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Before a recent golf event, I knew little about Joshua Frase, his dad, Paul, his mom, Alison, or the illness that they are fighting.
Talk high school football with Salem head coach Jack Gati for even a few minutes and you're bound to hear his season-long mantra: The next game is the biggest. What's upcoming -- the Division I championship -- tops them all.
►Pick up a print copy of Friday's Union Leader for Marc Thaler's complete "First and 10" analysis and his picks for this weekend's championship games.
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DURHAM - Updated, 11:19 p.m. After going winless in five straight games, the UNH men's hockey team has won consecutive games for the first time since the third week of October.
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Yesterday's shutout loss extended the Fisher Cats' scoreless streak to 32-plus innings.
►Fisher Cats blanked for third straight game
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Fisher Cats pitcher Brett Cecil, shown in action in Manchester last month, threw five scoreless innings last night. (MARK BOLTON)
NORWICH, Conn. - Three Defenders pitchers combine to blank New Hampshire.
MANCHESTER - After taking five games in a row from New Britain, the New Hampshire Fisher Cats fell victim to two stellar Rock Cat pitching performances in yesterday's doubleheader at Merchantsauto.com Stadium.
NEW BRITAIN, Conn. - Robert Ray scattered five singles and registered a team season-high 10 strikeouts in pitching a complete-game shutout as the New Hampshire Fisher Cats blanked the New Britain Rock Cats, 6-0, last night before 5,247 fans at New Britain Stadium.
NEW BRITAIN, Conn. - Eric Nielsen drove in two as New Hampshire beat New Britain.
New Hampshire starter Ricky Romero was impressive yesterday against Portland, allowing one run before the game was suspended by the weather. (JAMES COOK)
MANCHESTER - Ricky Romero could have declared a particular chart-topping tune from the late 1980s his personal theme song yesterday. Once a smash hit, it certainly described the pitcher's most recent outing.
►Fisher Cats Notes: Litchfield's Jackson finds positives
►Kevin Gray on Baseball: Kyle Jackson starting over (2)
Portland pitcher Kyle Jackson of Litchfield surveys the field Friday night at Merchantsauto.com Stadium. (DAVID LANE)
MANCHESTER - Kyle Jackson's career has taken more twists and turns than a fantasy baseball novel.
New Hampshire's J.P. Arencibia, left, high fives teammate Travis Snider after Arencibia hit a three-run homer in the first inning of last night's game against Portland in Manchester. (DAVID LANE)
MANCHESTER - J.P. Arencibia homered in his first at-bat against the Sea Dogs, and the New Hampshire Fisher Cats banged out a 6-1 win before 6,124 fans last night.
►GRAY MATTER BLOG > Fisher Cats focus
►Kevin Gray on Baseball: 'Gamer' showing consistency
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MANCHESTER taxpayers are on the hook for millions of dollars in debt payments on the downtown baseball stadium because the stadium deal approved five years ago put them on the hook -- despite plenty of warnings that it would do so. |
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When players reach Double-A baseball, their skill level is not far from that of the majors. Unfortunately, most will not rise to that level. First of a three-part series. ►Part II: Hard end of the road |
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