New Hampshire High School Sports News

The Dover High School baseball team continues to roll along. Friday in Cooperstown, N.Y, home of the National Baseball Hall of Fame, the Green Wave beat BFA-Fairfax , 8-1, for their eighth straight win.

Newmarket pitcher Courtney Fowler rears back to fire a pitch to a Portsmouth Christian batter during Division IV action Friday in Newmarket.

Oyster River's Julien Pelletier, left, and Dover's Joe Johnston battle for a ground ball during Friday's Division II game at Dunaway Field in Dover.

"John and I talked extensively about giving JV players a taste of what tournament baseball was all about," said Poisson.

They run, jump and throw without a glaring weakness on the depth chart. The boys of Manchester Memorial are consistent, too, winning the Manchester City Track and Field Meet at the Clem Lemire Athletic Complex for the 10th year in a row.

Franklin Pierce University Head Coach Jayson King, left, and SNHU Head Coach Scott Loiseau watch St.

West High goalie Talia Cote keeps an eye on Derryfield's Jimmy O'Brien during a recent game.

The Daniel Webster College continued its best season in program history, defeating MIT, 10-4, in the Division III NCAA Tournament at Harwich, Mass., on Thursday.

In recent weeks, the Portsmouth High School boys lacrosse team had gotten out of the tradition of handing out a game ball.

Portsmouth High School catcher Owen Shepcaro had the bat on his shoulder when he was called out in the bottom of the first inning against Kennett on Monday, helping diffuse a rally that had already squared the game 2-2. His at-bats in the second and third innings unfolded better: a two-out double that drove in a run and then a bases-loaded double ... (more)

Nearly a year after meeting for the Division II championship, the Portsmouth and Kennett high school softball teams reunited on Wednesday afternoon fighting just to secure a spot in this season's postseason tournament.

The Portsmouth High School track and field teams swept past St. Thomas Tuesday. The Clipper boys won, 127 to 23, and the girls won 117 to 32.

Drazin hit two home runs - and missed a third by about a foot - to help Hollis/Brookline defeat Goffstown 7-3 Wednesday in a game that featured two of the top teams in Division II.

Sydney Strout lay on the grass in foul territory rubbing her left foot. The Gilford senior had just rolled her ankle on the first base bag after trying to beat out an infield throw.

Kyle Auffray, who played for the University of New Hampshire football team from 2008-10, has signed a free agent contract with the Arizona Cardinals, the NFL team announced Tuesday.

The Red Raiders faced bases-loaded situations in the sixth and seventh innings, but pitcher Kaley Patterson got out of the jam each time and Spaulding held on for a 4-0 win.

Amber Kelly pitched a five-hit shutout and Jessica Morris was a home run short of the cycle as the Noble High School softball team blanked Massabesic, 6-0, in Western Maine Class A. Kelly struck out six and walked one.

So much for those plaguing slow starts. The Exeter High School boys lacrosse team found its four-quarter game on Friday night.

Manchester Central High School cross country co-coach Coby Jacobus, second from right, talks to the 2010 team including, Sam Gagnon, left, Sean Brown, and Ryan McHugh, right, during practice at Derryfield Park in Manchester .

Buried on the bottom of the Merrimack College baseball team's statistical page is the nugget that perhaps best represents Casey Cotter's senior season.