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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

• 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

• Central pulls away using good ball movement

  BY MATT SCHOOLEY Many times in practice, teams run a drill in which every player must touch the ball before a shot is taken. It doesn’t always translate into game play. It did for the Central High School boys basketball team, which consistently Read More... Posted Wednesday, January 09, 2008 5:24 PM by Hooksett Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Hooksett, high school sports, basketball, Manchester High School Sports, Merrimack Valley

• Historic firsts and championships top 2007 Hooksett-area sports

  BY RYAN O’CONNOR For Hooksett-area teams and individual athletes, 2007 was a year in which the surprising became the norm, particularly at the high school level. Though squads such as the Central girls tennis team finished tops in Class L and Cawley Read More... Posted Wednesday, December 26, 2007 3:16 PM by Hooksett Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Merrimack Valley, Hooksett, high school sports, basketball, wrestling, football, tennis, Softball, baseball, track and field, soccer, golf, cheerleading, gymnastics, spirit

• 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