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 ...

BY MATT STOUT Steve Houle isn’t fooled by the score, and anyone who looks beyond it, the Manchester West girls tennis coach said, will see why. “You look at court No. 6 (singles), which was an 8-2 match,” Houle said following his team’s 7-2 win over No. 4 Concord in the Class L quarterfinals on May 24. “That was a ...

BY MATT STOUT Moments after they clinched another Class L title with a 5-2 win over Manchester West on Tuesday, May 29, members of the Concord boys tennis team grabbed a blue jug filled with water, snuck up behind head coach Dave Page to douse him – and missed. You’d think they have it down by now. But the Crimson Tide ...

BY SAPNA PATHAK For some squads, the year’s first win is the beginning of a championship run. For others, it provides much-needed confidence to erase  a prior season’s struggles. On Friday, April 20, the girls of Concord High tennis breathed a collective sigh of relief when they captured their first victory of the 2007 ...

BY SAPNA PATHAK Leading up to its early season match on Friday, April 20, Shawna Morley needed only three words to get her West’s boys tennis team fired up: Concord vs. West. A simple mention of the long-standing rivalry and Morley’s motivational job was complete. “It’s an epic matchup that transcends everything ...

BY SAPNA PATHAK The consistency as a Class L powerhouse, the multiple state championships, the countless players who’ve gone on to strong college careers – none of it matters. No, it’s of no concern to Dave Page. But that’s because Page has a different definition of success. “My philosophy is to get better every ...