Week in Sports (10/14-10/20): Playoffs approach as Queen City teams test mettle

MANCHESTER, NH – With the postseason beginning for field hockey this week and volleyball, soccer and football playoffs right around the corner, things are heating up around the state, and in the Queen City, as teams jostle to reach their respective tournaments.

Football

Manchester West 21, Kingswood 13

A week after suffering their second defeat of the regular season, the Manchester West High School football team got back on track by earning a tough road matchup at Kingswood, 21-13. West trailed, 13-6, at halftime, but rallied in the second half to improve to 5-2 on the season, the first 5+ win campaign for the Blue Knights since Bedford High School opened in 2007.

Gio Doria went 13-for-19 passing for 218 yards and two touchdowns while throwing one interception; Logan Paradis had one rushing touchdown with 20 yards on eight carries; Jarome Hernet had three catches for 61 yards, including a receiving touchdown and Rayvon Nelson had West’s third touchdown.

On defense, Logan Paradis had a sack and eight tackles, including one for a loss, while breaking up one pass, KeShawn Foster had nine tackles and a fumble recovery and Ryan Perkins forced a fumble and racked up 11 tackles. Nelson, Nono Omol and Myles Whiter each contributed six tackles as well.

West is now scheduled to make the short trek to face John Stark in Weare this Saturday before returning hometown celebrate its regular-season finale against Hanover, a game that will be hosted by T-Mobile, on Nov. 1 at 6:30 p.m.

Manchester Memorial 6, Exeter 13

The Crusaders traveled to undefeated Exeter Friday for a significant road test and held strong but were narrowly defeated, 13-6, to fall to 4-2. They remain in second place, tied in the D-I East division with Winnacunnet, who Memorial will most Saturday at 1 p.m.

Additional results:

• Manchester Central 6, Pinkerton 41 (10/18/24)
• Trinity 41, Pelham 28 (10/18/24)

The week ahead:

• Trinity home vs. Kennett, Friday at 7 p.m.
• Manchester West away at John Stark, Saturday at 1 p.m.

Field hockey

The Manchester Memorial/Central field hockey team celebrated Senior Night and finished its inaugural co-op campaign on a high note, defeating visiting Nashua North, 4-2, last week.

Additional results:

• Manchester Memorial-Central 0, Keene 8 (10/14/24)
• Derryfield 0, Bow 0 (10/15/24)
• Derryfield 1, Kingswood 2 (10/18/24)

The week ahead:

The 2024 field hockey regular season is complete.

Girls volleyball

Results:

• Manchester Central 0, St. Thomas Aquinas 3 (10/16/24)
• Manchester Memorial 3, Pelham 2 (10/16/24)
• Manchester West 3, Manchester Memorial 1 (10/18/24)
• Manchester Central 2, Kennett 3 (10/18/24)
• Manchester Memorial 2, Winnisquam 3 (10/21/24)
• Manchester Central 1, John Stark 3 (10/21/24)

The week ahead:

• Manchester Central home vs. Manchester West, Wednesday, Oct. 23, 5:45 p.m.
• Manchester Central home vs. Manchester Memorial, Friday, Oct. 25, 6:30 p.m.
• Manchester West home vs. Milford, Friday, Oct. 25, 6 p.m.

Girls Soccer

The Central-West girls soccer team won both games it played last week to extend its winning steak to three-in-a-row (Alvirne 4-1 on 10/10, Timberlane 2-1 on 10/15, and Londonderry 5-3 on 10/17).

Nevaeh Powell led the way offensively with six goals and two assists; Gianna Arzilli added three goals and three assists; and Izzy Bachhuber tallied 19 saves in the three games.

Central-West’s record now stands at 5-8-1 with two games remaining.

Additional results:

• Trinity 5, Berlin 0 (10/15/24)
• Manchester Memorial 0, Nashua North 14 (10/16/24)
• Manchester Memorial 0, Timberlane 7 (10/17/24)
• Trinity 2, Derryfield 0 (10/18/24)
• Trinity 4, Newfound 0 (10/21/24)
• Manchester Memorial 0, Alvine 0 (10/21/24)

The week ahead:

• Derryfield away vs. Mascoma Valley, Tuesday, Oct. 22, 4 p.m.
• Manchester Central/West away, Tuesday, Oct. 22, 4 p.m.
• Manchester Central/West away at Exeter, Thursday, Oct. 24, 6 p.m.
• Derryfield home vs. Berlin, Friday, Oct. 25, 6 p.m.
• Trinity home vs. Newport, Friday, Oct. 25, 4 p.m.

Boys Soccer

Results:

• Manchester Central 2, Keene 1 (10/15/24)
• Manchester Memorial 3, Nashua North 0 (10/15/24)
• Holy Family 2, Mascenic 9 (10/15/24)
• Holy Family 1, Mount Royal 2 (10/16/24)
• Manchester Central 2, Londonderry 4 (10/17/24)
• Manchester Memorial 2, Timberlane 1 (10/17/24)
• Holy Family 0, Newmarket (10/18/24)
• Trinity 1, Derryfield 0 (10/18/24)

The week ahead:

• Manchester Memorial away at Alvirne, Tuesday, Oct. 22, 5:30 p.m.
• Manchester Central home vs. Windham, Tuesday, Oct. 22, 6:30 p.m.
• Manchester West away at Fall Mountain, Tuesday, Oct. 22, 6:30 p.m.
• Derryfield home vs. Mascoma Valley, Wednesday, Oct. 23, 6 p.m.
• Trinity home vs. Manchester West, Thursday, Oct. 24, 4 p.m. (check back Friday for full coverage of this game)
• Manchester Central home vs. Exeter, Thursday, Oct. 24, 6:30 p.m.
• Manchester Memorial away at Nashua South, Oct. 24, 7 p.m.
• Derryfield away at Berlin, Friday, Oct. 25, 3:30 p.m.

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