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Millennium Club

Pinkerton cross country coach Mike Clark received a surprise email over the summer, one that has provided the Astros with an unexpected boost.

WINDHAM — Traveling to play its border rival, Salem knew it would have its hands full.

WINDHAM — First-year Windham coach Jack Byrne and his staff knew the immense challenge they would face Saturday afternoon.

Windham girls soccer coach Matt Bryant had known about Reagan Murray for awhile.

In her last home meet of her career, Pinkerton senior Meghan Cross finished first in 19:44 for 3.1 miles to pace the Astros to an tri-meet win over Salem and Dover last Tuesday. Silvia Caddell finished second for Salem.

Through Sept. 30, Windham transfer Kate Blaisdell had 10 goals for the 7-1-1 Hanover field hockey team. The junior bound for Northeastern has teammates headed to D1 Davidson and Brown.

HAVERHILL – Having posted three shutouts in its first four games, the Salem defense already had proven itself formidable. Saturday afternoon at Trinity Stadium, the Blue Devils showed just how forbidding they can be against one of the state’s perennial offensive powers.

DERRY, N.H. — Londonderry crossed the border into Derry looking to end nearly two decades of frustration.

Just when it looked like the 3000 folks on hand for Project Blackout Cancer were going to see a little extra football, Mason Belsky made sure everyone left on time.

Field Hockey

BOSTON — The writing isn’t just on the wall.

Fairweather hits milestone

Mari Shea scored twice to help lift the Pinkerton field hockey team to a 4-0 win over archrival Londonderry in the annual Mack Plaque game on Saturday. The Astros (8-0) and the Lancers (7-2) are two of the best teams in the state.

MANCHESTER — First-year Windham coach Jack Byrne is going to remember this one for a while.

Olivia Stowell continued her fine season for the Londonderry girls soccer team on Friday, scoring three goals in a 6-0 win over Nashua North. Teammate Alyssa Anderson also scored twice for the undefeated Lancers (7-0).

MANCHESTER, N.H. — Pinkerton’s boys showed a nice one-two underclass punch at the Manchester Invitational Saturday, but the Astros did not quite display their usual depth.

Sportscaster Jamie Staton of Windham and WMUR-TV are again teaming up with the New Hampshire Food Bank for the New Hampshire Tackles Hunger campaign during the high school football season.

MANCHESTER – One week before its showdown with border-rival and undefeated Londonderry, Pinkerton ran itself above the .500 mark with a convincing performance Friday night at Gill Stadium.

HAVERHILL — It was a battle of No. 1 vs. No. 2 Saturday morning, and one team gave the rest of the state plenty to worry about for the rest of the season.

NASHUA — Perineal cross country powerhouse Concord was the betting favorite heading into Saturday’s Nashua Invitational, but the Londonderry boys team must not have received the memo.

Krikorian honored

Shay again!

LONDONDERRY — The Jake McEachern era in Londonderry started rather flawlessly.

RELIEVE THE ACTION

Shay in OT!

BEDFORD, N.H. — After waiting nearly two full quarters, Windham finally found the play that seemed to swing the momentum.

GOFFSTOWN, N.H. — Pinkerton seemed to be in full control as halftime arrived on Saturday.

Over the years, consistency and excellence have clearly been trademarks of Pinkerton cross country, both for the girls and the boys teams.

Windham

Coach Brian O’Reilly: (42nd year, 312-117)

Londonderry

Captain Magoon

There wasn’t any prior connection between Pinkerton senior Brady Day and Kansas State baseball coach Pete Hughes, but when the two met, they immediately bonded.

Londonderry’s Woo Kickboxig has had a fantastic summer of competition that continued at the recent Grappling Industries event in New Hampshire.

Community heroes

Olivia Thrower of Windham and the Northern Cyclones Elite will be continuing her hockey career at Norwich, which won the Division 3 national title in 2018.

As the end of summer rolled around, Brendan McInnis expected to be back on the football field, wearing a helmet and shoulder pads.

Community Crossroads is thrilled to announce their special 30th Anniversary Golf Challenge will take place on Thursday, Sept. 12 at Candia Woods Golf Links in Candia, NH.

University of Louisville standout Lauren Thibodeau, 19, from Pinkerton won the New Hampshire Women’s Golf Association title by a whopping nine strokes last week at Breakfast Hill.

The Londonderry Lightning 10U Softball team has a lot to be proud of.

Xavier Cross of Derry will head back to school this fall as a World Champion, after winning the title last night as a member of the Spartans Drum and Bugle Corps at the Drum Corps International (DCI) Open Class World Championship in Marion, Indiana.

The strong summer of competition continued for members of Londonderry’s Woo Kickboxing.

DERRY — Cindy Sanford recalled the moment on the ice at the TD Garden in June.

Perhaps no one better defined the thrill of victory during the 2018 high school football season more dramatically than Michael Sarette. The Pinkerton senior stood, in the middle of Salem High’s sopping wet, mucky field, caked in mud with his hands high in the air.