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EXETER – The evening began with a roar of energy from the John Stark sideline, and it ended with still more celebration. The top seed in Division II field hockey continued its quest for a second straight championship, while also stopping and taking in...

By ERIC RYNSTON-LOBEL

EXETER – The end of an underdog playoff run inevitably brings conflicting feelings: feelings of satisfaction and appreciation for how much the group overachieved, but also feelings of disappointment and frustration ruminating over what could’ve...

By ERIC RYNSTON-LOBEL

CONCORD – The first month of the Tide’s 2023 season couldn’t have gone much better. Through 12 games, Concord sat at 10-2, poised for a top seed in the Division I playoffs. But against tougher competition down the stretch of the schedule, the Tide...

By ERIC RYNSTON-LOBEL

PENACOOK – Merrimack Valley’s season has been one of head-scratching outcomes, both good and bad.On Tuesday against No. 11 Plymouth (8-7-2) in the preliminary round of the playoffs, the No. 6 seed in Division II turned in dud. For a team that took...

By ERIC RYNSTON-LOBEL

As she walks in the forest – a place that always keeps her grounded and at ease – the mushrooms sprouting near some fallen, dead wood excite Renee Zobel the most.“This is a hen of the woods,” she says with alacrity, pointing to a cohort among several...

By ERIC RYNSTON-LOBEL

CONCORD – Concord football’s final home game of the 2023 season featured a little bit of everything for the Crimson Tide: an onside kick recovery, a blocked punt, an interception and multiple big plays.But when Dover’s defense stuffed Tide quarterback...

By ERIC RYNSTON-LOBEL

BOW – Earlier in the season, Falcons’ head coach Sarah Vaughn wanted to see consistent progress from her players. After a 10-win regular season and a playoff win on Thursday over Hanover, that progress is undeniable.Against a No. 11 Bears (7-7-3) team...

By ERIC RYNSTON-LOBEL

PENACOOK – Coe-Brown looked like a team that hadn’t lost since Aug. 31 for the first 15 minutes or so of Tuesday’s game at Merrimack Valley. Somer Loto slipped a shot behind MV goalie Hannah Verville in the third minute to give the Bears an early 1-0...

By ERIC RYNSTON-LOBEL

CONCORD – After the Crimson Tide concluded the regular season on Friday with a somewhat surprising 1-1 tie with Timberlane (6-10-1), Concord wasted little time finding the back of the cage in Tuesday’s rematch in the Division I preliminary round.Just...

By ERIC RYNSTON-LOBEL

After several years of coming oh-so-close to a Division I team championship, Concord finally finished the job on Tuesday at Canterbury Woods to take home the 2023 team title, the program’s first since 2006.Senior Gavin Richardson finished in a tie for...

By ERIC RYNSTON-LOBEL

For a program that hadn’t even had a varsity golf team since 2016, merely sending two players to participate in the Division II team championship would’ve been impressive to head coach Joe Dougherty. But on Tuesday at Breakfast Hill Golf Club in...

By ERIC RYNSTON-LOBEL

CONTOOCOOK – Usually, an 8-1 win satisfies a head coach. But with the playoffs looming and Hopkinton poised to secure a top-four seed in Division III, head coach Mike Zahn needs the Hawks (12-1-1) to stay locked in.On Tuesday, they were able to take...

By ERIC RYNSTON-LOBEL

CONCORD – Crimson Tide head coach Jim Corkum was quite blunt after his team lost 19-12 against Alvirne (2-3) on Friday night to fall to 1-4 in NHIAA play this season.“It comes down to bad coaching,” he said. “I guess that’s the only thing I could put...

By ERIC RYNSTON-LOBEL

NORTHWOOD – Just a week ago, Pembroke Academy boys’ soccer had little to feel encouraged about. A 1-0 loss to Bow on Tuesday dropped the Spartans to 1-6-1 on the season. But a week later, Pembroke’s flipped its season upside down, having won three...

By ERIC RYNSTON-LOBEL

CONTOOCOOK – Time and time again, Hopkinton came so close. The Hawks controlled the ball and had openings to shoot but just couldn’t find the back of the cage. Kearsarge – to its credit – hung in on defense, pressuring Hopkinton enough to disrupt the...

By ERIC RYNSTON-LOBEL

An air of sadness hung over Memorial Field on Tuesday night, with feelings of despair, but also deep appreciation. A community still in shock, six months after tragedy.Kelsey Mayer, who graduated from Concord High School in 2022 and played on the...

By ERIC RYNSTON-LOBEL

CONCORD – Tide head coach Scott Dunlop didn’t have much to say. He’d just watched his team blow a 2-0 halftime lead at home en route to a 4-2 loss to Portsmouth. There wasn’t much good that came of it.“We’re going to learn from this situation,” he...

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How does running four miles 2,000 feet up a mountain sound?Daunting? Exhausting?To 9-year-old Etta Noreika, it sounded thrilling.With a Turkey Trot 5K last November already under her belt, she asked her dad, Michael, if she could tag along with him on...

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BOW – Death. Taxes. Bow and Pembroke girls’ soccer playing a one-goal game.It’s almost a guarantee that when the two schools match up, the game will be decided on a razor’s edge, and that held true once again on Tuesday in a 3-2 win for the...

By ERIC RYNSTON-LOBEL

Patrick Bernard pulled into the parking lot next to Delta Dental Field for the third time in 45 minutes, his silver Hyundai Tucson full of kids. For the third time in less than an hour, the kids – as if shot out of a cannon – raced out onto the soccer...