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By ERIC RYNSTON-LOBEL and DAN ATTORRI

As Pembroke girls’ soccer head coach Jess Kaufman-Desrochers prepares to kick off her 14th season leading the Spartans, a common theme sticks out in how she wants her team to approach the next few months: gradual improvement.That seems to be the motto...

By ERIC RYNSTON-LOBEL and DAN ATTORRI

Since Bow High School opened in 1997, the Falcons have only ever had one boys’ soccer coach: George Pinkham. That will change in 2023.After amassing a 347-110-18 record with four championships and 10 championship appearances over 26 seasons, Pinkham...

By DAN ATTORRI

The Bow High School golf team had as good an inaugural season in Division II as any squad could hope for. The Falcons swept the NHIAA D-II titles, winning the team championship, their ninth state crown in the last 11 years (the others were won in...

By ERIC RYNSTON-LOBEL

CONCORD – High school football players can’t put on their pads just yet. With the overbearing heat and humidity this summer, that’s probably been a good thing. But four area teams – Concord, Bow, Merrimack Valley and John Stark – wrapped up their...

Eric Rynston-Lobel and Dan Attorri recap the spring sports playoffs, including Concord and Coe-Brown taking home softball championships, Concord and Bishop Brady baseballs’ runs to the semifinals, Bow girls’ lacrosse capping off a dominant season with...

By DAN ATTORRI

Division champions were crowned four weeks ago, but for some of the area’s top track and field athletes, the season didn’t end until this past weekend. Coe-Brown sent its powerful boys’ distance runners to New Balance Nationals at Franklin Field in...

By DAN ATTORRI

You often hear ‘defense wins championships’ when it comes to sports. That certainly describes the Hopkinton boys’ lacrosse team. The Hawks’ offense improved as the season progressed, but their defense was solid from day one through being crowned...

By DAN ATTORRI

It was a good season for Capital Area softball, and it has been reflected in the New Hampshire Softball Coaches’ Association accolades. Bow senior Hannah McGonigle was named the Division II Player of the Year, while Hopkinton senior Maddie Carmichael...

By ERIC RYNSTON-LOBEL

After pulling off an 11-10 upset in overtime against top-seeded Bow, No. 5 Hopkinton finished off the season with a 7-4 victory over No. 2 Campbell in the Division III boys’ lacrosse state championship game.Having starting the year 5-5, the Hawks...

By ERIC RYNSTON-LOBEL

With an enormous 11-player senior class, Concord High baseball had itself set up for a strong 2023 season, and that’s exactly what the Tide turned in.Although it came up short of reaching the Division I championship game, the Tide finished the season...

By ERIC RYNSTON-LOBEL

No ending to the 2023 season would’ve been satisfying to the Concord High softball team unless it involved a championship plaque, and that’s exactly what the Crimson Tide earned. After taking down No. 3 Winnacunnet in Saturday’s Division I...

By ERIC RYNSTON-LOBEL

No team dominated from start to finish this season quite like Bow girls’ lacrosse. The Falcons finished 18-1, defeating St. Thomas, 20-6, for the Division III championship. Bow’s average margin of victory across its three playoff games: 15 goals.For...

By DAN ATTORRI

The Baseball Coaches’ Association of New Hampshire released end-of-season award winners and All-State rosters last week, with many Capital Area players and coaches receiving recognition.Among the major award winners were Concord senior Nater Wachter,...

By DAN ATTORRI

Last weekend area track and field athletes established themselves as the best in their division. On Saturday they battled to be the best in the state. Now, some of them will compete against the best in New England.Concord’s Ella Goulas and Kendall...

By ERIC RYNSTON-LOBEL and DAN ATTORRI

Editor’s note: The following list was compiled based on submissions from area athletic directors. If a student-athlete has erroneously been omitted, please email sports@cmonitor.com. ■ Ten student-athletes from the Class of 2023 in the Monitor’s...

By ERIC RYNSTON-LOBEL

PENACOOK – No. 7 Merrimack Valley trailed 4-1 in the top of the fourth inning. Sanborn’s Tessa Donigian stood on third base. Brooke Hanson stood at the plate. On a 1-1 pitch, Hanson lined a missile off the left shin of MV pitcher Liv Lacasse. Down...

By ERIC RYNSTON-LOBEL

PENACOOK – Just 20 days ago, John Stark/Hillsboro-Deering’s odds of qualifying for the playoffs looked bleak. The General Cats had just lost 18-4 at Windham, falling to 3-6 on the season.Since then, the team’s won five of its last six, including...

By ERIC RYNSTON-LOBEL

With Concord sitting at the top of the Division I softball standings, four schools (Coe-Brown, John Stark, Bow, Merrimack Valley) fighting for a title in D-II and Hopkinton and Pittsfield among the best in D-III and D-IV, 2023 has been another...

By ERIC RYNSTON-LOBEL

Few teams have been more dominant in any sport this spring than Bow girls’ lacrosse. At 15-1, the Falcons only loss came against Division I Portsmouth. Otherwise, Bow has played almost flawless lacrosse since the start of the season, outscoring...

By DAN ATTORRI

It’s hard to expect improvement from a track program that has swept the team titles for back-to-back years. Winning championships is something you’d expect from a program as dominant as the one at Coe-Brown Northwood Academy, but at Friday night’s...