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Concord High School athletic director Steve Mello is retiring at the end of the current school year. After a 16-year run, he spoke with the Monitor about his time in the role, what his favorite parts were and what he hopes Concord student-athletes...

By ERIC RYNSTON-LOBEL

CONCORD — Perhaps it was fitting that as John Stark head coach Dennis Pelletier started to talk about his team’s season-ending 10-2 loss to Bow on Wednesday night, a fog descended over Memorial Field.For a team that had lost just once all season,...

By ERIC RYNSTON-LOBEL

PLYMOUTH — Coe-Brown sophomore Kylie Bieniek walked the first Bow hitter she faced on Tuesday night to start the Division II softball semifinal. Relatively inexperienced at the high school level, things could’ve gone south quickly from there. Instead,...

By ERIC RYNSTON-LOBEL

Facing No. 12 Hanover (9-9) in the Division II baseball quarterfinals on Saturday, No. 4 Bow found itself locked in another tight battle. The Falcons (14-5) had needed a late offensive outburst in the sixth inning of their first-round game against...

By ERIC RYNSTON-LOBEL

LACONIA — Trailing by three goals in the fourth quarter was unfamiliar territory for No. 2 Bow on Saturday. For a team that had generally steamrolled its Division III competition all season, No. 3 Gilford (14-2) had the Falcons (16-3) on the ropes...

By ERIC RYNSTON-LOBEL

LACONIA — Saturday just wasn’t the Hopkinton Hawks’ day. They simply ran into a buzzsaw. Facing off against top-seeded St. Thomas (16-0) in the Division III girls’ lacrosse semifinals, the Hawks struggled to slow down the Saints’ attack. The game...

By ERIC RYNSTON-LOBEL

There was unlikely ever a time in Kendall Murray’s life when playing lacrosse wasn’t her calling — even if she didn’t realize it right away.Her three older sisters, Amanda (26), Shannon (23) and Makayla (21), all played in youth leagues growing up, as...

By ERIC RYNSTON-LOBEL

BOW — Falcons senior Colby Smith can lay down a bunt about as well as any high school baseball player. Maybe better.A lanky left-handed hitter, he’s perfected both the placement and the force with which to contact the ball. That skill proved decisive...

By ERIC RYNSTON-LOBEL

Even if Concord softball (15-4) wasn’t going to be able to defend its state championship title, few expected the journey to end so soon. After a loss to Salem to close the regular season dropped the Tide out of having a first-round bye, Concord had to...

By ERIC RYNSTON-LOBEL

CONCORD — With the bases loaded and one out in the top of the seventh inning, Bishop Brady relief pitcher Payton Bryson had little margin for error. The No. 5 Giants (13-4) led their first-round playoff matchup with No. 12 Conant (7-10) on Wednesday,...

By ERIC RYNSTON-LOBEL

PENACOOK — In case dominating its first round playoff game wasn’t enough cause for celebration, junior Alyssa Brodeur made sure to give Merrimack Valley even more reason for jubilation during the Pride’s meeting with Manchester Central on Tuesday.In...

By ERIC RYNSTON-LOBEL

Classic arcade games, pinball, bowling, birthday parties, skee ball, mini golf. You name it, Funspot has it.Located in Weirs Beach in Laconia, it was recognized as the world’s largest arcade by Guinness World Records in 2008. The 60,000-square foot...

By ERIC RYNSTON-LOBEL

Brett Patnode is always asked the same question: How does John Stark baseball produce so many college baseball players?Patnode’s currently a senior playing at New England College in Henniker with three of his former John Stark teammates: Brady...

By ERIC RYNSTON-LOBEL

BOW — The Falcons’ girls’ lacrosse team entered Thursday’s matchup against Division I’s Londonderry at 14-2 on the season. Bow, a D-III program, saw its two losses come to D-II Hollis-Brookline and D-I Portsmouth. Overall, the Falcons were outscoring...

By ERIC RYNSTON-LOBEL

PENACOOK — Merrimack Valley softball coach Kevin O’Brien has three rules for his team: work hard, give effort and recognize that some days are better than others. It’s sounds overly simplistic. But it works.Wednesday’s 16-12 victory over...

By ERIC RYNSTON-LOBEL

Master Sergeant Nicole Lyon of Hudson has served in Iraq and Afghanistan, South Korea and Africa, Germany and the United States.She said she was exposed to toxic burn pits, waste collection sites, sand, dust and other chemicals. As a result, she’s...

By ERIC RYNSTON-LOBEL

CONTOOCOOK — Last season, when Hopkinton came up short in its first playoff game, it was really the first time all season the Hawks had to contend with running around in the heat.On Monday, they had a chance to play through some warmer temperatures in...

By ERIC RYNSTON-LOBEL

CONCORD — The Concord softball class of 2024 has basically known nothing but winning. They won the NHIAA Division I state championship last spring after finishing as runners-up the previous two seasons. Now 14-2 this year after a 1-0 walkoff win over...

By ERIC RYNSTON-LOBEL

CONCORD – If you were going to pick a game Tide pitcher Maddy Wachter might be slightly less likely to throw a no-hitter, Friday against Spaulding probably would’ve been a smart pick.Wachter had already pitched a seven-inning, two-hit shutout on...

By ERIC RYNSTON-LOBEL

There was a lot riding on freshman Lily Cornell’s shoulders as she walked out to the circle for Franklin’s softball game against Newmarket on Thursday night at Odell Park. She entered the game just 10 strikeouts shy of reaching 500 for her varsity...