The Merrimack Cyclones Basketball team will be holding tryouts for 4th grade boys on Saturday the 26th of July at the Merrimack YMCA from 2 to 3 p.m.  Please contact Scott Lachance at 494-5742 or email at Scott31mph@aol.com

BY RYAN O’CONNOR What was once an average, up-and-down season turned into the most enjoyable coaching experience of Chris Gaudreau’s young career. And don’t forget the Bow boys basketball mentor is but two years removed from an 18-0 regular-season record and title-game run. This year, after watching his squad play ...

BY RYAN O’CONNOR Like the NFL’s New England Patriots and Oyster River in New Hampshire Class I, the Salem boys basketball team finished the regular season undefeated. By thrashing Alvirne in Hudson, 73-59, on Friday, Feb. 29, the Blue Devils completed their schedule with an 18-0 record, the first season without blemish in ...

By Ryan O’connor It had to end sometime. Four years and 37 games after the Pelham boys basketball team last lost in its own gymnasium, the squad dropped its home opener, 54-53, to Class I favorite Portsmouth on Jan. 2. The Pythons’ last home loss came in 2004 when they still competed in Class M. “To be honest, when the game ...

By Matt Schooley They haven’t played since leaving the court as state champions last season, but the boys of Salem High School basketball team showed no rust in their 2007-08 opener. Josh Jones and Kevin Sledge led a balanced offensive attack for the Blue Devils, who defeated Timberlane 91-67 on Friday, Dec. 14, at Salem. Jones scored 17 ...

By Ryan O’connor Now coach E.J. Perry has the unenviable task of finding not only someone to replace Savage’s clutch play, but also filling the holes created by the departure of three all-state cagers. “We try to reload rather than rebuild, and that’s what we’ve done fairly well,” said Perry of his 10-year ...

BY RYAN O'CONNOR In the midst of facing felony and misdemeanor charges for allegedly possessing and selling marijuana to an undercover officer with the Attorney General’s drug task force, Paul Chergey again finds himself in trouble with the law. The former Bow High School basketball star and current Southern New Hampshire University ...

BY RYAN O'CONNOR Paul Chergey, who two years ago led the Bow Falcons boys basketball team to the Class I title game, has been indicted on multiple charges involving the possession and sale of marijuana. On Aug. 16, Chergey was indicted by the grand jury on two special felony counts of sale of a controlled drug, one felony count of ...

BY MATT SCHOOLEY When the house Paul Hogan grew up in became part of the Plymouth State campus, he seemed destined to be a part of the school. On Sept. 30, he becomes a part of the school’s history. Hogan, now the men’s basketball coach and athletics director at New Hampshire Technical Institute in Concord, awaits induction into the ...

BY MATT STOUT It’s a Sunday afternoon in late January, and Colleen and Bob Nagri plan to eventually settle in for the night to catch the New England Patriots’ playoff showdown with the Indianapolis Colts. Their Dodge Durango – its back windshield plastered with eight metallic silhouettes of different athletes, representing the ...