BY LAUREN SAUSSERNovelist Doug Wilhelm was speaking to every student and every parent in the Cawley Middle School gym. He said it’s hard being a middle school student. He said sometimes it seems like bullying just goes with the territory. He said it’s OK to stand up to it. And 6 feet, 10 inches tall it’s hard not to pay ...

BY RYAN O'CONNOR First-year Central cheerleading coach Alison Kivikoski couldn’t stop smiling. The Little Green had just finished their routine at the New Hampshire Fall Spirit Championship on Sunday, Nov. 4, and she was elated with what she saw. “They’ve had a tough season, a lot of injuries, and nerves and stuff like ...

BY JERRY LIPTAK Generally, in the postseason world of “survive and advance,” there is no place for inter-team camaraderie. Cross country is an exception, and proof was on competitors’ faces after the Nov. 4 Meet of Champions at Mines Falls, on the campus of Nashua South High. True, no Neighborhood athlete could see the ...

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 MATT SCHOOLEY The Central High School football team couldn’t stop Salem High School’s running game, and, in turn, the Little Green’s Division I postseason hopes faded on the Gill Stadium turf Friday, Oct. 26, in a 27-14 setback. Central trailed 14-0 before putting forth one final attempt to salvage its playoff chances. ...

BY RYAN O'CONNOR The Blue Knights entered the contest having been in control of their own destiny all season, while cross-town rival Central was still in the process of climbing out of an early-season hole created by an 0-2 start. When Central quarterback Scott McCurdy took a knee on the final snap of a 28-16 victory, it was the 4-3 Little ...

BY RYAN O'CONNOR When Ed McCormick took over the Manchester Central High School crew team, 12 students attended his first meeting. By the time the fall season began, he had built a squad of 30. Now, the Little Green feature roughly 80 active members, including 15 to 20 Hooksett students annually, creating one of the more formidable high ...

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 JENN McDOWELL A second bomb threat at Cawley Middle School on Wednesday, Sept. 27, has led Hooksett police to a student. According to the school’s principal, Ron Pedro, the student wrote something on the wall of a boys bathroom, and two other students who knew of the incident told Pedro. The student who wrote the message this time ...

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 ...