BY RYAN O’CONNORSitting at a youth hockey conference, watching what was likely to be another boring prerecorded training video, Kermit Brunelle sighed. On the screen, Don Lucia, coach of the national champion University of Minnesota ice hockey team, was giving a speech. “A lot of people think I have the best job in hockey, and I tell ...

The Pembroke Academy track and field teams competed in Pelham on May 6 and Coe-Brown Academy in Northwood on May 10, finishing in the middle of the pack at each meet. The boys were second behind Milford at the meet hosted by Pelham High, while the girls finished third among four teams. Ryan Gilligan’s first-place discus throw of ...

BY RYAN O'CONNOR Last year’s Pembroke Academy football team won once. The 2007 Spartans return nearly all of last year players and first-year head coach Dave Tremblay said that’s a good thing. “We graduated only three kids from last year, so the entire team is back … from a team that was made up almost entirely of ...

BY RYAN O'CONNOR The Pembroke Academy football team has never had a winning football season, but Dave Tremblay has immediate plans to change the success and the mentality of the program and all those involved. Tremblay, who this year takes over as varsity head coach, has been part of developmental football in the greater Hooksett area for ...

BY MATT STOUT Talking on the phone about his team and how it truly earned its first playoff berth, Pembroke hockey coach Marc Noel was asked if he was pleased with his team’s play as it enters the most exciting time in program history. Like any coach knows, those types of questions are perhaps best answered by the team itself. So, Noel ...

BY SAPNA PATHAKDonna Ong isn’t ready to end the season; she might just keep practices running so she doesn’t have to say goodbye to this year’s team. And her team might just keep showing up for those practices. After four months of training, Ong’s squad wrapped up its season at this year’s NHIAA Spirit championships ...

BY MATT STOUT LACONIA – Without her top four scorers or rebounders from last season – who, not coincidently, were the same four people – Pembroke girls basketball coach Rose Galligan has someone in mind among her Spartans to help pick up the slack. All of them. In a season that’s done Pembroke no favors thus far in terms ...