BY RYAN O’CONNOREntering his first season at the boys soccer helm West High School, Stephen Signor undoubtedly smiled when he glanced at his roster. Despite losing his starting striker and left midfielder to poor grades, the Blue Knights returned 18 seniors from a unit that reached the Class L quarterfinals last year. Though West is off to ...

BY RYAN O’CONNORShe played under one coach and with another. Now their peer, Kris Komisarek rolled out the welcome mat for the second straight year for her former mentors. You see, Komisarek played under local legend Peter Lally, who has spent the last 36 years maintaining a perennial girls soccer powerhouse at Manchester Central. Last ...

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 RYAN O’CONNORPlaying Hampstead in the Tri-County Class M title game, the Cawley Middle School boys were faced with a 4-4 tie following 70 minutes of regulation play, two 10-minute overtime periods and two five-minute sudden death overtimes. But in the final seconds of the 100th minute, seventh-grader Tyler Gahara, who tallied all four of ...

BY SAPNA PATHAK Peter Lally did what he was supposed to. Huddling with his players, the 35-year veteran of high school soccer said the words he knew would comfort his team. He’s just not sure when his players will hear his message. Ranked No. 1 with a 15-0-1 record entering the tournament, Manchester Central’s girls soccer team saw ...

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 ...