Division I
MANCHESTER – When a team plays great defense, it can make things miserable for the opposition. For the final three quarters of Saturday’s Division I championship, the Bishop Guertin High School girls basketball team made life miserable for Pinkerton Academy. The No. 5 Cardinals stifled the No. 2 Ast
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It only happened for a moment. Pinkerton Academy girls basketball coach Lani Buskey remembers there being just one utterance from Amanda Lemire, her senior point guard, as she was on the ground after trying to take a charge during the Astros quarterfinal win over Londonderry. "Blood was running down
Division I
MANCHESTER - The Pinkerton Academy girls basketball team had to play with four things. If the Astros were able to maintain execution, speed, focus and composure, coach Lani Buskey thought they'd be able to hold off Manchester Memorial long enough. But Pinkerton didn't do that in the first half, as t
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Amanda Lemire has been to Southern New Hampshire University plenty of times. This year, the Pinkerton Academy senior not only wants to get there, but she sure would like to play a game. As a freshman, Lemire was called up to the Pinkerton girls basketball varsity team for the start of the playoffs.
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NASHUA - On a night when the Bishop Guertin High School girls basketball team was playing for nothing more than pride, the Cardinals turned in what coach Brad Kreick felt might be their best performance of the season. And the Cardinals did it against one of the top teams in Division I while watching
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It may be a year later, but the Pinkerton Academy girls basketball team hasn't forgotten how last regular season ended. Down two starters, and playing on their home court, the Astros were blown out by Bishop Guertin, losing by 42 points. That included a third quarter in which the Cardinals outscored
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The Bedford High School girls basketball team has shown all season long that it doesn't have one or two go-to players, that just about anyone on the roster can step up when needed. With eight players who average between 9.5 and 4.6 points per game, the offense can come from just about everywhere, wh
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BEDFORD - Sue Thomas expected there might be a slow start Thursday night for the Bedford High School girls basketball. But the Bulldogs coach didn't think it'd go the way it did early against Pinkerton Academy. After honoring the team's six seniors before the game, it took Bedford almost six minutes
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
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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
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MERRIMACK - When it came down to crunch time, the Merrimack High School girls basketball team did the things it needed to do. It wasn't flashy or fancy, but it got the Tomahawks a win. Merrimack played solid on defense and made enough free throws at the right time Tuesday night to knock off Pinkerto
Division I
After watching the Winnacunnet High School football team go up and down the field throughout Saturday's Division I championship game, Pinkerton coach Brian O'Reilly said what many were likely thinking. Where had that been all season? Sure, the Warriors had averaged better than 30 points per game le