Pickleball players gather at Adams Playground in Peterborough

By BILL FONDA

Although temperatures hadn’t hit their high of 90 degrees Tuesday morning, it was still warm enough and sunny enough that players waiting for their next game of pickleball at Adams Playground in Peterborough were taking refuge under umbrellas.Sessions...

Mascenic and Boynton cheer teams wash cars for camp

By ASHLEY SAARI

The Mascenic Regional High School and Boynton Middle School cheer squads recently came together to wash cars for a common goal – fundraising for their joint trip to the National Cheerleaders Association camp this summer.Heather Schoff, coach for the...

Mascenic softball loses in state semifinals

After wins over Lin-Wood and Pittsfield in the first two rounds of the state Division IV softball tournament, fourth-seeded Mascenic lost 16-1 to No. 1 seed Woodsville Wednesday at Chase Field at PSU.

Conant baseball takes first tournament step

By BEN CONANT

Conant’s commanding baseball season continued to come up all black-and-orange Saturday afternoon, as the undefeated Orioles kept up their win streak with a 3-1 victory over visiting Gilford in the NHIAA Division III quarterfinals. Conant (17-0)...

Three ConVal track athletes advance to New England championships

Three members of the ConVal track and field team earned spots in the New England championship meet with their performances at the NHIAA Meet of Champions at the University of New Hampshire Sunday.The Meet of Champions combined the best-performing...

Conant softball falls in opening round; ConVal season ends in second roun

By ERIC RYNSTON-LOBEL

With the bases loaded and one out in the top of the seventh inning, Bishop Brady relief pitcher Payton Bryson had little margin for error. The No. 5 Giants (13-4) led their first-round playoff matchup with No. 12 Conant (7-10) on Wednesday, 6-4, but...

Mascenic softball headed to Division IV semifinals

By CAMERON CASHMAN

The Mascenic softball team has reached the semifinals of the state Division IV playoffs, after beating Lin-Wood 5-1 May 29 in its first-round game and then scoring a 2-0 victory over Pittsfield Saturday.After 13 seed Lin-Wood scored in the top of the...

Club brings people together for croquet in Bennington

By JESSECA TIMMONS

The Bennington Croquet Club launched its second season Sunday, May 19, with 14 players competing in three flights at a tournament at Sawyer Field in Bennington.Bennington resident Haley Tramposch was the winner of the first flight, with Dawson...

ConVal softball team heading to playoffs

The ConVal softball team beat Milford Wednesday and lost to Sanborn Thursday to split its run of four games in four days to end the regular season.The Cougars hosted Milford, winning 10-7 on Senior Night. Milford plated three runs in both the third...

ConVal baseball season ends, but bright future awaits

By BEN CONANT

The ConVal baseball team showed resilience in its senior night comeback bid against Milford Wednesday, but the young Cougars couldn't quite get over the hump. "They're a young team and they're learning how to fight," said first-year head coach Chris...

ConVal softball ends regular season with packed schedule

By BEN CONANT

The ConVal softball team came up just short in a pitchers' duel against Bow Monday that proved a tough start to a challenging four-game week for the Cougars. ConVal got another terrific start on the bump from freshman Sydney Borges (15 strikeouts,...

ConVal girls’ lacrosse shows potential, despite record

By BEN CONANT

The ConVal girls' lacrosse team didn't quite play up to their full potential against Manchester Central on Thursday, but new head coach Kevin Carne said his young team is improving every day. "They get better every game," Carne said after the 12-6...

Mascenic baseball scores walkoff win over Wilton-Lyndeborough

By BEN CONANT

The Mascenic baseball team trailed Wilton-Lyndeborough for nearly seven full innings Monday afternoon, but, down to their final out, scored on a heads-up walkoff to win 5-4 over the visiting Warriors.The game was a far cry from the 17-2 Mascenic...

Mt. Monadnock Little League celebrates opening day

The Mt. Monadnock Little League’s southern towns celebrated their opening day on Saturday morning with a parade down New Ipswich streets to Memorial Field, accompanied by fire trucks from New Ipswich and Greenville and the Souhegan Valley Ambulance...

LOCAL SPORTS RECAP: ConVal track takes first and second

ConVal’s boys’ and girls’ track teams competed in a multi-team meet at Hollis-Brookline High School Tuesday.The boys team won their meet with 77 points, edging out Hollis-Brookline’s 71 and also finishing ahead of the Derryfield School and Tilton...

ConVal track and field makes its one home meet count

By BEN CONANT

The ConVal track and field team hosted its lone home meet of the season on Friday, taking the occasion to honor its senior athletes. The meet marked the final opportunity for the senior Cougars – Jake Alonso, Anthony Cadwallader, Aida Davis, Jennae...

Hope for Nica 5K raises funds for the education of children in Nicaragua

By ASHLEY SAARI

The 10th annual Hope for Nica 5K Saturday continued the Hope Fellowship Church’s ongoing mission of supporting Nicaraguan children in getting a education.The annual race typically raises about $20,000 for Jardin Infantil y El Padul in Managua,...

After losing Borges, ConVal softball falls to H-B

By BEN CONANT

Throw the final score out the window – ConVal’s 8-1 loss to visiting Hollis-Brookline Monday featured 7½ innings of playoff-caliber softball before being derailed by a shocking injury.“The bad part is nobody will know how great that game was if they...

ConVal track and field takes second, third at Souhegan

In a four-team meet hosted by Souhegan on April 30, ConVal’s boys finished in second place with 84 points, just two points behind Souhegan and beating John Stark’s 71 points and Manchester West’s 20 points.The girls’ team finished third with 52...

Big first inning carries Wilton-Lyndeborough softball to win over Sunapee

By BEN CONANT

The Wilton-Lyndeborough softball team continued its promising start Thursday with a 20-8 run-rule win over rival Sunapee that saw the Warriors jump out to a big lead in the first and then walk off in the fifth.WLC's big first inning was sparked by the...