NASHUA – New Rivier University men’s hockey coach Matt Keating has always had faith that each step in his sports career was a means to an end, but not always an easy one. “Whenever I’ve wanted something, it hasn’t come easy for me,” Keating said. “I’ve had to work at it. I got ...
Here are a few tids and bits, some of a frozen nature, as we meander our way into the second week of August: First, remember local businessman and former Nashua Silver Knights/Lowell Spinners VP Jon Goode’s successful all-star hockey game for high school girls last summer? Well, it’s ...
AUG. 6, 1956: “Billy Leonard scored a par-71 to top the field in yesterday’s 18-hole medal play sweepstakes tournament conducted at the Nashua Country Club. Dick Dion finished in second place for gross honors with 74. “In the net division, Don Joyce grabbed the top prize with ...
Few college football coaches know the mental and physical grind that comes with navigating a long postseason better than Chris Klieman. The Kansas State coach was formerly at FCS juggernaut North Dakota State, whose teams routinely compete for national titles in a division where that means ...
August is in the midst of arriving this weekend, which usually makes yours truly wince as it means the summer is well more than half over. But after the mainly lousy July we’ve had weather-wise, forcing all sorts of game reschedulings, etc., maybe a fresh month is a welcome site. So ...
JULY 30, 1966: “A bases-loaded double by Jack Fortier in the eighth inning pushed two runs home for the Nashua Babe Ruth League All Stars to give them a 5-3 come-from-behind win over Dover yesterday afternoon at Holman Stadium in the New Hampshire BR Tournament. “… Dean Palanski won his ...
