The Derry News

1 week ago | derrynews.com | Hector Longo

Unbeaten and outscoring the opposition 84-10 through six games, Division I state finalist Bishop Guertin issued a warning shot to the rest of the state in the early going:The Cardinals are back. Claire Ballard and the Windham Jaguars had a message of their own to send last Thursday afternoon. The Bates College-bound senior struck out six in a complete-game, powering the Jags to a 7-2 victory. At 7-0, Windham is one of just three Division I unbeatens, along with Londonderry and Pinkerton Academy.

1 week ago | derrynews.com | Jamie Pote

Hannah Lisauskas remembers being five years old and watching her brother Jake play lacrosse at Pinkerton Academy. He was All-American before playing four years and serving as a captain at Division 1 UMass Amherst. Younger sister Lauren then followed. She put up 249 points in three years (losing a year with the pandemic) for the Astros and was named a two-time All-American. A year after Lauren left to play for Div. 1 Georgetown University, it was Hannah’s turn to cause some havoc in the Granite State.

1 week ago | derrynews.com | Hector Longo

SALEM — As far as big sisters go, Maddie Beeley has been rock-solid, at least according to her little sister, Abby. “She’s been there for me the whole way, and I definitely appreciate that,” said Abby, the Salem High junior. The Beeleys embarked on their “farewell tour” this spring with Salem softball, though, as Maddie, a senior, will be moving on to study and play at Endicott College next fall. And the plan here is to make it something special and cherish every second.

1 week ago | derrynews.com | Jamie Pote

DERRY – No way around it, Pinkerton Academy baseball has become a hotbed for elite talent. Liam Doyle, now at Tennessee. Brady Day, formerly of Kansas State now in the Phillies organization. And Cole Yennaco, at Merrimack College. Those are just three of many who have played for Steve Campo, and have gone to excel at elite Division 1 college programs. Last year, Campo guided his team to 21 wins and the New Hampshire Div. I state title.

1 week ago | derrynews.com | Jamie Costa

SALEM — The New Hampshire Attorney General on April 30 issued a new plea for help from anyone who might have information related to a 30-year-old unsolved homicide. Around 9 a.m. on March 30, 1995, a man out searching for his mother-in-law’s hubcap along Hampstead Road found the body of a young Asian man, later identified as Hai Bo (Paul) Lei, 25 or 26, of Boston’s Chinatown. His body was found between Town Farm Road and Meadow Lane in Salem, the Eagle-Tribune reported at the time.