BY MATT SCHOOLEYSponsored by Indian Head AthleticsDuring a pause in Nick Wheelock’s Division II semifinal match, it wasn’t his 7-0 lead the senior was thinking about. The Goffstown wrestler’s mind was on his mother, Nancy, who died unexpectedly on New Year’s Eve. “The one thing she wanted was to see me wrestle at ...

Sponsored by Indian Head Athletics BY RYAN O’CONNORIf numbers don’t lie and records are made to be broken, Olivia Smith has made a career out of reinforcing sports cliches. Indeed, six games into the 2008 girls volleyball season, the Goffstown senior setter has already broken a handful of school records and has led her team to the ...

Ryan Beal is critical of himself, but he passes tougher judgment on the professional baseball players he so idolizes. And when Beal is watching his favorite Boston Red Sox players on TV, he finds himself most analytical of the game he loves to play. “I’ll always watch them real close and see what they’re doing well and then get ...