Rubber turf, state-of-the-art helmets and pads, and high-tech water machines on the field! What ever happened to grass, mud, leather helmets, and the good ole fashioned garden hose for water breaks?
Times have changed I guess, and for the better. I watched the Memorial Crusaders and Trinity High School football teams last night on their first day [...]
It’s only the first half of the soccer game and your child is cramping up. They just downed both water bottles you sent with them, and are trying to massage their locked muscles.
It’s too late. The key to surviving the summer heat on the athletic fields is to hydrate properly and follow a few common [...]
Today was the final day of baseball for us in the AAYBA World Series at St. Louis. The NH Grizzlies placed 8th out of more than 30 teams from around the country. They lost both Friday’s game, and today’s. The game today went into three extra innings.
Brandon Hammerstrom of Auburn, pitched the first three innings, [...]
The NH Grizzlies 14U team from Litchfield dropped their baseball game today 9-1 against the Blues from Kansas City. Tim Sullivan pitched for the Grizzlies, and was relieved by Robbie McCormick.
When we left the field, I heard one of their parents bragging that this was their third year in a row making it to the [...]
The NH Grizzlies 14U team beat the Redhawks 7-2 in six innings tonight, moving themselves up in the brackets with a 3-1 overall record in the AAYBA World Series baseball tournament in St. Louis.
Under the pitching of Matt Lipkind, and heavy hitting of the Grizzlies, the Redhawks were kept to only a pair of runs. [...]
After a night of thunder and rain storms, the NH Grizzlies’ game against the Redhawks of St. Louis is delayed until 5 p.m. Both are top teams in the tournament, so this should be a very good game. Both teams will have their #34’s back for the game. The Redhawks #34, and our #34 (my [...]
After winning their first baseball game Sunday, the NH Grizzlies boys stopped by a Hooters restaurant in St. Louis to celebrate Addison Hanscom’s 15th birthday. After dinner, the Hooters girls posed for photographs with the team and signed autographs for them. Addison is in the front.
Addison Hanscom of Nashua shows his moves to the Hooters [...]
The NH Grizzlies 14U baseball team began play in the AAYBA Open World Series in St. Louis, Mo., Sunday afternoon, July 6, 2008. The team played three pool games through today, taking two of the three. They have Tuesday off, and will be seeded into brackets for the rest of the tournament.
The NH Grizzlies AAU 14U baseball team from Litchfield, N.H., is on their way to the AAYBA World Series in St. Louis. I will be with them, and will be blogging throughout the week-long tournament, which begins Saturday. Check back often for updates and photos of the team.
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@
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