BY RYAN O’CONNOR They can take pride in the fact they’re constantly one of the top teams in the state. But that’s little comfort to Patty Connolly and her Lady Hawks. For the fourth straight year, the Hopkinton girls field hockey team completed a fine regular season, earned a high playoff seed and made a strong push ...

BY RYAN O’CONNOR For the third consecutive year, the Hopkinton field hockey team is headed to the Class M-S semifinals. This season, coach Patty Connolly said her team has the talent and the desire necessary to take the next step and perhaps win the school’s first field hockey championship. First, however, they must defeat ...

BY RYAN O’CONNOR As Pelham field hockey captain Gina Guimond walked off the Portsmouth field, her head bowed in defeat, an NHIAA official approached and offered congratulations. “But we lost,” replied Guimond. “Yes, but I have to admit I never expected this type of performance from a 13th seed,” said the ...

BY RYAN O’CONNORLinda Koehler has spent the greater part of the last 20 years grooming young field hockey talent in Pelham. After helping develop a generally successful high school program between 1987 and 1998, she spent 2004 through 2006 mentoring at the middle school, where she led several current Lady Pythons to two first-place finishes ...

BY RYAN O’CONNOR Salem is certainly a familiar foe for the Goffstown field hockey team. Three years ago, the Lady Grizzlies lost to the Blue Devils in the state championship and fell to them again in the playoffs the next season. So when they took the field at Salem on Monday, Sept. 15, the girls understood the contest would ...

BY RYAN O’CONNOR For the sophomores and freshmen on one sideline, it was an unwelcome first. For those on the other sideline, it was the first step in a campaign they hope carries them to a state title. The defending state champion Derryfield field hockey team – led by Hopkinton’s own Ann DiPastina and ...

BY MATT SCHOOLEY The Pelham field hockey team created more scoring threats, but Bow made its chances count, earning a 2- 0 road victory. Although the Pythons spent most of the afternoon on the attack, the Falcons scored a goal in each half, defeating Pelham on Friday, Sept. 12. Bow’s Kristen Chulada corralled a loose ball in ...

BY RYAN O’CONNOR Prior to the season, she predicted her team’s wins wouldn’t be pretty, but the victories would be there nonetheless. Through four games, Carol Merchant’s words have proven prophetic. Despite losing a large chunk of players from last year’s veteran roster, the Salem High School field hockey ...

BY RYAN O’CONNOR Carol Merchant had to admit, anything less than a championship last season would have been a disappointment. After all, the Salem field hockey team featured five all-state seniors, including the state’s Player of the Year, Carolyn Malloy, and a handful of other veteran standouts who had worn the crown the ...

BY RYAN O'CONNOR What looked like a dream matchup of Class L unbeatens turned into a nightmare for Timberlane, with Salem playing the role of dreaded monster. Though the two teams battled to a 2-2 tie on Oct. 6, the Blue Devils were more prepared to avenge this season’s only blemish, defeating the Owls 4-0 on Sunday, Oct. 28, in the ...