The word is out. There’s nothing easy about playing a tournament game against Londonderry’s talented 10-U all-star baseball squad this summer. The local contingent – which is led by head coach Jay Parent and his assistants Pete Griffin, George MacDonnell,…
Saying that former Londonderry High boys’ lacrosse standouts made a difference for coach Jim Delanoy’s Rivier University lax contingent during the spring 2014 season might just be the understatement of 2014. There were five former Lancer laxmen on that team,…
Both the Londonderry Post 27 and Derry Post 9 American Legion baseball squads have been working intensely during the final weeks of the District B regular season to snag tournament spots. And it was with that goal firmly in mind…
Londonderry’s 9-year-old and 11-year-old Cal Ripken All-Star baseball squads got the opportunity to play host – and play some high-level hardball – in the district tournaments for their respective age groups last week. Neither contingent did quite as well as…
The members of the Greater Derry Track Club (GDTC) who were involved with the second annual 5K and 10K Run For Freedom events in Derry on July 4 wound up with many reasons to be pleased with the way the…
Londonderry American Legion Post 27 baseball coach Rick Brothers saw his charges surge solidly ahead in tough New Hampshire District B recently by winning four of its five most recent contests. The team bounced their way to a slim defeat…
Coach Meredith Jackes and her Londonderry High junior varsity girls’ lacrosse contingent had an extremely busy and successful spring. And in the vast majority of cases, the team members’ memories of the campaign will be quite positive. After posting a…
There are those talented athletes who have the good fortune to step into college programs and garner significant playing time right away, and the kind of ability it takes to go from high school athletics to collegiate sports and become…
It should surprise exactly nobody that the Division I champion Londonderry High baseball team had a bunch of its standouts garner all-state recognition from the New Hampshire High School Baseball Coaches Association, including Player of the Year Honors for 2014.…
Londonderry High School boys’ junior track and field standout Starlin Ortiz capped off his fine 2014 outdoor season in exceptional fashion recently, winning the state decathlon championship at Nashua High School South. The boys’ 58th annual state decathlon and the…
