MANCHESTER, NH – Now more than halfway through the regular season, the standings across all New Hampshire fall sports are starting to take shape, and several Queen City teams find themselves among those competing for playoff positioning, while others are in a rebuilding phase. Check out some results from last week here:
Football
Manchester West 22, Pelham 49
Two days after announcing that the Manchester West High School football program was the recipient of a $25,000 grant from T-Mobile and finalist for the company’s Friday Night 5G Lights $2 million grand prize, the varsity team suffered its second setback of the season, falling at home to the defending Division II champs.
The Blue Knights were held to 209 yards of total offense but were able to put 22 points on the board thanks to two touchdown passes from Gio Doria, who threw for 105 yards on an 11-for-20 afternoon while being intercepted once.
Myles Whiter hauled in four catches for 58 yards and a touchdown, while Rayvon Nelson had three catches for 15 yards and a touchdown, while rushing for 61 yards on three carries.
Nelson also let the defense with 11 tackles, and Logan Paradis had eight tackles, including two for a loss, and Terrance Bovill also contributed 8 tackles in the contest.
Manchester Memorial 12, Concord 21
The Manchester Memorial football team traveled to Concord Thursday night and returned with its first loss of the season.
The Crusaders battled throughout the contest, but a late 4th-down conversion and subsequent touchdown by the hosts, coupled with a Concord interception near the end zone, sealed the final result.
Additional results:
- Manchester Central 6, Londonderry 34 (10/12/24)
- Trinity 49, St. Thomas Aquinas 21 (10/11/24)
The week ahead:
- Manchester Memorial at Exeter, Friday, 7 p.m.
- Manchester Central at Pinkerton, Friday, 7 p.m.
- Manchester West at Kingswood, Friday, 7 p.m.
- Trinity at Pelham, Friday, 7 p.m.
Boys soccer
Results:
- Holy Family 5, Mount Royal 2 (10/7/24)
- Manchester Memorial 1, Londonderry 7 (10/8/24)
- Manchester West 3, Sanborn 1 (10/8/24)
- Holy Family 2, Newmarket 5 (10/9/24)
- Manchester Memorial 3, Spaulding 0 (10/15/24)
The week ahead:
- Manchester Memorial home vs. Nashua North, Tuesday, 6 p.m.
- Manchester Central home vs. Keene, Tuesday, 6:30 p.m.
- Trinity home vs. Berlin, Tuesday, 4 p.m.
- Manchester West away at Inter-Lakes, Tuesday, 6 p.m.
- Holy Family away at Mascenic, Tuesday, 4 p.m.
- Holy Family away at Mount Royal, Wednesday, 4 p.m.
- Trinity away at Hillsboro-Deering, Wednesday, 4 p.m.
- Manchester Central away at Londonderry, Thursday, 4 p.m.
- Manchester Memorial away at Timberlane, Thursday, 4 p.m.
- Derryfield away at Trinity, Friday, 4 p.m.
- Manchester West away at Mascoma Valley, 3:30 p.m.
Girls soccer
Manchester Memorial 0, Londonderry 8
The Manchester Memorial girls soccer team remained winless this season following an 8-0 home loss to Londonderry last Tuesday, though head coach Nick Gardner said his team is young and building toward the future.
“The record is not great right now for us, but they’re still fighting, they’re still trying every single game,” he said. “Their spirits are still high, so we just have to keep that up, keep improving on the little things and hopefully get some wins and keep building from here.”
Results:
- Trinity 8, Mascoma Valley 0 (10/7/24)
- Manchester Central-West 0, Winnacunnet 4 (10/8/24)
- Manchester Central-West 4, Alvirne 1 (10/10/24)
- Manchester Memorial 2, Spaulding 5 (10/10/24)
- Trinity 4, Hillsboro-Deering (10/10/24)
- Derryfield 1, White Mountains 1 (10/11/24)
The week ahead:
- Trinity away at Berlin, Tuesday, 3:30 p.m.
- Manchester Central-West away at Timberlane, Tuesday, 4 p.m.
- Manchester Memorial away at Nashua North, Wednesday, 6 p.m.
- Manchester Memorial home vs. Timberlane, Thursday, 6 p.m.
- Manchester Central-West home vs. Londonderry, Thursday, 6:30 p.m.
- Derryfield home vs. Trinity, Friday, 4 p.m.
Girls volleyball
Results:
- Manchester Central 0, Prospect Mountain 3 (10/7/24)
- Manchester Memorial 1, Manchester West 3 (10/7/24)
- Trinity 3, Sunapee 0 (10/7/24)
- Trinity 3, Mascenic 0 (10/9/24)
- Manchester Central 0, Oyster River 3 (10/9/24)
- Manchester Memorial 0, Coe-Brown Northwood 3 (10/9/24)
- Manchester Central 0, Campbell 3 (10/11/24)
The week ahead:
- Manchester Memorial home vs. Pelham, Wednesday, 6 p.m.
- Manchester Central away at St. Thomas Aquinas, Wednesday, 6 p.m.
- Trinity home vs. Raymond, Wednesday, 6:15 p.m.
- Trinity home vs. Epping, Friday, 6:15 p.m.
- Manchester Central home vs. Kennett, Friday, 6:30 p.m.
- Manchester West away at Manchester Memorial, Friday, 6 p.m.
Field hockey
Results:
- Manchester Memorial-Central 2, Merrimack 4 (10/7/24)
- Derryfield 1, Pembroke 1 (10/8/24)
- Manchester Memorial-Central 1, Windham 3 (10/9/24)
- Derryfield 1, Milford 0 (10/11/24)
The week ahead:
- Derryfield home vs. Bow, 4:30 p.m., Tuesday, 4:30 p.m.
- Manchester Memorial-Central home vs. Nashua North, Wednesday, 6 p.m. (check back Thursday morning for coverage of this contest)
- Derryfield home vs. Kingswood, Friday, 6 p.m.
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