Division I
NASHUA - It was an inauspicious start to Saturday's Division I preliminary-round game. Both the Bishop Guertin and Dover high school football teams might argue to which one of them it applied. The Green Wave recovered an onside kick to start the game, getting the ball in Cardinals' territory. But tw
Division I
MERRIMACK - It's playoff time and games don't have to be pretty, just so long as it's a win. It wasn't pretty for the Merrimack High School football team in Friday night's Division I preliminary-round game, but all that mattered was the win for the Tomahawks. No. 8 Merrimack got enough on offense, f
Division III-IV
BEDFORD - As his Gilford High School field hockey team celebrated the Division III championship on Saturday afternoon at Bedford High School, veteran coach Dave Rogacki couldn’t help but think of the obstacles the girls had faced in their quest to get back to the top of the division. There
Division I
BEDFORD - The Exeter High School field hockey team played a good first half in Sunday's Division I championship game against Winnacunnet. But as the coaches and players talked at halftime of the scoreless game, they realized the Blue Hawks just needed to do a little bit more. Exeter got that, as Add
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Division II
BEDFORD - While the John Stark Regional High School field hockey team was warming up, coach Dennis Pelletier noticed that senior Courtney Cranshaw was hitting the ball well. That warmup carried into the game for the Generals. Cranshaw scored the game's only goal less than three minutes in and No. 1
Division I
EXETER - Comebacks have been the norm for the Winnacunnet High School field hockey team this season. So why would Thursday night's Division I semifinal against Dover be any different? Down and under siege for good portions of the second half, the top-seeded Warriors tied the game with a little more
Division I
EXETER - It was a moment that looked like it could shift Thursday’s Division I semifinal between the Windham and Exeter high school field hockey teams. It did, just not in the way everyone might have expected. With a little over three minutes left in the first quarter, Addison MacNeil picked up a gr
Division II
WEARE - Dennis Pelletier had to make a positioning change with the defense for the John Stark Regional High School field hockey team and he had to do it quick. The Generals were preparing to face Hollis Brookline, a much more offensively-focused team than Hanover, the team they had just beat in the
Division II
EXETER - Before the Souhegan High School field hockey team got off the bus Wednesday for the Division II semifinals, coach Kelli Braley had one last thing to tell the players. Getting up by a goal or two wasn't going to be enough against Portsmouth and the Sabers needed to keep pushing if they got t
Division III-IV
EXETER - Kimble Rose hasn't always had the best of luck going one-on-one with a goalie. But in Tuesday's Division III field hockey semifinal, the Bishop Brady High School sophomore knew she needed to change that. With time ticking away in overtime, Rose took the ball away from a defender, giving he
Division III-IV
EXETER - Getting off to a good start was going to be key for the Gilford High School field hockey team in Tuesday night's Division III semifinals. It couldn't have gone much better for the Golden Eagles. Alysen Pichette scored the first of her two goals less than six minutes into the game, top-seede