MANCHESTER – Milford High School softball coach Jim Rines has always referred to pitcher Delaney Parker as Houdini. Thursday night we all found out why. That’s because Parker managed time and time again to wiggle her way out of trouble as the Spartans hung on for a 5-4 Division II semifinal ...

MANCHESTER – Sometimes team meetings can actually work. Just ask the Souhegan High School girls lacrosse team. After the Sabers had lost to Londonderry by a goal back on May 9, coach Maren Petropulos got everyone together in a room, closed the door, and they hashed things out. “We were in ...

MANCHESTER – When all was said and done, there was too much generosity on one end and not enough firepower on the other. And that sunk the Souhegan High School baseball team in Monday night’s Division II championship game, a 5-0 loss at the hands of the Portsmouth Clippers. Top-seeded ...

Stephanie Bishop blased three homers and drove in eight runs on Saturday to lead the defending champion No. 4 Spartans back to the semifinals with a 12-7 win over No. 5 Plymouth. Amanda Atkinson ripped a three-run homer for Milford (16-3), while Carley Holtshouser went 3 for 4 with three runs ...

AMHERST – Hailey Yabroudy and the top-seeded Sabers found themselves in an early hole Saturday during a Division II quarterfinal clash with No. 9 Merrimack Valley. It didn’t take long for the Sabers to dig out. Yabroudy ripped a two-out, two-strike pitch down the right-field line for a ...

Rebecca Durham won the 1,600 meters with a time of four minutes and 55.76 seconds on Saturday at the NHIAA Track and Field Meet of Champions, which featured the best athletes from each of the state’s three high school divisions. The Milford junior was also second place in the 3,200 with a ...