The helpless feeling during last weekend’s lopsided high school football game between Bishop Guertin and Goffstown wasn’t just on the Grizzlies’ side of the field. It wasn’t easy on the other side, either. Oh, sure, you say. A 68-7 final, how could they have not run up the score, ...
SEPT. 24, 1962: “The Milford Orioles captured their third straight Tri-Mountain League championship by beating Salisbury, 6-1, in the final of the playoff series yesterday at Salisbury. “Familiar names in the Milford lineup are many Nashuans and also Milford players who doubled as ...
Feel better? We've told you this story before: Former longtime Londonderry High School coach Tom Sawyer always said that football is about two things: “Blockin' and tacklin'.” No doubt in today's complex NFL with veer shifts and trips right, trips left, etc. etc., sometimes that gets ...
Oh, we long for the old days of the Patriots-Steelers rivalry. Instead of Tom Brady we get a Mac With a Bad Back. Instead of Big Ben we get Miniscule Mitch. Today will definitely not be your father's Steelers-Patriots. Heck, the ketchup bottles aren't even there in Pittsburgh, right? Not ...
Are you ready for a fun week? It’s actually already beginning: The Battle of the Bridge was scheduled to officially get underway on Saturday with the Nashua High School North Invitational Cross Country Meet. That counts for four events (boys and girls varsity and JV). Heckuva beginning, ...
SEPT. 17, 1947 – From sports editor Frank Stawasz’s column: “Ted Williams, in town over the weekend with Birdie Tebbetts, was slightly astonished when told that home run hitters (for the Nashua Dodgers) have been collecting handsome purses from the fans. “ ‘I’d like to play for ...
