In Division II football, it’s just like the great Yogi Berra said, “Deja vu all over again.” For the second straight year Alvirne High and Milford met in the final week in the season and will meet in the opening round of the playoffs. Ditto for Bow and Souhegan High. Played in the ...
Last Friday night’s Division II state semifinal field hockey upset of the top-seeded, defending champion Derryfield School might go down as one of the great victories in Souhegan High School history. It was also the most physically and emotionally draining ever, 80 minutes of field hockey ...
With a spirited Division II girls soccer state quarterfinal knotted at 1-1, Kylie Freel netted the game-winner, sending Milford High back to the state semifinals. The Spartans, seeded fourth, now heads to Exeter on Thursday to battle top-seededHanover. Rachel Gizzonio had the other goal for ...
Fasten your seatbelts, we’ve hit the local high school tourney trail in full swing, and one game this week certainly stands out. In Division II boys soccer, No. 4 Milford gets a bye (8-4-3) while No. 7 Hollis Brookline (10-5-1) hosts No. 10 Plymouth (7-8-1). In Division IV, ...
The final weekend of the high school football regular season looked to be a tumultuous one for both Milford and Souhegan high schools, and it certainly will be. Friday night, Alvirne High School invades Milford, carrying its own conference title hopes as well as those of both Pelham and ...
AMHERST – On Monday afternoon, the host Souhegan field hockey squad advanced its hunt for its program’s first state championship since 2007 with an impressive 2-0 shutout of visiting Pelham in Division II quarterfinal-round tournament play. The fourth-ranked locals busted a 0-0 deadlock ...
In late October, victories on the football field become a bit more precious. And with two weeks to play in the New Hampshire high school regular season, a sense of urgency has certainly taken hold at both Souhegan and Milford high schools. The Spartans and Sabers return to action on Friday ...
While the field hockey playoffs are upon us, volleyball, boys soccer and girls soccer are headed to the regular-season finish this week. In volleyball, Milford High has rolled to a 13-2 mark with one match left in the regular campaign. The Spartans are staring at a first-round bye and ...
Maybe this will be the year. Maybe this will be the field hockey tourney season when the area finally has a team in the Division II finals. There hasn’t been one since Souhegan topped Portsmouth for what was then the Class I title back in 2007. But this year, it will take a lot of ...
In Division II South, an already crowded playoff mix welcomed Pelham, which knocked off Souhegan in overtime. Milford High defended the South’s rep and rocked unbeaten Kennett – in Conway – on Friday night, proving it has rebounded from the lone loss to Souhegan. The South is now 5-1 ...
By HECTOR LONGO Staff Writer MILFORD – So you want to play football at Milford High, do you? Be prepared for a regimen of hard work on the field and community service off it. And be ready to be blown away in the process. That’s what happened to senior halfback Matt Hannon and so many ...
Ten teams competed in the Pelham Invitational Cross Country Meet on Saturday on the girls side. Only one dominated. The Souhegan High girls took four of the top five places, scoring just 19 points to roll to the title after sophomore Chloe Trudel rolled to victory in the 5k varsity event ...
The sixth annual Joe English twilight challenge, a full-moon fundraising race, on Oct. 12, 2019. “There are a series of distances that you can run,” explained longtime race runner, George Bower. “At 5pm, we start the six-hour run, the marathon and the six-hour relay.” The road race ...
One third of the Division II South regular season is in the books, and both Milford High and Souhegan High appear to be right where they had hoped. The Spartans were forced to go to overtime to knock off a gritty Pelham bunch on an extremely successful “New Hampshire Tackles Hunger” ...
We are at or near the midway point of the fall high school season, and it’s clear in many cases, where the local combatants are. Start with girls field hockey where, with a 4-0 win over Milford High, Souhegan made it seven straight victories. The Sabers are one of three teams without a ...
Trevor Knight is starting his professional football career a little bit early. Knight, who was set to play in France beginning with training camp in January – and still may – is heading to Manitoba, on Monday to sign a two-year deal, plus a third-year option with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers ...
To the powers that be in the NHIAA, please forward your complaints to one Tom King, care of The Telegraph. His brilliant coverage of the Nashua area athletes has again driven me to this plea. It seems like once a year I write this. Perhaps I should “Andy Dufresne” it and increase my ...
Opening a football game with five straight scoring drives will generally result in a victory and that was the case for the Milford Spartans on Friday night, earning a solid 35-13 win over Manchester West. After starting their first drive on the West 30-yard line, the Spartans needed just two ...
Souhegan High sophomore Chloe Trudel had a spectacular Sunday, coasting home to victory in the Bobcat Invitational Cross Country Meet, hosted by Oyster River High School at Demmerit Hills Farm in Lee. Trudel covered the 5k in 19:41, cranking out the big win on a very tough course and helping ...
There is no switch that needs to be flipped, no prodding necessary. Robin Bowkett gets after it. He supplies the self-motivation. Take this past summer. Bowkett had seen the 2018 CHaD All-Star Game as a fan for the first time. He liked what he saw, so the Souhegan High School football coach ...