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 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 LIPTAKWhen fierce city rivals Central and West meet on the gridiron, you can, as the old saying goes, throw out the records. By postgame, that’s exactly what the Blue Knights’ mentor, Travis Cote, wanted to do. Following Central’s 28-7 win during West’s homecoming on Saturday, Oct. 4, Cote’s group fell to ...

BY RYAN O’CONNORPost-game emotion on the two sidelines was quite different, but the feeling was the same: this was no ordinary exhibition. The annual Queen City Turkey Bowl, featuring Manchester’s top two teams, saw West and Central pass the stuffing back and forth for three-plus quarters before Blue Knights running back Nick Clement ...

West starved of holiday bowl victory as Central’s LeClerc runs wildBY RYAN O’CONNORThough the Manchester West football team broke through in Division I last year – defeating perennial powerhouse Manchester Central twice, including a 13-0 Thanksgiving stuffing – the Little Green bounced back this season to once again stick a ...