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• Athlete of the Month - Senior cager shoulders weight of leadership

  BY RYAN O’CONNOR Athlete of the Month sponsored by Indian Head Athletics He didn’t have much choice in the matter. Michael Stys, whose mother played basketball at Boston College and whose brother rode a full hoops scholarship to the University Read More... Posted Wednesday, March 26, 2008 4:24 PM by Bedford Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Merrimack Valley, Bedford, Sports, high school sports, Central High School

• Two among many - Blue Knights duo brings flash, individuality to state meet

  BY SAPNA PATHAK Three weeks before the biggest competition of the year, Holly Bernard decided to change things. She added another event to her gymnastics resume in hopes of placing at the NHIAA Girls Gymnastics State Championship meet in Salem. After Read More... Posted Thursday, February 15, 2007 1:51 PM by Bedford Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Merrimack Valley, Bedford, Sports, high school sports, Salem

• Swimmingly friendly - As a rule, these foes buoy each other in the water

  BY MATT STOUT In most sports, it’d be considered a strange scene, as if some mistake had been made. There was Steve Van Der Beken, the coach of the Manchester West and Central swim teams, waving his arms frantically, hopping around with his right Read More... Posted Thursday, February 15, 2007 1:42 PM by Bedford Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Merrimack Valley, Bedford, Sports, high school sports

• West athletes race for indoor success

  BY MATT STOUT Julianne Quinn has no regrets. If she had competed in only the 1,000-meter run at the Class L indoor track and field championships on Saturday, Feb. 3, maybe she would have placed first. And if she’d run just the 1,500, perhaps she’d Read More... Posted Thursday, February 08, 2007 12:56 PM by Bedford Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Merrimack Valley, Bedford, Sports, high school sports

• Dog fight - Students miffed at Pop Warner team’s choice

  BY SAPNA PATHAK It’ll be the first time the mascot and colors of the upcoming Bedford High School will be revealed. But it won’t be done at a high school event. With the creation of Bedford’s new Pop Warner program, expectations and Read More... Posted Thursday, February 08, 2007 11:57 AM by Bedford Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Merrimack Valley, Bedford, Sports, high school sports

• Video evidence - Tale of the tape proof of West’s improvement

  BY MATT STOUT Practice four days a week, a dual meet on Wednesdays and a Saturday reserved for tournament play usually meets a wrestling team’s standards for preparation. With the Division I state championship less than three weeks away, Manchester Read More... Posted Thursday, February 01, 2007 2:44 PM by Bedford Editor | 1 Comments Filed under: Merrimack Valley, Bedford, Sports, high school sports

• DS earns fourth straight semifinal berth

  By Matt Stout Staff Writer MANCHESTER – Two months ago, Alice Townsend and her Derryfield School field hockey teammates read article after article in local newspapers detailing how the Cougars were rebuilding this year. They spent game after game Read More... Posted Thursday, October 26, 2006 10:36 AM by Bedford Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Merrimack Valley, Bedford, Sports, high school sports, field hockey