BY RYAN O’CONNORThey finished with a winning record for the second consecutive season. They hosted a first-round playoff contest. They came back from a twogoal deficit in the third period against a formidable foe. The only thing the Goffstown ice hockey team failed to do was stuff the puck home when it counted most. Trailing Bow, 3-1, in ...

BY MATT SCHOOLEYLike many schools in the state, Goffstown High School struggled in the math section of the New England Common Assessment Program (NECAP), but school officials caution placing too much stock in the first-year exam. The NECAP, which had previously been given to thirdthrough eighth-graders, was given to juniors for the first time ...

By MATT SCHOOLEY  For the most part, the only noise coming out of the Goffstown High School auditorium during the school district deliberative session came during a musical performance, as the meeting went by quickly without any debate. After the high school’s theater group sang the national anthem and the opening scene from their ...

By Rryan O’connor Winning the Division II state title in 2006, the Goffstown wrestling team was rewarded with a promotion to D-I. Though the Grizzlies have earned some success, they haven’t been able to maintain the dominance they exhibited at the D-II level. Next year, with attendance at the high school down a bit, GHS ...

The Goffstown High School boys Alpine ski team beat four schools in team competition on Jan. 10 at Cranmore in North Conway, led by the one-two punch of Milos Bohonek and Thomas Joy. Among 70 entrants, Bohonek and Joy finished first and second, respectively, in both the giant slalom (GS) and slalom events as the Grizzlies defeated Exeter, Dover, ...

By Ryan O’connor GOFFSTOWN – Losing a standout player to injury prior to the season is never easy. Just ask Goffstown girls basketball coach Dave Michaud. When senior captain Kira Murphy went down with a torn medial collateral ligament during a preseason scrimmage against John Stark, he said he knew his team was in for an ...

By Ryan O’connor He’s not ready to admit it just yet – not to himself, not to his players and certainly not to the media – but Mike Smith is inching closer to an increasingly probable reality. Prior to the season, the John Stark boys basketball coach said his squad would be middle of the pack in Class I, with a ...

BY MICHELLE KIMPete Galamaga has no problem with being in the spotlight. The Goffstown High School English teacher has delivered singing telegrams, did standup comedy and for a while performed in a Simon-and-Garfunkle- esque duo. Even teaching, he pointed out, calls for an element of performance. It’s just afterward, while getting praised ...