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• 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

• 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

• Young Central team has coach with proven history

  BY SAPNA PATHAK Back in the day, Bill Lawson was leading an inexperienced bunch of players on Bow’s boys lacrosse team. He thought he wouldn’t face that challenge again. He was wrong. Now head coach of the Central High boys lax squad, Lawson Read More... Posted Thursday, May 03, 2007 10:34 AM by Hooksett Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Merrimack Valley, Hooksett, Manchester, high school sports, Central High School, Lacrosse

• Developing action

  BY SAPNA PATHAK Mark Telge should be calling this a “rebuilding” year. He should be worried about how Central High’s boys tennis team is going to look after losing four of its top six players. The idea that two players who’ve never Read More... Posted Wednesday, April 25, 2007 5:50 PM by Hooksett Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Merrimack Valley, Hooksett, high school sports, Central High School, tennis

• Report card grading systems not just A, B, C

  BY NICHOLAS BROWN Kindergartners, don’t fret. You may still get into Harvard even if your report card shows that you need to improve your ability to name geometric shapes, plan and control your body movements or recite the alphabet. But your report Read More... Posted Wednesday, April 25, 2007 5:10 PM by Hooksett Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Merrimack Valley, Hooksett, Auburn, Manchester, Education, Central High School, schools, SAU 15, Kids & Family

• High school changes - Manchester proposes shifting Hooksett, Candia and Auburn students to West High

  BY NICHOLAS BROWN Several Manchester parents told a committee considering the future of West High School – which will see an exodus of Bedford students over the next two years – that a simple solution would be to send all students from Hooksett, Read More... Posted Thursday, April 05, 2007 9:44 AM by Hooksett Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Merrimack Valley, Hooksett, Candia, Auburn, Manchester, Education, Central High School, West High School, Memorial High School

• Central falls to Salem, which claims top playoff seed

  BY SAPNA PATHAK It began the night as Salem High’s Davis Gym. It finished as official headquarters of “Savage Nation” and the No. 1-seeded team in the Class L tournament. Salem’s road to the top spot was marked with an impressive Read More... Posted Thursday, March 01, 2007 11:59 AM by Hooksett Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Merrimack Valley, Hooksett, Sports, Manchester, high school sports, basketball, Central High School