Sports
Girls’ basketball: Bow throws a wrinkle at Merrimack Valley, advances to D-II quarterfinal
By ERIC RYNSTON-LOBEL
BOW – The No. 6 Bow Falcons (14-5) had really only played man-to-man defense all season. But entering their Division II first round meeting with No. 11 Merrimack Valley (9-10), head coach Cassidy Emerson decided to employ a zone. The gamble worked in...
‘We learned a lot’: After 3-15 season, Tim LaTorra still optimistic about the future for Concord boys’ basketball
By ERIC RYNSTON-LOBEL
The 2023-24 season for Concord boys’ basketball was supposed to be one of promise. In head coach Tim LaTorra’s first season last year, he’d taken a team that finished 2-16 the year before to 6-12, a tiebreaker away from reaching the playoffs.But the...
High schools: John Stark, Pembroke advance in D2 girls’ hoops, plus more tournament results
D-II Girls’ BasketballNo. 4 John Stark 61, No. 13 Milford 46Key players: John Stark – Eleanor Girardet (26 points, 14 rebounds), Avery Geaumont (13 points), Abby Duclos (12 points)Highlights: The Generals consistently put up points throughout the game...
Stacy Wakefield dies less than 5 months after her husband, Tim Wakefield
The Associated Press
Stacy Wakefield, the widow of former Boston Red Sox pitcher and two-time World Series champion Tim Wakefield, has died. Her family said in a statement released through the Red Sox that she died Wednesday at her Massachusetts home, less than five...
High schools: MV boys win on Simonds buzzer-beating 3 in OT, Pembroke also advances in D-II
D-II Boys’ BasketballNo. 11 Merrimack Valley 60, No. 6 Laconia 57, OTKey players: MV – Aiden Gray (16 points), Trevor Simonds (16 points), Andrew Suprenant (11 points); Laconia – Keaton Beck (20 points)Highlights: Simonds hit a buzzer-beating...
Boys’ basketball: Connor Bagnell’s 28-point night leads Coe-Brown into the quarterfinals
By ERIC RYNSTON-LOBEL
NORTHWOOD – Tuesday night’s first-round Division II playoff matchup between No. 4 Coe-Brown (15-4) and No. 13 Kingswood (8-11) was the type of game any coach in Dave Smith’s position dreads: the third time playing a team you’ve already beaten...
Boys’ basketball: Bow controls fourth quarter to beat Souhegan in D-II prelims
By DAN ATTORRI
Not even three weeks ago the Sabers handed Bow a 32-point loss. The Falcons weren’t about to let that happen again. Not on their home court, not in the playoffs.Souhegan erased an 11-point deficit to lead by one point at halftime and by one heading...
Girls’ basketball: Six area teams qualify for Division II playoffs, led by Concord Christian
By ERIC RYNSTON-LOBEL
Area teams make up three of the top four seeds in this year’s Division II girls’ basketball playoffs, which begin on Wednesday.Concord Christian, playing in its only season in D-II before moving up to D-I next year, took the top seed after finishing...
Monitor Sports Podcast – Previewing the D-II basketball and D-I hockey playoffs
On this week’s episode, Eric Rynston-Lobel and Dan Attorri recap Saturday’s D-III girls’ basketball championship game win for Kearsarge over Hopkinton and the D-III boys’ semifinal loss for the Cougars, while also previewing the D-II boys’ and girls’...
Hockey: Concord and Bow boys, Concord girls enter playoffs on cold stretches
By ERIC RYNSTON-LOBEL
It had been roughly three years since Concord High boys’ hockey last lost a regular-season game, but on Feb. 13, the long winning streak finally came to an end in a 4-1 defeat against Hanover. Previously 11-0-1 on the season, the Tide finished just...
Boys’ basketball: Pembroke, Coe-Brown and Bow lead the pack among D-II area playoff teams
By ERIC RYNSTON-LOBEL
Like last season, the Pembroke Spartans top the list among area teams to qualify for the Division II boys’ basketball playoffs. At 16-2, last year’s runner-up turned in another impressive season with a mostly new group of players.Returning senior Joe...
NHTI Athletics: Lofton joins 1,000 point club; Men host playoff game Saturday
NHTI Lynx women’s basketball had its season come to an end over the weekend. They fell in the opening round of the Yankee Small College Conference (YSCC) Tournament to the two-seed, University of Maine-Augusta (UMA). The Lynx women’s basketball went...
Wrestling: Bow’s Moura wins state title; Concord’s Beauregard wins girls crown
By DAN ATTORRI
Bow High’s Adler Moura set high expectations for himself heading into this wrestling season. He already had three major awards to his name heading into Saturday’s Meet of Champions and left the Bedford High School gym with a fourth.Moura, a senior,...
High schools: Saturday’s hockey results
Boys’ HockeyHanover 3, Concord 2, OTKey players: Concord – Jack Shoemaker (goal), Carter Doherty (goal), AJ Dow (2 assists)Highlights: Concord tied the game twice, including a game-tying goal from Doherty with 3:28 left to force overtime, but it...
Girls’ basketball: Hopkinton’s title run falls short against Kearsarge; Cougars win first state title in 22 years
By ERIC RYNSTON-LOBEL
In the Division III semifinals against Winnisquam, Hopkinton seemed to be able to score whenever it wanted. On Saturday, with a state championship on the line against No. 4 Kearsarge at Keene State, the Hawks’ offense mostly vanished.After taking a...
Girls’ basketball: Concord beats Dover on Senior Night to keep playoff hopes alive
By ERIC RYNSTON-LOBEL
CONCORD – Friday night was a whirl of emotions in the Concord High School gymnasium.It was Senior Night, it was head coach Rob Darrell’s final game coaching in the gym and the Crimson Tide needed to beat Dover (11-7) to keep its playoff hopes...
High schools: Thursday and Friday’s results
Boys’ Nordic SkiingCapital Area ChampionshipKey players: Hopkinton – Matt Clarner (1st, 13:49.5), Andrew Clarner (9th), Anthony Cauley (10th); Bow – Eli Wilkening (2nd, 14:56.5), Aiden Ciminesi (8th); Concord – Dean Ayotte (3rd), William Corbett...
Bow’s wrestling championship was a year in the making
By ERIC RYNSTON-LOBEL
The preparation began the second the 2022-23 season ended. Bow’s wrestlers knew they could win a state championship, and they weren’t about to let the opportunity pass them by.The Falcons finished second in last year’s Division III state championships...
High schools: Hopkinton’s Chapin wins MOC slalom title
Boys’ Alpine SkiingMeet of ChampionsKey players: Hopkinton – Merrick Chapin (1st slalom in 1:17.66), Harrison Wilson (5th giant slalom in 1:21, 6th slalom in 1:20.49), Conrad Mollano (17th GS), Cameron Bassett (29th GS, 46th slalom), Coley Wells (36th...
Dartmouth College to honor memory of football coach Teevens with celebration, athletic complex name
The Associated Press
Dartmouth College will honor the memory of its winningest football coach by adding his name to its athletic complex next fall.Buddy Teevens, known nationally for his efforts to make football safer, died in September of injuries he had sustained in a...
