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Boys’ lacrosse: Hopkinton and Bow head to overtime in season opener
By ERIC RYNSTON-LOBEL
BOW – The rosters are a bit different than they were when they met in the Division III semifinals last June, but once again, Bow and Hopkinton required overtime to decide the outcome between the two rivals on Tuesday in the first game of the spring...
High schools: Wachter strikes out 17, pitches a complete game to lead Concord softball to victory; other Opening Day results
Softball Concord 9, Windham 3 Key players: Concord – Maddy Wachter (complete game, 17 strikeouts), Delaney Duford (HR, stolen base; threw out a runner stealing), Maggie Taylor (3-for-4, 2 runs), Alison Dupuis (RBI double), Ella Gray (RBI single), Andi...
High schools: Monday’s tennis results
Girls’ TennisWindham 8, Pembroke 1Key players: Pembroke – Autumn LaGrenade and Emma Settles (8-5 win at No. 1 doubles)Highlights: The Spartans dropped their season opener on the road to the Jaguars.Coach’s quote: “We saw the eclipse on the way down on...
Boys’ lacrosse previews: Hopkinton focused on repeat championships
By ERIC RYNSTON-LOBEL and DAN ATTORRI
There are three adjectives Hopkinton head coach Deacon Blue used to describe his team entering the 2024 spring season: deep, strong and skilled.The regular season hasn’t yet begun, but the defending Division III champions look well-positioned to have...
Girls’ lacrosse previews: Bow relying on team chemistry to help in title defense
By ERIC RYNSTON-LOBELand DAN ATTORRI
It’ll be hard for Bow High girls’ lacrosse’s 2024 season to match the dominance of 2023, when the Falcons finished 18-1 and took home the Division III championship, the program’s first title since 2009. But head coach Chris Raabe still has quite a bit...
High schools: Concord girls’, Bow boys’ tennis win season openers
Girls’ TennisConcord 8, Manchester Memorial 1Key players: Concord – Nadia Hannah, Madie Mikkelsen, Sarah Saleem, Libby LaBombard, Gracie Lorden and Kat Tewksbury (singles winners)Highlights: The Tide secured the victory early, allowing Penny Brown...
Track preview: Veteran-laden roster leads Concord girls in D-I, Coe-Brown seeks to repeat sweep of D-II titles
By DAN ATTORRI
The Concord High School girls’ track and field team has been near the top of Division I for a few years, but head coach Hayden Daly believes that this year’s team is a special group. With three NCAA Division I commits, several veteran leaders and a...
Girls’ tennis: Bow takes down Coe-Brown in season-opening match
By ERIC RYNSTON-LOBEL
The Bow High girls’ tennis team opened its season about as well as head coach Steve Langevin could’ve hoped on Tuesday with a 9-0 win over Coe-Brown. In singles, Grace Modzeleski beat Abby Coleman, 8-1; Jaden Glace beat Anna Reiff, 8-6; Katie McCabe...
Tennis: Bishop Brady boys open season with first victory in two years
By DAN ATTORRI
The Bishop Brady boys’ tennis team didn’t even exist last year, but the Giants opened their return to varsity action in the best way possible.Brady opened the 2024 season with a 5-4 victory over Moultonborough at Memorial Field on Tuesday, the...
Softball preview: Concord looks to go back to back, and D-II teams prepare for stiff competition
By ERIC RYNSTON-LOBELand DAN ATTORRI
After coming agonizingly close to winning state championships in 2021 and 2022, Concord High softball finally cleared the hurdle last June when it beat Winnacunnet, 3-2, for the seventh title in program history, capping a 20-1 season.This year, the...
Baseball preview: Concord relying on new cast for success in 2024
By ERIC RYNSTON-LOBEL and DAN ATTORRI
Concord High baseball coach Scott Owen lost 11 seniors off of last year’s team that reached the Division I semifinals and went 16-6. Entering 2024, he’s relying on a more inexperienced group, with seven seniors, three juniors and one sophomore with no...
Previews: Outlook of the area high school tennis teams
By ERIC RYNSTON-LOBELand DAN ATTORRI
In order to repeat the success of the last few seasons, Bow boys’ tennis will be counting on some younger players to take on bigger roles after losing two seniors from last year and with just one senior on this year’s roster.Beyond the Falcons’ top...
Monitor analysis: Who wins more high school championships, public or private schools?
By ERIC RYNSTON-LOBEL
Earlier this month, the Concord Christian Academy girls’ varsity basketball team took home the Division II state championship — the program's third title in three different divisions in the last three years. The team has moved up into divisions with...
Hockey: Kearsarge’s Justin Garzia named D-III Coach of the Year, All-State rosters released
By DAN ATTORRI
The New Hampshire High School Hockey Coaches Association recently released its end-of-season awards and All-State rosters for the 2023-24 season. Kearsarge-Plymouth head coach Justin Garzia took home the biggest prize, getting named the Division III...
The Black Ice Tournament moves inside again, but the tradition remains
By ERIC RYNSTON-LOBEL
There’s something cinematic about the Black Ice Tournament at White Park in the middle of the Concord winter. Hockey skates slice across the ice, friends of years past reunite and the community gathers to enjoy hockey, the cold weather and all...
Forty-eight of the 50 states are sending players to men’s March Madness. New Hampshire isn’t one of them
By ERIC RYNSTON-LOBEL
According to a map posted by the official NCAA men’s March Madness account on X, formerly Twitter, New Hampshire is one of just two states not sending any players to the Division I men’s tournament, which began with the First Four on Tuesday...
Dartmouth refuses to work with basketball players’ union
HANOVER — Dartmouth College will not enter into collective bargaining with the union its men’s basketball players voted to join earlier this month, the school said Monday in a move that could send the case to federal court.In a statement announcing...
Nordic skiing: Team New Hampshire bests Vermont, wins Eastern High School Championships for first time in nearly three decades
By ERIC RYNSTON-LOBEL
For the first time since 1995, Team New Hampshire took home the Eastern High School Championships title at the Holderness School on Sunday. The Nordic skiing competition features up to the top 48 skiers (24 boys and 24 girls) from each of New...
Winter 2023-24 Players of the Season
By ERIC RYNSTON-LOBEL and DAN ATTORRI
With last Sunday’s Division II girls’ basketball championship wrapping up the winter sports season for area teams, the Monitor would like to highlight top athletes from the Concord region. It was another strong season for area programs. In boys’...
Basketball: Pembroke’s Dexter, Hopkinton’s Murdough named Player of the Year; All-State selections and awards released
By DAN ATTORRI
The New Hampshire Basketball Coaches Organization released its award and All-State selections for the 2023-24 season following the conclusion of the Division I and Division II championship games on Sunday, and Capital area programs were...
