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• 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

• Central knocks off Timberlane to reach semifinals

  BY JERRY LIPTAK Someone older and someone newer led Manchester Central to a familiar spot – the Class L girls basketball playoff semifinals. The second-seeded Little Green used 16 first-half points from senior Alicia Doucet and all six team points Read More... Posted Wednesday, March 05, 2008 4:00 PM by Hooksett Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Merrimack Valley, high school sports, basketball, Central High School

• Host Central falls to Salem as Jones fuses visitors’ attack

  BY JERRY LIPTAK Central’s student body had a message for visiting Salem and, more specifically, its star junior forward, Josh Jones: “Napoleon Dynamite – Gimme your tots!” Jones, the Central faithful feel, bears a striking resemblance Read More... Posted Wednesday, February 27, 2008 3:35 PM by Hooksett Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Merrimack Valley, high school sports, basketball, Central High School, Salem

• Strong finish garners CHS No. 2 ranking

  BY MATT SCHOOLEY With the No. 2 seed in the upcoming Class L girls basketball tournament locked up, Manchester Central didn’t have much to play for in its regularseason finale vs. Salem High School. But when the contest on Saturday, Feb. 23, was Read More... Posted Wednesday, February 27, 2008 3:30 PM by Hooksett Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Merrimack Valley, basketball, Central High School, Salem, Manchester High School Sports

• Many 11th-graders fail state test

  BY JENN McDOWELL Results from the first year of 11th grade New England Common Assessment Program (NECAP) testing show local high school students are performing below statewide averages in math, reading and writing. Acting Superintendent of the Manchester Read More... Posted Wednesday, February 27, 2008 3:11 PM by Hooksett Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Merrimack Valley, Manchester, Central High School, West High School, Memorial High School

• Memorial, Central, West all earn invitation to Meet of Champions

  BY JERRY LIPTAK The coaches from Manchester Memorial, West and Central, realizing their respective wrestling squads had little chance to pin down a Division I team title, focused on sending as many wrestlers as possible to the Meet of Champions. And from Read More... Posted Wednesday, February 20, 2008 3:47 PM by Hooksett Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Merrimack Valley, Manchester, high school sports, Central High School, West High School, Memorial High School, wrestling

• 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

• Central falls to city rival following subpar effort

  BY SAPNA PATHAK She tried her best to smile after it was over. She forced a laugh here and there, attempting to disguise her somber tone. But Central’s Trish Ellis couldn’t mask her frustration. Never was that frustration more obvious this Read More... Posted Thursday, May 03, 2007 10:43 AM by Hooksett Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Merrimack Valley, Hooksett, Manchester, high school sports, Central High School, West High School, Softball

• Rising MHS eyeing playoffs

  BY SAPNA PATHAK When Joe Belanger first met his new head coach, the idea of having a basketball mentor lead a tennis team “had to be a joke.” A year later, Belanger is the first you’ll hear explaining why Aaron Abood was the best person Read More... Posted Thursday, May 03, 2007 10:38 AM by Hooksett Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Merrimack Valley, Auburn, Manchester, high school sports, Central High School, Memorial High School, tennis