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
Ashley Loughran and Brianna Berge took first and second respectively in the Giant Slalom to lead the Bishop Guertin High School girls Alpine ski team to a third-place finish in the Division I meet at Mount Sunapee. Keene won the meet with 749 1/2 points, its fourth championship in the last eight yea
Division II
MANCHESTER – Sean Leahy scored two goals in the first six minutes and that was all the Oyster River High School boys hockey team needed in a 3-1 win over Merrimack Monday at Manchester's West Side Arena. Merrimack's Erik Glendye skates by Connor Clark of Oyster River on his way toward goalie Dylan S
Division III-IV
The Souhegan High School girls swimming team picked up its third-straight second place finish in a championship meet. The Sabers were runner-up to Oyster River (224-184) in the Division II championship at the University of New Hampshire on Saturday. Oyster River also captured the title on the boys s
Division I
For the second straight year, the Bishop Guertin High School boys swimming team edged out Nashua North for the Division I title at the University of New Hampshire on Saturday. The Titans came up five points short of the Cardinals, 287-282. The North girls team also came in second, finishing behind D
Division III-IV
WILTON – The Wilton-Lyndeborough boys basketball team had opportunities to defeat Newmarket, and not just at the end of the game. The Warriors struggled through the second quarter, at one point turning the ball over on five consecutive possessions, but were able to tie the game late before falling 4
Division II
HOLLIS – The Hollis/Brookline High School girls basketball team got a taste of what playoff basketball will be like on Thursday night against Hanover. For one half, it didn’t go so well for the Cavaliers. H/B went more than 10 minutes in the first half without any points, but still managed to battle
Division I
The NHIAA held the Alpine skiing boys championships this week at various locations. On Tuesday, the Division I championship was held at Mount Sunapee, the Division II meet was at Waterville Valley and the Division III meet took place at Gunstock. The Division IV meet was on Monday at Loon Mountain.
Division III-IV
AMHERST – There were a phrase and a single word that Mike Heaney used described the Souhegan High School boys basketball team’s loss to Oyster River. The phrase was laid an egg, which the Sabers literally did from the field for the first 12 minutes of the game. The word was ‘disappointment,’ and tha
Division II
Scott Crement has been a bowler for more than five years. The Souhegan High School senior used to play other sports – football, baseball, basketball – but a knee injury sent him to the sidelines. Since then, he’s participated in youth bowling leagues, working on his skills in a sport he knows he’ll
Division I
It's safe to say the Bishop Guertin girls indoor track program is a dynasty. Eight Class L championships in a row should do that, right? The Cardinals won an eighth consecutive Class L indoor track title on Sunday at Dartmouth College, recording 78 points to finish ahead of Manchester Central (66) a
Division I
The Bishop Guertin boys track team edged Merrimack by two points to win the Class L indoor championship Sunday at Dartmouth College. The Cardinals did enough in the relays to hold off a late Tomahawks' charge, pulling out an 80-78 win for the school's first boys indoor track title. Nashua North fini
Division II
It all came down to the final event, and when it was over, the Milford girls track team came up less than a second short of its second straight title. The Spartans finished four-tenths of a second behind Hollis/Brookline in the 4x200-meter relay to finish third in the event and wound up one point sh