Why the Longo column on Sunday, you ask? Well. I had some time to kill after dousing the flames on my recent white-hot take that the folks at the NHIAA were spot-on allowing the remaining winter playoff games to be played before family only, despite the coronavirus scare. You see, before ...
Several local high school hockey players were named to the New Hampshire High School Coaches Association's All-State Boys and Girls Hockey team. A couple were named to their respective Division first teams. In girls hockey, Bishop Guertin defenseman Lindsay Hult and Souhegan defenseman Clare ...
One of the biggest fish in the smallish Division II South Conference pool is heading for the Seacoast and open water. Milford High senior Gavin Urda, a two-time all-state football selection, has accepted an honor to be a preferred walk-on and attempt to play his college ball at the University ...
The Bishop Guertin High School girls basketball team was holding a practice Thursday afternoon rather than getting on a bus to head to Exeter for the New Hampshire Interscholastic Athletic Association's Divison I semifinals. And wondering if they ever would. Evidently that answer is yes, per ...
Done. For now. Just a day after being somewhat adamant that everything would be done to keep the high school tournaments going in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, the New Hampshire Interscholastic Athletic Association reversed course Friday morning and suspended all tournament play. The ...
MANCHESTER --- The Bishop Guertin High School hockey team had been there before – in more ways than one. They were trailing Bedford, 3-2, early in the third period in Wednesday night's Divison I semis at JFK Coliseum – the same way they were down to Exeter in last Saturday's ...
Pick a game, any game. There are plenty to choose from tonight if local high school tournament tussles are your thing. Arguably the biggest ones are in boys hockey. The upstart No. 6 Bishop Guertin (14-6) squad has a 7:30 p.m. date with rival No. 2 Bedford (14-3-1) at Manchester's JFK Coliseum ...
CONCORD – By general rule, the deeper you trudge into the state tournament, the greater significance taken on by the first goal of the night. Chasing on the scoreboard nearly the entire night here in the Division II state semifinals, No. 2 Merrimack High got its usual slew of chances but ...
NASHUA – Fortunately for Nashua North, a great start isn’t always needed for a win. The Titans managed just one field goal during the first quarter, eventually bouncing back for a 54-41 victory over Concord in the first round of the NHIAA Division I boys basketball tournament on ...
Boys basketball DIVISION I PRELIMS No. 9 Nashua South 51, No. 8 Winnacunnet 41 The Panthers, playing their sixth straight road game, jumped out to a 16-3 lead and were able to stay in control in Hampton. Andres Hulfachor had 13 points while Coldy Rocheleau added 10. Ivan Nyantenji ...
The final piece to the local high school winter season tournament puzzle is complete: The Divsion I boys basketball tourney pairings have been announced, and all five local teams in the division will be in action in the preliminary round on Wednesday night. Welcome Nashua North, South, ...
HOLLIS – Down 10 in the middle of the third quarter to 13th-seeded Laconia, angst flowed into Hollis Brookline High School, by the wave. Only a couple nights ago, the No. 2 HB girls were run off this same floor in the quarters. Was more pain in the cards for coach Cole Etten’s ...
Two local Division II enteries went down in the first round of the boys basketball tournament on Monday night: BOYS BASKETBALL DIVISION II PRELIMS NO. 6 LEBANON 65, NO. 11 MILFORD 45 After leading by just 23-22 at halftime, Lebanon went on a quick 6-0 run to start the third quarter en ...
HOLLIS – The ongoing Corona Virus concerns have claimed their first local school athletic event. Hollis Brookline Athletic Director Rhon Rupp announced late Monday afternoon that last night's scheduled Division II boys basketball tournament preliminary round home game vs. Laconia was ...
EXETER – Sean Kelley was exhausted. He and his Bishop Guertin High School boys hockey teammates not only had to deal with No. 3 Exeter's blazing speed for 45 minutes on Saturday in the Division I quarterfinals, but an extra session as well. But thanks to Kelley, that session lasted just ...
METHUEN, Mass. – As you’d expect in the New England Championship finals, it was six rugged minutes. In the end, Alvirne High junior Kyle Gora came up just short in his title bid, falling 3-1 in the 170-pound finals to Vermont state champion Seth Carney of Essex High. The two mauled each ...
NASHUA – They always say, you win with seniors. Thus, the Bishop Guertin High School girls basketball team went to that well Saturday night and it worked out nicely for an expected 60-24 Division I quarterfinal win over No. 8 Concord at the Colligadome. “We definitely have the most ...
HOLLIS – They had a stellar regular season, designed to get them their home Division II girls basketball quarterfinal tournament game on Friday night. But history three years ago had perhaps given a hint to the Hollis High School Cavaliers that home isn't always where the tournament wins ...
CONCORD – Although it might not look it from the final score, Bishop Guertin dropped a tight contest against the top-ranked Crimson Tide of Concord on Friday night, falling 7-4 in the NHIAA Division I girls hockey quarterfinals. Concord led 4-3 with a minute left in regulation and sealed ...
MANCHESTER – After a wild first period and a lackluster second, the Merrimack High first line simply chose to take Saturday afternoon’s Division II boys hockey quarterfinal into its own capable hands. “Our coach was harping on us to take control and be leaders on this team,” said ...
