The Season
The Season (2025): Manchester West Football, Episode 9
The Manchester West High School football team returned home to face Kingswood in a game that had playoff implications for both teams.
Joe Marchilena
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 III-IV
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Division III-IV
Mascenic sprints past Hopkinton in double OT to reach D3 field hockey final (video)
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Division I
Keene beats Winnacunnet to return to D1 field hockey final (video)
EXETER - The Keene High School field hockey team may have had some new players on the field while playing Tuesday night in the Division I semifinal for the second year in a row. But any nerves those newcomers might have felt were settled by their teammates who had been there before. Scoring the gam
Division I
Bedford holds off Londonderry to advance to D1 field hockey final for 1st time (video)
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Division II
Souhegan field hockey moves on in D2 playoffs with win over Kingswood (video)
AMHERST - The Souhegan High School field hockey team hadn't played a game in more than a week going into Sunday's Division II quarterfinal against Kingswood. But if there was any rust on the Sabers, it didn't show. Top-seeded Souhegan scored twice in the game's first seven minutes and didn't let up