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• Class of 2009 celebrates; this is final Bedford class at West High School

  By STEPHEN BEALE When graduating seniors bid farewell to West High School on Saturday, June 20, they marked the end not only to their time in high school, but also to a decades-long relationship between Bedford and Manchester – a fact not lost on Read More... Posted Wednesday, June 24, 2009 3:04 PM by Bedford Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Bedford, Manchester, West High School, graduation

• Bedford ends time at West

  By MATT SCHOOLEY After the final Bedford student walks across the stage during Manchester High School West’s graduation ceremony on June 20, a new era will officially begin at the school. What that era will consist of remains to be seen. With Bedford Read More... Posted Wednesday, June 17, 2009 3:57 PM by Bedford Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Bedford, Manchester, West High School, graduation

• Bedford athletes lead West at city meet

  A number of local athletes led Manchester West on Saturday, May 23, at Memorial High School, host site of the Manchester City Track and Field Meet. For the girls, Kimi Joback of Bedford scored in the three throwing events, taking second in javelin, third Read More... Posted Wednesday, May 27, 2009 3:57 PM by Bedford Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Bedford, high school sports, West High School, track & field

• West’s coach must completely revamp Bedford-heavy lineup

  BY MATT SCHOOLEY The West boys tennis team’s roller coaster season finally came to a stop, and many of the athletes won’t be around for next year’s ride. The Blue Knights never won consecutive games during a 5-9 campaign, which concluded Read More... Posted Wednesday, May 27, 2009 3:55 PM by Bedford Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Bedford, high school sports, Manchester, West High School, Tennis

• Blue Knights have trouble scoring

  BY MATT SCHOOLEY The West softball team may need to stop for directions. Lately, the Blue Knights have gotten lost trying to find home. In the last seven games, West has scored once, including a 6-0 setback to Trinity on Friday, May 8. With the loss, Read More... Posted Wednesday, May 13, 2009 2:26 PM by Bedford Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Bedford, high school sports, Manchester, Softball, West High School

• West, despite trials, continues to push on court

  BY MATT SCHOOLEY Mallika Prabhakar and Nicole Byer hoped to climb the ladder before their high school tennis careers concluded. The seniors skipped a few rungs in the process. Prabhakar is playing No. 1 singles, and Byer is No. 2 for the struggling Blue Read More... Posted Wednesday, May 13, 2009 2:23 PM by Bedford Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Bedford, high school sports, Manchester, West High School, Tennis

• Troubled West continues to battle

  BY MATT SCHOOLEY The West boys lacrosse team has struggled to win games the last several years, and the problem starts with the head coach. Mike Bradford, head coach, has no problem admitting that. The Blue Knights mentor has led his squad to one win Read More... Posted Wednesday, May 06, 2009 6:04 PM by Bedford Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Bedford, high school sports, Manchester, West High School, Lacrosse

• Two big Salem innings mean one tough West loss

  BY MATT SCHOOLEY The third time was far from charming. Twice in the final innings, West appeared to have its one run lead erased, only to have those scores wiped off the board, but visiting Salem eventually made the runs stick in a 6-4 come-from-behind Read More... Posted Wednesday, April 22, 2009 2:31 PM by Bedford Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: high school sports, Manchester, Salem, West High School, Baseball

• West team combines few experienced athletes with largely untested group

  BY MATT SCHOOLEY It’s fitting that Sara Bee is the final Bedford resident to don the Blue Knight uniform for the girls lacrosse team. The senior is the sole Bedford representative on a West team hoping to overcome inexperience and surpass last season’s Read More... Posted Wednesday, April 15, 2009 10:04 PM by Bedford Editor | 1 Comments Filed under: Bedford, high school sports, Manchester, West High School, Lacrosse

• West feels absence as Bedford athletes move on

  BY MATT SCHOOLEY Although Bedford is the new high school on the athletic landscape, it is Manchester West that is left looking to build from the bottom up once again in order to continue to field competitive teams. The spring sports season will mark the Read More... Posted Wednesday, March 25, 2009 4:53 PM by Bedford Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Bedford, high school sports, Manchester, West High School, ice hockey

• West High School students compete in scholarship exhibition

  BY DARRELL HALEN After Tialeah Bundy submitted a piece in the New Hampshire Institute of Art’s national drawing competition for high school students, she became one of 111 artists chosen out of 212 to have a drawing exhibited. But that wasn’t Read More... Posted Wednesday, March 25, 2009 4:46 PM by Bedford Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: West High School, scholarship, NH Institute of Art

• West denied semis after loss to top-ranked Trinity

  BY MATT SCHOOLEY Plenty of spectators wanted to witness an intra-city basketball battle between Manchester West and Trinity, but not everyone could. A large group of fans was shut out of a filled-to-capacity Trinity High School gymnasium, unable to watch Read More... Posted Wednesday, March 18, 2009 4:02 PM by Bedford Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Bedford, high school sports, Manchester, basketball, West High School

• West starts quickly, slows considerably in postseason loss to Salem

  BY MATT SCHOOLEY Manchester West found itself on the side of the Division I hockey tournament highway in a familiar position – out of gas. Skating only two lines against Salem High School in their quarterfinal-round match on March 4, the ninth-seeded Read More... Posted Wednesday, March 11, 2009 3:37 PM by Bedford Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: high school sports, Manchester, hockey, Salem, West High School

• Crain’s final meet as West representative includes a win at regionals

  BY MATT SCHOOLEY Life without Jared Crain on West’s wrestling mats is underway. The Bedford senior completed his four-year wrestling career by placing in the top 12 at the Saturday, March 7, New England regionals by winning once in three matches Read More... Posted Wednesday, March 11, 2009 3:35 PM by Bedford Editor | 1 Comments Filed under: Bedford, high school sports, Manchester, wrestling, West High School

• West wrestler from Bedford continues to regional meet

  BY MATT SCHOOLEY At least one more tournament awaits Bedford’s Jared Crain this year. The Manchester West wrestler placed second at the Meet of Champions (MOC) on Saturday, Feb. 28, at Londonderry High School to earn a place at New England regionals. Read More... Posted Wednesday, March 04, 2009 3:34 PM by Bedford Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Bedford, high school sports, wrestling, West High School