Alan Greenwood

MAY 27, 1960 – From sports editor Mike Shalhoup’s musings:

“When this weekend rolls around and Phil Friel opens his Green Meadow golf course in Hudson, this section will be in the unique position of having four golf courses at its disposal. A position which puts the Nashua area in an extremely envious situation.

“Where else can a population area of this proportion have as many facilities?

“And with golf enjoying an unbelievable upswing, you can be sure all the facilities will be taxed to the hilt.”

While Greater Nashua’s golf upswing never really ended, there will be more options after Green Meadow leaves the scene this fall. It’s still a sad departure, though.

MAY 27, 1965 – “After two straight losses, Spring St. Junior High rebounded nicely yesterday to score a 9-1 decision over North Middlesex Junior High at Townsend.

“Bob Boudreau turned in a neat pitching performance giving up only four hits and two walks, and he fanned seven. The Raider defense proved to be tighter than it had been and committed only one error.”

MAY 27, 1980 – “Just as we see the dusk of one reign, we may have the privilege of witnessing another dawn.

“Bishop Guertin, long the undisputed king of Division III tennis and a state power as well, has to take a backseat for the time since 1975 after Milford beat the Cardinals 6-3 yesterday to earn a berth in the final four. And can it be? Is the same type of dynasty in the future for the Spartans?

” ‘I don’t know about that,’ Milford coach Herb Simpson said after sixth-seeded Mike Gauvreau beat Brian Burns 8-4 for the clinching win, ‘But the boys did well. It was tight, though, wasn’t it?’ “

MAY 27, 2016 – “Generosity isn’t supposed to be part of a rivalry.

But it was on Thursday night when the Nashua High School South baseball team took advantage of four costly Nashua North miscues en route to a 7-3 win before a lively Holman Stadium student crowd.

It was South’s first win over North in at least six years, ending what complete game-winning pitcher Joe Routhier called “The Curse.”

“I’ve been waiting a long time for this,” said South coach James Gaj, in his third year as the head man but was a sub-varsity coach for a few years prior. “It’s been a long time since we’ve beaten these guys. In the last three years, we had (a combined) two hits and one run.”

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