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• West will be playoff-ready, says coach

  BY RYAN O’CONNOR Entering his first season at the boys soccer helm West High School, Stephen Signor undoubtedly smiled when he glanced at his roster. Despite losing his starting striker and left midfielder to poor grades, the Blue Knights returned Read More... Posted Wednesday, October 01, 2008 4:35 PM by Hooksett Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Hooksett, high school sports, West High School, soccer

• 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

• Hooksett’s Etana Jacobi is YWCA’s Young Woman of Year

  The YWCA recently awarded its Young Woman of the Year 2008 award to Etana Jacobi of Hooksett, a senior at West High School. The Young Woman of the Year award is presented to a young woman who: is between the ages of 13- 18 and lives within the YWCA service Read More... Posted Wednesday, June 11, 2008 3:42 PM by Hooksett Editor | 1 Comments Filed under: Hooksett, West High School, award, YWCA

• Hot rod makes prom special for West couple

  BY JENN McDOWELL Carissa D’Agata didn’t require an enchanted pumpkin and body-morphing mice to get to the prom. Nope, she just needed the sleek, fuschia hot rod she saw driving down her street once in a while. She’d seen the car in prior Read More... Posted Wednesday, June 04, 2008 3:06 PM by Hooksett Editor | 1 Comments Filed under: Hooksett, West High School, Prom

• Teen who threatened school shooting released on plea agreement

  BY JENN McDOWELL After pleading guilty in Manchester District Court to five counts of criminal threatening, a Manchester West High School student who threatened to “do a Columbine” and shoot teachers, administrators and other students was Read More... Posted Wednesday, May 07, 2008 2:25 PM by Hooksett Editor | 2 Comments Filed under: Hooksett, Manchester, West High School, Police

• West’s strengths carry team early, lumber must wake from slumber

  BY RYAN O’CONNOR Every game is an adventure. So Dan Drewniak and his Lady Blue Knights are enjoying the excitement, though they won’t be needing a nail file anytime soon. West, which currently maintains a 4-4 record on the young softball season, Read More... Posted Wednesday, April 30, 2008 3:14 PM by Hooksett Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Hooksett, high school sports, West High School, Softball

• In ‘Blue’ battle, Salem pulls away from West

  BY JERRY LIPTAK The Division I match-up between 9-4-0 Salem and 5-6-2 Manchester West had a little something for every ice hockey fan: fine goaltending from both starting netminders, hard-hitting confrontations in the corners, frenetic action from blue Read More... Posted Wednesday, February 13, 2008 8:11 PM by Hooksett Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Merrimack Valley, Hooksett, West High School, hockey, Manchester High School Sports

• 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

• 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

• 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

• Swimmingly friendly - As a rule, these foes buoy each other in the water

  BY MATT STOUT DURHAM – In most sports, it’d be considered a strange scene, as if some mistake had been made. There was Steve Van Der Beken, the coach of the Manchester West and Central swim teams, waving his arms frantically, hopping around Read More... Posted Thursday, February 15, 2007 5:58 PM by Hooksett Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Hooksett, Auburn, Manchester, Central High School, West High School, Memorial High School

• High-schooler struck on Bypass 28

  BY GINGER KOZLOWSKI A German exchange student attending Manchester High School West was hit by a motorist who drifted onto the shoulder on Bypass 28 on Wednesday, Jan. 24. The 17-year-old girl suffered knee and head injuries when she was thrown 25 to Read More... Posted Thursday, February 01, 2007 1:38 PM by Hooksett Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Hooksett, West High School, car accident, exchange student

• Granted wish - Stephanie Jacobs, Make-A-Wish spokesman, got the gift of life

  BY NICHOLAS BROWN After two years involving multiple brain surgeries, plus radiation and chemotherapy treatments, a little girl from Hooksett had a wish come true as she traveled in style to the Walt Disney World Resort in Florida to meet Winnie the Pooh. Read More... Posted Wednesday, December 27, 2006 4:09 PM by Hooksett Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Hooksett, Manchester, West High School

• Opening-night delight - Central begins another title defense with win

  BY SAPNA PATHAK When you lose three of your top players – also three of the best in the state – it’s normal for other teams to question how you’ll bounce back. Central answered that question on Tuesday, Dec. 19, when its boys basketball Read More... Posted Thursday, December 21, 2006 11:06 AM by Hooksett Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Hooksett, Bedford, Sports, Manchester, Central High School, West High School