BY JERRY LIPTAKWhenever a Manchester Central girls soccer player looked up, an Exeter foe loomed large on the Southern New Hampshire University turf. The Blue Hawks smothered the Little Green on Friday, Nov. 6, in the Class L state finale, a 2-0 outcome that doesn’t fully indicate Exeter’s control of the contest, nor do justice to ...

BY MATT SCHOOLEYThe Manchester Central boys made one final run before leaving the soccer field for the last time in 2009. This time the Little Green didn’t have a ball at their feet, but rather bottles in their hands as they showered their head coach with sparkling cider in celebration of the school’s first-ever boys soccer state ...

BY MATT SCHOOLEY Sponsored by Indian Head Athletics Cassey Muse may be just a freshman, but she hasn’t played like just anyone. The Central graduate and Candia resident, now playing for the Wheaton College women’s soccer team, notched goals in her first six games, helping the Lyons move into the national rankings and ...

BY MATT SCHOOLEYCiara Doucet’s arm kept her team in the game, but Central couldn’t produce at the plate during a Class L preliminary-round contest. On June 3, the 14th-seeded Little Green traveled to play fourth-seeded Dover, falling by the slimmest of margins, 1-0. Doucet fired a completegame two-hitter and allowed an unearned run in ...

BY MATT SCHOOLEYTrack and field teams from Central and Goffstown trekked to Concord for the Class L meet on Friday, May 29, while T&F squads from Bow, John Stark and Pembroke Academy traveled to Coe-Brown Academy for the Class I state meet on Saturday, May 30. Central Edged out during the indoor state championship last winter, the Central ...

BY MATT SCHOOLEYDespite a threegame winning streak, the Central boys lacrosse team is not quite living up to its own expectations. The Little Green knocked off West on Thursday, April 30, to improve to 5-3, but the five wins have come against teams at the bottom of the Division I standings. “Right now we’re middle of the pack, which ...

BY RYAN O’CONNORMike Wenners, the Central girls basketball coach, admitted he’d rather forget the tough conclusion to the Little Green’s otherwise successful season. What will stick in his memory is the effort and determination his young squad utilized to reach the Class L semifinals. “I’m very proud of them because ...

BY MATT SCHOOLEYThe Central girls gymnastics team hopes its next trip to Salem High School has a different ending. On Thursday, Feb. 5, Central managed 128.7 points to finish ahead of Keene, but fell to Salem’s score of 132.2 and Pinkerton’s 130.85. Pinkerton and Salem are the only teams Central has lost to this season, something ...

BY MATT SCHOOLEYCentral fell just short of winning the state track and field title, settling for runner-up to Bishop Guertin at the Class L girls championships on Sunday, Feb. 8. The Little Green collected 58 points to Bishop Guertin’s 59 at Dartmouth College in Hanover, but that didn’t disappoint Central’s head coach, Kelly ...

BY MATT SCHOOLEYCentral’s head coach Jim Delani joked that the Timberlane wrestlers his team faced on Saturday, Jan. 24, went straight from the crib to the wrestling mat. “These Timberlane kids have been wrestling since they could crawl,” said Delani. “For us, it’s so much about little steps.” With only five ...