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• 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

• West student threatens ‘a Columbine’

  BY JENN McDOWELL A Manchester West High School student remains jailed after his ex-girlfriend told police he said he was going to “do a Columbine” at the school, Manchester District Court documents show. Sterling Lindbloom, 17, of 659 Montgomery Read More... Posted Wednesday, February 27, 2008 3:06 PM by Hooksett Editor | 1 Comments Filed under: Merrimack Valley, Manchester, West 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

• West considers special academies

  BY JENN McDOWELL Administrators at West High School have announced a plan they will bring before the city’s School Board to establish a series of academies at the high school. About a third of Hooksett high school students currently attend West. Read More... Posted Wednesday, January 30, 2008 5:23 PM by Hooksett Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Merrimack Valley, Hooksett, Manchester, West High School, School Board

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• Trinity falls in final

  BY SAPNA PATHAK It did something that hasn’t been done since 1985. It beat a Class L perennial powerhouse to get there. And it gained unwavering confidence in the process. This year’s Trinity High boys basketball team will indeed be remembered Read More... Posted Thursday, March 22, 2007 2:55 PM by Hooksett Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Merrimack Valley, Manchester, high school sports, basketball

• 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