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Merrimack Sports

With Stellos Stadium occupied, BG truly home for Sept. 23 game

The Bishop Guertin High School varsity football team is coming home. They’ve been away for a long time, at least three decades, perhaps longer. But for the first time in that span, since the Cardinals hosted a makeup of a postponed game with Exeter, Guertin will play a varsity football game ...

Depth of experience breeding optimism for Cavs

HOLLIS – A year ago, coach Chris Lones cringed when an athlete went down to injury, any athlete on his Hollis Brookline football team. Yes, the Cavaliers were talented in 2016, but depth – a lack of it – was certainly an issue. No coach wants injuries, but at least Lones will have some ...

Merrimack AD Sabean resigns after five years

The school athletic year has barely begun, but already there’s been a major surprise as Merrimack High School athletic director Eric Sabean has decided to step down. Sabean, 47, made his decision known to Merrimack principal Ken Johnson in the last week, stunning Johnson and the Tomahawk ...

Tomahawks hoping to rebuild quickly after strong season

MERRIMACK – The look on Merrimack High School football coach Kip Jackson’s face when asked about numerous positions on his 2017 team told it all. “Not sure yet,” the answer would often be. And that, folks, is what they call rebuilding. Jackson and the Tomahawks had the luxury of a ...

Tomahawks fall team previews

GOLF COACH: Don Chisholm (third year) LAST SEASON: 3-17. RETURNING PLAYERS: Nick Edgeworth, sr.; Owen Plossen, sr.; Travis Brody, sr.; Ryan Carey, jr.; Dan Differ, sr.; Ryan Maine, sr. COACHES COMMENTS: “We’re looking for the returnees to lead us this year,” Chisholm said. BOYS ...

Merrimack forced out of Legion tournament early

MANCHESTER – Grant Coy felt it when he tried to advance on an errant throw to third and then slide home. The ankle. An injury suffered late in the season caught up with him, and his pitches in the fifth and six inning of Saturday morning’s State Legion Tournament elimination game with ...