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• 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

• Trinity challenges unbeaten Winnacunnet before succumbing in state championship game

  BY MATT SCHOOLEY Trinity High slowed the charge for three quarters, but eventually Winnacunnet detonated. The Pioneers matched the now three-time defending Class L girls basketball champions for much of the title game on Friday, March 13, but the Warriors Read More... Posted Wednesday, March 18, 2009 3:51 PM by Bedford Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Bedford, high school sports, Manchester, basketball, Trinity High

• West continues search for first win … and boost in confidence

  BY MATT SCHOOLEY Monty Burge has been through the rebuilding process before, and he knows it can be lengthy and frustrating. He also knows there is something that would make his West girls basketball team feel better about the situation – a win. Read More... Posted Thursday, February 05, 2009 9:13 AM by Bedford Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Bedford, high school sports, Manchester, basketball, West High School

• Blue Knights’ on-court hustling has team’s fans bustling

  BY MATT SCHOOLEY Manchester West boys basketball players have heard the “warm up the bus” chants before. Usually they’ve been the ones getting on board for the long ride home after a lopsided loss. So far this year, fans of the Blue Read More... Posted Wednesday, January 14, 2009 5:07 PM by Bedford Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Bedford, high school sports, Manchester, basketball, West High School

• Bedford’s annual hoops tourney attracts hundreds of athletes

  The Bedford Basketball League’s 16th annual Bedford Basketball Jamboree, which took place Nov. 15 to 23, featured 67 teams and more than 700 players from 21 towns. Age-based tournaments for third- to eighth-grade boys and girls included squads from Read More... Posted Wednesday, December 17, 2008 3:52 PM by Bedford Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Bedford, Manchester, basketball, Concord, Merrimack, Litchfield, Derry, Nashua, Pelham, New Boston, Auburn, Windham, Jaffrey, Londonderry, Rindge, Jamboree, Amherst, Brookline, Hampton, Hollis, Rye

• West’s chances may rest on athletes from other sports

  BY MATT SCHOOLEY This Manchester West team has a basketball player and plenty of football players. Now Josh Greenwood just needs to make sure they’re familiar and comfortable with a lacrosse stick in hand. The Blue Knights boys lacrosse team hopes Read More... Posted Wednesday, April 02, 2008 5:16 PM by Bedford Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Bedford, high school sports, Manchester, basketball, West High School

• 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 | 0 Comments Filed under: Merrimack Valley, Bedford, high school sports, Manchester, basketball, Trinity High

• 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

• 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

• Another dose of close - Memorial sinks Trinity in mid-season city classic

  BY SAPNA PATHAK It’s becoming such a common occurrence, Keith Bike should introduce a practice drill replicating the situation: the game clock is winding down and Memorial’s boys basketball team is fighting a backand- forth scoring battle Read More... Posted Thursday, January 25, 2007 10:10 AM by Bedford Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Bedford, Sports, Manchester, basketball