‘Greater Nashua’ Archives
South, Exeter play for postseason positioning
Somewhere along the line, the Nashua High School South football team was tagged as a team with a porous defense. Through the first three games, that was true. The Panthers allowed an average of 39 points while winning non-division games against Dover and Lowell and losing to Pinkerton. But since then, South has been a different team on [...]
Memorial shuts out Merrimack in D1 field hockey semifinals
EXETER – In the five seasons that Ann MacLean has coached the Merrimack High School field hockey team, the Tomahawks have gotten a little better each year. Merrimack has made the playoffs all five seasons. In 2009, the ’Hawks won a playoff game for the first time, and last year, they finished in the top four for the first time. [...]
Souhegan girls soccer earns top seed in D2
Seven area high school girls soccer teams will participate when the postseason begins Wednesday afternoon. Hollis/Brookline and Nashua South will both host games in the Division I tournament, while Souhegan is the top seed in Division II. Wilton-Lyndeborough will also host a first-round game in Division IV. (more...)
Merrimack, H/B top two seeds in D1 volleyball tournament
The Merrimack High School volleyball team leads 10 area teams into the playoffs, which are scheduled to start on Wednesday. The Tomahawks (17-1) are the top seed in Division I, and are joined by Hollis/Brookline, Bishop Guertin, Nashua North, Nashua South and Alvirne in the playoffs. In Division II, Bedford is the top local seed, finishing [...]
Football Roundup: Week 8
Here’s a look at what went on this weekend in Week 8 of New Hampshire High School football. (more...)
Cavs defense leads the way in win over Clippers
HOLLIS – The Hollis/Brookline High School football team learned a lesson in last week’s loss to Bedford. The Cavaliers were going to have to do more than show up to win a game against Division III’s better teams. That had to start with Saturday’s game against Portsmouth, and it certainly seems like H/B learned its lesson. The [...]
Merrimack upsets Salem to advance to D1 field hockey semifinals
Katie Correia scored a goal with 2:32 left in the game to lift the Merrimack High School field hockey team to a 2-1 win over Salem in the Division I quarterfinals Friday. The win, No. 6 Merrimack's second of the season over No. 3 Salem, sends the Tomahawks to the semifinals for the first time in program history. There, Merrimack will face No. 2 [...]
Grizzlies hang on for win over Spartans
MILFORD – Anyone who left Milford High School early Friday night must have thought Goffstown was going to get a win over the home team. The Grizzlies did, but the Spartans sure made it interesting. Goffstown went up 24-3 with just over four minutes left in Friday’s game, but two Milford touchdowns in a span of two minutes made it a [...]
Pigskin Prophets: Week 8
Who would have know that a game between Spaulding and Alvirne in Week 8 would have playoff implications? It does, as do other games this week, like Nashua South at Salem, Goffstown at Milford, Exeter at Manchester Central and perhaps the biggest game of the weekend, Portsmouth at Hollis/Brookline. Check out the jump for this week's picks. [...]
Cavs host Clippers in key D3 football matchup
The Hollis/Brookline High School football team needed a game like last week's 14-7 loss to Bedford. Well, not necessarily the loss, but the Cavaliers needed to be in a game that wasn't over before the fourth quarter. Outside of an eight-point win against Manchester Memorial to open the season, H/B had beaten its other four opponents by an [...]