BY MATT SCHOOLEYCiara Doucet’s arm kept her team in the game, but Central couldn’t produce at the plate during a Class L preliminary-round contest. On June 3, the 14th-seeded Little Green traveled to play fourth-seeded Dover, falling by the slimmest of margins, 1-0. Doucet fired a completegame two-hitter and allowed an unearned run in ...

BY MATT SCHOOLEYTrack and field teams from Central and Goffstown trekked to Concord for the Class L meet on Friday, May 29, while T&F squads from Bow, John Stark and Pembroke Academy traveled to Coe-Brown Academy for the Class I state meet on Saturday, May 30. Central Edged out during the indoor state championship last winter, the Central ...

BY MATT SCHOOLEYDespite a threegame winning streak, the Central boys lacrosse team is not quite living up to its own expectations. The Little Green knocked off West on Thursday, April 30, to improve to 5-3, but the five wins have come against teams at the bottom of the Division I standings. “Right now we’re middle of the pack, which ...

BY MATT SCHOOLEYThe Central girls gymnastics team hopes its next trip to Salem High School has a different ending. On Thursday, Feb. 5, Central managed 128.7 points to finish ahead of Keene, but fell to Salem’s score of 132.2 and Pinkerton’s 130.85. Pinkerton and Salem are the only teams Central has lost to this season, something ...

BY MATT SCHOOLEYCentral fell just short of winning the state track and field title, settling for runner-up to Bishop Guertin at the Class L girls championships on Sunday, Feb. 8. The Little Green collected 58 points to Bishop Guertin’s 59 at Dartmouth College in Hanover, but that didn’t disappoint Central’s head coach, Kelly ...

BY MATT SCHOOLEYCentral’s head coach Jim Delani joked that the Timberlane wrestlers his team faced on Saturday, Jan. 24, went straight from the crib to the wrestling mat. “These Timberlane kids have been wrestling since they could crawl,” said Delani. “For us, it’s so much about little steps.” With only five ...

BY RYAN O’CONNORThey say the first win is always the most difficult. They are, of course, wrong. No matter the level, anyone who has coached recognizes it’s the last victory – the one that comes in the final contest of the postseason – that’s toughest to garner. And that’s why Manchester Central’s ...

BY MATT SCHOOLEYFollowing a loss to Winnacunnet in the state finals last year, the Central girls basketball team hopes a little experience leads a largely young team back for a second shot at the two-time Class L champs. This year’s Little Green team has just three returning players who earned significant court time last year, including ...

BY RYAN O’CONNORHis team’s 24-9 semifinal loss to Nashua South two weeks earlier was tough to swallow, but Ryan Ray and the Central Little Green had little trouble feasting on Memorial this Thanksgiving. CHS served up a 47-6 stuffing in the most recent edition of the Manchester Turkey Bowl on Thursday, Nov. 27. After the contest, Ray ...

BY JERRY LIPTAKTheir state crown isn’t the result of any single play or individual, though there were many remarkable playoff examples of both. Instead, the Central girls soccer team rolled to the Class L championship, 4-1, on Saturday, Nov. 8, through a cumulative effect. “I had nine leaders this year,” said longtime head coach ...