Athlete of the Month Sponsored by Indian Head Athletics BY MATT SCHOOLEYJake Nutter was about five feet tall and not much more than 100 pounds at the time, but his mental makeup was already developing. At the time, the summer before his freshman year at Bedford, Nutter played a round with Manchester Country Club pro Joel St. Laurent, who was ...

BY MATT SCHOOLEY Sponsored by Indian Head Athletics Cassey Muse may be just a freshman, but she hasn’t played like just anyone. The Central graduate and Candia resident, now playing for the Wheaton College women’s soccer team, notched goals in her first six games, helping the Lyons move into the national rankings and ...

Athlete of the Month sponsored by Indian Head Athletics BY MATT SCHOOLEY He’s quiet in general, but Wade Brown’s pitching in particular has silenced opposing bats in the New Hampshire Baseball League’s postseason, helping his Bow Falcons close within a single victory of the league title. Brown is 3-0 so far in the ...

BY MATT SCHOOLEYSponsored by Indian Head AthleticsKyle Andersson isn’t the biggest athlete on the field, but he managed to lift an entire team of all-stars this summer. Andersson led Bedford’s 11- and 12-year-old District 1 baseball champions at the plate and on the mound, earning him the Indian Head Athletics Athlete of the Month ...

BY MATT SCHOOLEYSponsored by Indian Head AthleticsDavid Bucchino won’t be in net when the next Bow boys lacrosse season starts, but he’ll still have an impact in the crease. In addition to working closely with his protege during practices, the recently graduated Bucchino steadied the Falcons en route to a second consecutive Division ...

BY MATT SCHOOLEYSponsored by Indian Head AthleticsKristianna Purington is not only a leader, she’s a leading scorer, too. The Bishop Guertin junior has used her outgoing personality and offensive prowess to help the girls lacrosse team to an 11-2 record and the No. 4 seed in the Division II postseason. Oh, by the way, Purington scored the ...

BY MATT SCHOOLEYSponsored by Indian Head Athletics Facing a vocal opponent in Souhegan’s Nischon Radhakrishon, Bedford High School’s No. 1 boys tennis player, Myles Utell, said little. He let his racquet do the talking.Facing a vocal opponent in Souhegan’s Nischon Radhakrishon, Bedford High School’s No. 1 boys tennis ...

Sponsored by Indian Head Athletics By: Matt SchooleyWith his team in a heap of trouble against West in the quarterfinals of the Class L boys basketball tournament, Cormac Fitzpatrick dribbled in front of his bench, where his coach was trying to get a referee’s attention. “I was trying to call a timeout, and he hits a three,” ...

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 ...

Athlete of the MonthSponsored by Indian Head Athletics BY RYAN O’CONNOREntering the fourth quarter of the Division II championship game, down 7-0 to his most-hated foe, Exeter, Bishop Guertin head football coach Tony Johnson called the number of a 6-foot-1 sophomore transfer from West High School to ignite his team’s slumping ...