Kailey Blain broke new ground for Merrimack High School on Thursday.
The 5-foot, 6-inch junior forward was named the 2008-09 Gatorade New Hampshire Girls Soccer Player of the Year. It’s the first time a girls soccer player from Merrimack High School received the award, which recognizes outstanding athletic excellence, as well as high standards of academic achievement and exemplary character [...]

Souhegan High School athletic director Chris Lavoie had a tough decision to make this winter. Should he hire an 18-year-old woman to coach the Sabers’ Nordic skiing team or keep looking for another option.
That question alone is a tough one to make, considering the age difference between the coach and the players that will be [...]