BY RYAN O’CONNORThey devoured Concord and Hanover, their first- and secondround playoff appetizers, but Pinkerton made them work for the main course. Still, when the game clock hit all zeros at Stellos Stadium in Nashua on June 4, it was Bishop Guertin tasting its second Division I lacrosse title in four years. Guertin took a 14-11 bite out ...

BY MATT SCHOOLEYThe puck from the Division I boys ice hockey championship ended up where it spent a great deal of the game – with Bishop Guertin goalkeeper Dave O’Brien. O’Brien notched his eighth shutout of the year to lead his team to a 3-0 victory over Bishop Brady, stopping 23 shots as the Cardinals won their second straight ...

BY JERRY LIPTAKJust prior to Bishop Guertin’s inaugural NHIAA contest, the girls hockey team head coach, Mark Karaska, said he and his assistant, Myia Yates, were nervous and excited. No surprise there. Yet, after losing to host Concord on Jan. 2, 5-0, the post-game mood of a more relaxed Karaska was at least as excited, despite the ...

BY RYAN O’CONNORFor the Bishop Guertin seniors, it was the first time they failed to celebrate following the season’s final whistle. For their opponents, the Blue Hawks of Exeter High School, it was sweet revenge against a foe that had beaten them in the same contest the two previous years. On Saturday, Nov. 17, the Cardinals fell, ...