Division II
NASHUA - Bella Bardales has enough experience with penalty kicks to know that she didn't want to have to deal with them again. But as time continued to tick away in Sunday's Division II girls soccer championship, and the scoreboard at Stellos Stadium still had a pair of zeros on it, that's exactly w
Division III-IV
MANCHESTER - Running back Keegan Mills came into Saturday’s playoff game as if it were any other week. He’s ready to hit and be hit. On Saturday afternoon, in the driving rain at Manchester Memorial High School, the Campbell football team utilized the strength of its junior bell cow to record a 38-1
Division I
DERRY – The Hollis Brookline High School girls volleyball team entered the season with high expectations. After winning three straight championships, and with their core returning for one more go-round, why wouldn’t the Cavaliers be primed for another title run. For most of the year, HB tried to fig
Division II
DERRY – Amy Tripp tried to get the Gilford High School girls volleyball team prepared for a long fight in Saturday’s Division II championship. The Golden Eagles felt ready for whatever Milford was going to throw at them, and ready to go as long as it took to get a win. All the preparation and compos
Division I
LONDONDERRY - On a day when the offense's playbook shrunk more than half, the Pinkerton Academy football team's defense was more than up to the task. While Londonderry had more yards, more plays and more time of possession, when the Astros' backs were against the wall, they made sure their season wa
Division I
MERRIMACK – Ben Eichman showed up in crunch time on both sides of the gridiron. The senior two-way player on the second-seeded Merrimack High School football team ran in the game-winning touchdown on third-and-goal from the 3 during a 6-0 overtime victory over third-seeded Nashua North in the quarte
Division I
BEDFORD - After just beating out the rain, the Bedford High School football team was able to put together a complete team effort to defeat Goffstown 41-14 in the quarterfinals of the Division I playoffs. Bedford (10-0) was able to control the game on both sides of the ball with its myriad of weapons
Division II
Meg Sawyer remembers exactly where she was on the first weekend of November in 2012. The Milford High School senior co-captain was at Southern New Hampshire University, watching the Spartans win their last girls soccer championship. So were fellow co-captains Colette Urda, Ashleigh Matsis and Katie
Division I
The Bedford High School girls volleyball team is not lacking for senior leadership. With 10 of them on the roster, it's been a blessing to have so much experience for the Bulldogs this season. What it means for next year, well, they'll save that worry for another day. There are bigger things to thin
Division II
NASHUA - Syd Thibault was thinking about getting an early goal. Going into Thursday's Division II girls soccer semifinals, the Milford High School sophomore had scored her fair share of goals this season, and coach Russ Matthews stressed how important it was for the Spartans to start strong. Just fi
Division II
NASHUA - Things don't always go according to the game plan during the playoffs, and for the Hanover High School girls soccer team, that was quite all right Thursday night. Pepper Joseph scored the only goal of the Division II semifinal after a scramble for the ball left her alone with it in front of
Division I
EXETER - Eighty minutes wasn’t enough. An extra 20 didn’t do it either. It took penalty kicks to decide a classic Division I girls soccer semifinal between Londonderry and Bedford high schools. In the end, a timely save by Jasmine Richards, and a clinching goal from Gillian Vilela, sealed the 2-1 (5