BY RYAN O’CONNORCarrying a nine-game winning streak and a freshly minted New Hampshire state title, Bedford players packed their bats, gloves and cleats and traveled roughly 125 miles south to Rhode Island. There, in West Warwick, the first-year Steven-Buswell Post No. 54 American Legion junior baseball squad competed against the best teams ...

BY RYAN O’CONNORDespite a disappointing season for the Concord American Legion baseball team, Post 21 manager Averill Cate wanted to conclude the summer on a positive note. In fact, he said he wants to end every Legion season like he’s done this year. On Thursday, Aug. 14, Concord Post 21 and the Forty-and- Eight Club congratulated ...

BY RYAN O’CONNORFor years, coaches of the Manchester Jutras senior American Legion baseball team have tossed Bedford, Goffstown and Manchester players into a diamond- shaped mixing bowl and consistently concocted a winning recipe. Perhaps Tim Conway, who never played Legion ball, stole a page from the Jutras cookbook. On Thursday, Aug. 7, ...

BY RYAN O’CONNORThe season began as most would have expected. It may end like few could have imagined. This year, Stevens-Buswell Post No. 54 established Bedford’s first American Legion baseball team in roughly 20 years. The junior squad, made up of local 15- to 18-year-old athletes, lost its first contest, 7-4, to Keene. The next ...

BY RYAN O’CONNORIn 2005, when Pete Kiro established Goffstown’s first American Legion baseball team in 20 years, he promised his squad would reach the playoffs by its fourth season. Perhaps Kiro has a crystal ball. More likely, after serving as an assistant coach at perennial power Jutras Post No. 43 of Manchester, he just knows what ...

BY RYAN O’CONNORDavid Flurey doesn’t like admitting it, but in the back of his mind he had to set the bar a little lower. After all, his Sweeney Post 2 American Legion baseball team lost 10 players, including seven starters, after winning the state title in 2007 and earning a second trip to regionals in four years, its third in the ...