The Goffstown Screamin’ Eagles’ perfect season ended in the American Youth Football New England Regional championship game on Saturday, Nov. 21, in Meriden CT. The sixthgrade state champs were outsized and outmatched by the Bridgeport Chargers, 25-12. Even in defeat, the team refused to succumb without a fight, battling back from an ...

BY MATT SCHOOLEYThe Goffstown Screamin’ Eagles junior high school varsity football team has enjoyed its share of blowouts, but the Division 2 title game wasn’t one of them. Mark Hurley didn’t mind. “If you are just running away with the game, I guess it’s fun, but it doesn’t mean as much,” said the ...

BY MATT SCHOOLEYThe Cawley Middle School girls soccer team’s run to a second consecutive Class M championship surprised a lot of people, including the squad’s coach. Cawley eased past Litchfield by a 5-1 margin on Oct. 23 to complete an undefeated season with a mark of 11- 0-1. “I knew we’d have a good team, but all of my ...

Despite illness and several injuries, the level- 8 gymnasts from Gym-Ken Gymnastics took first place at their first competition of the fall season, the recent Halloween Day Meet at Tri-Star Gymnastics in Dover. “I know it will only get better from here,” said head coach Ruth Licata. Kadianne Tommasi of Salem won the balance beam with ...

The Pelham U13 girls travel soccer team hoisted the Granite State Youth Soccer League Division 1 championship cup defeating the Londonderry United Soccer Club on Nov. 15, 3-0. In addition, Pelham was awarded the GSYSL “Fair Play” award honoring the team with the best overall sportsmanship. “Through their hard work and dedication, ...

The Pelham-Windham Razorbacks fourth-grade football team remained unbeaten and closed within one win of the New England regional championship following a 31-7 regional semifinal-round victory against the Nipmuc Warriors of Central Massachusetts on Saturday, Nov. 14. That triumph followed a 25-6 state championship defeat of the rival Salem Rams on ...

The unbeaten Amherst Patriots found themselves trailing for the first time in two years before scoring the winning touchdown with just a minute to go, handing the Bedford Jr. Bulldogs Pee Wee Silver team a heartbreaking 13-12 setback in the state final. Down 7-0 in the second quarter, Saiku Bah followed blocks from Zach Wallat and John Kiernan to ...

The Goffstown Screamin’ Eagles middle school football team plays for its third championship in four years following a convincing 28-8 win against the Manchester Bears on Sunday, Nov. 15. The locals face Lowell, Mass., at Bedford High School on Saturday, Nov. 21, at 11 a.m. Goffstown once again started quickly, with Alex Duval capping the ...

BY MATT SCHOOLEYGood things do indeed come in small packages. Especially when it’s a blitz package. The Goffstown sixth-grade football team was severely outsized in its Northeast regional semifinal contest against Massachusetts foe Milford, but the Screamin’ Eagles proved they weren’t going to be outworked. On Saturday, Nov. ...

Jay Heaps, a Major League Soccer player with the New England Revolution and former Bedford resident, was a special guest at the Bedford Athletic Club’s recent player appreciation night. Approximately 85 boys and girls from the BAC, a new Bedford travel soccer league, enjoyed a questionand- answer session, one-oneone drills and soccer games ...