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’CONNORCarrying a nine-game winning streak and a freshly minted New Hampshire state title, Bedford players packed their bats, gloves and cleats and traveled roughly 125 miles south to Rhode Island. There, in West Warwick, the first-year Steven-Buswell Post No. 54 American Legion junior baseball squad competed against the best teams ...

BY RYAN O’CONNORFor years, coaches of the Manchester Jutras senior American Legion baseball team have tossed Bedford, Goffstown and Manchester players into a diamond- shaped mixing bowl and consistently concocted a winning recipe. Perhaps Tim Conway, who never played Legion ball, stole a page from the Jutras cookbook. On Thursday, Aug. 7, ...

BY RYAN O’CONNORThe season began as most would have expected. It may end like few could have imagined. This year, Stevens-Buswell Post No. 54 established Bedford’s first American Legion baseball team in roughly 20 years. The junior squad, made up of local 15- to 18-year-old athletes, lost its first contest, 7-4, to Keene. The next ...

Bedford Little League Challenger Division players hit it out of the park – Fenway Park, that is. On Tuesday, July 29, the Bedford Little League Challenger took part in the CVS Caremark All Kids Can Baseball Camp. The baseball camp is the result of a team endeavor by CVS Caremark and the Boston Red Sox to provide New England children with ...

BY RYAN O’CONNORPlaying in two separate tournaments at once is no easy task for any team, let alone doing it with a squad filled with 8-, 9- and 10-year-olds. Yet competing in the Matty Dobens tournament, hosted by Manchester South, as well as a similar competition in Nottingham, all the Bedford Little League minor league all-star team did ...

BY RYAN O’CONNORAs it turned out, the difference between these two teams was negligible. The Bedford 10- and 11- year-old Little League all-star team, undefeated prior to a 14- 2 setback against Goffstown on Saturday, July 19, met the same foe the next day for the state title. It was Bedford’s third straight contest against its ...

BY RYAN O’CONNORThe 2008 Fresno State baseball team is no secret to those who follow college athletics or who watch SportsCenter on a daily basis. The Bulldogs, who entered the NCAA tournament with a 33-27 regular-season record and had to win their conference tourney for an invite, took six straight elimination games to become perhaps the ...

BY RYAN O’CONNORAs it turned out, the difference between these two teams was next to nothing. The Bedford 10- and 11- year-old Little League all-star team, undefeated prior to a 14- 2 setback against Goffstown on Saturday, July 19, met the same foe the next day for the state title. It was Bedford’s third straight contest against its ...

Crispin’s House Inc., a nonprofit program for at-risk youths, hosts its annual one-pitch softball tournament on Saturday, Aug. 9, at the Goffstown Junior Baseball Villa Augustina Fields, starting at 9 a.m. Al Baines, president of Crispin’s House and the tournament director, said the event was moved from its usual Friday night slot in ...