The New Hampshire Avalanche Squirt ’98 AAA team rolled through the Metro Boston Hockey League regular season, posting 35 wins without a loss. The postseason was no different. The top-seeded Avs, coached by Mike Potvin; his assistant coaches, Joe Silva, Mark Leach and Gary Saklad; and goaltender coches Bill McWhinnie and Bryan Ash, ...

BY MATT STOUT Thirteen innings, a combined 31 strikeouts, two no-out, bases-loaded situations – and no runs to show for it. They’re oddities for most teams. They were the norm for the Manchester West softball team this season. Though it definitely stung more, the Blue Knights’ 1-0, extra-inning loss to sixth-seeded Concord ...

BY MATT STOUT In droves they’ve come, challengers to the Concord boys tennis team’s throne in Class L, and time after time, they left beaten, bruised and empty-handed. Manchester West, though, was different, the only team to beat the Tide in the last 10 seasons -- twice, in fact, including once in the state final two years ago. On ...