Filed under: Merrimack Valley, Bedford, high school sports, Manchester, basketball, Trinity High

• In ‘Blue’ battle, Salem pulls away from West

  BY JERRY LIPTAK The Division I match-up between 9-4-0 Salem and 5-6-2 Manchester West had a little something for every ice hockey fan: fine goaltending from both starting netminders, hard-hitting confrontations in the corners, frenetic action from blue Read More... Posted Wednesday, February 13, 2008 10:20 PM by Bedford Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Merrimack Valley, high school sports, Manchester, hockey, Salem

• West serves fourth-quarter comeback in Turkey Bowl win

  BY RYAN O’CONNOR Post-game emotion on the two sidelines was quite different, but the feeling was the same: this was no ordinary exhibition. The annual Queen City Turkey Bowl, featuring Manchester’s top two teams, saw West and Central pass Read More... Posted Wednesday, November 28, 2007 4:40 PM by Bedford Editor | 2 Comments Filed under: Merrimack Valley, Bedford, high school sports, Manchester, football, West High School

• Bedford’s Hunt, despite asthma, a consistent star

  BY RYAN O’CONNOR Bedford’s Hunt, despite asthma, a consistent star Kelsey Hunt started running competitively in sixth grade. A year later she experienced several episodes of short breath and fatigue while participating in track workouts. She Read More... Posted Tuesday, November 20, 2007 2:09 PM by Bedford Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Merrimack Valley, Bedford, high school sports, Manchester, West High School, cross country

• Coach among improving squad’s biggest fans

  BY SAPNA PATHAK It’s simple. It’s obvious. It’s exactly the approach Whitney Boucher takes: team confidence breeds better play. That has been Boucher’s No. 1 priority this season, and the squad’s winning record proves it’s Read More... Posted Thursday, May 17, 2007 12:25 PM by Bedford Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Merrimack Valley, Bedford, high school sports, Manchester, West High School, Lacrosse

• City battle between well-known foes goes to West

  BY SAPNA PATHAK Dan Drewniak won’t freely admit it. Point out his actions during the game, and he’ll quietly say it. But after hosting Queen City foe Manchester Central, the West softball head coach reluctantly came out with it. “It’s Read More... Posted Thursday, May 03, 2007 11:57 AM by Bedford Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Merrimack Valley, Bedford, high school sports, Manchester, West High School, Lacrosse

• West hit hard by tight rescheduling

  BY MATT STOUT This time last week, Adam Lawrence’s Manchester West team was trying to figure out what a baseball diamond still looked like. Now, the Blue Knights are trying to discover themselves. Forced to cram its first seven games into eight Read More... Posted Thursday, April 26, 2007 10:38 AM by Bedford Editor | 1 Comments Filed under: Merrimack Valley, Bedford, high school sports, Manchester, Baseball

• West dominates singles but loses match to Concord

  BY SAPNA PATHAK Leading up to its early season match on Friday, April 20, Shawna Morley needed only three words to get her West’s boys tennis team fired up: Concord vs. West. A simple mention of the longstanding rivalry and Morley’s motivational Read More... Posted Thursday, April 26, 2007 10:36 AM by Bedford Editor | 4 Comments Filed under: Merrimack Valley, Bedford, high school sports, Manchester, Kids & Family, Tennis

• As champs, West wears it, yet seeks it again

  BY MATT STOUT There isn’t much change around Notre Dame Avenue when it comes to the Manchester West girls tennis team. The balls are still green, the days still occasionally windy and the team still buzzing with excitement. After a season that seemingly Read More... Posted Thursday, April 05, 2007 11:35 AM by Bedford Editor | 1 Comments Filed under: Merrimack Valley, Bedford, high school sports, Manchester, West High School, Tennis

• West, solid on defense, needs pitching answers

  BY MATT STOUT At this point, Manchester West baseball coach Adam Lawrence will take “interesting.” After losing eight seniors, including five pitchers, from last year’s 10-9 team, Lawrence chose that exact word to describe his expectations Read More... Posted Thursday, April 05, 2007 11:32 AM by Bedford Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Merrimack Valley, Bedford, high school sports, Manchester, West High School, Baseball

• Theatre Knights take a bow and awards

  BY KEVIN SHALVEY When the Manchester West Theatre Knights were leaving the New Hampshire State Drama Festival at Salem High School, their director saw something that hadn’t happened before. “When our kids were leaving the building, they were Read More... Posted Thursday, April 05, 2007 10:00 AM by Bedford Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Merrimack Valley, Bedford, Manchester, high school, Theatre Knights, West High School

• West’s strange, poor season not due to lack of effort

  BY MATT STOUT Weird. That’s how Colin Burke described his Manchester West boys basketball team’s season. From their habit of starting games slowly to the approaches they took to remedy their problems, the Blue Knights experienced a lot of Read More... Posted Thursday, March 15, 2007 12:43 PM by Bedford Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Merrimack Valley, Bedford, high school sports, Manchester, Hooksett, basketball

• Bedford bus service extended

  BY JESSICA CHAU The town of Bedford approved an increase of $2,700 for an extended bus route from Manchester to Bedford at the Budgetary Town Meeting on March 7. Council Vice Chairman Lori Radke made a motion to increase the Manchester Transit Authority Read More... Posted Thursday, March 15, 2007 11:32 AM by Bedford Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Merrimack Valley, Bedford, Manchester, Shopping

• Young West team takes its lumps while maturing

  BY MATT STOUT In looking back on one of the few silver linings in his team’s 2- 15-1 season, West hockey coach Phil Croasdale said the Blue Knights’ 7-1 win over Manchester Memorial on Jan. 27 – easily the squad’s most decisive Read More... Posted Thursday, March 08, 2007 11:17 AM by Bedford Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Merrimack Valley, Bedford, high school sports, Manchester, hockey

• West plays Owls tight before bowing

  BY SAPNA PATHAK Before its first playoff game of the year, the West girls basketball team knew whom it would have to rely on and which opposing players to stop. It just so happened those opponents were on top-ranked, undefeated Timberlane. The Lady Blue Read More... Posted Thursday, March 08, 2007 11:12 AM by Bedford Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Merrimack Valley, Bedford, high school sports, Manchester, basketball