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BG’s biggest challenge may be the Drive for Five

t was a nice, spring late afternoon in May of 2015. Baseball was the sport of the season, not basketball. Nashua North and South were getting ready to match up at Holman Stadium. Thus, the hiring of a new girls basketball coach at Bishop Guertin High School, while it wasn't a side note, ...

Muchemore’s heave helps put BG in title heaven

You keep watching them all season, over and over, yet there's always a play or two you just don't expect from the Bishop Guertin High School girls basketball team. A year ago, in their decisive Divsion I title win over Pinkerton,then sophomore Erin Carney launched a buzzer-beating long ...

Even dynasties have challenges, as BG girls know

Don't count your titles before they hatch. As longtime local fans know, dynasties tend to thrive in New Hampshire Division I high school girls basketball. Of course Nashua High School had its epic five-year title run from 1985—89, including the historic USA Today nationally No. 1 ranked ...

Hollis Brookline basketball’s upset win was predictable

As far as upsets go, Wednesday night’s Hollis Brookline stunner at Pelham, No. 4 being sunk at home by No. 13, busts into the “legit” category. You might want to throw the “predictable” tag on the 46-45 Cavaliers’ classic, too, First off, let’s set the record straight. This is ...

Does anyone out there know the story with the Celtics?

This would be the perfect time to ask, “How about those Celtics?” It isn’t. It may be the worst possible time to pontificate on how they really can make a deep playoff run. Note that the hunting-and-pecking of this little essay is happening Wednesday afternoon. The Celtics thrashed ...

Time will tell but sale of Knights seems like right move

What's next? Well, it sure has been an eventful Nashua Silver Knights/Futures Collegiate League off-season, eh? The franchise has had its front office revamped, gained minority owners, the league has a new commissioner, new franchise, and had a renegade franchise bolt, and this week the other ...