BY RYAN O’CONNORA 15-5 playoff loss to Pinkerton in the Division I quarterfinals aside, Bill Lawson is ecstatic about the progress his Central boys lacrosse team made this season. “We ended up 10-9, including the playoffs, but we had five losses in tight games that could have gone either way,” said Lawson, who added that ...

BY RYAN O’CONNOR In his 25-plus years as athletics trainer at Salem High School, Sean Cox has witnessed his share of hard hits to the head. And he’s seen the ramifications. Football player Matt Starr, for instance, experienced an early-season concussion – a jarring injury of the brain resulting in disturbance of cerebral ...

BY RYAN O’CONNOROne by one they took their turn: three skiers from one school, all representing one town at one exclusive event. Though their ages and ethnicities varied, Goffstown High School’s Julie Clark, a junior; Milos Bohonek, a junior foreign-exchange student from the Czech Republic; and Thomas Joy, a freshman, were the only ...

BY RYAN O’CONNOR Last year, it was senior center Libby Cullerot who starred for John Stark, nailing two free throws with 3.8 seconds remaining in regulation to send the Lady Generals into overtime. They later sunk rival Kearsarge in the quarterfinals of the Class I basketball tournament. So, when the team opened the season Friday, ...

BY RYAN O’CONNORA 14-4 regular season for the John Stark boys basketball team preceded a stinging upset loss to rival Kearsarge in the quarterfinals of the Class I boys basketball tournament. But coach Mike Smith said the pieces are in place for his team to make a postseason run in 2008. “The expectations the boys have set for ...

BY SAPNA PATHAKLeading up to its early season match on Friday, April 20, Shawna Morley needed only three words to get her West’s boys tennis team fired up: Concord vs. West. A simple mention of the longstanding rivalry and Morley’s motivational job was complete. “It’s an epic matchup that transcends everything ...

BY SAPNA PATHAKIt’s the one question on every West High coach’s mind. What will happen to their athletic program once Bedford High School opens next year? Dan Drewniak learned faster than any other Blue Knights mentor what he needed to do to answer that question. After not having enough members to field a junior varsity softball team ...

By Sapna Pathak Staff Writer As they listened to coach Curt Martin give his post-game speech on Tuesday, Oct. 31, following a 2-1 loss to Raymond in the Class M semifinals, the girls of the Hopkinton girls team heard a scream ...

By Matt Stout Staff Writer PENACOOK – When teams meet at midfield to shake hands following a game, it’s usually a muddled mess of half-hearted low-fives and “good games.” But Julieann Hartley really sounded like she meant it. Following the Bow field hockey team’s 4-0 loss ...