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 II
Of all the things Joe Batista wanted to accomplish when he took over at the head football coach at Merrimack High School, finding linemen might have been the most important. As he enters his third season with the Tomahawks, Batista has almost found what he was looking for. Merrimack opens its 2010 s
Division I
Lindsay Selden and Kelsey Baines each scored a goal late in the second half to lead the Bishop Guertin High School girls soccer team to a 2-1 win over Timberlane on Tuesday in the Division I opener for both teams.
Division III-IV
Mike Beliveau has his entire coaching staff back for a second straight season. The Souhegan High School football coach can’t say the same about his team. After going 23-1 and winning two Division III championships in the last two years, the Sabers have just five starters back on offense and defense.
Division III-IV
Keith Jones might have turned in one of the best coaching performances anyone familiar with New Hampshire high school football has ever seen. The Milford High School team that Jones coaches might have put together one of the most improbable seasons. And it’s all to be forgotten.
Division I
NASHUA – Giving up four goals in a soccer game isn’t typically considered a strong defensive showing. But given the circumstances of the Nashua High School North girls soccer team’s 4-0 loss to Concord on Tuesday at Stellos Stadium, Titans coach Elizabeth Fotopoulos saw it as one.
Division III-IV
MILFORD – The Milford High School girls field hockey team was having trouble finding confidence in its season-opener against Goffstown on Tuesday. The result was falling into a 2-0 hole to the Grizzlies before Spartans coach Tracie Ibarra found a way to create some confidence for them.
Division II
The field hockey teams from Hollis/Brookline High School and Con-Val of Peterborough played nearly 75 minutes without a goal Tuesday night before the Cavaliers ended the game in overtime to win 1-0 in Division II action. Kirstin Bergen scored after 74:43 of play and Bridgett Sullivan made 14 saves i
Division II
The Hollis/Brookline High School football is exploring new ground. Coming of the program’s first winning season – the Cavaliers were 5-4 overall in 2009 – head coach Milt Robinson had 60 players come out for the team this preseason, setting a record. And just three seasons removed from playing in Di
Division II
There have been plenty of positive signs from the Hollis/Brookline High School field hockey team. Two that stand out to Cavaliers coach Tim Glover could go a long way toward a successful season for H/B.
Division I
The Bishop Guertin High School girls soccer team returns a talented group of upperclassmen, but the key for the Cardinals could be in its youth. A total of 59 players came out for the team this year, and that includes what coach Paul Sullivan calls "an extraordinary class of freshmen." Those younger
Fall Sports
Eddie Conroy scored two goals to help lead the St. Thomas Aquinas boys soccer team to a 3-1 win over Portsmouth in the Division II opener for both teams Friday. Jeff King also had a goal for the Saints, while Mike Kubiczki had an assist. Portsmouth's lone goal was scored by Collin Siverts.
Division I
NASHUA – The goal was unbelievable. Not unbelievable in the sense that it was a spectacular move, but more because it happened in the blink of an eye. It was so unbelievable that one Nashua High School North boys soccer player held up his hands, looking to an official, figuring that something had to