The Goffstown Screamin’ Eagles middle school football team plays for its third championship in four years following a convincing 28-8 win against the Manchester Bears on Sunday, Nov. 15. The locals face Lowell, Mass., at Bedford High School on Saturday, Nov. 21, at 11 a.m. Goffstown once again started quickly, with Alex Duval capping the ...

BY MATT SCHOOLEYGood things do indeed come in small packages. Especially when it’s a blitz package. The Goffstown sixth-grade football team was severely outsized in its Northeast regional semifinal contest against Massachusetts foe Milford, but the Screamin’ Eagles proved they weren’t going to be outworked. On Saturday, Nov. ...

BY MATT SCHOOLEYDuring this year’s Matty Dobens tournament, Goffstown was plain offensive. The 9- and 10-year-olds tore through the bracket for 78 runs in six games, cruising past the competition for a second consecutive title. From top to bottom, the lineup showed its offensive prowess, beginning with leadoff batter Ethan Skinner, who was ...

BY MATT SCHOOLEYThe rain and the hits kept coming for Goffstown’s 9- and 10-year-old Little League baseball all-stars, even when their coach wanted both to stop. In the third and decisive game of the state championship series against Portsmouth on Wednesday, July 29, Goffstown, to say the least, started quickly. After surrendering two runs ...

BY MATT SCHOOLEYWindham was knocking on the door, but Dylan Skinner and Kyle Jalbert slammed it shut. Goffstown’s 10- and 11- year-old baseball all-stars saw their four-run lead cut to one. Then, with two outs, Windham was poised to knot the score at 7-7 during the title game July 25. Windham’s batter lined a single to center field, ...

The seventh annual Crispin’s House One-Pitch Softball Tournament takes place Saturday, Aug. 8, at the Villa Augustina fields. First pitch is set for 9 a.m. Al Baines, president of Crispin’s House and tournament director, said Main Street Eye Care, the Goffstown Police Association, Poised Solutions Inc. and Granite St ate Plumbing and ...

BY MATT SCHOOLEYGoffstown’s 10- and 11- year-old Little League baseball team is powerful. In the state title game, Windham nearly caused a power outage. Despite trimming Goffstown’s four-run advantage to one in the fifth inning on Saturday, July 25, Windham was unable to take the lead and eventually fell, 10-6. Windham gave Goffstown ...

BY MATT SCHOOLEYGoffstown’s 11- and 12-year-old all-stars worked deep into the losers’ bracket of the District 1 baseball tournament, but fell just short of a chance at redemption. On July 6, Windham came away with a 2-1 victory to send Goffstown into the loser’s bracket, where the locals earned victories over Manchester East ...

BY MATT SCHOOLEYGoals at the Goffstown Gallop vary. Some want to defeat a sibling, while many hope to record a personal-best time. Others have a simpler goal. “Well, I survived,” joked Stu Goldstein, a 57-year-old Dunbarton resident. “That was my goal for the day.” The 30th annual race brought 171 racers to the 5.2- mile ...

BY MATT SCHOOLEYWhen the Goffstown High School baseball squad won the Class L state championship in 2008, the team bus made a stop on the short ride home from MerchantsAuto.com Stadium in Manchester. The bus pulled into the town’s Little League complex. Lights were on. Games were in progress. Upon seeing the bus, the players ...