Goffstown News : basketball

Another close loss for determined Goffstown High School

Goffstown Editor — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 20:25:00 GMT

BY DAN DECONINCK It’s been the case in so many Goffstown High games this season, and once again, a late rally by the opposition proved too much for the GHS boys basketball team. Exeter freshman Michael Thorpe led the visiting Blue Hawks on a fourth-quarter...(read more)

Goffstown High School coach awaits full-game effort from talented charges

Goffstown Editor — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 19:34:00 GMT

BY MATT SCHOOLEY The Goffstown High School girls basketball team has stumbled out of the gate, and head coach Dave Michaud said he’s waiting to watch his group compete from opening tip to final buzzer. During a 54-52 loss to Concord on Friday, Jan....(read more)

Goffstown cagers seek marked improvement

Goffstown Editor — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 20:36:00 GMT

BY MATT SCHOOLEY Diamonds may be a girl’s best friend, but they’re not high up the list for Goffstown High School’s basketball coach. While the regular success of the GHS baseball team has been impressive, there is a cost. “The...(read more)

Crispin’s House 3-on-3 tips off March 22

Goffstown Editor — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 20:50:00 GMT

The good, the bad and the beautiful bring their skills to Goffstown High School on Saturday, March 22, for the Crispin’s House annual 3- on-3 Basketball Tournament. “The 3-on-3 brings out the best in players,” said Al Baines, acting...(read more)

Goffstown Parks & Recreation hoops highlights

Goffstown Editor — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 22:44:00 GMT

Girls basketball Hornets 35 – Bulls 20 Sydney Dubois notched 12 points to lead the Hornets to the win, while Rachel Willard added six. Brianna Fontain and Haili Campbell each scored eight points for the Bulls. Raptors 32 – Clippers 18 Kalie...(read more)

GHS, without senior captain, crushes West at home

Goffstown Editor — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 21:02:00 GMT

By Ryan O’connor GOFFSTOWN – Losing a standout player to injury prior to the season is never easy. Just ask Goffstown girls basketball coach Dave Michaud. When senior captain Kira Murphy went down with a torn medial collateral ligament during...(read more)

Uneven St. A effort troubles coach

Goffstown Editor — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 20:53:00 GMT

By Chris Quartarone GOFFSTOWN – The Saint Anselm men’s basketball team has neither won nor lost more than two games in a row this season. Even within a single game, consistency has eluded the Hawks. St. A, down 17 points in the second half,...(read more)

Stark’s play has coach cautiously

Goffstown Editor — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 20:46:00 GMT

By Ryan O’connor He’s not ready to admit it just yet – not to himself, not to his players and certainly not to the media – but Mike Smith is inching closer to an increasingly probable reality. Prior to the season, the John Stark...(read more)

Local players, teams post impressive efforts in 2007

Goffstown Editor — Thu, 27 Dec 2007 01:11:00 GMT

BY RYAN O’CONNOR Goffstown-area athletic successes in 2007 came at many levels, for teams and individuals. This was never more evident than the summer, when nearly every Goffstown youth baseball team, from Little League through Babe Ruth, finished...(read more)

St. A coach’s energetic style a breath of fresh air

Goffstown Editor — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 19:20:00 GMT

BY RYAN O’CONNOR After the team finished last season with a 7-20 record, far removed from the school’s last conference title in 1992, athletics director Ed Cannon decided to shake up the Saint Anselm College women’s basketball program....(read more)

History in the making – GHS has transitioned to new coach, fresh approach

Goffstown Editor — Wed, 14 Mar 2007 20:10:00 GMT

BY SAPNA PATHAK The coach called two of them warriors. Another possesses a toughness he envies, and one has a sly sense of humor the coach will miss. Heck, Tony Carnovale is so fond of his seniors, he’d let one of them date his own daughter. It’s...(read more)

Survive, advance – Stark stuns top-ranked Kearsarge, reaches semis

Goffstown Editor — Wed, 21 Feb 2007 21:18:00 GMT

BY SAPNA PATHAK It wasn’t pretty, it wasn’t clean and it certainly wasn’t soothing to the nerves. But it made for the second-best win Wayne Thomson ever saw his team pull off. Entering the quarterfinals of this year’s Class I girls...(read more)

No contest – GHS coach ejected in loss

Goffstown Editor — Wed, 24 Jan 2007 21:37:00 GMT

BY SAPNA PATHAK Tony Carnovale had 26-minutes and 16 seconds to cool down before trying to get his players to do the same. Sitting alone in the visiting locker room after an ejection knocked him from the game against Central on Tuesday, Jan. 23, Carnovale...(read more)

Road show - GHS upsets Memorial

Goffstown Editor — Thu, 18 Jan 2007 17:57:00 GMT

BY SAPNA PATHAK Before the season’s first game, Alex Sobolov said the Goffstown boys basketball team would make a statement this year. The Grizzlies of the past, winners of five games the last three years, would soon be forgotten and replaced with...(read more)

GHS misses chance to knock off PA

Goffstown Editor — Thu, 11 Jan 2007 16:57:00 GMT

BY JERRY LIPTAK By 8:30 on Friday night, Dave Michaud was not a happy man. His Goffstown High girls basketball team lost to the defending state champions, 49- 39, on Jan. 5, falling to 2-3 in Class L. Michaud was upset because his performance was the...(read more)