BY MATT SCHOOLEYPlenty of spectators wanted to witness an intra-city basketball battle between Manchester West and Trinity, but not everyone could. A large group of fans was shut out of a filled-to-capacity Trinity High School gymnasium, unable to watch the top-seeded Pioneers overcome a hot start by the eighth-ranked Blue Knights to win, 55-41, ...

BY MATT SCHOOLEYTrinity High slowed the charge for three quarters, but eventually Winnacunnet detonated. The Pioneers matched the now three-time defending Class L girls basketball champions for much of the title game on Friday, March 13, but the Warriors wielded too many weapons in a 53-41 victory at Southern New Hampshire ...

BY MATT SCHOOLEYMonty Burge has been through the rebuilding process before, and he knows it can be lengthy and frustrating. He also knows there is something that would make his West girls basketball team feel better about the situation – a win. The Blue Knights lost their ninth consecutive game this season, falling to Memorial, 60-33, on ...

BY MATT SCHOOLEYThe intensity of the postseason is still weeks away, but no one told the Central and Trinity boys basketball teams. The Little Green knocked off the undefeated Pioneers, 56-48, on Friday, Jan. 30, in a high-octane game that set up a three-way tie atop the Class L standings near the season’s midpoint. After Central headed to ...

BY MATT SCHOOLEYManchester West boys basketball players have heard the “warm up the bus” chants before. Usually they’ve been the ones getting on board for the long ride home after a lopsided loss. So far this year, fans of the Blue Knights have had the last word. West matched its win total from last year by winning its third ...

The Bedford Basketball League’s 16th annual Bedford Basketball Jamboree, which took place Nov. 15 to 23, featured 67 teams and more than 700 players from 21 towns. Age-based tournaments for third- to eighth-grade boys and girls included squads from Londonderry, Merrimack, Amherst, Pelham, Derry, New Boston, Auburn, Brookline, Jaffrey- ...

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 MATT SCHOOLEYThis Manchester West team has a basketball player and plenty of football players. Now Josh Greenwood just needs to make sure they’re familiar and comfortable with a lacrosse stick in hand. The Blue Knights boys lacrosse team hopes to use its 14 seniors to improve on last year’s four wins. Those hopes rest largely on ...

BY RYAN O’CONNORTo gauge the outcome of Trinity’s Class L boys basketball quarterfinal contest with Alvirne, you needed only to close your eyes and listen to the Pioneer faithful. When Hooksett’s Cormac Fitzpatrick drained back-to-back three-pointers to open the fourth quarter, for example, chants of “Cor-Mac-Daddy” ...

BY SAPNA PATHAKIt did something that hasn’t been done since 1985. It beat a Class L perennial powerhouse to get there. And it gained unwavering confidence in the process. This year’s Trinity High boys basketball team will indeed be remembered as one of the program’s most impressive after a 2007 campaign worthy of the history ...