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• 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 | 1 Comments Filed under: Bedford, high school sports, Manchester, basketball, West High School

• Trinity’s Bourgeois lifted his game – and his teammates

  BY RYAN O’CONNOR There wasn’t a seat to be had in the house, nor a parking spot within miles. With the city rivalry burning full flame, and fans howling back and fourth, Ryan Bourgeois had seen – and heard – enough. The Trinity Read More... Posted Wednesday, April 02, 2008 5:12 PM by Bedford Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Bedford, high school sports, basketball, Trinity High

• Pioneers again defeated by Salem for championship

  BY JERRY LIPTAK Near the end of a relatively easy 46-31 semifinal-round win over Spaulding on March 12, Trinity’s boisterous student cheering section called in unison, “We want Salem! We want Salem!” Three days later inside the University Read More... Posted Wednesday, March 19, 2008 7:16 PM by Bedford Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Merrimack Valley, Bedford, high school sports, basketball, Trinity High

• 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

• Full-court, full-throttle defense ends Pioneers’ season

  BY JERRY LIPTAK They started fast. They were finished quicker. The girls of Trinity High basketball jumped to a 5-0 edge over top-seeded Winnacunnet. But a pitiless, business-like press from the defending Class L champs gave them a seven-point edge after Read More... Posted Wednesday, March 05, 2008 4:30 PM by Bedford Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Merrimack Valley, Bedford, high school sports, basketball, Trinity High

• Derryfield School bested in q-final by familiar foe

  In their final 16 games of the 2007-’08 Class S basketball season, the Derryfield girls lost three games. Each time, their vanquisher was the same – Portsmouth Christian Academy. After beginning the season 1-3, DS improved dramatically, posting Read More... Posted Wednesday, February 27, 2008 4:41 PM by Bedford Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Merrimack Valley, Bedford, high school sports, basketball, Derryfield School

• Slow start doesn’t deter West’s upbeat outlook

  BY RYAN O’CONNOR Taking over as West girls basketball coach little more than a month before the start of the current season, Monty Burge’s expectations were understandably tempered. So after beginning the season 0-7, following a 60-34 setback Read More... Posted Wednesday, January 16, 2008 3:57 PM by Bedford Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Merrimack Valley, Bedford, high school sports, basketball, West High School

• Blue Knights make the grade in win

  BY RYAN O’CONNOR In its fourth game, the West boys basketball team entered the contest needing a victory to match its 2006-07 win total. Its opponent, Goffstown, four days removed from an impressive eight-point win over Class L power Pinkerton Academy, Read More... Posted Wednesday, January 09, 2008 3:43 PM by Bedford Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Merrimack Valley, Bedford, high school sports, basketball, West High School

• West’s new lineup seeks change in fortune

  BY RYAN O’CONNOR West boys basketball coach Colin Burke is determined not to let a 2-16 record last season discourage his outlook on the upcoming campaign. While the Blue Knights graduated four starters and bring back only four hoopsters who received Read More... Posted Wednesday, December 05, 2007 4:02 PM by Bedford Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Merrimack Valley, Bedford, high school sports, basketball, 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

• 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

• Surprise ending - DS ousted in first round for first time under Lemire

  BY MATT STOUT All teams are looking for their place in school history. The girls of the Derryfield School basketball team would most definitely trade theirs. Despite 21 fourth-quarter points and several opportunities to tie 10th-seeded Gorham in the final Read More... Posted Thursday, February 22, 2007 1:45 PM by Bedford Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Merrimack Valley, Bedford, high school sports, basketball