BY RYAN O’CONNORSitting at a youth hockey conference, watching what was likely to be another boring prerecorded training video, Kermit Brunelle sighed. On the screen, Don Lucia, coach of the national champion University of Minnesota ice hockey team, was giving a speech. “A lot of people think I have the best job in hockey, and I tell ...

BY RYAN O’CONNORIt was a year of near-misses and so-closes on the 2007 Bedford sports landscape, though there were a few spot-ons mixed in. While dozens of local teams and individuals competed for the top prize in their respective class and/or division, from the youth level through high school and sometimes beyond, many went home empty ...

BY MATT STOUTIt has the talent, a mixture of youth and experience, a nice balance of pitching and hitting. But the Derryfield School baseball team also has concerns. After starting the season on a 5-0 tear and outscoring their opponents a mind-boggling 79-12 in that stretch, the Cougars and their hopes of a double digit-win season were brought ...

BY MATT STOUTThis time last week, Adam Lawrence’s Manchester West team was trying to figure out what a baseball diamond still looked like. Now, the Blue Knights are trying to discover themselves. Forced to cram its first seven games into eight days, West is using this early part of the season to determine what kind of team it will be. In ...

BY MATT STOUTAt this point, Manchester West baseball coach Adam Lawrence will take “interesting.” After losing eight seniors, including five pitchers, from last year’s 10-9 team, Lawrence chose that exact word to describe his expectations for the Blue Knights’ upcoming season. Sound defensively with several returning ...