The Pelham-Windham Razorbacks fourth-grade football team remained unbeaten and closed within one win of the New England regional championship following a 31-7 regional semifinal-round victory against the Nipmuc Warriors of Central Massachusetts on Saturday, Nov. 14. That triumph followed a 25-6 state championship defeat of the rival Salem Rams on ...

The unbeaten Amherst Patriots found themselves trailing for the first time in two years before scoring the winning touchdown with just a minute to go, handing the Bedford Jr. Bulldogs Pee Wee Silver team a heartbreaking 13-12 setback in the state final. Down 7-0 in the second quarter, Saiku Bah followed blocks from Zach Wallat and John Kiernan to ...

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. ...

Jay Heaps, a Major League Soccer player with the New England Revolution and former Bedford resident, was a special guest at the Bedford Athletic Club’s recent player appreciation night. Approximately 85 boys and girls from the BAC, a new Bedford travel soccer league, enjoyed a questionand- answer session, one-oneone drills and soccer games ...

BY MATT SCHOOLEYPelham girls soccer players, all too familiar with the agony of defeat, are starting to experience the thrill of victory. The Pythons, frequently winless in recent campaigns, have won two contests in recent weeks, a small step for second-year head coach Amy Alfaro, who continues to instill a new attitude in her ...

By Kathy Remillard Tony Sawyer of Weare was presented with Granite State Communication’s Hometown Hero Award at the 17th annual Customer Appreciation Day on Sept. 26. The award is presented to a resident who is giving to his or her community to make it a better place. Sawyer is president of the John Stark Generals Football ...

BY MATT SCHOOLEY A theme developed near the top of the Windham Invitational cross country meet’s individual standings: Bulldogs, and plenty of them. The Bedford High School boys cross country team finished the race on Sept. 22 with four of the top five times, and seven of the event’s top 12 individual results. Thanks to a ...

BY MATT SCHOOLEY Windham doesn’t quite have a home-course advantage yet, but the Jaguars now officially have a course to call home. Though nearly all of the teams at the newly opened Windham High School are junior varsity, the school’s cross country team is competing at the varsity level. On Sept. 22, the school hosted its ...

BY MATT SCHOOLEYArriving at the field for a marquee match with one of the top teams in Class I, Michelle Winning wasn’t sure what to expect from her Bedford High team. It didn’t take the girls soccer head coach long to discover the answer. Despite taking on Goffstown the day before, Winning’s Bulldogs came out full of energy ...