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• 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

• 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

• Memorial’s numbers crunch means hard times on the mat – for now

  By Ryan O’connor It’s a tough gig. There’s no denying it. But Jake Doerfler is doing everything in his power to make his job a little easier. Wrestling wins, he said, will follow. At Manchester Memorial – a school that shares a Read More... Posted Wednesday, January 30, 2008 5:27 PM by Hooksett Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Merrimack Valley, high school sports, wrestling

• 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: Hooksett, high school sports, Central High School, hockey, Salem, Merrimack Valley

• 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: Merrimack Valley, Hooksett, high school sports, basketball, Manchester High School Sports

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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