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Local Sports Columnists

This spring much more than just a fling for local athletes

First there was hope. Then there was fall. Then winter. And now....there is spring. Fingers crossed, of course. Those are the thoughts of high school athletes and coaches in the area – and all over the state. Two of the high school seasons are done, and today is the official first day to ...

What a difference a year makes

Play ball! Ah, so much different than a year ago, when everyone was told not to play ball. High schools will begin spring tryouts/ practices on Monday, and believe it or not, the Major League Baseball season begins Thursday. Yes, games for real. Some fans, limited numbers, in a lot of ...

Time Travel for March 27-April 2

As usual, spring is teasing us with a few cameo appearances while struggling to take hold. Coaches and players are antsy for the sun to shine and the mud to dry. Consider how frustrating it was for Nashua High School coach Buzz Harvey 65 years ago, whose baseball training camp lagged, not to ...

Patience a virtue for local teams waiting to spring into action

Ahhh, the sights and sounds of spring. Here are a few tids and bits as this is one of the best times of the year with March Madness, the NFL, and MLB joining the endless news of pro hoop and hockey: -- Local high school spring sports coaches must be chomping at the bit, forced to wait until a ...

Guertin girls write own hugely successful legacy

It was almost a ThreeFeat. Yes, had the Bishop Guertin High School girls basketball team been able to get past a very, very good Bedford team last Sunday and win the Division I title, that would have given the school three team state championships in 24 hours. Has that ever happened before? ...

Time Travel for March 20-26

MARCH 20, 1981: “Former Nashua High baseball and soccer star Laddie Renfroe is finding the southern climate most conducive to good baseball. “Renfroe, a freshman, made the University of Mississippi varsity baseball team as a walk-on and pitched the team’s opener, a loss to Livingston ...