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Girls’ basketball: Concord beats Dover on Senior Night to keep playoff hopes alive
By ERIC RYNSTON-LOBEL
CONCORD – Friday night was a whirl of emotions in the Concord High School gymnasium.It was Senior Night, it was head coach Rob Darrell’s final game coaching in the gym and the Crimson Tide needed to beat Dover (11-7) to keep its playoff hopes...
High schools: Thursday and Friday’s results
Boys’ Nordic SkiingCapital Area ChampionshipKey players: Hopkinton – Matt Clarner (1st, 13:49.5), Andrew Clarner (9th), Anthony Cauley (10th); Bow – Eli Wilkening (2nd, 14:56.5), Aiden Ciminesi (8th); Concord – Dean Ayotte (3rd), William Corbett...
Bow’s wrestling championship was a year in the making
By ERIC RYNSTON-LOBEL
The preparation began the second the 2022-23 season ended. Bow’s wrestlers knew they could win a state championship, and they weren’t about to let the opportunity pass them by.The Falcons finished second in last year’s Division III state championships...
High schools: Hopkinton’s Chapin wins MOC slalom title
Boys’ Alpine SkiingMeet of ChampionsKey players: Hopkinton – Merrick Chapin (1st slalom in 1:17.66), Harrison Wilson (5th giant slalom in 1:21, 6th slalom in 1:20.49), Conrad Mollano (17th GS), Cameron Bassett (29th GS, 46th slalom), Coley Wells (36th...
Dartmouth College to honor memory of football coach Teevens with celebration, athletic complex name
The Associated Press
Dartmouth College will honor the memory of its winningest football coach by adding his name to its athletic complex next fall.Buddy Teevens, known nationally for his efforts to make football safer, died in September of injuries he had sustained in a...
Girls’ basketball: Hopkinton rolls past Winnisquam, now one win away from Division III championship
By ERIC RYNSTON-LOBEL
BOW – Losing eight seniors from a final four team usually isn’t a recipe for success the following season, but for the Hopkinton Hawks (15-3), that was never an excuse. With three returners and an impactful group of underclassmen, the No. 2 Hawks...
Girls’ basketball: No. 4 Kearsarge upsets No. 1 St. Thomas to advance to D-III final
By DAN ATTORRI
In 20 seasons as the Kearsarge Regional High School girls’ basketball coach, Ed Tenney has seen some impressive performances from his teams. Wednesday night’s game might be the best one.Kearsarge was composed from start to finish, never trailed and...
High schools: Wednesday’s hockey and basketball results
Girls’ BasketballJohn Stark 63, Pembroke 57Key players: John Stark – Eleanor Girardet (13 points), Abby Duclos (13 points), Avery Geaumont (12 points), Izabel Korbet (12 points); Pembroke – Annelise Dexter (34 points), Kaitlin Arenella (10...
Monitor Sports Podcast – Bill Chavanelle talks Bow’s wrestling championship
On this week’s podcast, Eric Rynston-Lobel and Dan Attorri recap last week’s D-III basketball playoff results and an eventful weekend of wrestling, while also previewing the D-II basketball and D-I hockey playoff scenarios. Then, Bow wrestling coach...
Boys’ basketball: Kearsarge’s run comes to a halt against No. 1 Conant
By ERIC RYNSTON-LOBEL
BOW – No. 4 Kearsarge knew it could beat the top-seeded Orioles (19-1). The Cougars had done so just 14 days prior, the only team to beat Conant all season. For the first eight minutes, a repeat seemed possible, if not likely. Kearsarge started the...
High schools: Concord boys’ basketball wins on senior night, Franklin falls short in D-IV playoffs
Boys’ BasketballConcord 84, Salem 58Key players: Concord – Alain Twite (21 points), Japhet Nduwayo (20 points), Derek Ramos (9 points)Highlights: Concord opened its senior night with a 22-5 lead after the first quarter and never looked back, extending...
Noah Dunlap’s 3-pointer, a moment of joy years in the making
By ERIC RYNSTON-LOBEL
It was the coolest moment of Noah Dunlap’s life. Senior Night at Kearsarge Regional High School on Feb. 6.Dunlap, a Kearsarge senior who has autism, had the chance to play for the varsity team for the first time. In the first quarter, he made a layup;...
Right-hander Liam Hendriks signs 2-year deal with Red Sox
By KEN POWTAK
FORT MYERS, Fla. — Liam Hendriks grew up watching the Boston Red Sox a lot in Australia. He’s happy he’ll finally get a chance to pitch for them.The Red Sox announced Tuesday morning that they signed the 35-year-old free agent right-hander to a...
Patriots captain Matthew Slater announces retirement
By KYLE HIGHTOWER
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — For more than a decade, Matthew Slater was universally celebrated as being the emotional centerpiece of the New England Patriots’ locker room, building a resume as one of the league’s most-decorated special teams players. After 16...
Boys’ basketball: Pembroke, already in playoff mode, runs full steam ahead past Coe-Brown
By ERIC RYNSTON-LOBEL
PEMBROKE – When the Pembroke Spartans come out shooting like they did on Monday night, they’re almost impossible to stop. Even against Coe-Brown, one of the better defensive teams in Division II, the Spartans would not be denied in their...
High schools: Franklin, Concord Christian boys fall in D-IV prelims; Coe-Brown girls shock Pembroke hoops in OT
D-IV Boys’ BasketballNo. 8 Portsmouth Christian 53, No. 9 Franklin 40Key players: PCA – Connor Hickey (15 points), Cai Summers (14 points); Franklin – Zeke McCoy (14 points), Nathan Holmes (9 points), Harrison Kaplan (7 points), Grayson McLaughlin (6...
A Look at the Lynx: NHTI basketball’s playoff pictureThe playoff picture for Lynx Basketball
NHTI Lynx men’s and women’s basketball teams wrap up their regular season this week. The men’s team closed out the regular season with a 96-88 win Sunday afternoon over Five Towns College. The women’s team has one remaining game against Northern Essex...
Wrestling: Bow wins D-III title, claims four individual titles, Outstanding Wrestler and Coach of the Year awards
By DAN ATTORRI
BOW – The Bow High School wrestling team all wore gold shirts that read ‘Handling Business.’ The Falcons can now consider it handled.Six finalists. Four champions. Eight wrestlers headed to the Meet of Champions. Senior Adler Moura was named...
Wrestling: Concord’s Norwalt wins D-I 126 title, Tide sends nine wrestlers to Meet of Champions
By ERIC RYNSTON-LOBEL
LONDONDERRY – Concord senior Griffin Norwalt was the only Tide wrestler to take first place across the 14 weight classes during Saturday’s Division I wrestling championships at Londonderry High School, but the Tide had eight other wrestlers finish in...
Boys’ basketball: Kearsarge off to D-III semifinals after win over Hopkinton
By ERIC RYNSTON-LOBEL
NORTH SUTTON – At this point in the season, it’s usually a good thing when a coach emerges from the locker room drenched. After Kearsarge head coach Nate Camp walked back onto the floor with his blue quarter zip completely soaked following his No. 4...
