Posts Tagged ‘playoffs’
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 [...]
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 [...]
Sabers shut out Bobcats to advance in D2 field hockey playoffs
AMHERST – The Plymouth Regional High School field hockey team had been putting pressure on the Souhegan defense for most of the first half Friday, swing all the momentum its way. So what did the Sabers do to turn things in their favor? They got a fast-break goal. From there, it was Souhegan’s game to win, and the No. 8 Sabers did, [...]
Field hockey playoff games postponed
Five of the eight Division II field hockey preliminary round playoff games scheduled for Thursday have been postponed, including games involving Souhegan and Hollis/Brookline. No. 8 Souhegan was scheduled to host No. 9 Plymouth at 3:30 p.m. Thursday, but that game has been moved to Friday, with the same start time. No. 12 H/B will also play [...]
Playoff roundup: Tomahawks beat Lancers, advance to face Salem
MERRIMACK - The Merrimack High School girls field hockey team scored three times in the second half to beat Londonderry 4-1 Tuesday in the first round of the Division I playoffs. Emily Pollard had a goal and an assist and Rebecca Jolly had two assists for the No. 6 Tomahawks (10-5), who will now face No. 3 Salem in the quarterfinals at 3:30 [...]
Field hockey pairings: Merrimack to face Londonderry in first round
Just a few weeks ago, it looked like the Merrimack High School field hockey team was going to avoid having to play a game on Tuesday. The Tomahawks were among the top four in the Division I standings, and with those four teams drawing a bye in the preliminary round, Merrimack wouldn't have played until the quarterfinals on Friday. (more...) [...]
Bedford falls in first game of ALWS
The Bedford Post 54 baseball team dropped its opening game of the American Legion World Series, falling 12-1 to Gaffney (S.C.) Post 109 Friday night and Saturday morning in Shelby, N.C. (more...)
Bedford one win away from American Legion World Series
The Bedford Post 54 baseball team is one win away from reaching the American Legion World Series, thanks in part to a complete-game performance from Ryan Mossman - Bedford's third complete game in as many days - in a 3-1 win over Worcester East Post 201 Sunday at The Ballpark in Old Orchard Beach, Maine. (more...)
Olen, Bedford shut down Dover to win American Legion title
NASHUA – There is truth to the saying that pitching and defense win championships. Just look at the Bedford Post 54 baseball team. Bedford was superb in both areas during the entire New Hampshire American Legion Tournament, and Post 54 was at its best in the championship game, as it shut down Dover, 9-0, to win the title Wednesday at [...]