Congratulations to the Auburn Village School baseball team on their championship game victory over Wilton. The Braves defeated the Warriors 6-0 Thursday, May 29, to finish a perfect season with a record of 12-0 in the Tri-County League for Class S junior high schools.
What a show the Braves put on last night during the Class S [...]
Not much has changed over the years as far as music, kids and athletics. Yes, the songs are different and the music players have shrunk, but the reasons for athletes to listen to music remains the same.
I can recall the “good ole days” when 8-tracks took over the record album industry. As time went on, cassettes [...]
I’m looking forward to Sunday’s AAU baseball games in Portland, Maine. The parents are already talking about it. Do we need to put in reservations? My mouth is already watering. Not for the baseball double-header, rather the dinner afterwards at Warren’s Lobster House in Kittery on the way home!
What a treat it was last year [...]
In the blink of an eye, the play is over, and dust fills the air. Did the umpire see it? Will he make the right call? “He’s out,” I said to the parents around me, showing the images on the back of my camera. My son, Brandon clearly put the tag on the runner during a [...]
He walked around the batting cage proudly, holding it like a trophy, bragging how fast the pitch came in before the 32-inch chunk of maple exploded into pieces. For my son, Brandon it was another one for his collection, and for me it was 85 more bucks out of my wallet.
With a pool of blood in front of me, on the middle of Elm Street, I stood on the sidewalk and photographed Nashua police officers taking pictures and measurements for hours, as they investigated what appeared to me as a pedestrian accident with a car, behind Nashua City Hall Friday morning, May 2, 2008. But who [...]
When I think of poor sportsmanship, my thoughts are of fighting hockey players, soccer red cards, John McEnroe, and the picture I shot following a Rothsay, Minn., football playoff game 20 years ago. Do you remember the phrase, “Sticks and stones can break my bones, but names will never hurt me?” Well, they do!
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This blog is for you, the parents of children involved in youth sports. As a parent of a 14-year-old athlete, I have many experiences to share from the bleachers, along with unanswered questions about [...]
Welcome to Raising Athletes, a blog for families involved in sports. I'm Bob Hammerstrom, a staff photographer and multimedia producer at The Telegraph in Nashua, N.H. I'm a parent of an athlete involved in AAU and high school sports. You can contact me at: bhammerstrom@
nashuatelegraph.com. Please share your thoughts and ideas in the comments as well.