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By ERIC RYNSTON-LOBEL

PEMBROKE – Graduating nine players in an offseason usually means a rebuild the following year. For coach Mike Donnell’s Pembroke Spartans, it was merely a “retool.”With several new faces taking the floor in Tuesday night’s season opener between...

By ERIC RYNSTON-LOBEL and DAN ATTORRI

When Bedford’s Javin Manfield slid the puck past the outstretched reach of Concord goalie Kal Gaudreault to beat the Tide in overtime in last season’s Division I boys’ hockey semifinal, it felt like the end of an era of dominance for Concord boys’...

By DAN ATTORRI

Several area football players were named to their respective division’s All-State roster, as selected by the NHIAA coaches. Gilford-Belmont led area Division II East programs with four First Team selections (including first-year quarterback Anakin...

By DAN ATTORRI

More area fall athletes received postseason accolades and Bishop Brady golf coach Jason Bird was named the Division III Coach of the Year, as voted on by NHIAA coaches. Standout freshman Mady Savary was named to the D-III First Team, as was Coe-Brown...

By ERIC RYNSTON-LOBELand DAN ATTORRI

Even though Pembroke graduated nine seniors from last year’s team that lost to Pelham by three in the Division II championship, head coach Mike Donnell’s optimistic about his retooled roster entering 2023-24.Senior Joe Fitzgerald will be the only...

By ERIC RYNSTON-LOBEL and DAN ATTORRI

About nine months removed from its devastating 38-37 loss to Kennett in the Division II championship game, Bow girls’ basketball looks to move forward from its 20-1 season with new coach Cassidy Emerson.Emerson, who graduated Concord High School in...

By ERIC RYNSTON-LOBEL

Gavin Wheeler took the field on Oct. 25 prepared for Proctor Academy’s matchup with Cushing Academy just like any other soccer match he’d played in. But roughly 20 minutes into the game, a regular afternoon on the soccer pitch turned into something...

By DAN ATTORRI

Area coaches swept the Division II Coach of the Year awards, 21 area players were named to their respective First Team rosters and dozens more dotted the All-State lists that were released by the New Hampshire Soccer Coaches Association on...

On this week’s episode of the Monitor Sports Podcast, Eric Rynston-Lobel and Dan Attorri break down their picks for Players of the Season for eight area sports for the fall 2023 season.Listen on Apple or...

By ERIC RYNSTON-LOBEL

The 2023 season couldn’t have ended any better for Josh Smith in his first year as the head coach of Bow boys’ soccer. The Falcons finished the regular season 14-1-1 before taking down top-seeded Lebanon in the championship game for the school’s first...

Monitor staff

John Stark wins its second straight D-II field hockey championship, No. 7 Pembroke upsets No. 2 Merrimack Valley in the D-II girls’ soccer quarterfinal and area football teams compete for playoff seeding. Eric Rynston-Lobel and Dan Attorri break it...

By DAN ATTORRI

MANCHESTER – Anyone who has run cross country in New Hampshire knows the McIntyre hill on the iconic 5K course at Derryfield Park that is the main feature of the second mile of the race. In the past, cresting that hill has broken Jamie Lano. On...

By DAN ATTORRI

Winning the championship is the ultimate goal, but some end of season awards have already been doled out. The New Hampshire Field Hockey Coaches Association announced All-State rosters and major award winners on Wednesday, with John Stark and Bishop...

By DAN ATTORRI

On Saturday, every NHIAA cross country program will grace the course at Derryfield Park in Manchester for the running of the NHIAA division championships. Individual and team titles are at stake for a few of the area’s elite, and several more are in...

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...

With NHIAA soccer and volleyball playoffs starting this week, Eric Rynston-Lobel and Dan Attorri get you caught up on everything you need to know about all the local teams participating. They also update the state of the field hockey playoffs with Bow...

By DAN ATTORRI

PENACOOK – Every year the Capital Area Cross Country Championship provides one final tuneup before the NHIAA division championships and for local runners to determine who is the best in the area. As it turns out, this year, they’re both...

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 DAN ATTORRI

Experienced golfers know that the game is as much about mindset as it is skill. Concord senior Gavin Richardson and Merrimack Valley senior Andrew Surprenant both practiced that on Saturday at Beaver Meadow overcoming shaky starts to become the...

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...