BY MATT SCHOOLEYWhen the John Stark softball team traveled to play Milford High School in April, the Generals crushed the Spartans, 12-0. Milford returned the unwelcome favor at the worst possible time. The fourth-seeded Generals were ousted from the Class I quarterfinals on Saturday, June 7, following a 7-1 loss to the fifthranked Spartans at ...

BY RYAN O’CONNORBy Zack Medlock’s own admission, the John Stark softball team continues to be, in large part, unknown in Class I. Yet the Lady Generals currently maintain a 15-3 record and secure a top-four playoff seed with a win against 2-12 Bow in the season finale on Friday, May 30. “If people had told me two years ago that ...

BY RYAN O’CONNORLast year, the Lady Generals played in and lost many close games. Coach Zach Medlock returns 10 players from a softball squad that finished the 2007 season with a 5-10 record, and he hopes experience is enough to reverse the result of many of those tight contests. “With a veteran group, we definitely have high ...

BY SAPNA PATHAK Richie Vaillancourt had an idea what he was signing up for. He knew coaching a handful of 10-year-old softball players meant practices, pregame preparations and time during games would involve lots of chatter, lots of energy and plenty of laughter. And he was right. At the helm of this year’s Kearsarge Mountain South 10U ...

BY MATT STOUTIn one of the first practices of this spring, head coach Zachary Medlock stood before the John Stark softball team and posed a simple question: “What position do you play?” For a group full of Amateur Softball Association-seasoned players, the query may have had an easy answer. But not on this year’s Stark ...

The Weare Athletic Club urges anyone who hasn’t signed up for baseball or softball to visit www.weareathleticclub.com for instructions. All  registered WAC players should attend evaluations at the times listed below. All evaluations take place Saturday, March 17, at Weare Middle School • 9- and 10-year-old boys with last names ...