Posts by Ryan O'Connor
Traveling to Plymouth on Wednesday, the Cougars not only secured a 16-4 win to improve to 9-3, they clawed within one game of a top-4 seed in the Division-III playoff race. And while team accomplishments are generally regarded as more valuable than individual accolades, Wednesday’s victory featured both.
With the regular-season finish line in sight for many high school spring sports teams, athletes from the Queen City are amping up their play, with some looking for a coveted win, while others prepare for postseason competition. Here are some of the latest results and a look at the week ahead:
As the spring weather does it’s typical flip-flop week-to-week, and sometimes day-to-day, teams in Manchester are doing their best to get games in and have fun when they do. Here’s a look at some recent sports action around the Queen City.
With green grass now in sight throughout the Queen City, the Little Green of Manchester Central are joining others around the state in embracing the spring season as they look for success on and off their respective playing surfaces.
As high school athletes around the state return outside for the spring season, teams at Manchester Memorial High School look for improvement and, hopefully, postseason success. Here’s a glance at some of those teams and athletes.
The spring sports season is officially underway across athletics surfaces throughout New Hampshire, including at Derryfield School, where several teams embark on campaigns with championship aspirations. Here’s a glance at those teams and athletes.
The New Hampshire winter high school sports season is now officially in the rearview mirror. Though there will be no new team banners raised in Manchester gymnasiums, this year’s postseason still featured plenty of individual and collective accomplishments.
Though the Cougars fell to second-ranked Milford in the state semifinals at Pinkerton Academy Wednesday night, they certainly proved they belong among the D-II elite this season.
The Bishop Brady/Trinity/Bow co-op girls ice hockey team earned its first playoff win as a merged program Friday night and did so in dramatic fashion.
Entering the third period knotted at two in Wednesday’s playoff opener at JFK Colosseum, it was the Manchester Central/Memorial/West boys ice hockey team that found the decisive goal to earn a trip to the Division-I quarterfinals.
Opening the playoffs at home Wednesday night, the Derryfield School girls basketball team earned a trip to the D-II quarterfinals with a convincing victory over visiting Plymouth.
Hosting a first-round home playoff game Tuesday night, the No. 8-ranked Manchester West High School boys basketball team battled right until the final buzzer but was ultimately edged in overtime to ninth-ranked Bow, 53-52.
A back-and-forth game through two periods turned into a two-goal victory for Manchester’s co-op high school ice hockey team.
While many local athletes flexed their prowess at the state indoor track and field championships, a handful of Queen City teams battled foes from around the state on the hardwood and ice.
A little more than a year after merging programs, the Manchester Central/West co-op varsity girls basketball team finds itself in the thick of the Division-I playoff race.
The Queen City has seen some intense games on the basketball court and hockey ice over the last week, while local track and field athletes continue to battle heading into states this weekend. Read more:
The Manchester Memorial boys basketball team has proven it can go toe-to-toe with any team in the state. Winning those close battles, however, has often come down to whether Memorial is playing at home or on the road.
In one of the more lopsided contests between the two Queen City rivals in recent memory, the Memorial soundly dispatched Central Friday night.
As the winter sports season creeps forward, and January turns to February, teams and athletes from the Queen City are beginning to come into form as the race to the postseason begins to tighten. Here’s a look at some of the action from the last week.
