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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.
Now about halfway through their respective winter seasons, many athletes and teams throughout the Queen City are starting to make their pushes toward the postseason, while others are continuing to develop young athletes for future success.