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FootballJohn Stark 14, Merrimack Valley 6Key players: John Stark – Joey Dykstra (2 rush TD); MV – Travis Garcia (2-for-2 FG; offensive line), Reece Clermont (RB), Colby Scheffer (RB)Highlights: Dykstra ran for a pair of touchdowns in his first game...

By ALEXANDER RAPP and DAN ATTORRI

Jim Corkum’s fourth year as Concord football’s head coach will officially begin on Friday as the team travels to Grizzlies Field in Goffstown.The Tide had an underwhelming 2023 season, not making the playoffs with a 1-7 NHIAA Division I record (3-7...

Field HockeyConcord 4, Portsmouth 0Key players: Concord  – Lilly Merrill (2 goals), Ally McGonigle (assist), Amy Desrochers (goal, assist), Lexi Magee (2 assists), Elliana Wing (goal)Highlights: Concord scored two goals off corners to open the season...

Field HockeyPembroke 1, Kennett 0Key players: Pembroke – Ashlyn Barker (goal), Annika Jawidzik (goalie)Highlights: The Spartans stunned last year’s Division II runner-up in their season opener. Barker scored on a breakaway midway through the first...

By DAN ATTORRI

PEMBROKE – They led, they trailed. They were called for penalties, they drew penalties. They were up and they were down. But in the end, they came from behind. The Pembroke Academy Spartans experienced nearly every emotion in their first match of the...

uBy ALEXANDER RAPPand DAN ATTORRI

Concord High’s Chris Beyer won the New England cross country championship as a senior in 1991, and he was the last Crimson Tide athlete to do so. Now, 33 years later, he has taken over the as the girls’ cross country head coach.After falling short of...

By DAN ATTORRI

Pembroke Academy experienced some low moments last season. Coming off back-to-back championship game appearances, the Spartans experienced some poor results in 2023, sinking as low as 14th place in the Division II standings.Hampered by multiple...

By DAN ATTORRI

When Cassidy Huckins played field hockey for Merrimack Valley, John Stark wasn’t even on the radar.In the four years that Huckins played for the Pride between 2011-14, MV amassed a 44-21-3 record, reaching the playoffs all four years and playing in...

By DAN ATTORRI

After spending so many seasons near the top of the standings, but just shy of reaching the peak, the Concord High School golf team finally claimed a coveted title – the program’s first in 22 years. Now, the Tide is going for a repeat.Last season was a...

By DAN ATTORRI

Summer conditioning is done, equipment has been handed out and, on Friday morning, area high school football players donned helmets for the first time, marking the official beginning of the 2024-25 NHIAA season.This fall is also the beginning of a new...

By ERIC RYNSTON-LOBEL

On a mid-June Tuesday afternoon, the smothering odor of the Pembroke Academy weight room was a jarring transition from the crisp 70 degrees outside. Through the concoction of Axe body spray and sweat that floated through the air, the boys’ basketball...

By ERIC RYNSTON-LOBEL

While no area softball teams won state titles this spring, there was no shortage of noteworthy storylines. Concord was stunned by a double-digit seed in the first round of the playoffs, while Bow turned in its best season in program history and...

By ERIC RYNSTON-LOBEL

Bow High baseball headlined area teams this spring on the diamond, winning the state championship for Division II. It was also a strong spring season for Belmont and John Stark, both of which made deep playoff runs as well.Here is a recap of the area...

By ERIC RYNSTON-LOBEL

Numerous area teams turned in strong 2024 seasons in boys’ lacrosse. Bow reached the championship game in Division III, Hopkinton played in the D-III semifinals and Coe-Brown and Kearsarge each posted double-digit win numbers. Here’s a recap of each...

By ERIC RYNSTON-LOBEL

Like last season, Bow, Hopkinton and Merrimack Valley headlined area girls’ lacrosse teams. In Division III, the Falcons fell short in their quest for back-to-back state championships, losing to No. 3 Gilford in the semifinals. Hopkinton similarly saw...

By JEREMY MARGOLIS

 To offset the uniformity of the Spartan green cap and gown, some Pembroke Academy graduates decorated their caps with designs or inspirational quotes. Class president Abdalla Faiad donned a red and white keffiyah, the traditional Middle Eastern...

By JEREMY MARGOLIS

Jenny Jones grew up in Pembroke, attended its schools, and began her teaching career at Pembroke Hill School 23 years ago. Over the years, she taught the children of her own childhood friends, pouring energy into a calling that felt decidedly...

By DAN ATTORRI

DURHAM – Two winning streaks came to an end at the NHIAA Division II track and field championships on Friday evening at Oyster River High School, but disappointment wasn’t the emotion that Coe-Brown Northwood Academy head coach Lucas Fisher was...

By JEREMY MARGOLIS

Pembroke Academy biology teacher Gregg Whitmore’s license plate reads “-TROUT”, an ode to the amount of time he spends in rivers as both an avid fly fisherman and researcher. On an overcast morning last Saturday, Whitmore was knee-deep in Lower Bear...

Monitor staff

On the return of the Monitor Sports Podcast, Eric Rynston-Lobel and Dan Attorri break down the first month or so of the spring sports season, including Coe-Brown softball’s quest to defend its Division II state title, John Stark baseball’s dominant...

Girls’ Track Bow 134, Kingswood 24, Pembroke 15 Key players: Bow – Julia Hou (1st 1,600, 1st pole vault, 1st triple jump), Hannah Pawlowski (1st 400, 1st javelin), Camden Wilson (1st high jump, 2nd 100, 2nd 200), Charlotte Weiss (1st discus, 2nd...