BY JERRY LIPTAKManchester Central’s football team, rolling along since mid-October, finished flat against Nashua North. The third-seeded Little Green played well on offense and defense against the Titans, but the second-seeded hosts overcame a 12-3 deficit, scored late following a sequence of fumbles and reached the Division I finals with a ...

BY MATT SCHOOLEYPeter Lally knows from experience what the Salem girls soccer team went through at Stellos Stadium. Lally’s No. 4 Manchester Central Little Green knocked off the No. 1-ranked Blue Devils in the Class L semifinals on Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2-1, earning a shot at winning a second consecutive state title. “I’ve certainly ...

By Dan O’BrienFed up with a lack of communication and funding issues with Manchester public schools, the Hooksett School Board has sent a scathing letter to the mayor of Manchester and is talking about building a new high school here. Hooksett has a 20-year tuition agreement to send its public high school students to Manchester and has had ...

By MATT SCHOOLEYCity school officials are drafting a pay-to-participate policy that would include athletics, a policy that many say would have negative consequences at all three city high schools, but particularly bad at West High School. Facing a budget crisis that could lead to layoffs in the city, Manchester school officials discussed the ...

By MATT SCHOOLEYAfter the final Bedford student walks across the stage during Manchester High School West’s graduation ceremony on June 20, a new era will officially begin at the school. What that era will consist of remains to be seen. With Bedford students no longer filling the hallways and classrooms at the school, West administrators ...

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 ...

There are still spots available for the Soccer Sphere camp during April break – April 27 to May 1 – on the campus of Southern New Hampshire University. The camp takes place from 9 a.m. to noon daily and is open to 5- to 16-year-old boys and girls. The cost is $100 and includes a T-shirt. For details, contact SNHU men’s soccer ...

BY JERRY LIPTAKAt the girls gymnastics state championships, the hosts won the title, but the guests – teams and individuals – still enjoyed the show. Salem High beat second-place Pinkerton and third-place Central on Saturday, Feb. 21, for its third straight New Hampshire championship, but Little Green athletes, as well as individuals ...