Waving goodbye to 7 HBHS volleyball players
Avery Desruisseau, Staff Writer
December 10, 2018
Filed under December, Showcase, Sports
It's a bittersweet ending to the four-year winning streak for the seven seniors on the girl's varsity volleyball team. Four of these girls have been with the varsity team every year of their high school careers, and have been playing together even before that. Playing with the same girls year after ...
Boys Basketball: What’s to come?
Sofia Barassi, Sports Editor
November 27, 2018
Filed under November, Showcase, Sports, Uncategorized
The 2017-2018 Boys Varsity Basketball team was the one to beat in the NHIAA Division II tournament. The boys finished their regular season in first place with a 19-2 record, and they were granted a bye week in the first round of the tournament. They defeated Milford, Merrimack Valley and Oyster River to foll...
Ready to Row?
Nora Miller, A&E Editor
November 9, 2018
Filed under November, Showcase, Sports
On Oct. 28, the Hollis Brookline High School Crew team competed at the Head of the Fish Regatta in Saratoga Springs, NY. Students rowed against teams from all across North America in races with as many as 85 boats participating. HB traveled to Saratoga Springs the night before, sleeping over at a hote...
Could this year be four-in-a-row for Varsity Volleyball?
Katelyn Sova, Staff Writer
October 26, 2018
Filed under October, Showcase, Sports
Never before has a Division I volleyball team won the state championship four years in a row in New Hampshire, but Hollis Brookline may be the first to do so. The HB Girls Varsity Volleyball team has won three state championships in the last three years, and are working just as hard this year to secur...
Football captain Michael Gillespie concussed
Alec MacEachen, News Editor
October 24, 2018
Filed under Athlete Spotlight, October, Showcase, Sports
Senior and captain of the football team, Michael Gillespie ‘19, was concussed last Friday in a home game against Souhegan. He is a four year varsity veteran, and one of the cornerstones of the team.“Michael is a hard person to replace,” says Kelly Willet, ‘19, varsity cheerleader who attende...
Kyra Belden secures her 1000th assist
Sofia Barassi, Sports Editor
October 16, 2018
Filed under Athlete Spotlight, Editorial, Features, October, Showcase, Sports
Kyra Belden ‘19, one of the Girls Varsity Volleyball captains, secured her 1000th assist of her HB career while playing Manchester Memorial on September 28. Belden began racking up assists her freshman year when she made the varsity squad in 2015 as the team’s setter. Making First-Team Allstate her ...
How Fantasy Football affects NFL watchers
Ian Babcock, Staff Writer
October 9, 2018
Filed under October, Showcase, Sports
The rise of fantasy football has caused average NFL viewers to turn into NFL viewing monsters, changing the dynamic of how they watch the sport. Football has been around since 1870, and fantasy football since 1976, but it didn’t blow up until the 2000’s. The rise of fantasy football has caused fan...
HBHS football faced rival Pelham in homecoming game
Sydney Speir, Staff Writer
October 4, 2018
Filed under October, Showcase, Sports
On Saturday September 29, the Hollis Brookline High School varsity football team faced Pellham in their annual Homecoming football game, bringing students and teachers alike to “The Swamp,” the HBHS football field, to see the rivals battle. Hollis Brookline has a tattered history with Pelham that...
Volleyball season is spiking
Sofia Barassi, Sports Editor
September 27, 2018
Filed under September, Showcase, Sports
As fall approaches and athletics start up again, the girl’s volleyball team is one of the teams at HBHS preparing for their season. The pressure is on, because the team is coming to the table with three consecutive NHIAA Division I State Championship wins. The team has worked all summer, and is ready...
Snap, crackle pop
Sofia Barassi, Sports Editor
September 11, 2018
One wrong step, one wrong pivot, one wrong jolt, and your athletic career can be jeopardized forever. When you tear your anterior cruciate ligament (ACL), just as I did, many things in your life stop instantly. You have to adjust to an entirely new lifestyle of not walking, not doing what you love, and...
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