No. 2 Merrimack Valley lost 6-4 to No. 7 ConVal in Saturday’s Division II quarterfinal.The Pride gave up three runs in the first inning on an RBI single and a two-RBI double. ConVal had two outs on the board before it scored any of its runs.MV’s first.
Two months. That’s how long the softball season is from game one to championship Saturday on June 11 at Plymouth State.This year’s tournament has no shortage of area teams, with 10 schools representing the Concord region. Four teams, including.
The headstones at Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia line up like dominoes, stretching as far as the eye can see.It’s breathtaking and powerful, hallowed ground that is the final resting place for many of this nation’s most revered and honored.
In Penacook, Ruth Speed digs like an archeologist, and she’s been studying her village’s past for 70 years.At 78, she’s seen a lot, like the change-over from water power to electricity, eight different grocery stores, Barney’s Flowers, holiday parades.
Carisa Corrow of Penacook is co-author of “126 Falsehoods We Believe About Education” and founder of Educating for Good. I’m always cautious to lean on the writings and work of this country’s Founding Fathers. Most of them were not the most upstanding.