BY MATT SCHOOLEYThis Manchester West team has a basketball player and plenty of football players. Now Josh Greenwood just needs to make sure they’re familiar and comfortable with a lacrosse stick in hand. The Blue Knights boys lacrosse team hopes to use its 14 seniors to improve on last year’s four wins. Those hopes rest largely on ...

BY RYAN O’CONNORTaking over as West girls basketball coach little more than a month before the start of the current season, Monty Burge’s expectations were understandably tempered. So after beginning the season 0-7, following a 60-34 setback at Goffstown on Sunday, Jan. 13, Burge chose to focus on the positives, rather than dwelling ...

BY RYAN O’CONNORIn its fourth game, the West boys basketball team entered the contest needing a victory to match its 2006-07 win total. Its opponent, Goffstown, four days removed from an impressive eight-point win over Class L power Pinkerton Academy, looked to follow up with a similar performance against a middle-of-the-pack ...

BY RYAN O’CONNORWest boys basketball coach Colin Burke is determined not to let a 2-16 record last season discourage his outlook on the upcoming campaign. While the Blue Knights graduated four starters and bring back only four hoopsters who received significant playing time in a forgettable 2006-’07 campaign, Burke said talent – ...