SIGN-UPS SOCCER MYA: MYA Soccer is holding registration for the 2010 spring season, for all ages from 41⁄2 to 18 years old. Registration is open until March 19. Visit www.myasoccer.org for information and registration. AMHERST SOCCER CLUB: ASC, open to players from any town, is now taking registrations for boys …

SALEM – In the case of Saturday night’s Division II quarterfinal matchup between Merrimack High School and Timberlane Regional, the upset was that fourth-seeded Timberlane beat fifth-seeded Merrimack, 4-2. The lower-ranked Tomahawks had beaten the host Owls twice during the regular season (6-3 season opener, 4-3 regular-season finale). Two age-old …

LONDONDERRY – The Merrimack High School girls basketball team did the one thing every high-seeded team doesn’t want to see in the preliminary round of the playoffs. The No. 14 Tomahawks made things interesting. After falling behind 11-0 in the first two minutes of Tuesday’s Class L playoff game against …

Merrimack’s Tyler Baulier was the area’s sole champion at Saturday’s Meet of Champions, which had been shifted from Londonderry High School to Nashua North on an emergency basis as Londonderry’s gym was in use as a shelter. At 215 pounds, Baulier pinned Steven Dwight of Manchester Memorial at the 3:22 …

The Merrimack Cardinals Football and Spirit program seeks head coaches for the 2010 fall season. Those interested in coaching football should contact Steve Anderson, football coordinator, at football@merrimackcardinals.org by March 24. Those interested in coaching cheerleading should contact Kitt Rondeau, spirit corrdinator, at spirit@merrimackcardinals.org by March 24. For more information …

Wednesday, Feb. 17, was a day for hockey; let’s play two. It featured the two biggest games of the regulars season, Merrimack going up against Division II-leading Bow at Manchester’s West Side Arena. The ’Hawks went in with a 10-3 mark, looking to avoid a three-game skid. Then, at Skate …

NASHUA – Merrimack came in as one of six contenders to finish second, but had to settle for eighth on Saturday at the NHIAA Division I wrestling championships at Nashua North. Merrimack’s Tyler Baulier reached the finals at 215, but was pinned by Manchester Memorial’s Steven Dwight with just seven …

For most people, a wheelchair-confining car accident would be the end of their days of playing tennis. For Hudson resident Dick Lane, though, it was just the beginning. Lane, 44, came to Hudson in 1989, having grown up in Lowell, Mass. He settled in town with his wife Beth and …

MANCHESTER – The Merrimack High School boys hockey team got off to a slow start on Monday. That might be simplifying things a bit. Before most members of the crowd had settled into their seats, the Tomahawks trailed. By the end of the first period – one in which coach …

The Merrimack High School foursome of Chloe Davis, Kara Jolly, Rebecca Jolly and Jordan Tierney swam to a second-place finish in Sunday afternoon’s Meet of Champions girls 200 free relay race. The Tomahawks clocked in at 1 minute, 47.13 seconds, earning the runner-up spot behind Souhegan High School (1:46.32) and …

David Downie and Chris Kinney scored two goals each and both assisted on another as Merrimack High School cruised to an 8-0 Division II hockey win over Keene at the West Side Arena in Manchester on Monday. Cal Lezama also had two goals for the Tomahawks, while Chris Fortin and …

Sharing is something you are supposed to learn in nursery school. But it’s a concept that is sometimes lost on a high school basketball player. Why share when you know you can dribble through the entire opposition and get to the rim? Why share when you know that 22-foot fall-away …

The move a few years ago was a calculated one, and right now Merrimack’s Dave Flint is reaping Olympic benefits. A few years ago, after serving as the men’s assistant coach at St. Anselm College for seven years, Flint switched to take control of the school’s women’s program. It led …

When the bus carrying the Merrimack High School boys basketball team arrived at entrance to the Bishop Guertin gym a little after 4:30 on Friday afternoon, the occupants couldn’t quite believe what they saw. Loyal members of the Merrimack student body, who began gathering an hour earlier, surrounded the bus …

The Merrimack Legacy fourth-grade girls basketball team won all five of games in the Hudson MLK Basketball Tournament. …

JAN. 22 GIRLS BASKETBALL: DOVER 38, MERRIMACK 32 Rachael Carter scored a game-high 11 points and Kate Cole added nine, but it wasn’t enough in a six-point home loss to Dover. Ashley Darling had a solid game in defeat with six points, nine rebounds and three steals for the Tomahawks. …

MERRIMACK – It was just like old times Friday night at Merrimack High School’s H. Dana Taylor Gymnasium. The bleachers filled up fast, forcing school officials to pull out that last set they didn’t think they’d need. The student section in the end zone contained a couple hundred members of …

JAN. 12 BOYS BASKETBALL: MERRIMACK 53, CENTRAL 43 Dmitri Floras netted five 3-pointers en route to a team-high 19 points as the visiting Tomahawks raised their record to 4-0 in Class L. Eric Watson scored 13 and Tyler Gendron scored nine of his 11 points in the first half, after …

SWIMMING JAN. 2: TOMAHAWKS SWIM AT UNH The Merrimack High School swim team compete at the Oyster River Holiday Invitational on Saturday at the University of New Hampshire against Derryfield, Dover, Exeter, St. Thomas and Oyster River. Chloe Davis had the lone first-place finish for the Tomahawks, winning the 100 …

BASEBALL. Merrimack American Legion Post 98 is hosting an information social for coaches, parents and players for the 2010 baseball season at 2 p.m. on Jan. 31 at Post 98 on Baboosic Lake Road. The purpose of the social is to provide information for parents and players on the Junior …