BY RYAN O’CONNOR They saved their best for last. After several successful years at the junior level, Ken Mckiernan and the Granite State Falcons decided they were ready for a greater challenge. The team moved up to the Amateur Softball Association of America (ASA), and after taking some lumps early, garnered ...

Hooksett, sponsored by Granite State Physical Therapy, completed an 11-0 season by beating Dunbarton twice, then coming from behind to defeat Merrimack Vlley, 19-11, in the Hooksett Invitational Tournament. Behind the pitching of Sam Desaulniers, who collected seven strikeouts, Hooksett beat Dunbarton, 10-2. Desaulniers, Amber Young and Emily ...

Hooksett 18 – Dunbarton 7 Shannon Argo and Shannon Martin went 4-for-4, and Kim Wallace, Bry Pearson, Elaina Lavigne, Amber Young, Ashley Pilotte, Sam Desaulniers and Lindsay Read were a combined 17-for-25 with seven walks, as Hooksett rolled in junior-league action. Winning pitcher Argo turned in five strong innings, striking out ...

BY RYAN O’CONNOREvery game is an adventure. So Dan Drewniak and his Lady Blue Knights are enjoying the excitement, though they won’t be needing a nail file anytime soon. West, which currently maintains a 4-4 record on the young softball season, averages 1.3 runs scored per game – second to last in Class L. Though Drewniak is ...

BY RYAN O’CONNORFor Hooksett-area teams and individual athletes, 2007 was a year in which the surprising became the norm, particularly at the high school level. Though squads such as the Central girls tennis team finished tops in Class L and Cawley Middle School collected multiple titles, other perennial contenders bowed out of the ...

BY SAPNA PATHAK Next year, Deven McKiernan will have to find a new way to celebrate her birthday. The last two years have seen the Cawley Middle School eighth-grader do the same thing on her birthday: raise the Tri-County League softball championship plaque with her teammates. On June 1, McKiernan’s birthday, Cawley celebrated its second ...

BY SAPNA PATHAK Despite dropping a 5-0, 19-inning decision to Spaulding in a Class L tournament first-round match-up, Memorial softball coach Dave Hedge had no regrets. “We looked at this and saw we did everything right,” said Hedge. “They beat us. We didn’t beat ourselves.” Starter Kerri Webb threw a beauty, ...

BY SAPNA PATHAKKelsey Isham really is a good sport. But after driving in the game-winning run and earning her team a victory over a favorite rival, the Auburn native couldn’t resist going over to remind her opponents of the play. It’s not something you’d usually see Isham do, but this opposing lineup was different. “Well, ...

BY SAPNA PATHAKShe tried her best to smile after it was over. She forced a laugh here and there, attempting to disguise her somber tone. But Central’s Trish Ellis couldn’t mask her frustration. Never was that frustration more obvious this year than after a 7-2 softball loss to city rival Manchester West on Monday, April ...