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New Hampshire lawmakers debate bill on transgender youth in sports
MANCHESTER, N.H. — New Hampshire lawmakers held a contentious hearing Monday about a bill that would organize interscholastic and collegiate sports by assigned sex at birth. Supporters said the bill is built on female athlete safety, and fairness and opportunity for those who are assigned female at birth. State...
Saturday Seacoast Roundup: Portsmouth boys lax wins, Somersworth girl ties meet record
PORTSMOUTH - Ben Purcell scored a game-high four goals as the Portsmouth High School boys lacrosse team beat Goffstown, 14-5 on Saturday in a Division II match. Portsmouth improved to 5-0 on the season, while Goffstown is 2-2. Zac Amend and Reilly Collins each added three goals for the Clippers,...
Winnacunnet baseball walks-off with 6-5 Division I win over Seacoast rival Portsmouth
HAMPTON – The old adage ‘it’s not how you start, it’s how you finish’ applied to the Winnacunnet High School baseball team in its Division I clash with Seacoast rival Portsmouth on Monday at Tom Blair Field. The Warriors trailed 5-1 going into the fifth...
Vote now for Seacoast high school boys and girls Athletes of the Week for April 15-20
Welcome to the second installment of the Seacoast high school Athletes of the Week for the 2024 spring sports season, presented by York County Community College. This week, and in weeks to come, you can vote for a girls athlete of the week and a boys athlete of the week. ...
NCUHS ninth grader earns podium finish in New England wrestling event
NEWPORT — North Country Union High School ninth grader Jocelyn Allen secured third place in the 120-pound weight class at the “King of the Mat – King’s War” tournament held in Hampton, New Hampshire, last month. Competing in an offseason event that featured thirteen teams...
Pease Golf Course may add events center to meet demands
PORTSMOUTH — The Pease Development Authority’s Board of Directors voted to spend as much as $112,000 to study the idea of creating a permanent events center at Pease Golf Course. The board voted unanimously Thursday to allocate the monies to hire Harriman Associates — one of the Pease Development Authority’s architectural service providers — to study the costs and feasibility of expanding the event space. ...
Academic achievers, athletes, musicians, culinary artists: Seacoast Students of the Week
An academically talented student, editor-in-chief and student representative to the school board. A football captain, JROTC scholarship winner who will serve in the U.S. Air Force. A hockey player and Special Olympics volunteer whose "kindness is unfailing and contagious." An award-winning student chef who is already working in a James Beard nominated restaurant. A top student who plays the saxophone and varsity baseball and excels at both.
Monday Seacoast roundup: PHS girls lax, Exeter boys lax, York baseball, WHS softball win
ANDOVER, Mass. - Annie Parker scored a game-high six goals as the Portsmouth High School girls lacrosse team crossed state lines and earned a 15-5 non-league win over Andover. Morgan Ruhnke added five goals and two assists for Portsmouth, which improved to 3-0 on the season. Ginger Vinciguerra had two...
Kortes throws no-hitter in season opener for defending state champion York softball
YORK, Maine - Prior to the start of the high school softball season, York High School head coach Kevin Giannino highlighted senior pitcher McKayla Kortes as one of the team's top players to watch, adding that he expected her to pick up right where she left off to end the 2023 state championship season. ...
Virginia picks up commitment from LB Isaiah Reese
Virginia continues their momentum this weekend with the addition of another linebacker in the 2025 class, Isaiah Reese. The Exeter (NH) Phillips Exeter Academy linebacker committed to the Cavaliers after his visit on Saturday for the Cavaliers spring game. "The message the coaches had for me was that, I was...
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