BY STEPHEN BEALEThe Bedford Soccer League has purchased 12 acres of land from a developer of a small subdivision in the Back River Road area. Part of the 12 acres will be turned into at least two fields, which will mainly be used for practice games. Some of the land will remain undeveloped. The site is directly south of 7 acres the Soccer League ...

BY RYAN O’CONNORLast year, the Seacoast United Premier soccer team didn’t qualify for a major annual national showcase in New Jersey. This time around, with Jess Luscinski on the field, the squad not only made the tournament, it won. Stuart Pepper, who has mentored dozens of all-region and all-American players as Seacoast’s ...

BY RYAN O’CONNORFielding a team of all sophomores and freshmen at the varsity level didn’t stop Class I coaches from acknowledging the talent on this year’s Bedford girls soccer squad. And though only two Lady Bulldogs, Sarah Kelley and Hailey Kunkel, made the team, both as honorable-mention picks, coach Michelle Winning said ...

BY RYAN O'CONNOR Following a season-ending first-round playoff loss to Alvirne, the West High School girls soccer players approached coach Kris Komisarek and asked her if they could continue practicing. That attitude, said the first-year head coach, is exactly what made the 2007 Blue Knights so special. “This wasn’t just a ...

BY RYAN O'CONNOR Less than a week after losing a 2-0 second-half lead and falling in its regular-season finale, 3-2 in overtime to crosstown rival Manchester Memorial, the West boys soccer team reversed the result  at Goffstown’s expense. Falling into a two-goal deficit early in the second half, the 12-4-0 Blue Knights struck ...

BY RYAN O'CONNOR A standout player on the 2003 West High School varsity soccer team, Kristin Thornton of Bedford was torn. Among several recruiting schools, Keene State College and Western New England College, both Division III schools, were her preferred suitors. Thornton’s sister, 7 years her elder, had attended and captained the ...

BY RYAN O'CONNOR The Bedford girls soccer team continues its remarkable effort in attempting to earn a Class I playoff berth. “That would be pretty unbelievable if we (made the postseason), but you never know,” said head coach Michelle Winning, who previously wouldn’t acknowledge this season as anything but a developmental ...

BY SUSAN CLARK With about 1,900 members, the Bedford Soccer League planns to bring more green fields into play. The league has signed a purchase and sales agreement with Gulfstream Investments to purchase about 12 acres of land abutting the organization’s fields off Back River Road near Camp Allen. The project calls for development of ...

BY RYAN O'CONNOR When Kris Komisarek was a freshman at Notre Dame, Michelle Winning was a senior captain. The two quickly became acquainted, long after facing each other in high school for Class L rivals Manchester Central and West, respectively. In much the same way that Winning passed the Notre Dame soccer squad to her friend, she handed ...

BY RYAN O'CONNOR Sarah Kelley had been asking her coach, Michelle Winning, if she could try to nail a goal with a corner kick during game play. So when Winning said, “Hey, give it a shot,” Kelley did. Less than four minutes into the game, Kelley set up for the corner kick, struck the ball and watched it hook over the diving ...