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 MATT SCHOOLEY Manchester West’s Matt Breault reached the second day of the Class L individual state tournament last weekend, finishing with a two-round total of 163. Memorial’s Pat Gocklin carded a two-day total of 149, good for seventh place. He fired a one-under-par 71 on day two. Breault, a Hooksett resident, was ready for ...

BY RYAN O'CONNOR This season, the Central golf team lost twice as often as it won, but head coach Matt Tafe saw plenty of reason to stay positive about the future. The Little Green fell to 12-24 in 2007 and didn’t come close to the championship round. Still, Tafe said his young squad showed it’s an up-and-coming contender for ...