The NHIAA tournaments are expected to wind up this weekend, and other than next weekend’s Decathlon/Heptathlon at Nashua South, another high school season and school sports year will be closed.

That leaves us with a couple of months – from Monday to August 14 – to check out the local summer sports options while regionally World Cup hysteria hits. The Coffey Post Senior American Legion team will begin play, and the Nashua Silver Knights have already begun.

So that begs the question after just over two weeks of play, what should our impressions be of the 20 Historic Holman Stadium’s longest running tenant,which has just re-upped for another 15 years?

Still a work in progress. But there is a plan. Nashua beat Norwich 16-0 last weekend but then scored just one run over the next 18 innings. But they discovered one thing: They can win with pitching and defense when needed.

“That’s how you win games,” Silver Knights manager Nick Guarino said. “I told them, you’ll win 85-90 percent of the games you play if you can pitch and play good defense and give up three or less earned runs.”

The problem is, the pitching hit a speed bump at the worst possible time by giving up 23 runs in two games at Worcester, as Nashua’s once league-leading ERA of 4.16 balooned to just over 5.00 in a matter of three days.

And then, the ultimate in frustration on Monday night as they pitched but couldn’t score because of poor decisions on the basepaths plus some bad luck.

But another thing is becoming a trend — hitters with the bats on their shoulders, taking called third strikes with runners in scoring position. This is a calamity throughout baseball, not just with the Knights.

Nashua is on a three-game losing streak that makes a game tonight at LeLacheur Park vs. Lowell much more important than first thought. Should be a good one.

—- You can read in this edition about the incredible college experience Amherst’s and Souhegan alum Kyan Bagshaw enjoyed making it to four straight Division III World Series with Endicott. But here’s the big thing: Bagshaw deserves a shot in the pros somewhere.

“You would think,” said one baseball observer. “Lefty arm who can hit 90. He should be ending up with somebody, there should be interest.”

Exactly. Scouts usually drool over a hard throwing lefty. Stay tuned.

—– There are going to be some changes next year with high schools around the state.Remember, the two-year cycle is ends this week, and some teams are moving up, some sports say they are going strictly by enrollment, etc. We’ll have to wait and see how things end up.The biggest changes look to be in the sport of lacrosse, especially girls,where some of the Division II schools that have been in Division I in other sports are moving up (champ Winnacunnet, Timberlane, etc.).

—- We couldn’t have been more wrong thus far with our MLB predictions, right? Looking no further than Fenway Park for the answer to that. However, don’t think it’s the right thing to fire general manager Craig Breslow, safe as of this writing but under fire from fans and media alike from all angles. What happened? The emphasis on pitching and defense, while the right idea to have, backfired, simply because the Red Sox made a huge mistake by not tailoring their offensive lineup and roster to the ballpark. For example, the Yankees made that correction with an emphasis on lefty power, even though their best player is the injured Aaron Judge. The Red Sox needed to load up from the right side and a couple of lefty hitters that go to right field. But the revolving door of general managers has to stop.

—- We’re saying good bye, evidently, to a football tradition in the fall: 11 a.m. Campbell football. The Cougars have always played one game a season with temporary lights, and word is they will play most or all of their home games under the lights this fall in the woods of Litchfield. The number of Saturday games in the state will continue to dwindle.

But before we think about all that, let’s enjoy the summer ahead.

Tom King can be reached at tking@nashuatelegraph.com, or on twitter @Telegraph _TomK.