Boys’ Cross Country

Coe-Brown fourth,
Concord 12th

Key players: Concord – Josiah Conley (1st, 15:12), Spencer Clemans (23rd, 16:29), Ethan Harmon (82nd, 18:03), Colby O’Brien (106th, 18:39), Maximiliano Jimenez-Calderon (107th, 18:40); Coe-Brown – Patrick Youngs (13th, 16:09), Luc Kerouac (19th, 16:22), Ben Larson (28th, 16:46), Quinn Froburg (42nd, 17:09), Landon Graveline (67th, 17:46), Ben Jobin (73rd, 17:53), Dylan Plowman (102nd, 18:33)

Highlights: Conley was first in a field of 167 runners and 24 teams at the Battle of the Border on Saturday, featuring teams from both New Hampshire and Massachusetts. Granite State teams performed better, with Pinkerton (50 points), Nashua South (130), Salem (143), Coe-Brown (153) and Oyster River (169) claiming the top five spots. Conley led the Crimson Tide (291) to 12th place.

Bow fourth,
Winnisquam 10th

Key players: Bow – Thomas Sargent (20th, 17:45), Sam Kohl (22nd, 17:54), Ian Sandahl (25th, 17:57), George Kohl (33rd, 18:33), Zachery Ingram (40th, 19:01); Winnisquam – Lazar Arbutina (34th, 18:33); Keene – Sully Sturtz (1st, 14:56)

Highlights: The Falcons finished fourth out of 12 teams at the Moonlight Madness Invitational hosted by Monadnock at the Swanzey Fairgrounds on Friday night. Keene (31 points), Mascoma (68), Merrimack (88), Bow (129) and Mascenic (146) were the top five teams. Winnisquam (265) finished 10th.

Girls’ Cross Country

Concord 12th,
Coe-Brown 14th

Key players: Concord – Quinn Doherty (35th, 20:49), Shelly Smith (47th, 21:17), Phoebe Dater-Roberts (69th, 22:14), Maddy Short (72nd, 22:27), Gianna Gualtieri (77th, 22:45); Coe-Brown – Paige Murdough (42nd, 21:03), Annabelle Lovett (48th, 21:20), Meredith Kerivan (71st, 22:25), Eloise Hill (101st, 23:59), Maryanne Sawyer (111th, 24:50); Bedford – Mikita Barry (1st, 17:37)

Highlights: New Hampshire teams performed well at the Battle of the Border Invitational on Saturday. Oyster River (49 points) and Pinkerton (56) were the top two teams, and Bedford (164) and Londonderry (189) went 4-5. North Andover, Mass. (130) finished third.

Bow seventh

Key players: Bow – Lena Thompson (13th, 21:03), Maya Owen (42nd, 27:14), Madelynn Winch (50th, 28:30), Madelyn Fish (51st, 28:30), Sarah Franklin (54th, 28:52)

Highlights: The Falcons competed under the lights at the Moonlight Madness Invitational hosted by Monadnock at the Swanzey Fairgrounds. Desi Broadley of Bellows, Falls (Vt.) won the race in 18:38. Newfound (51), Merrimack (60), Fall Mountain (88), Conant (108), ConVal (112), Bellows Falls (152) and Bow (151) were the scoring teams.

Football

Trinity 44, Merrimack Valley 18

Key players: MV – Michael Heine (TD catch), Jack Parris (TD pass), Reece Clermont (TD run), Tyler Carter

Highlights: The Pride’s win streak came to an end against a talented Pioneer team.

Coach’s quote: “Tough loss; time to hit the reset button and on to next week.” – MV’s Matt Shaw

Records: Trinity 4-1; MV 2-3

Plymouth 34, Bow 0

Highlights: The Bobcats showed why they are undefeated and in first place in the D-II East, scoring two touchdowns in each of the first two quarters to put away the Falcons.

Coach’s quote: “A disappointing loss to start the new month; still some definite improvement during the second half. Unfortunately, the margin was too great to overcome, as we were unable to capitalize on our opponents’ mistakes.” – Bow’s Paul Cohen

Records: Plymouth 5-0; Bow 3-2

John Stark 34, Hollis-Brookline 8

Highlights: The Generals won in back-to-back weeks for the first time this season.

Records: John Stark 3-2; Hollis-Brookline 0-5

Monadnock 42, Kearsarge 6

Key players: Monadnock – Nick Ball (193 yards on 27 carries, 3 TD; fumble recovery, interception), Liam Hart (73 yards on 13 carries, 2 TD); Kearsarge – Aiden Ruckman (44 yards on 4 carries, TD), Will Spanos (3-for-14, 43 passing yards), Ethan Sinclair (28 yards on 2 receptions)

Highlights: The Cougars kept it close in the first half against the first-place Division III West team, with Ruckman scoring a 38-yard touchdown with 2:50 before halftime. Monadnock led 20-6 at halftime and added three more touchdowns in the second half.

Records: Monadock 5-0; Kearsarge 1-4

Franklin 42, Newfound 6

Key players: Franklin – Harrison Kaplan (129 rush yards, 3 TD), Cole Johnson (TD catch, 6-for-6 kicking extra points), Cam Labrecque (30 rush yards, TD; 8 tackles), Nate Holmes (TD pass, TD run), Matt Nason (10 tackles, defensive line), Jacob Adler (10 tackles, middle linebacker), Chase Currier (interception, cornerback)

Highlights: Kaplan rushed for over 100 yards and scored three touchdowns, all in the first half, as the Tornadoes cruised to a victory over Newfound. The win gives Franklin its best start since 2018.

Records: Franklin 3-1; Newfound 0-4

Boys’ Soccer

Hopkinton 7, Bishop Brady 1

Key players: Hopkinton – Fin Murphy (2 goals, assist), Nolan Linstad (2 goals), Rowan Boyle (goal, 2 assists), Kristof Cauley (goal, assist), Nate Windhurst (goal, assist), Noah Aframe (assist), Jamie Stone (3 saves); Bishop Brady – Andrew King (goal), Henry Thresher (7 saves)

Highlights: The Hawks led wire-to-wire to extend their undefeated streak to 11 games. Murphy led the charge from central midfield. Windhurst played well as defensive center mid and also lifted a well-weighted ball into the box for Boyle to score Hopkinton’s fourth goal. Windhurst scored “an absolute screamer,” according to head coach Scott Zipke, from 40 yards out with 10 minutes remaining.

Records: Hopkinton 11-0; Bishop Brady 2-9

Girls’ Soccer

Bow 3, Pembroke 1

Key players: Bow – Marissa Reyes (goal), Cara Van Dyke (goal), Jaeden Kennedy (goal), Ella Murphy (assist), Lexana Farr (assist), Brylie Gelinas (assist), Gwen Barrieau (goalie, several saves), Charlotte Larochelle (defense), Abby Foote (defense), Madison Pfister (defense), Zoey Lupien (midfield), Anna Zerba (midfield); Pembroke – Bailey Gatchell (goal)

Highlights: Barrieau made some great saves in the first half and Larochelle stopped and then cleared a ball off the goal line, but Pembroke went up 1-0 on Gatchell’s goal. Murphy played a ball back to Reyes, who hit a beautiful shot into the far side netting with five minutes to go in the first half. In the second half, Farr played a great through ball that Van Dyke ran on to and hit a great shot over the head of Pembroke keeper. Five minutes later, Gelinas sent a nice cross in the box that Kennedy flicked with her head just inside the far post.

Coach’s quote: “Always an exciting game with Pembroke. Will be honest: It was not a good first half for the Falcons, who could have easily been down 3-1 if not for some heroics from Gwen and Charlotte. Second half was a lot better; we cleaned up our game and were rewarded.” – Bow’s Jay Vogt

Records: Bow 9-1-1; Pembroke 4-6-0

John Stark 2, Plymouth 0

Key players: John Stark – Madi Lamothe (goal), Avery Pellerin (goal), Haley Stafford (goal), Lexi Purington (first career assist), Lexi Boudreau (4 saves, clean sheet)

Coach’s quote: “Good result on the road for the team. We are looking forward to the week ahead.” – John Stark’s Eddie Marceau

Records: John Stark 6-2-2; Plymouth 1-9-1

Field Hockey

Concord 2, Dover 1, OT

Key players: Concord – Ally McGonigle, Elliana Wing, Brooke Nelson

Highlights: Concord scored the winning goal with only two minutes left in overtime to secure its third straight win.

Records: Concord 9-2-0; Dover 9-2-1

John Stark 5, Laconia 0

Key players: John Stark – Jillian Fredette (3 goals), Adie Bolduc (goal)

Highlights: The Generals secured their sixth shutout of the season.

Coach’s quote: “It took a while to get one in the back of the net, but once we did, we gained more confidence to score more.” – John Stark’s Cassidy Huckins

Records: John Stark 10-2; Laconia 0-12

Hollis-Brookline 1
Merrimack Valley 0, OT

Key players: MV – Taylor Gionet (15 saves), Zetta St. Onge (defense)

Highlights: Hollis-Brookline controlled the game and held the advantage in shots on goal (11) and penalty corners (11). The Cavaliers scored four minutes into overtime after Brooke Bouchard got off a shot from the right side of the circle that deflected into the cage.

Coach’s quote: “I am very happy with the way we competed today against a very talented Hollis-Brookline team. I would have loved for us to create more offensive opportunities, but I am pleased with our team defense. Our goalie played fantastic and kept us in the game.” – MV’s Jen Colgan

Records: Hollis-Brookline 11-1; MV 7-4

Bishop Brady 1, Newfound 0

Key players: Bishop Brady – Camdyn Despres (goal), Marcella Tonge (assist), Payton Bryson (assist), Ava Archambault (shutout)

Highlights: After a scoreless game for three quarters, Despres finally put Brady on the board in the fourth. The Giants had a 12-0 advantage over Newfound in penalty corners.

Coach’s quote: “Late third quarter momentum surge gave us the offensive pressure we needed to get on the board with 5:03 remaining. The backfield of Despres, Katherine Farley, Madison Noel, Bryson and Tonge didn’t allow much room for Newfound to get any offense going.” – Bishop Brady’s Kelly Owen

Records: Bishop Brady 6-4-0; Newfound 5-5-1

Girls’ Volleyball

John Stark 3, Merrimack Valley 0

Key players: MV – Katelyn Herrmann (2 kills), Caydence Allberg (2 kills, 2 aces, 6 digs), Taliyah Chudoba, Mackenzie Shelby, Aubrie Austin

Highlights: Herrmann, a first-year player, came off the bench with some monster plays at middle hitter, timely tipped balls and two kills, but it wasn’t enough as the Pride fell to the visiting Generals, 25-14, 25-23, 25-10. Allberg once again played solid in all elements of the game, Chudoba was steady at the libero position, Austin played well as an outside hitter with some steady passing and Shelby orchestrated the offense at the setter position.

Coach’s quote: “Today was a great team effort. Lots of contributions from a little bit of everyone at times. We just need to learn how to finish and keep our composure when things go sour. Part of that is experience, we’ll get there eventually.” – MV’s Tom Clark

Records: John Stark 6-4; MV 0-10