Preview: Several area athletes qualify for indoor track championships

By DAN ATTORRI

Several area indoor track teams will be competing for individual and team titles on Sunday, but this year’s NHIAA championships have a new home. For the first time ever, Plymouth State University will host the indoor track championships, taking over...

Girls’ basketball: Ella Trefethen’s massive third quarter leads Bow over Bishop Brady

By ERIC RYNSTON-LOBEL

BOW – Whatever Falcons head coach Cassidy Emerson told her team at halftime of Friday night’s game against Bishop Brady (4-11) produced pretty good results.Through 16 minutes of play, Bow (11-4) led 22-18. Then in the third quarter, the Falcons...

High schools: Pembroke’s Fitzgerald scores 35 points, reaches 1,000th in 77-45 win over Kennett; Friday night’s basketball, hockey and skiing results

Boys’ BasketballPembroke 77, Kennett 45Key players: Pembroke – Joe Fitzgerald (35 points), Evan Berkeley (12 points), Devin Riel (7 points), Andrew Fitzgerald (7 points)Highlights:  Fitzgerald needed 34 points entering Friday night’s home game to...

Hopkinton girls’ basketball, led by first-year head coach Mike Mahoney, gears up for the playoffs

By ERIC RYNSTON-LOBEL

Even though Mike Mahoney came to Hopkinton as a new head coach for the Hawks’ girls’ varsity basketball team this summer, the program has operated like a well-oiled machine from the very beginning of the season.Hopkinton graduated eight seniors from...

High schools: Thursday’s Alpine skiing and basketball results

Girls’ Alpine SkiingConcord 391, Dover 372, Portsmouth 371Key players: Concord – Mika Taylor (1st, 1:00.09), Charlotte Summerlin (2nd, 1:04.47), Lilly Merrill (3rd, 1:08.94), Charlotte Dill (7th, 1:18.38)Highlights:  Taylor had the fastest combined...

Preview: Area swimmers qualify for NHIAA championships

By DAN ATTORRI

Several area athletes qualified to compete in the NHIAA swimming championships at the University of New Hampshire’s Swasey Pool on Saturday.Division II will start races at 8:45 a.m., while Division I will open competition at 4:45 p.m.D-I only has one...

Boys’ hockey: Even at 10-0-1, Concord’s 4-2 win over Trinity shows there’s still more work to do

By ERIC RYNSTON-LOBEL

CONCORD – Head coach Dunc Walsh’s Concord teams are known for many things. Chief among them: discipline and defense.On Wednesday in a 4-2 win over Trinity (3-11-0), the Tide were clearly the better team, but it strayed away from those core...

High schools: Wednesday’s ski jumping, Nordic, basketball, hockey and wrestling results

Ski JumpingMV at PlymouthKey players: MV – Wyatt King (14th)Highlights:  Kennett and Plymouth finished second and third as a team, and King was the only local competitor in a meet at Plymouth.Boys’ Nordic SkiingHopkinton 388, Winnacunnet 355, Bedford...

Wrestling: Concord closes regular season with loss to Timberlane on Senior  Night

By DAN ATTORRI

Wrestling on his home mats for the final time, Concord senior captain Griffin Norwalt captured a victory at 126 pounds with a second period pin, one of two victories for the Crimson Tide on Senior Night as Concord fell to Timberlane, 52-15, in the...

Belmont’s Tony Martinez hopes early-season struggles set Red Raiders up for playoff success

By ERIC RYNSTON-LOBEL

Through six games this season, Belmont boys’ basketball sat at 2-4. With a roster made up of mostly freshmen, sophomores and juniors, perhaps it wasn’t totally surprising. But head coach Tony Martinez believed his group could turn the corner. And they...

Boys’ basketball: Coe-Brown takes John Stark’s best punch, digs down to win in overtime

By ERIC RYNSTON-LOBEL

NORTHWOOD – If you didn’t know any better, you probably would’ve mistaken it for a playoff game.Coe-Brown at 10-2; John Stark at 5-9. The Bears fighting to stay in the top four of the Division II standings; the Generals fighting to make the playoffs....

High schools: Stark’s Girardet scores 1,000th point, Tuesday’s basketball and hockey results

Girls’ BasketballJohn Stark 60, Coe-Brown 48Key players: John Stark – Eleanor Girardet (28 points, 6 steals, 8 blocks), Abby Duclos (11 points, 5 assists), Avery Geaumont (10 points); Coe-Brown – Kalina Kasprzak (24 points), Hannah Meehan (8...

Monitor Sports Podcast: Kearsarge’s Nate Camp on the Cougars’ major turnaround

Monitor staff

This week, Eric Rynston-Lobel and Dan Attorri discuss Concord boys’ basketball’s first win of the season after an 0-10 start, a big win for Bow boys’ hoops over Pembroke, Concord boys’ hockey continuing to roll and much more. Then, Kearsarge boys’...

Q&A: Kearsarge boys’ basketball coach Nate Camp talks Cougars 2023-24 turnaround

By ERIC RYNSTON-LOBEL

Kearsarge boys’ basketball finished last season 4-14. Entering play on Tuesday, the Cougars are 13-3, hoping to secure a top seed with the Division III playoffs beginning next week.The Monitor caught up with Cougars head coach Nate Camp to learn more...

Basketball: Zeke McCoy scores 1,000th point in victory as Franklin boys’ and girls’ teams seek home playoff game

By DAN ATTORRI

For many years, Franklin High hasn’t been synonymous with success on the basketball court. But those years are over.Entering Monday night’s home game just four points shy of 1,000 for his career, senior Zeke McCoy stole the ball and drove to the...

High schools: Monday’s basketball and wrestling results

Girls’ BasketballConcord 60, Exeter 42Key players: Concord – Aidah Smalley (19 points), Delaney Duford (13 points), Whitney Vaillant (13 points)Highlights:  The Tide won back-to-back games for the first time this season following a win at home against...

A Look at the Lynx: NHTI men’s basketball closing in on postseason

NHTI men’s basketball remains in first place in the Yankee Small College Conference (YSCC) after a week of in-conference rivalry matchups. The Lynx have improved to 12-3 overall and 8-1 against conference opponents. With six games remaining in the...

High schools: Saturday’s hockey, indoor track and wrestling results

Boys’ HockeyConcord 7, Pinkerton 1Key players: Concord – Carter Doherty (2 goals, assist), Jaden Haas (goal, 2 assists), Cam Chandonnet (4 assists), Michael Barry (1st career goal)Highlights: Concord jumped out to 3-0 lead in the first period and...

Boys’ basketball: After 0-10 start, Concord finally has its first win

By ERIC RYNSTON-LOBEL

CONCORD – The Crimson Tide trailed 9-0 just 2:07 into Friday’s game against Winnacunnet (2-10). Already 0-10 on the season, it was a familiar sight.What happened next wasn’t.Head coach Tim LaTorra called a timeout, and over the next 13 minutes of...

High schools: Bow boys upset Pembroke, plus more basketball and skiing results

Boys’ BasketballBow 61, Pembroke 54Key players: Bow – Jake Reardon (27 points), Brendan O’Keeffe (19 points), Peyton Larrabee (10 points, rebounding), Colby Smith (on ball defense)Highlights:  The Falcons avenged their Jan. 2 93-69 loss with an upset...