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BEDFORD - The Windham High School girls volleyball team had been looking for a signature moment to the season. Perhaps the Jaguars got it in their 3-1 win Tuesday night over Bedford. In the first two sets, Windham lost comfortable leads only to come back and win both, and after the Bulldogs rallie
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BEDFORD - A matchup of undefeated teams typically offers the makings for quite the gutter war. It’s what most fans, coaches and players expected with Friday’s Division I football showdown between the Londonderry and Bedford high school teams. The contest did not meet expectations, though, thanks to
Division I
Zach Matthews hasn't been the head coach of the Bedford High School football team for that long, but there's one position where the depth chart has been completely turned around. Joseph Mikol was fifth at the quarterback position, after leading the Bulldogs' freshmen team during the 2018 season, wh
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GOFFSTOWN - The Bedford High School football team had so many new components to its passing game, coach Zach Matthews knew it would take time for everyone to get on the same page. On Saturday, the Bulldogs got there. Bedford scored on all five of its possessions in the first half and the defense s
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The list of New Hampshire high school coaches filling that position for more than one sport is not a long one. The number of coaches leading two programs at different schools is even shorter, and when those two programs are a boys team and a girls team, well, that's a very select group. Ruppy Hai
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BEDFORD - Anneke McStowe has been waiting to see the Bedford High School field hockey team bring the level the Bulldogs have been practicing at into a game. The first-year Bedford coach finally got to on Monday. The Bulldogs withstood a fierce Merrimack attack through the first 20 minutes of the g
Division I
There was a lot for Zach Matthews to like in the Bedford High School football team's season-opening 41-7 win over Windham. But what the first-year Bulldogs coach might have at the top of his list was the performance of senior running back Michael Akstin. In his first game back after a knee injury
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BEDFORD - Zach Matthews figured there would be questions about the Bedford High School football program heading into this season. Coming off a championship with a new head coach and looking to replace a lot of talent from the year before, Matthews hoped the Bulldogs could answer some of those conc
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MANCHESTER - Londonderry High School baseball’s Nolan Lincoln was not a household name entering the 2019 baseball season. The junior pitcher had no varsity innings to his name, which left Londonderry coach Brent Demas with no real expectations about what Lincoln was capable of contributing. It tur
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NASHUA - When two high school pitchers are locked in like Bedford’s Trevor Anibal and Portsmouth’s Ryan Minckler were on Tuesday, you get the feeling it’s going to take something incredible or crazy to break a stride. The latter ended up playing to the sixth-seeded Bulldogs’ favor, as they used a l
Division I
BEDFORD - There aren't many teams, regardless of the sport, that can start flat in a playoff game and still come out on top. But not many teams have high-powered offensive ability and a stout defense like the Bedford High School girls lacrosse team. The No. 2 Bulldogs found themselves in a battle
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BEDFORD - Hannah McCarthy's record-setting goal came without fanfare. There was no stoppage of play, no roar from the crowd, no hugs or high-fives. Just a couple of stick taps, and McCarthy and her Bedford High School girls lacrosse teammates ran back toward midfield to get ready for the next draw.