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By ERIC RYNSTON-LOBEL

CONCORD – It’s often the most elusive goal for any coach: consistency. There’s no easy tweak or schematic change that can turn things around. It takes time.With now three games remaining in the regular season, Concord girls’ hockey continues to search...

D-III Boys’ BasketballNo. 5 Hopkinton 64, No. 12 Newport 52Key players: Hopkinton – Abram Standefer (20 points, 6 rebounds, 4 blocks), Kristof Cauley (15 points, 3 rebounds, 5 assists); Newport – Christian Forsythe (25 points), Aaron Fellows (12...

By DAN ATTORRI

On Dec. 21 Mika Taylor finished third in the slalom in the first Alpine race of the season. She never lost again.The Concord High sophomore defended her title in the slalom and finished runner-up in the giant slalom to lead the Crimson Tide to third...

By ERIC RYNSTON-LOBEL

Even though Hopkinton High girls’ basketball lost its final two regular-season games to limp across finish line, the Hawks still secured the second seed and a first-round bye in the Division III playoffs, which begin on Wednesday.At 13-3, Hopkinton...

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On this week’s podcast, Eric Rynston-Lobel and Dan Attorri break down the Division III boys’ and girls’ basketball playoff brackets and discuss results from last week’s regular-season boys’ and girls’ basketball and hockey games. Then, Hopkinton boys’...

Girls’ BasketballConcord 52, Manchester Central-West 38Key players: Concord – Sofia Payne (20 points, 10 rebounds), Whitney Vaillant (12 points, 11 rebounds)Highlights: The Tide won its fourth game in a row.Records: Concord 6-8; Manchester 3-11Concord...

By ERIC RYNSTON-LOBEL

Three area teams will compete in the Division III boys’ basketball playoffs that begin on Tuesday. Kearsarge finished the season at 15-3 and will be the four seed. Hopkinton will be the five seed after posting an 11-5 regular season record, while...

By DAN ATTORRI

PLYMOUTH – “If you’ve got the horses, you might as well ride them.”Quoting former indoor track league director Larry Martin, those were Coe-Brown Northwood Academy head coach David Zink’s words regarding the Coe-Brown boys’ indoor track team’s path to...

By DAN ATTORRI

Coe-Brown Northwood Academy only has four swimmers. That’s all it took for the Bears to claim the bronze at the NHIAA Division II swimming championship on Saturday. Senior Chris Raymond won both the 100-yard freestyle (50.57 seconds) and 200 freestyle...

Boys’ HockeyConcord 8, Salem 1Key players: Concord – Dawson Fancher (2 goals, 2 assists), Rowan Arndt (goal, 3 assists), Carter Doherty (3 assists), Jaden Haas (2 goals), Trevor Craigue (goal, assist)Highlights: Concord jumped out to 2-0 lead after...

By DAN ATTORRI

Several area indoor track teams will be competing for individual and team titles on Sunday, but this year’s NHIAA championships have a new home. For the first time ever, Plymouth State University will host the indoor track championships, taking over...

By ERIC RYNSTON-LOBEL

BOW – Whatever Falcons head coach Cassidy Emerson told her team at halftime of Friday night’s game against Bishop Brady (4-11) produced pretty good results.Through 16 minutes of play, Bow (11-4) led 22-18. Then in the third quarter, the Falcons...

Boys’ BasketballPembroke 77, Kennett 45Key players: Pembroke – Joe Fitzgerald (35 points), Evan Berkeley (12 points), Devin Riel (7 points), Andrew Fitzgerald (7 points)Highlights:  Fitzgerald needed 34 points entering Friday night’s home game to...

By ERIC RYNSTON-LOBEL

Even though Mike Mahoney came to Hopkinton as a new head coach for the Hawks’ girls’ varsity basketball team this summer, the program has operated like a well-oiled machine from the very beginning of the season.Hopkinton graduated eight seniors from...

Girls’ Alpine SkiingConcord 391, Dover 372, Portsmouth 371Key players: Concord – Mika Taylor (1st, 1:00.09), Charlotte Summerlin (2nd, 1:04.47), Lilly Merrill (3rd, 1:08.94), Charlotte Dill (7th, 1:18.38)Highlights:  Taylor had the fastest combined...

By DAN ATTORRI

Several area athletes qualified to compete in the NHIAA swimming championships at the University of New Hampshire’s Swasey Pool on Saturday.Division II will start races at 8:45 a.m., while Division I will open competition at 4:45 p.m.D-I only has one...

By ERIC RYNSTON-LOBEL

CONCORD – Head coach Dunc Walsh’s Concord teams are known for many things. Chief among them: discipline and defense.On Wednesday in a 4-2 win over Trinity (3-11-0), the Tide were clearly the better team, but it strayed away from those core...

By DAN ATTORRI

Wrestling on his home mats for the final time, Concord senior captain Griffin Norwalt captured a victory at 126 pounds with a second period pin, one of two victories for the Crimson Tide on Senior Night as Concord fell to Timberlane, 52-15, in the...

By ERIC RYNSTON-LOBEL

Through six games this season, Belmont boys’ basketball sat at 2-4. With a roster made up of mostly freshmen, sophomores and juniors, perhaps it wasn’t totally surprising. But head coach Tony Martinez believed his group could turn the corner. And they...

By ERIC RYNSTON-LOBEL

NORTHWOOD – If you didn’t know any better, you probably would’ve mistaken it for a playoff game.Coe-Brown at 10-2; John Stark at 5-9. The Bears fighting to stay in the top four of the Division II standings; the Generals fighting to make the playoffs....