BY MATT SCHOOLEYAfter winning the Class L baseball title in 2008, the Goffstown Grizzlies were unable to hold a 5-1 lead and were eliminated by eventual state champion Keene in the quarterfinal round on June 6, 7-5. Poor defense haunted Goffstown, which out-hit Keene 10-4 on the afternoon. The Grizzlies made four errors in the contest. Sophomore ...

BY MATT SCHOOLEYThe Goffstown High School baseball team is one of the hardest hitting small-ball teams around. Though the Grizzlies have scored 124 runs in 2009, the defending state champions know what it takes to win once it becomes a single-elimination season. “They understand their job at the plate, whether it’s moving a runner ...

BY RYAN O’CONNORWeeks before Goffstown’s varsity baseball squad earned the first Class L title in program history, another group of Grizzlies celebrated a similar accomplishment. With a 5-1 victory against Salem, on May 26, the GHS JV team completed an undefeated season to capture its second-straight state crown. In fact, the last ...

BY RYAN O’CONNORThroughout the season, Matt Benson and his players committed to never look back, only forward. Now the Goffstown baseball coach has no choice but to glance into the past. He is, after all a state champion. Benson and the thirdseeded Grizzlies captured the school’s first Class L title with a dramatic 4-3 victory over ...

BY RYAN O’CONNORMatt Benson and his nine seniors know all too well how easy it is to trip and fall at the Class L championship threshold. Last year, Goffstown stumbled in the semifinals to upstart Trinity, a squad that entered the postseason as the No. 13 seed after a 10-12 regular season. With their collective hand knocking on the door ...

BY JERRY LIPTAK In a league noted for parity, where a Class L cellar dweller routinely topples a team in the penthouse, Goffstown High has constructed, in more ways than one, an exceptional baseball program. Following a 9-8 victory over four-win Exeter on Saturday, May 10, the varsity Grizzlies were 11-3 and tied in the loss column with ...