BY RYAN O’CONNORWhen last seen, the Goffstown boys soccer team was walking off the Manchester West field after surrendering a two-goal lead and falling in overtime. Roughly 10 months after that playoff heartbreaker, the Grizzlies were back at it, winning their season opener, 4-1, against Timberlane on Tuesday, June 2. Coach Randy Lovering ...

BY RYAN O’CONNORLast year, the Goffstown girls soccer team took a couple steps forward. This year, the Lady Grizzlies hope to make a giant leap in that same direction. Goffstown improved on a one-win 2006 with four victories in ’07 and handed undefeated Class L No. 1 Manchester Central its only blemish of the season – a 1-1 ...

BY RYAN O’CONNORGoffstown-area athletic successes in 2007 came at many levels, for teams and individuals. This was never more evident than the summer, when nearly every Goffstown youth baseball team, from Little League through Babe Ruth, finished tops in their district, among the best in the state and, in some cases, the region. Those ...

BY RYAN O'CONNOR Regular-season records, even a lopsided regular-season loss, didn’t matter to the underdog Goffstown Grizzlies, whose intense play on Thursday, Oct. 25, nearly produced a stunning upset against Manchester West in the first round of the Class L boys playoffs. Instead, a Goffstown yellow card led directly to a West ...

BY JERRY LIPTAK Despite thoroughly outplaying their hosts for 75 of regulation’s 80 minutes, the Lady Generals faced overtime at Merrimack Valley. After the John Stark girls warmed up for the extra period, their fifth-year head coach, Heather Doucette had simple instructions for them, which she delivered through the many raindrops falling ...

BY RYAN O'CONNOR It was a scene you’d most often see following a championship game. One team was elated; the other sat quietly in disbelief. But it wasn’t a title game, nor did it have immediate postseason implications. It was, in fact, a mid-season Class L match-up. But for the Lady Grizzlies soccer team, it was a stepping ...

BY RYAN O'CONNOR The Central girls soccer team entered the contest on Friday, Sept. 21, with a sterling 7-0 record. Its opponent, Goffstown, had compiled a lowly 2-5 record. Yet following 100 minutes of play, including two overtimes, the Little Green walked away with a 1-1 tie, the only blemish on their record. “It’s girls ...

BY DAVE CHOATE Varsity boys soccer coach Randy Lovering came into the season with heightened expectations for his squad, and a 2-4 start has done nothing to diminish that. “We’ve played a lot of good teams, and we have a top-heavy schedule in the first part of the year. I still think seven to eight wins and a playoff berth is a ...

BY RYAN O'CONNOR Last season, the Goffstown boys soccer team finished below .500 but made the playoffs. This year, head coach Randy Lovering wants to host a postseason match. To do so, he said his team must finish with a winning record. In its first game of the season, at home against Merrimack on Tuesday, Aug. 28, Goffstown lost, 2-0, ...

BY SAPNA PATHAK They’re the ones who’ve either played with him, against him or cheered for him at countless soccer games. They’ve built a bond that goes beyond the soccer field thanks to sleepovers, inside jokes and similar school schedules. And they’re the only ones allowed to call him “Pookie ...