BY RYAN O’CONNORFollowing Bedford’s 3-0 home win against Pelham on Tuesday, Sept. 30, Stuart Pepper walked up to Pelham coach Matt Regan to shake his hand. “Your team reminds me a lot of mine last year,” said the Bedford mentor. The Bulldogs, in their second year of existence, brought their record to within a game of .500 ...

BY MATT SCHOOLEYEmma Carole knows she can’t teach her Bedford Bulldogs volleyball team everything it needs to improve on its 2007 campaign. “(Having such a young team) can be a challenge. The girls have taken part in camps throughout their summer, so a lot of it is the experience they get playing on the court,” said Carole. ...

BY MATT SCHOOLEYIt’s not easy to gain respect from your opponent during a 36- point defeat, but Bedford High School’s Trevor Morrissette stood – surrounded by his teammates following the Bulldogs’ road loss to Milford – to deliver a message. “They respect us,” said Morrissette, one of Bedford High’s ...

BY MATT SCHOOLEYLast year, Bedford High School field hockey players waited anxiously, hoping to celebrate the first goal in the program’s history. Having accomplished that goal, the Bulldogs are hoping to add another first this season. Jill Corson, Bedford’s head coach, hopes her players will be able to build on their experience from ...

BY STEPHEN BEALESchool has been out for two months, but many students at Bedford High School have been busy with classes this summer. Nearly a third of them attended a summer school program at Bedford High. The first session of summer school last month had 132 students. Faced with a higher-than-expected enrollment and scheduling conflicts for ...

BY STEPHEN BEALELast year, Bedford High School was half full. Built for four grades, only two of them occupied it. This year, that spacious feeling will make way for more students, more teachers and more programs. The school is going through a growth spurt, nearly doubling its enrollment and adding another grade. “It does feel a little ...

BY STEPHEN BEALESummer school is normally not a big budget item. But the high number of students in the program this year – the first one ever in Bedford – is drawing some attention to its costs. The enrollment, which is greater than average for a summer school, will have an unknown effect on the budget, leaving the district with ...

BY STEPHEN BEALESummer school once was for students who had flunked out of their classes or, in some cases, for a few go-getters who wanted to take an elective. But at Bedford High, the program is also for students who had passing grades but nonetheless did not earn credit in their courses because of the new grading system at the school which ...

BY RYAN O’CONNORSamantha Jean doesn’t like to lose, especially to her sister, Kirsten. The feeling is mutual, said the younger sibling. Though each was the top tennis player for their respective high school this season, they never met in a New Hampshire Interscholastic Athletic Association-sanctioned event. Sam, a recent Manchester ...

BY MATT SCHOOLEYBedford School Board members voted to make the high school’s Booster Club district-controlled, although the decision could be revisited after some current club members felt they weren’t given enough input on the matter. Booster Club members had hoped to raise money as an independent, nonprofit organization, but at its ...