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Baseball: Grizzlies Walk Off, 1-0 To Beat Londonderry

On a windy cool afternoon with shades of grey deepening by the minute, the baseball regular season came to a close. Goffstown and Londonderry paid a tribute to their outgoing seniors and then played a fast-paced, excellent baseball game. Goffstown walked off with a 1-0 win in the bottom of the 7th inning. (more…)

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Spectatorship

While recently attending a NHIAA Division - III Boy’s Basketball quarterfinal playoff game, I happened to take a look around at fellow spectators as the game went on to search for the perfect fan. Now by perfect fan, I’m talking about the right mixture of spectator and sportsmanship. Someone I could point out to the person next to me and say, “Now that guy/girl is Spectacular (no pun intended)”.

As a former player, I could always remember the different groups spread out across the bleachers surrounding the court. You had the student section: the usual rowdy classmates whose soul purpose is to get the crowd going during intense moments and possessions as well as to attempt to cause a distraction to the opposing team. The parent and family section was split in to two separate groups: The I’m just here to show support to my son/daughter and the I know more about the game than the coach does sections (I’m sure every athlete can relate to that group). The last section was usually comprised of Alumni or townspeople that enjoy going out and watching the game of basketball.

Of course, I ended up getting stuck next to, the few, students who had traveled to the game away from home to attempt to cause a distraction to the opposing team. * I did keep track of how many times they were able to cause a missed free-throw attempt by the opposing team which was once I believe. It made me think about how fans really impact you when you are on the floor. I know for me at least, if I were attempting a free-throw, you could scream at the last second, or yell something in gibberish, and it would have absolutely no effect on me. However, after making a three-point jump shot or getting an and-one on a driving layup, the crowd can motivate you and bring you into another gear you didn’t think you had.

Spectators really do make an impact on the game’s energy which in turn causes players to show more emotion. As I was rooting for the away team, I clapped when they caused a turnover on defense and when they made a shot on offense. I didn’t really jump for joy at any moment, but did the causal nod to myself saying in my head, “wow, that was a great play”. I was the type of spectator that was just playing the role as the classic supporter. Did I believe that I made an impact on the game like the student section believed they had?; no chance. But everyone knows that in order to be effective, every group needs their roles players to stick to what it is they do.

I was able to spot the person who I believed showed an exemplary level of spectatorship, and as always, it was the older gentleman who had no idea who was playing in the game, but was just there cheering for both teams, enjoying the game of basketball.

#Basketball #NHIAA #Spectator #Spectatorship #Crowd #Sportsmanship

NHIAA, UNH announce plan to hold football championship games at Cowell Stadium in 2014

It’s time for New Hampshire high school football fans to rejoice. If you’ve wanted the opportunity to watch all of the state’s football championship games, you finally will in 2014, hopefully. The NHIAA, along with the University of New Hampshire, announced Monday morning that the school will host all three of the 2014 high school football championship games on Nov. 22, a day both entities dubbed as “Super Saturday.” “We are excited to expand our partnership with UNH athletics to include this Super Saturday of high school football at Cowell Stadium,” NHIAA executive director R. Patrick Corbin said in a press release sent out by the school. NHIAA, UNH announce plan to hold football championship games at Cowell Stadium in 2014

#NHIAA #UNH announce plan to hold football championship games at Cowell Stadium in 2014