BY JERRY LIPTAKManchester Central’s football team, rolling along since mid-October, finished flat against Nashua North. The third-seeded Little Green played well on offense and defense against the Titans, but the second-seeded hosts overcame a 12-3 deficit, scored late following a sequence of fumbles and reached the Division I finals with a ...

BY JERRY LIPTAKWhenever a Manchester Central girls soccer player looked up, an Exeter foe loomed large on the Southern New Hampshire University turf. The Blue Hawks smothered the Little Green on Friday, Nov. 6, in the Class L state finale, a 2-0 outcome that doesn’t fully indicate Exeter’s control of the contest, nor do justice to ...

BY MATT SCHOOLEYThe Manchester Central boys made one final run before leaving the soccer field for the last time in 2009. This time the Little Green didn’t have a ball at their feet, but rather bottles in their hands as they showered their head coach with sparkling cider in celebration of the school’s first-ever boys soccer state ...

BY MATT SCHOOLEYPeter Lally knows from experience what the Salem girls soccer team went through at Stellos Stadium. Lally’s No. 4 Manchester Central Little Green knocked off the No. 1-ranked Blue Devils in the Class L semifinals on Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2-1, earning a shot at winning a second consecutive state title. “I’ve certainly ...

BY MATT SCHOOLEYCiara Doucet’s arm kept her team in the game, but Central couldn’t produce at the plate during a Class L preliminary-round contest. On June 3, the 14th-seeded Little Green traveled to play fourth-seeded Dover, falling by the slimmest of margins, 1-0. Doucet fired a completegame two-hitter and allowed an unearned run in ...

BY MATT SCHOOLEYTrack and field teams from Central and Goffstown trekked to Concord for the Class L meet on Friday, May 29, while T&F squads from Bow, John Stark and Pembroke Academy traveled to Coe-Brown Academy for the Class I state meet on Saturday, May 30. Central Edged out during the indoor state championship last winter, the Central ...

Sponsored by Indian Head Athletics By: Matt SchooleyWith his team in a heap of trouble against West in the quarterfinals of the Class L boys basketball tournament, Cormac Fitzpatrick dribbled in front of his bench, where his coach was trying to get a referee’s attention. “I was trying to call a timeout, and he hits a three,” ...

BY MATT SCHOOLEYAlthough Bedford is the new high school on the athletic landscape, it is Manchester West that is left looking to build from the bottom up once again in order to continue to field competitive teams. The spring sports season will mark the final group of West teams that will include Bedford residents, and Blue Knight coaches and ...

BY RYAN O’CONNORMike Wenners, the Central girls basketball coach, admitted he’d rather forget the tough conclusion to the Little Green’s otherwise successful season. What will stick in his memory is the effort and determination his young squad utilized to reach the Class L semifinals. “I’m very proud of them because ...

BY JERRY LIPTAKAt the girls gymnastics state championships, the hosts won the title, but the guests – teams and individuals – still enjoyed the show. Salem High beat second-place Pinkerton and third-place Central on Saturday, Feb. 21, for its third straight New Hampshire championship, but Little Green athletes, as well as individuals ...