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• Hooksett again considers high school

  BY LAUREN SAUSSER The Hooksett School Board does not know if the town needs a high school. But they are ready to find out. A newly formed committee – which has not yet held its first meeting – includes elected officials and community members. Read More... Posted Wednesday, September 24, 2008 1:58 PM by Hooksett Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Hooksett, Manchester, Central High School, West High School, High school, School District

• Central, Memorial and West eye future, prepare for present season

  BY RYAN O’CONNOR She played under one coach and with another. Now their peer, Kris Komisarek rolled out the welcome mat for the second straight year for her former mentors. You see, Komisarek played under local legend Peter Lally, who has spent Read More... Posted Wednesday, August 27, 2008 3:44 PM by Hooksett Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Hooksett, Sports, Central High School, West High School, Memorial High School, soccer

• Central’s season ends with coach eagerly awaiting follow-up

  BY RYAN O’CONNOR A 15-5 playoff loss to Pinkerton in the Division I quarterfinals aside, Bill Lawson is ecstatic about the progress his Central boys lacrosse team made this season. “We ended up 10-9, including the playoffs, but we had five Read More... Posted Wednesday, June 04, 2008 3:21 PM by Hooksett Editor | 1 Comments Filed under: Hooksett, high school sports, Central High School, Kids & Family, Lacrosse

• Brain injury doesn’t stop Central senior

  BY SUSANNA HARGREAVES Ashley Poland, 18, says she is extremely thankful to be graduating from Central High School this June. She even knows what she wants to do with her life, which is unique from most typical high school graduates. A survivor of a traumatic Read More... Posted Wednesday, June 04, 2008 3:12 PM by Hooksett Editor | 2 Comments Filed under: Hooksett, Manchester, Central High School, Kids & Family, Health & Fitness, brain injury

• Central overcomes inexperience to reach state semifinals

  BY RYAN O’CONNOR Among his 32 years coaching the Central boys tennis team, Mark Telge had to admit this season was one of the most gratifying. After all, the mentor said three of his six starters never picked up a racket prior to this season. Another Read More... Posted Wednesday, May 28, 2008 3:34 PM by Hooksett Editor | 1 Comments Filed under: Hooksett, Manchester, high school sports, Central High School, tennis

• Central’s strong title defense ends in state semifinals

  BY RYAN O’CONNOR Bill Cannon thought – his heart racing – the defending state champs might just pull off the comeback. Down 4-2, needing three wins in doubles action, the Central girls tennis team fought handand- raquet with Concord. Read More... Posted Wednesday, May 28, 2008 3:23 PM by Hooksett Editor | 1 Comments Filed under: Hooksett, Manchester, high school sports, Central High School, tennis

• Central still a scary foe – even for league’s top tennis teams

  BY RYAN O’CONNOR Entering the season with three starters who never played tennis before, even Mark Telge had to question his team’s chances to be competitive in Class L. Yet 13 contests into the season, the Little Green have compiled an 9-4 Read More... Posted Wednesday, May 14, 2008 6:40 PM by Hooksett Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Hooksett, Sports, Manchester, Central High School, tennis

• After falling short in 2007, Little Green’s strong backfield could carry them to playoffs

  BY RYAN O’CONNOR After losing a pivotal game down the stretch and missing the 2007 playoffs, Central boys lacrosse coach Bill Lawson admitted he and his players weren’t just disappointed to be on the outside of the postseason looking in. They Read More... Posted Wednesday, April 09, 2008 3:52 PM by Hooksett Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Hooksett, high school sports, Central High School, Lacrosse

• Central shows true colors in loss to unbeaten state champions

  BY JERRY LIPTAK The question for fourth-seeded Central: how do we, after losing to this team by 16 points on our home court just a few weeks ago, stop unbeaten and top-seeded Salem? The Little Green found an answer – incomplete, it turns out – Read More... Posted Wednesday, March 19, 2008 4:16 PM by Hooksett Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Merrimack Valley, Hooksett, basketball, Central High School, Durham

• Central reaches semifinals again, draws familiar foe

  BY RYAN O’CONNOR With his fourth-seeded squad playing its best basketball of the season, Central boys basketball coach Doc Wheeler said a 16-point home loss to undefeated Salem two weeks earlier helped propel his young hoopsters into the Class L Read More... Posted Wednesday, March 12, 2008 4:06 PM by Hooksett Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Merrimack Valley, Hooksett, high school sports, basketball, Central High School, Manchesterer

• Frustrating night for Central means loss at Salem

  BY MATT SCHOOLEY Manchester Central generated little on offense, falling 3-0 on the road to Salem High School in Division I boys ice hockey on Saturday, Jan. 5. Salem scored little more than two minutes into the contest when forward Derek Tomes put in Read More... Posted Wednesday, January 09, 2008 5:29 PM by Hooksett Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Merrimack Valley, Hooksett, high school sports, Central High School, hockey, Salem

• Central High School seeks advantage from large turnout

  BY RYAN O’CONNOR For a team that lost the No. 1 gymnast in the state, Central High School showed few negative effects in its first meet of the season. On Monday, Dec. 17, the Little Green traveled to Pinkerton, where they beat the hosts, 123.2 to Read More... Posted Wednesday, December 19, 2007 5:00 PM by Hooksett Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Merrimack Valley, Hooksett, Central High School, Pinkerton, gymnastics

• Lego League gets middle schoolers into robotics

  BY JENN McDOWELL FIRST Lego League teams from Candia and Hooksett converged on Manchester Central High School on Saturday, Nov. 17, for a qualifying tournament in hopes of making it to the state championships. Cawley Middle School in Hooksett sent their Read More... Posted Tuesday, November 20, 2007 2:28 PM by Hooksett Editor | 1 Comments Filed under: Merrimack Valley, Hooksett, Candia, Manchester, Central High School, FIRST Lego

• Central’s practices are often as intense as matches

  BY SAPNA PATHAK The head coach of the Central High girls tennis team isn’t like most coaches when it comes to jumping ahead of foes. Indeed, the Little Green mentor wouldn’t mind the opposite. “Tennis is the type of sport where you can Read More... Posted Thursday, May 17, 2007 11:31 AM by Hooksett Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Merrimack Valley, Hooksett, Manchester, Central High School, tennis

• In final turn, CHS takes baseball showdown

  BY SAPNA PATHAK He thought about it all night. What would he say? What would he want someone to say to him had the tables been turned? Brandon Czaja still doesn’t know. The Central High first baseman said he’d remain quiet after coming up Read More... Posted Wednesday, May 09, 2007 4:20 PM by Hooksett Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Merrimack Valley, Hooksett, high school sports, Central High School, Memorial High School, baseball