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Time Travel: No-hitter for Ward League hurler

JULY 15, 1952 – “Maurice Chasse pitched a no-hit, no-run game as Ward Three defeated Ward Two, 9-0, in a Ward League game at the North Common last night. “Chasse had complete mastery over the the Ward Two team.” JULY 16, 1962 – “While the Hudson Junior Legion baseball team was ...

Legion tournament set for July 22-26

Here’s a few tids and bits as we move on from the Fourth and see the summer speed up to the start of training camp in less than three weeks, good grief: – The state American Senior Legion tournament is at Holman beginning July 22, and two of the top teams could be Merrimack Post 98 and ...

Time Travel: Nashua really is a baseball town

It has been a debate since Holman Stadium opened in 1937: Is Nashua a baseball town? Thankfully, the powerful engines driving each side of that topic have cooled considerably. Maybe that’s why the following observation from John Stylianos 75 years ago caught one baseball scribe’s ...

Silver Knights, city hit a home run with Holman holiday game

Snap...crackle...pop....home run. How else can you describe the smashing success the Silver Knights and the city of Nashua enjoyed by having the first July 4 game played at Holman Stadium since 2001? “Fourth of July at Holman Stadium, I hope it happens every year,” Nashua coach Brendan ...

Lights, camera, and plenty of action for NESN at Holman

All the good folks at the New England Sports Network (NESN to most of you) need to do to promote their Futures Collegiate Baseball League telecasts is show the final moments of Saturday's Nashua Silver Knights 5-4 walk-off win over the Pittsfield Suns, team celebration after Shane McNamara's ...

Three to be inducted in Lions Club Legends of Holman HoF

It’s a special weekend, as the time around the July 4 holiday usually is – a time when we pay tribute and celebrate the past while enjoying the present. And, as usual, it’s a special time for a place local sports fans love – the jewel called Holman Stadium. It will be on display all ...