BY RYAN O’CONNORIn this game of survivor, the Generals were just another favorite unceremoniously voted off the Class I island. On Wednesday, March 5, the third-seeded John Stark boys basketball team faced No. 10 Monadnock, a foe it had beaten by 24 points earlier in the season. Yet in the state semifinals, not even the senior alliance of ...

BY RYAN O’CONNORTrailing by 12 points late in the third quarter against No. 6 Hollis-Brookline, third-seeded John Stark started feeling the upset bug that bit No. 1 Oyster River and No. 2 Portsmouth earlier in the day. So when head coach Mike Smith called a timeout late in the contest on Sunday, March 2, it was no surprise one of his ...

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 RYAN O’CONNORJohn Stark girls basketball coach Wayne Thomson said he preaches defense, turnovers and foul shooting. “Come tournament time, that’s what’s important,” he said following a 46-41 victory against Bow on Feb. 2. On Sunday, Feb. 17, against fourth-seeded Souhegan High School of Amherst, the No. 5 Lady ...

BY MICHELLE KIM2007 got off to an inauspicious start for Weare with a fivehour standoff on Jan. 11 between police and an armed and allegedly suicidal Weare man who recently lost his job. William Lambroukos shot the telephones inside his house with a shotgun and was eventually driven out with pepper spray, accidentally shooting himself in the ...

BY RYAN O’CONNORWearing the John Stark red, white and blue, Kayla Parcells, entering her first meet of the season as an independent competitor, served notice to the rest of the New Hampshire gymnastics landscape. Parcells beat Central standout Ainsley Smith, whom she trains with at Granite State Gymnastic Center in Bow, by a tenth of a ...

BY RYAN O’CONNOREntering his eighth year as John Stark wrestling coach, Bill Walton hoped to see a squad ready to build off last year’s success. Yet after finishing third in Division II and sending seven individuals to the Meet of Champions last season, Walton hasn’t seen that hunger to win in 2007-’08. “I had some ...

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 CHRIS QUARTARONEHigh school soccer players from the Goffstown and Weare area have been rewarded for their stellar play this season. Nine players – six from John Stark Regional High School and three from Goffstown High School – garnered all-state recognition. John Stark Generals’ senior forward Ross Macklin was named firstteam ...