Athlete of the Month Sponsored by Indian Head Athletics BY MATT SCHOOLEYJake Nutter was about five feet tall and not much more than 100 pounds at the time, but his mental makeup was already developing. At the time, the summer before his freshman year at Bedford, Nutter played a round with Manchester Country Club pro Joel St. Laurent, who was ...

BY MATT SCHOOLEYSponsored by Indian Head AthleticsKyle Andersson isn’t the biggest athlete on the field, but he managed to lift an entire team of all-stars this summer. Andersson led Bedford’s 11- and 12-year-old District 1 baseball champions at the plate and on the mound, earning him the Indian Head Athletics Athlete of the Month ...

BY MATT SCHOOLEYSponsored by Indian Head AthleticsKristianna Purington is not only a leader, she’s a leading scorer, too. The Bishop Guertin junior has used her outgoing personality and offensive prowess to help the girls lacrosse team to an 11-2 record and the No. 4 seed in the Division II postseason. Oh, by the way, Purington scored the ...

BY MATT SCHOOLEYSponsored by Indian Head Athletics Facing a vocal opponent in Souhegan’s Nischon Radhakrishon, Bedford High School’s No. 1 boys tennis player, Myles Utell, said little. He let his racquet do the talking.Facing a vocal opponent in Souhegan’s Nischon Radhakrishon, Bedford High School’s No. 1 boys tennis ...

Athlete of the MonthSponsored by Indian Head Athletics BY RYAN O’CONNOREntering the fourth quarter of the Division II championship game, down 7-0 to his most-hated foe, Exeter, Bishop Guertin head football coach Tony Johnson called the number of a 6-foot-1 sophomore transfer from West High School to ignite his team’s slumping ...

BY RYAN O’CONNORMatt Woodmansee may be young in terms of age, but in terms of baseball maturity, he’s a proven veteran. The 16-year-old catcher was an integral part in the unexpected success and state title run of the first-year Bedford Post No. 54 junior American Legion team. In fact, Woodmansee, who dislocated a finger on his right ...

BY RYAN O’CONNORAthlete of the Month sponsored by Indian Head AthleticsRarely, said Lisa-Ann Wallace, does a college coach find an athlete who exhibits exceptional on-field prowess while still allotting sufficient time to handle a challenging course load. Yet that’s exactly what the Bryant University softball coach said she’s ...