Goffstown News : baseball

Goffstown’s Matty Dobens nine defends crown with its bats

Goffstown Editor — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 19:00:00 GMT

BY MATT SCHOOLEY During this year’s Matty Dobens tournament, Goffstown was plain offensive. The 9- and 10-year-olds tore through the bracket for 78 runs in six games, cruising past the competition for a second consecutive title. From top to bottom,...(read more)

Goffstown 9 and 10s relentless in taking state title

Goffstown Editor — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 18:57:00 GMT

BY MATT SCHOOLEY The rain and the hits kept coming for Goffstown’s 9- and 10-year-old Little League baseball all-stars, even when their coach wanted both to stop. In the third and decisive game of the state championship series against Portsmouth...(read more)

Goffstown 10 and 11s are state champs for third straight year

Goffstown Editor — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 18:53:00 GMT

BY MATT SCHOOLEY Windham was knocking on the door, but Dylan Skinner and Kyle Jalbert slammed it shut. Goffstown’s 10- and 11- year-old baseball all-stars saw their four-run lead cut to one. Then, with two outs, Windham was poised to knot the score...(read more)

After working deep in loser’s bracket, Goffstown 11- and 12-year-old all-star season ends

Goffstown Editor — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 18:57:00 GMT

BY MATT SCHOOLEY Goffstown’s 11- and 12-year-old all-stars worked deep into the losers’ bracket of the District 1 baseball tournament, but fell just short of a chance at redemption. On July 6, Windham came away with a 2-1 victory to send Goffstown...(read more)

Goffstown Junior Baseball celebrates 50 years of excellence shared with town

Goffstown Editor — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 20:01:00 GMT

BY MATT SCHOOLEY When the Goffstown High School baseball squad won the Class L state championship in 2008, the team bus made a stop on the short ride home from MerchantsAuto.com Stadium in Manchester. The bus pulled into the town’s Little League...(read more)

Sloppy play ousts ’08 champions from tourney

Goffstown Editor — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 19:11:00 GMT

BY MATT SCHOOLEY After winning the Class L baseball title in 2008, the Goffstown Grizzlies were unable to hold a 5-1 lead and were eliminated by eventual state champion Keene in the quarterfinal round on June 6, 7-5. Poor defense haunted Goffstown, which...(read more)

High-scoring Goffstown ready for title defense

Goffstown Editor — Wed, 20 May 2009 19:18:00 GMT

BY MATT SCHOOLEY The Goffstown High School baseball team is one of the hardest hitting small-ball teams around. Though the Grizzlies have scored 124 runs in 2009, the defending state champions know what it takes to win once it becomes a single-elimination...(read more)

Goffstown’s Legion team reaches playoffs – right on schedule

Goffstown Editor — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 20:53:00 GMT

BY RYAN O’CONNOR In 2005, when Pete Kiro established Goffstown’s first American Legion baseball team in 20 years, he promised his squad would reach the playoffs by its fourth season. Perhaps Kiro has a crystal ball. More likely, after serving...(read more)

Goffstown 11 and 12s take wooden bat championship

Goffstown Editor — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 20:47:00 GMT

BY RYAN O’CONNOR Standing in the dugout, watching the group of 11- and 12-year-old Little Leaguers prepare for possibly the biggest game of their lives, Paul Gagne, Bob Gurskis and their fellow Goffstown coaches had but one thing to say to the eager...(read more)

One-pitch tourney goes to bat for Crispin’s

Goffstown Editor — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 20:39:00 GMT

BY JERRY LIPTAK Crispin’s House Inc., a nonprofit program for at-risk youths, hosts its annual one-pitch softball tournament on Saturday, Aug. 9, at the Goffstown Junior Baseball Villa Augustina Fields. First pitch is 9 a.m., but some teams have...(read more)

Goffstown 14s roll to state title following lopsided win

Goffstown Editor — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 18:59:00 GMT

BY MATT SCHOOLEY During last year’s state Babe Ruth tournament, Goffstown overcame an eight-run deficit to advance with a victory over Keene. This year, Goffstown made certain Keene didn’t return the favor. Goffstown pounded Keene for 10 runs...(read more)

Goffstown’s coach brings upbeat style to Matty Dobens team

Goffstown Editor — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 18:54:00 GMT

BY RYAN O’CONNOR One day after his team played its closest contest of the Matty Dobens tournament, Steve Bond watched his boys turn in their best performance on the state’s largest stage. Goffstown stole the show by winning its third title...(read more)

Goffstown 9 and 10s lose pair to white-hot Salem American

Goffstown Editor — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 20:44:00 GMT

BY RYAN O’CONNOR After cruising through the New Hampshire District 1 Little League all-star winners bracket, the Goffstown 9- and 10-year-olds hit a pinstriped wall. That mass of brick and mortar was Salem American, which fell in the first round...(read more)

Goffstown 10 and 11s oust Bedford for state title

Goffstown Editor — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 20:38:00 GMT

BY RYAN O’CONNOR As it turned out, the difference between these two teams was negligible. The Bedford 10- and 11- year-old Little League all-star team, undefeated prior to a 14- 2 setback against Goffstown on Saturday, July 19, met the same foe...(read more)

Bedford beats Goffstown, which needs a win for a rematch

Goffstown Editor — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 20:51:00 GMT

BY MATT SCHOOLEY Bedford may have knocked off Goffstown with a 6-3 victory, but the head coaches for both teams had a feeling they may be seeing each other again soon. Although Bedford won the winners bracket final in the 10- and 11-year-old state Little...(read more)