Class I

Monty, your boy hit well last night, no free passes from us. I thought it was a good game, we held tuff until the bottom of 4. We will look for you guys in the playoffs, third times a charm.

Big game at Hollis Brookline today if you are in the area. St Thomas is coming in for the final regular game of the year.4:15 at the High School.

Tough loss for Hollis Brookline today against St Thomas. Good start to the game 0-0 after 2 but St Thomas brought out the lumber in the 3rd and put 7 on the board all with 2 outs. They had two home runs in that 3rd inning and showed a lot of power throughout their lineup with deep balls. The St Thomas starter (Hayes) and reliever (Bean) had very good velocity with lots of movement. Both had nasty curve balls.

HB Justin Page had a great game defensively including a diving catch coming in on a line drive and an over the shoulder catch where he ended up toppling over the fence. The Cavs had 6 hits on the day 3 by Kenny Glover and one each Justin Page, Charley McCubrey, and Maycn Clifford.

Will be interesting to see if the Cavs hold onto the 8th spot and get a home playoff game.

Anybody go to the Milford / Souhegan game?

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Originally posted by out at home:
Anybody go to the Milford / Souhegan game?

Yes, Schagrin did a solid job in a complete game win. Milford seemed understandably uninspired as they have but one win on the season. 6-1 SHS victory and it was never in question. I do think that Milford has given a lot of playing time to some underclassmen, especially on the hill and at catcher, so hopefully they learn from the early Varsity experience and can help the program moving forward.

Milford has two wins, they beat Monadnock 6-2 on May 12th, and they beat Pelham 2-1 on May 13th.

Hey all, just found this site now. Thank you to Monty for posting the link to my site. Like my article says I was very impressed with what I saw from Portsmouth that particular game. Check out www.nhnotebook.com tomorrow to see my full recap of tonight's Londonderry vs. Spaulding game!

Playoff time!
Anybody know much about Bishop Brady? From what I understand Tyler Penney is there ace and is consistantly very solid.

Out at Home,
The standings on the NHIAA website are not up to date. According to the latest postings here it looks like Kennett will be traveling to Hollis but I'll wait to see the final NHIAA standings just in case...

TC

Class I looks real exciting entering the tournament.

Some great local games out of the gate with HB facing Kennett (long ride down from up north). Bedford vs Bishop Brady and Souhegan vs Merrimack Valley. Nice to see 3 local teams have strong seasons and get a home game as a reward

From what I read Kennett has a couple of solid pitchers in Mike Larson & Jeff Sires but those were preseason write ups. Anyone know much about the Kennett team from this past season?

I see that Bishop Brady has one big gun with Tyler Penney. I suspect Bedford will see him on Thursday. Should be a great game. Will Bedford pitch Olen or Maher???? Sounds like BB isn't a powerhouse at teh plate and relies on manufacturing runs....

Souhegan is always solid. Anybody know much about Merrimack Valley.

I assume Dapalito is on the bump for HB, does anyone know who is going for Bedford, my guess is either Olen or Maher either are solid choices.

The word is that Lucas Olen will get the start. It should be a good game with Penney going for Brady. Bedford will need to score some runs for Olen. If that happens, then Maher will face St Thomas on Saturday.

True or False, Joey will not pitch against St. Thomas if Bedford loses to Brady?

Bedford does have a tough bracket, assuming the higher seeds win, it goes Brady, St Thomas, Lebanon, then Portsmouth.

If Bedford hits, then they have a chance. I saw Penney pitch several times last year and he can be very effective if he is on.

HB wins 10-1. Charley McCubrey went 6 and got the win. Assuming Portsmouth wins their opener (postponed till Friday) HB will (I assume) throw Justin Dapalito. If he pitches the game of his HS career you never know. Long bus ride home back to N Conway for Kennett.

For Bedford.....didn't Maher shut STA down when they played in the regular season. STA can't be liking the chances of seeing him again.

What the heck happened to Souhegan. Major upset wit that one......

Lucas Olen threw a no hitter in the Bedford win today. He was very strong, striking out 7 of the 17 Brady batters he faced. Penney was throwing hard for Brady (the Southern Maine coach had him at 86 on the gun), but 1 thru 9 the Bedford hitters hit the ball hard. The Brady defense struggled with several sharply hit balls and they threw it around a bit as well. Bedford had 7 hits and only 3 K's against the Brady ace.

Saint Thomas vs Bow was also postponed. So they will play tomorrow. That's a huge win for Merrimack Valley no Doubt assistant Coach Hodson schemed up some devious pitching attack. Seriously great win for MV, defeating a team like Souhegan is no easy feat by any means.

Who's Merrimack Valley play tomorrow?

Merrimack Valley plays @Con-Val

man, I was going to make a Coach Hodsdon remark... beat me to it Campo.

Lets hope the rain holds off and we get these games in today.

Looking forward to seeing if HB can throw a wrench into the Portsmouth machine....

Heck of a season for Hollis Brookline. They put a scare into Portsmouth but that team is impressive.

The program has a lot of young talent and some quality returning players for next year. 2011 should be a very good year.

Next up Sr. Babe Ruth

Class I final should be fantastic. Portsmouth is an incredible team and looks to have no flaws....yet Bedford has outstanding talent. They can hit and they can pitch and they play good defense. The easy pick would be Portsmouth...never bet against the champ.....BUT I like the underdog in this matchup, it just feels like its time for some new blood ......plus I know a bunch of the Bedford players :-)

Good luck to both teams.