Joe has been covering high school sports for the better part of 12 years. A 2004 graduate of the University of Pittsburgh, he was worked at newspapers in Kentucky, Pennsylvania and New Hampshire befor
Division I
BEDFORD - It doesn't seem to matter how many points the Bedford High School girls basketball team scores this year. Not when the Bulldogs have played defense the way they have through their first 15 games. After giving up 10 points to Manchester Memorial in the first seven-plus minutes Thursday nigh
Division I
Eyes opened around the state when the Bedford High School boys basketball team started its season with two straight losses. A team that was viewed as a Division I favorite, which only lost four games all of last year - including the championship game - was at the bottom of the standings when 2018 go
Fall Sports
Two of the top high school football players from the Granite State finalized their collegiate plans Wednesday by signing a national letter of intent to play for the University of New Hampshire.
Division II
AMHERST - The Hollis Brookline High School boys basketball team found itself in a track meet in the first half of Tuesday night's game with Souhegan. After going up and down the floor with the Sabers, the defense finally came together for the Cavaliers, and in a matter of moments, the complexion of
Winter Sports
Here's what is being said about Sunday's Division I and II indoor track championships. * Exeter's Gaughan, Pinkerton teams rule - Union Leader * Clachar shines for Coe-Brown - Concord Monitor * Emotions run gamut for locals at states - Valley News * Pinkerton boys and girls surge to D1
Division I
BEDFORD - Mark Elmendorf was well aware of what kind of team his Bedford High School boys basketball team would be up against Monday night. Elmendorf implored the Bulldogs to get off to a fast start against Nashua South, a team that had lost six of its last seven, four of them by an average of 3.3 p
Winter Sports
The girls basketball regular season is in full swing, with all four divisions well into their schedules. While the playoffs may still be a few away, we’ll take a peek each week at what the playoff field would look like if the NHIAA playoff started on that day. These will be updated every Monday for
Winter Sports
The boys basketball regular season is in full swing, with all four divisions well into their schedules. While the playoffs may still be a few weeks away, we’ll take a peek each week at what the playoff field would look like if the NHIAA playoff started on that day. These will be updated every Monday
Winter Sports
Like many people across the world, Triston Delicema has the Olympics on his mind. But while most of those folks are preparing for the start of the 2018 Winter Olympics on Friday, the Nashua High School North junior is thinking of the summer games. Perhaps the ones in Paris in 2024, or maybe, if ever
Division I
MANCHESTER - The Pinkerton Academy girls basketball team is all about keeping things simple on the defensive end of the court. The Astros didn't try anything out of the ordinary, just played straight-up man-to-man defense Friday night against Manchester Memorial. With the exception of a four-minute
Division I
For all the things that someone can do on a basketball court, free throws might be the most common, and the toughest. For someone like Haleigh Shea, who has played basketball for most of her life, the number of free throws taken ranges in the tens of thousands. But on Jan. 26, Shea went to the line
Division I
Nate Stanton sounded like he was joking Tuesday night when he said everyone on the Londonderry High School boys basketball team was going to have to make two hundred free throws at the next practice. But after the Lancers went 7 of 15 from the line in the fourth quarter - including 4 of 11 in the fi