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• Concord's Post 21 helps student-athletes offset some college costs

  BY RYAN O’CONNOR Despite a disappointing season for the Concord American Legion baseball team, Post 21 manager Averill Cate wanted to conclude the summer on a positive note. In fact, he said he wants to end every Legion season like he’s done Read More... Posted Wednesday, August 20, 2008 8:47 PM by Bow Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Concord, sports, baseball, hooksett

• Post 21’s eclectic group hits well but has trouble in the field

  BY RYAN O’CONNOR Garde Burgess had an early idea how Concord Post 21’s American Legion baseball season was going to play out. During one of the team’s first practices, he pulled his nine pitchers aside and asked each one how many high Read More... Posted Wednesday, August 06, 2008 5:12 PM by Bow Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Concord, sports, baseball, contoocook, pembroke, goffstown

• Legion loss – Locals take tough defeat

  BY RYAN O'CONNOR Late in his first playoff game at the helm of a competitive baseball team, with his Concord American Legion junior squad tied 2-2 against top-seeded Derry and going into extra innings, Brian Drew turned to his predecessor, Averill Read More... Posted Wednesday, August 15, 2007 3:42 PM by Bow Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Concord, sports, baseball

• Playoff push – Locals lead Post 21 juniors to postseason date with Derry

  BY RYAN O'CONNOR It was a regular-season contest with a playoff feel. Concord Post 21, 6-8, and Salem Post 63, 5-9, both entered the game facing the same scenario: continue playing with a victory or bid farewell to teammates with a loss. Behind solid Read More... Posted Wednesday, August 08, 2007 5:30 PM by Bow Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Concord, sports, baseball

• Jr. achievement – Concord Legion’s seniors miss playoffs, younger team reaches postseason

  BY RYAN O'CONNOR Going into a doubleheader with Plymouth, the Concord American Legion junior baseball team held a 4-6 record and was on the outside looking in at the fourth and final playoff spot. But after a two-game sweep of Plymouth, the team previously Read More... Posted Wednesday, August 01, 2007 4:10 PM by Bow Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Concord, sports, baseball

• Conquered – Concord National falls in losers bracket semis

  BY SAPNA PATHAK It was as difficult as Dave Angus imagined. Standing in the dugout, facing his 11- and 12-year-old players, the Concord National manager struggled to find the right words in his final postgame speech. After an emotional 10-9 loss to Salem Read More... Posted Wednesday, July 18, 2007 1:22 PM by Bow Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Concord, sports, baseball, Salem

• Umps and grumps – Officiating crew called out – and other things – by Concord fans

  BY SAPNA PATHAK Sure, the stakes were higher – it was one of two losers bracket semifinal match-ups in this year’s District 1 11- and 12-year-old Little League tournament – but the four volunteer umpires calling the game thought they Read More... Posted Wednesday, July 18, 2007 1:18 PM by Bow Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Concord, sports, baseball, Salem

• Weather or not – Concord National strikes down Goffstown

  BY RYAN O'CONNOR Concord National earned the District 1 Little League victory, 4-3, but few could blame the players or coaches if they were doing a rain dance in the dugout. With Goffstown’s leadoff runner on first base in the top of the sixth, Read More... Posted Wednesday, July 11, 2007 5:49 PM by Bow Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Concord, sports, baseball

• Slow start to blowout – Concord National falls behind early, wins handily

  BY RYAN O’CONNOR Though he hit a walk-off grand slam in the Concord Little League playoffs, Connor Angus said it meant more to accomplish the feat in the second inning of the first round of the 11- and 12-year-old Little League District 1 all-star Read More... Posted Wednesday, June 27, 2007 5:24 PM by Bow Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Concord, sports, baseball

• Salvage operation – Tide look to flip first-half record with second-half surge

  BY MATT STOUT The Concord baseball team envisioned itself as a state tournament-qualifying team at the onset of this season, and 10 games in, it still does. But as his teammates gathered up their things behind him in the visitors’ dugout following Read More... Posted Wednesday, May 09, 2007 2:54 PM by Bow Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Concord, sports, schools, baseball