Crispin’s House Inc., a nonprofit program for at-risk youth, 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 ...

In Goffstown Babe Ruth action: Red Wings 6 – Sea Dogs 5 Dante Distaso belted a walkoff home run on the first pitch in the bottom of the seventh as the Red Wings captured the minor league title with a win over the scrappy Sea Dogs. Riley Palmer and Steven French held the Sea Dogs to three runs though six innings, but Matt Riehl delivered a ...

BY RYAN O’CONNORThey’re young. They’re having fun. And now they’re in the playoffs. The Lady Grizzlies, with one game remaining, are currently 6- 13 on the season. The record, however, is not indicative of the team’s hard work and dedication, said head coach Wake Stillman. “With a youthful team like this you ...

BY DAVE CHOATE On this cool summer night, they traded in their notepads and pens for gloves, their cameras for bats and their questions for shouted encouragements. At the Crispin’s House softball tournament on Friday. Aug. 10, members of The Goffstown News team gathered at the Villa Augustina baseball fields to show why they chose ...

BY RYAN O'CONNOR Among Crispin’s House fundraisers, the annual softball tournament isn’t so much about dollars as it is about sense. “We do it to raise some money, but more than anything it brings a lot of good groups of people into the area to have a good time,” said Al Baines, president of Crispin’s board of ...

BY SAPNA PATHAK Richie Vaillancourt had an idea what he was signing up for. He knew coaching a handful of 10-year-old softball players meant practices, pregame preparations and time during games would involve lots of chatter, lots of energy and plenty of laughter. And he was right. At the helm of this year’s Kearsarge Mountain South 10U ...

BY SAPNA PATHAK There he stood, inside the dugout before the Class I softball finals watching his team warm up. That was when Wake Stillman walked from the opposing clubhouse, approached Rick Forge and handed him 20 T-shirts reading “State Finals: Goffstown vs Somersworth.” Nineteen years later, Forge still has a hearty chuckle over ...

BY MATT STOUT It was probably the only time the weather has helped a team this spring. Stuck inside the school and outside the state tournament scene, members of the John Stark softball team were faced with another rained out practice a few weeks ago. At the time, the Generals were searching for a spark, some consistency. Usually, that takes ...

BY SAPNA PATHAK Don’t talk to Wake Stillman about moral victories. It’s a term he doesn’t believe in, and it certainly isn’t making any appearances in any of the talks he gives his team. But that’s not to say he doesn’t appreciate the positives that come from a losing effort. The Goffstown High softball ...