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HILLSBORO  – Ian Miller got hurt the night before Bishop Brady’s first game of the season, and head coach Robert Clauss and his players were chomping at the bit for Miller to come back. Miller quickly demonstrated why.The junior running back scored a...

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In the preseason, the Coe-Brown boys’ cross country team was eager to prove itself and demonstrate that the Bears belong with the best in Division II – and the state. Saturday was another huge step in that direction.Led by freshman Patrick Youngs’...

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HILLSBORO – Ever since Jay Wood was hired as Hillsboro-Deering High School’s athletic director, he dreamed of bringing football to the community. On Saturday, 17 years later, that dream became a reality.It’d be hard to draw up a more exciting opening...

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MANCHESTER – Hopkinton sophomore Maddy Lane topped a field of over 200 runners representing more than 50 teams to win the Manchester Invitational Small School individual title on Saturday at Derryfield Park.The Manchester Invitational is the largest...

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Matt Davis thought that his team had potential. But being undefeated halfway through the season? That’s even better than he had hoped for, and that’s where Bow golf stands after Tuesday’s victory on their home course at Beaver Meadow.Led by sophomore...

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The Bishop Brady football team might have a small roster, but it plays a big game. At least, that was the case on Saturday night when the Giants opened the season with a 28-0 victory over the visiting Newfound Bears.With Somersworth and Newport, who...

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If Tim Fahnbulleh didn’t think he was a football player, he doesn’t think that way anymore. The junior returned an interception 65 yards for a touchdown, led the Concord High football team with 129 rush yards on five carries and scored a 61-yard...

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CONTOOCOOK – The Hawks faced the earliest deficit that Scott Zipke had seen in over 20 years of coaching. They responded with their best performance of the season.The Hopkinton boys’ soccer team gave up a penalty kick just 17 seconds into the match,...

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BOW – On paper the Pythons and their 41-game win streak – the longest in the state and the fourth longest in the nation – looked vulnerable. With most of last year’s starters graduated, an injured starting quarterback and a resignation by their new...

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PENACOOK – While it wasn’t the result they wanted, the Merrimack Valley High School high school volleyball players still made history on Friday night.Playing in the program’s first ever home varsity match, the Pride (0-2) showed unmistakable signs of...

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PEMBROKE – They led, they trailed. They were called for penalties, they drew penalties. They were up and they were down. But in the end, they came from behind. The Pembroke Academy Spartans experienced nearly every emotion in their first match of the...

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The Concord High golf team couldn’t have asked for a better opening to the season. The Crimson Tide posted the best five scores of the day – led by sophomore Jaden Haas who earned medalist honors – as Concord carded a combined score of 190 to easily...

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Pembroke Academy experienced some low moments last season. Coming off back-to-back championship game appearances, the Spartans experienced some poor results in 2023, sinking as low as 14th place in the Division II standings.Hampered by multiple...

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When Cassidy Huckins played field hockey for Merrimack Valley, John Stark wasn’t even on the radar.In the four years that Huckins played for the Pride between 2011-14, MV amassed a 44-21-3 record, reaching the playoffs all four years and playing in...

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The start of fall for most athletes in the Concord area means picking up a football helmet, soccer cleats or a field hockey stick. Summers for many mean extra time on the golf course and the baseball diamond. Now, an ongoing effort is encouraging more...

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After spending so many seasons near the top of the standings, but just shy of reaching the peak, the Concord High School golf team finally claimed a coveted title – the program’s first in 22 years. Now, the Tide is going for a repeat.Last season was a...

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Summer conditioning is done, equipment has been handed out and, on Friday morning, area high school football players donned helmets for the first time, marking the official beginning of the 2024-25 NHIAA season.This fall is also the beginning of a new...

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Rob Henley fell just a couple shots short last year. This year, he finished the job. Henley didn’t play his cleanest round, but he made key shots when he needed to and captured the 121st New Hampshire State Amateur Championship on Saturday at Concord...

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Winning the New Hampshire State Amateur Championship means playing well for nine rounds of golf on the same course over the week, and any advantages start to even out. On the fourth day of this year’s state am, home field advantage ran its...

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Eighteen Concord Country Club golfers teed off on their home course for the 121st New Hampshire State Amateur Championship, but Hunter Duncan made the best use of the home-course advantage.Duncan birdied on two of the first three holes he played in...

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For the first time since 2012 and the fourth time ever, Concord Country Club is hosting New Hampshire’s premier golf event.The 121st New Hampshire Amateur Championship will tee off on Monday morning and be contested throughout the entire week,...