Division II
EXETER - The Souhegan High School field hockey team had been playing a lot of defense in Friday night's Division II semifinal against Derryfield. But with the game still scoreless after 80 minutes, the Sabers needed goalie Ellie Byram to play just a little bit longer. With a shootout needed to deter
Division II
EXETER - The Hanover High School field hockey team has played better in the second half of games this season. After getting a scare Monday in the quarterfinals, Marauders coach Jean Essex worked on a few things to try to get her players going a little earlier heading into Friday's Division II semifi
Division I
DERRY - Playoff football came a week early for a pair of Division I clubs on Friday. It was a do-or-die scenario between Pinkerton and Bedford in their regular-season finale, as the winner would extend their season to next weekend’s opening round of the D1 postseason. It took the unlikely combinatio
Division III-IV
EXETER - Nicole Williams thought the start of the second half seemed like a good time to catch someone by surprise. The Mascoma Valley Regional High School senior had the ball to the left of the Hopkinton goal, but didn't have a great angle, so she decided to take a chance. Williams hit a reverse s
Division III-IV
EXETER – Halle Laramie may have been bumped and bruised after Wednesday’s Division III field hockey semifinal, but she wasn’t defeated. The Bishop Brady High School junior made certain of that. After having to leave the game in the final minute of regulation after taking a shot to the arm, Laramie r
Division I
EXETER - Andrew Briers could see that momentum had swung away from the Concord High School field hockey team in the second half of Tuesday's Division I semifinal against Merrimack. The Tomahawks had tied the game at a goal apiece and were threatening to take the lead when the Crimson Tide coach took
Division I
EXETER - The Windham High School field hockey team talked about continuing to work together during halftime of Tuesday's Division I semifinal against Bishop Guertin. That commitment to teamwork paid off for the Jaguars a little more than 10 minutes into the second half. After the Cardinals had sent
Division II
AMHERST - Kelli Braley felt that the Souhegan High School field hockey team played well enough to have a lead in the first half of Monday's Division II quarterfinal against Pelham. If the Sabers could keep it up, all they'd need was a bounce to go their way to get it. Instead, Souhegan got two boun
Division III-IV
LITCHFIELD - Keegan Mills didn't know who was chasing him or how close anyone might be to gaining on him. He was just going to keep running until someone caught him or he crossed the goal line. The Campbell High School senior busted through the first level of the Monadnock football team's defense an
Division I
NASHUA - The Nashua High School North football team had just picked up its eighth win of the season, remaining undefeated, and clinched home field through the first two rounds of the Division I playoffs. But after Friday night's 31-19 win over Merrimack, the Titans celebration was slightly tempered.
Division I
LONDONDERRY - Nothing was going to keep Maria Armaganian from playing Friday in the Concord High School field hockey team's Division I quarterfinal. Not a stomach bug that popped up on the bus ride to Londonderry. Not a couple of collisions on the field, one of which forced her to the junior to the
Division III-IV
Jeff Davis knew the Franklin High School football team was going to have a tough time replacing the seniors from last year's Division IV runner-up. With a roster of 17 by the end of 2018, losing almost a dozen players to graduation meant turning over around three-quarters of the lineup. But there w