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GOFFSTOWN - When the Pinkerton Academy boys hockey team needed to dig deep Saturday against Bedford, Astros coach Sam Littlefield was confident his team could do it. And sure enough, the Astros did. After the Bulldogs erased a two-goal deficit early in the second period, Pinkerton's Ethan Burgess s
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GOFFSTOWN - Scott Dunn felt with the way the Pinkerton Academy girls hockey team had been playing and practicing, the Astros could jump on Bedford early during Saturday's game. Pinkerton was able to do just that, but what have been more important for the team's long-term fortunes was the way it fini
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There were two reasons why Lani Buskey waited, and waited, and waited, to call a timeout in the third quarter of Tuesday night's game between the Pinkerton Academy and Manchester Central High School girls basketball teams. They wear Nos. 3 and 14 for the Astros. While the Little Green were erasing w
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MANCHESTER - It may have been the first game of the season, but Lani Buskey's prognostication skills were in midseason form. Her Pinkerton Academy girls basketball team led Manchester Central by 12 points at halftime after holding the Little Green scoreless for more than four minutes to open the sec
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The third quarter of Saturday's Division I championship game was like no other this season for the Bedford High School football team. The Bulldogs held a 14-0 lead over Pinkerton Academy at the start of the second half, but two lost fumbles gave the Astros the ball inside the Bedford 10-yard line. B
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Here's what is being said about Bedford's 28-14 win over Pinkerton in the Division I football championship. * Bedford wins state title - Union Leader * Bedford's running attack was impressive - Union Leader * Missed opportunities doomed Pinkerton in loss to Bedford - Eagle Tribune * Bulldogs are the
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DURHAM - The Bedford High School football team made it to Saturday's Division I championship game doing just about whatever it wanted against opponents. The highest-scoring offense in the state, and the stingiest defense in the division, the Bulldogs were put to the test against Pinkerton Academy, a
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The Pinkerton Academy football team looked like it was cruising to a regular-season finale with Winnacunnet that would possibly determine the No. 1 seed in the South/East Cluster. But a week before that game, the Astros were stunned by Windham in the final game on their home field, and suddenly, a g
Division I
Things can change quickly in Division I football. One week, a team is on pace to be a top seed and have home field through the first two rounds of the playoffs, and then all it takes is one loss to change the course of a season. That was the case for the Pinkerton Academy football team going into it
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SALEM - When the Pinkerton Academy football team faced Salem High School in the regular season, the Blue Devils found a weakness they could exploit in the Astros' defense. After that loss, Pinkerton coach Brian O'Reilly felt confident that if the teams met again, things would be different. The No. 4
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Brian O'Reilly will feel a lot more comfortable going into this weekend's Division I semifinal against Salem than he did a week ago against Londonderry. All the Pinkerton Academy football coach has to point to to get the Astros motivated is a 15-14 loss to the Blue Devils back on Sept. 28, a game th
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Jake MacInnis is a unique football player for Pinkerton Academy. But it's not just what the junior linebacker does on the field that sets him apart, but rather, what he does in between games. "Jake is a really smart player," Pinkerton coach Brian O'Reilly said. "He’s one of the few kids that we have