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High schools: Hopkinton lax sweeps opponents, more Thursday results
Boys’ LacrosseHopkinton 15, Bishop Brady 2Key players: Hopkinton – Patty Buss (5 goals, 2 assists), Merrick Chapin (2 goals, 5 assists), Shane Smith (3 goals, assist), Jackson Westover (2 goals, 2 assists), Kip Hedquist (2 goals, assist), Ozzie...
Celtics turn off Heat; Cavs or Magic on deck
By JIMMY GOLEN
BOSTON — The Boston Celtics ran away from the rest of the NBA in the regular season. So far, the playoffs have been more of the same.The team that won 64 games to claim the league’s overall top seed dumped the Miami Heat in five games, winning 118-84...
Baseball: Merrimack Valley now 6-1 following wild game at Pembroke Academy
By ERIC RYNSTON-LOBEL
PEMBROKE — Thursday evening’s 14-9 victory for Merrimack Valley (6-1) over Pembroke (3-4) was the type of game that neither team wants to dwell on much. Both suffered through sloppy defense and inconsistent pitching, complicated by a mid-game downpour...
High schools: Wednesday’s baseball, softball, lacrosse and tennis results
BaseballMerrimack Valley 3, Hanover 1Key players: MV — Landon Abbott (WP, 2 IP, 0 R; 2-for-3, run), Jonas Weed (5 IP, 12 K),Highlights: Eli Wormald’s RBI ground out tied the game, 1-1, and Cam Chevarie delivered an RBI double to put the Pride up 2-1....
Baseball: Pitching and defense key John Stark’s win over Bow, Generals move to 8-0
By ERIC RYNSTON-LOBEL
WEARE — The offense has come and gone for head coach Dennis Pelletier’s team through the first three weeks of the 2024 season, but John Stark baseball’s pitching and defense have been more than stout.On Wednesday in a 2-0 win over Bow, junior Chase...
High schools: MV track piles up wins in quad meet, plus more results from Tuesday
Girls’ TrackMerrimack Valley 94, Kennett 88, White Mountains 30, Kingswood 28Key players: MV – Elizabeth Barrington (1st shot put, 1st triple jump, 1st high jump), Tessa Lynch (1st long jump, 3rd 100 hurdles, 5th javelin), Madison Geddes (1st 1,600),...
Conant’s Saucier moving over to Bow
By MICHAEL M. MCMAHON
For the first time in nearly two decades, Eric Saucier will not be on the sidelines with Conant High boys’ basketball next winter.The longtime Orioles head coach has accepted the boys’ basketball head coaching job at Bow High School, Saucier confirmed...
High schools: Monday’s baseball, softball, lacrosse and tennis results
BaseballConcord 8, Nashua North 3Key players: Concord – Matt Jenness (5.2 IP, 4 H, 3 R, 5 K), Josh Turant (1.1 IP, 0 H, 1 K), Alex Turant (3 hits, 2 runs), Noah Chrabolowski (2 hits, 1 run, 2 RBI), Brett McDonough (hit, 2 RBI), Dawson Fancher (2...
Girls’ lacrosse: Experience has Merrimack Valley near the top of Division II
By ERIC RYNSTON-LOBEL
PENACOOK — Last year, after getting off to a 5-2 start, the Merrimack Valley girls’ lacrosse team dropped four of its last seven games and slid down to the No. 8 seed in Division II. Currently 5-1 after a 14-3 win over Kingswood on Monday, head coach...
Track: Concord girls win 46-team Black Bear Invitational, Goulas and Twite sets meet records in triple jump
By DAN ATTORRI
NORTHWOOD – It’s only halfway through the season, but if Saturday is any indication, expect the Concord High girls’ track and field team to be a force in late May.Junior Ella Goulas set a meet record in the triple jump with a leap of 36 feet, 9...
High schools: Weekend baseball, softball and lax results
Baseball Bow 12, Coe-Brown 0 Key players: Bow – Sean Guerette (1-for-3, 3 RBIs), Owen Webber (2 hits), Owen Cray (2 hits), Chase Crowell (2 hits), Dillan Abbate (4 IP, 1 H, 5 K, 1 BB), Nate Kiah (1 IP, 1 H, 1 K, 0 BB; Coe-Brown – Casey Colby (hit),...
High schools: Bow track sweeps 4-team meet at Pembroke
Boys’ TrackBow 87, John Stark 57, Pembroke 43, Manchester West 34Key players: Bow – Kody McCranie (1st 100, 1st 200, 1st 400, 1st long jump), Wyatt Worcester (1st 1,600, 1st 3,200), Colin Atwell (1st high jump, 2nd 300 hurdles, 5th triple jump), Liam...
High schools: Concord girls’ lax picks up first win, Tide softball handed first loss in pitchers’ duel
Girls’ LacrosseConcord 20, Nashua North 7Key players: Concord – Emma Pelletier (8 goals, 5 draw controls), Sofia Payne (6 goals, 2 assist), Sarah Leuci (3 goals, 10 draw controls), Sydney Brown (goal, assist), Ava Philbrook (goal, assist), Malie...
High schools: Coe-Brown softball wins 5th straight, Concord’s McDonald pitches first varsity win, Tide’s Doherty scores 100th career point
SoftballCoe-Brown 15Pembroke 2, 5 inn.Key players: Coe-Brown – Jayden Porter (win, 4 IP; triple, double, 3 RBI), Bella Pelletier (1 IP), Reilly West (3-for-3, 4 RBI), Addison Coffin (2 hits, 3 RBI), Brook Orluk (2-for-2, triple), Judi Quinney (hit),...
High schools: Bow’s Kelly lifts Falcon softball to victory in walk-off, more Monday results, plus Saturday’s track meets
SoftballBow 5, Campbell 4Key players: Bow – Maddy Oppold (2-for-4), Ella Roos (3-for-4), Taylor Ouellette (2-for-4, 2 RBI), Emma Kelly (1-for-4, walk-off single), Lilly Wright (1-for-3, 2-run HR), Caly Poitras (4 IP, 7 H, 1 BB), Taylor Ouellette (3...
Patriots’ draft approach likely to be different in post-Belichick era
By KYLE HIGHTOWER
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — The 2024 NFL draft represents the next chapter in the remaking of the New England Patriots.Bill Belichick is gone after driving both the franchise’s on-field and personnel decisions for most of his more than two-decade run in New...
High schools: Weekend results
SoftballConcord 18,Nashua South 0Key players: Concord – Ella Gray (4-for-4, 2 doubles, run, 5 RBI), Tess Bolduc (2-for-4, HR, 2 runs, 4 RBI), Sarah Taylor (2-for-3, walk, 3 runs, RBI), Maggie Taylor (2-for-4, 3 runs, 3 RBI), Jaylyn Wessling (2-for-4,...
Gallery: Forty-mile gravel bicycle race draws racers from all over the region
Monitor staff
On April 6, the Pavement Ends Gravel Race — the only gravel bicycle race in New Hampshire — began at Pats Peak in Henniker and took riders through Weare and Deering over a 40-mile course. Riders took between two-and-a-half and five hours to complete...
Wednesday’s high schools: Fancher’s 2-run blast leads Concord baseball to victory; plus more baseball, softball, lax and tennis results
BaseballConcord 9, Winnacunnet 8Key players: Concord – Matt Jenness (winning pitcher), Jackson Martin (save), Mitch Coffey (3 hits, 2 runs, RBI), Dawson Fancher (2-run HR, 2 hits, 2 runs, 3 RBI), Brett McDonough (2 hits, 2 RBI), Kaelen Williams (hit,...
Softball: Maddy Wachter Ks 12, Concord holds off Winnacunnet in 2023 championship rematch
By ERIC RYNSTON-LOBEL
CONCORD — It wasn’t quite the high stakes of a state championship game at Memorial Field on Wednesday night, but Concord (3-0) knew that Winnacunnet (3-1) posed a good early-season test in its third game of the season.In a rematch of last year’s...
