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• West faces future without Bedford students

  By MATT SCHOOLEY After the final Bedford student walks across the stage during Manchester High School West’s graduation ceremony on June 20, a new era will officially begin at the school. What that era will consist of remains to be seen. With Bedford Read More... Posted Wednesday, June 17, 2009 3:49 PM by Hooksett Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Hooksett, Bedford, Manchester, Education, West High School

• Hooksett player can’t be varsity at West as population shrinks

  BY MATT SCHOOLEY Although Bedford is the new high school on the athletic landscape, it is Manchester West that is left looking to build from the bottom up once again in order to continue to field competitive teams. The spring sports season will mark the Read More... Posted Wednesday, March 25, 2009 3:31 PM by Hooksett Editor | 1 Comments Filed under: Hooksett, high school sports, West High School, Ice hockey

• 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 | 0 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

• 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

• 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

• West thoroughly beaten by defending champs

  BY RYAN O’CONNOR Pinkerton Academy head coach Brian O’Reilly said he and his team were looking to make an example of someone. They found a victim in West High School. The Astros lanced the Blue Knights, 34-7, on Saturday, Nov. 10, in first-round Read More... Posted Wednesday, November 14, 2007 3:14 PM by Hooksett Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Merrimack Valley, high school sports, West High School, football