Swimmers from the Greater Manchester Tiger Sharks recently impressed at four championship meets in Dover, Cambridge, Mass., and College Park, Md. During the New England 14- and-Under Long Course Championships at the Jenny Thompson Pool in Dover from July 23 to 26, Nina Levine of Bedford ranked sixth in individual scoring for 10-and-under ...

The Safe Sports Network’s drop-in injury clinic is available from 3 to 4 p.m. on weekdays. You can also make an appointment for another time. School-aged athletes from the Manchester area can drop in for first-come, first-served evaluation of athletic injuries. The clinic is staffed by New Hampshire-licensed certified athletic trainers ...

BY MATT SCHOOLEYGoffstown’s 11- and 12-year-old all-stars worked deep into the losers’ bracket of the District 1 baseball tournament, but fell just short of a chance at redemption. On July 6, Windham came away with a 2-1 victory to send Goffstown into the loser’s bracket, where the locals earned victories over Manchester East ...

BY RYAN O’CONNORFor years, coaches of the Manchester Jutras senior American Legion baseball team have tossed Bedford, Goffstown and Manchester players into a diamond- shaped mixing bowl and consistently concocted a winning recipe. Perhaps Tim Conway, who never played Legion ball, stole a page from the Jutras cookbook. On Thursday, Aug. 7, ...

BY RYAN O’CONNORIn 2005, when Pete Kiro established Goffstown’s first American Legion baseball team in 20 years, he promised his squad would reach the playoffs by its fourth season. Perhaps Kiro has a crystal ball. More likely, after serving as an assistant coach at perennial power Jutras Post No. 43 of Manchester, he just knows what ...

BY RYAN O’CONNORStanding in the dugout, watching the group of 11- and 12-year-old Little Leaguers prepare for possibly the biggest game of their lives, Paul Gagne, Bob Gurskis and their fellow Goffstown coaches had but one thing to say to the eager players. “Real men …” they shouted. “Swing wood,” came a reply ...

BY RYAN O’CONNORDavid Flurey doesn’t like admitting it, but in the back of his mind he had to set the bar a little lower. After all, his Sweeney Post 2 American Legion baseball team lost 10 players, including seven starters, after winning the state title in 2007 and earning a second trip to regionals in four years, its third in the ...

BY RYAN O’CONNORThe 2008 Fresno State baseball team is no secret to those who follow college athletics or who watch SportsCenter on a daily basis. The Bulldogs, who entered the NCAA tournament with a 33-27 regular-season record and had to win their conference tourney for an invite, took six straight elimination games to become perhaps the ...

BY RYAN O’CONNORPrior to the losers bracket quarterfinals against Manchester Westside, the Goffstown 11- and 12-year-old Little League allstar team maintained a 1.24 ERA and a .333 batting average. Following a 10-0 mercy-rule win on Monday, July 14, it’s safe to say the boys improved those already sterling numbers. “We’ve ...

BY RYAN O’CONNOR Entering the season with three starters who never played tennis before, even Mark Telge had to question his team’s chances to be competitive in Class L. Yet 13 contests into the season, the Little Green have compiled an 9-4 record and almost assuredly locked up a postseason berth. This, after the they ...