I arrived a few minutes late to yesterday’s freshmen football game at Memorial High School in Manchester. As I approached the field, I heard the crowd cheer, and the upper classmen were jumping up and down while watching the Crusaders 9th-graders sack the Alvirne Broncos in the endzone very early in the game. I may have missed [...]

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 [...]