Built for Speed

Jack “The King” Knapp gets a push down the hill at Benson Park during the Cardboard Sled Race event held on Saturday, March 8. See more photos on pages 8 and 9. Photo by Chris Paul

Jack “The King” Knapp gets a push down the hill at Benson Park during the Cardboard Sled Race event held on Saturday, March 8. See more photos on pages 8 and 9. Photo by Chris Paul

The Friends of Benson Park group organized a Cardboard Sled Race event on Saturday, March 8. There was just enough snow left on the hill near the gorilla cage for a number of successful runs. About a dozen contestants built…

The Alvirne High School Cheerleading squad is heading to the State Championship after putting up one of the top five scores at the Division I Preliminaries.The Lady Broncos competed in the Preliminary Round of the NHIAA tournement that took place…

Stands were packed at “The Barn” to see the first round NHIAA Division I playoff game between the Alvirne High School Basketball squad and the Memorial Crusaders on Thursday, March 5.The crowd attending the contest was treated to an emotion-filled…

Local Computer Scientist Ali Rafieymehr has been getting young Hudson residents in town excited about programming robotics over the past year.He started last year with two FIRST LEGO League Explore teams and has tried to continue spurring interest in robotics…

The Alvirne High School Boys’ Basketball team will be heading into the Division I playoffs hosting their first-round game after finishing the regular season with a close 53-51 victory over the Windham Jaguars.The Broncos earned the number-seven seed in the…

The Alvirne High School Wrestling team had three competitors climb to the status of “Best in the State” as they finished with a first place title at the Meet of Champions (MOCs) over the weekend.Shayne Mackey, Shawn Boudreau and Jillian…

The staff and students at the Wilbur H. Palmer Center at Alvirne High School had a visit from newly elected U.S. Congresswoman Maggie Goodlander on Wednesday morning, Feb. 18, helping to promote Career and Technical Education Month in New Hampshire.Goodlander…

The Alvirne High School Girls’ Basketball team had some good and bad results heading into the final week of the regular season.The Lady Broncos lost 54-46 to the Dover Green Wave to begin the week, but then bounced back with…

The Alvirne High School Wrestling team competed at the Division II State Championship on Saturday, Feb. 22 and four of those wrestlers came home with division titles.The championship took place at Goffstown High School, with ten schools competing at the…