The NH Junior Showcase game was held on Saturday, June 19th at Keene State College. Souhegan's own Matt Schagrin and Tyler Manoogian were played on the Class I East team.

Photos provided courtesy of Bill Dod.

Class L (West) won over Class I (East), 10-4. Click to game photos...

Souhegan Baseball Awards!

The Souhegan Baseball banquet was held on Sunday, June 6th and the following awards were presented.

Varsity Awards

The 2010 Varsity awards were presented to seven players. See the table of recipients and awards below. 

Players listed in left-to-right order.

Academic Awards

The 2010 Souhegan Baseball Academic Award winners (L-R) are freshman Patrick McDeed, sophomore Robbie McCormick, junior Chris Almeida, and senior Alex Scribner.

AJ Hinners Award

The 2010 AJ Hinners award recipients are Eric Howard (JV Team) and James DiLiegro (Freshman Team). 

Award photos provided courtesy of Bill Dod.

Pride over Sabers, 8-2! Game Photos

The Merrimack Valley Pride traveled to Amherst to play the number 5 seeded Souhegan Sabers and defeated the home town nine 8 to 2.

Game Photos provided courtesy of Lisa Lyon.

The Pride offense had timely hitting with two base hits to jump out to a three run lead in the second inning. The Pride continued to chip away with a clutch single and sacrifice fly to up the lead to 5-0.

In the sixth, The Pride loaded the bases and Souhegan came up with a nifty 5-2-3 double play ... James Astbury (third) to D J Petropulos (catcher) to Tim Beliveau (first) ... but, with two outs the Pride took advantage of a Souhegan error and scored three insurance runs. more details...

Congratulations Seniors!

CONGRATULATIONS to the six graduating seniors (Jon Aunio, Joe Cerra, Alex Lyon, Nathan Marcucci, D J Petropulos and Alex Scribner) for their outstanding leadership throughout the 2010 Spring !!!

Sabers defeat Spartans, 6-1! Game Photos

The Souhegan Sabers ended the regular season with a 6 to 1 victory over the Milford Spartans. 

Game Photos provided courtesy of Lisa Lyon.

Junior, righty Matt Schagrin threw a complete game, three hitter. he stuck out nine and walked six.

The Souhegan defense played errorless baseball ... highlighted by the play of Tim Beliveau (first base) who made an outstanding catch in the third inning, infielders Tyler Manoogian (second base) who made an outstanding diving catch in the fifth inning and Terry Dugdale (shortstop) who made a number of assists including a double play pivot in the first inning and Chris Chininis (left field) who made a nice running catch in the fifth inning. more details...

JV's over Spartans, 8-4!

The Sabers JV's hosted the Milford Spartans in their final game of the season on Friday, May 28th. The Sabers defeated the Spartans 8-4. The JV's finish up their season with an 11 and 3 record, 7 and 1 at home, 4-2 on the road.

Game Photos provided courtesy of David Reed.

Varsity Player of the Week!

James Astbury has been selected as the Souhegan Baseball PLAYER OF THE WEEK for the week of May 24, 2010. 

Photo provided courtesy of Bill Dod.

James returned to the Souhegan line-up after being injured during the off season. During the past week, James pitched four and two thirds innings of relief - allowing no earned runs. He also was the designated hitter in the 6-1 victory over Milford where James batted in the game winning run. He was 2 for 3 and 3 rbi in the regular season finale. James return added depth to the Sabers line-up as the team enters next week's Class I tournament. 

Patricia Duval - Evelyn Riccitelli Memorial Award

The Patricia Duval - Evelyn Riccitelli Memorial Award For Outstanding Amherst Youth was presented on Friday, May 28, 2010 at the Memorial Day Observance to Alex Lyon for making Amherst a better place in which to live. Congratulations Alex! Maggie Paul and Alex Lyon can be seen in the photo below.

Junior Varsity Player of the Week!

This weeks JV player of the week is Eric Howard. Eric has played sold defense all year in center field. Eric has pitched 3 of the last 5 games throwing 18 innings with 25K's and only 5BB's 6ER and 15H. 

Photo provided courtesy of Bill Dod.

Eric has also performed well at the plate over that span with a .500 Avg. 20 AB, 10 H, 3 2B's, a 3B, a HR, 3 BB, scoring 9 R's and 9 RBI. On a very young team, Howard has been great team leader all season long. 

Cougars defeat Sabers, 11-6!

The Con-Val Cougars defeated the Souhegan Sabers 11 to 6 to split this years two games. With one game left on the schedule, The Sabers record is 12 wins and 3 losses.

Game Photos provided courtesy of Lisa Lyon.

Sophomore Robby McCormick started his first game after three very successful appearance, allowed seven runs (3 earned runs) ... relief pitcher Bob Graham throw one inning and allowed two earned runs. James Astbury pitched the final three and two thirds innings allowing two unearned runs.

NH Class I Rookie of the Week!

Robby McCormick (Souhegan) Robby is a sophomore whose role is as a pinch hitter and relief pitcher. During the past week, Robby entered the Pelham in the third inning and proceeded to pitch 4 and two thirds innings, while allowing only three hits and no earned runs and struck out eight players to pick up his first career victory (to go allowing with a pair of saves he has picked up earlier in the season). 

Varsity Stats Posted!

Coach Dod has released the varsity batting, pitching and defensive stats. Click on the links below to view the stats.

SHS Athlete of the Year, DJ Petropulos!

Congratulations to Souhegan Baseball's Senior Catcher DJ Petropulos on his recent Souhegan High School Rotary Male Athlete of the Year award! 

Photo provided courtesy of Bill Dod.

In the photo above, DJ is accompanied by the Souhegan High School Rotary Female Athlete of the Year recipient Brianna Gunter. The awards were presented at the Senior Athletic Awards dinner on Thursday, May 13th.

SHS Player of the Week, Terry Dugdale!

Terry Dugdale pitched eight strong innings of three hit, no earned runs and eleven strikes outs to pick up he 5 to 2 victory over Kingswood. 

Photo provided courtesy of David Reed.

He has been a great leader on the baseball field and a large factor in the success the baseball is having this season. 

New Freshman Game Photos, 5/16!

Coach Dod has provided several new game photos of the Freshman vs Bishop Guertin game on Thursday, May 13th. Click here or click the image below to view the photos.

Photo provided courtesy of Bill Dod.

Female Sportsmanship Award!

Congratulations to Jessica Beliveau, daughter of Souhegan Assistant Baseball Coach Mike Beliveau, on her recent Sportsmanship Award.

Photo provided courtesy of Bill Dod.

The award was presented at the Senior Athletic Awards dinner on Thursday, May 13th.

Varsity wins at Fisher Cat Stadium, 5-2!

The New Hampshire Fisher Cats Stadium in Manchester was the site of an outstanding high school baseball game between the Souhegan Sabers and the Kingswood Knights ... it was so much fun and the exciting high level of play by both teams it took nine innings to "crown" a winner.

Photos provided courtesy of David Reed.

Souhegan sophomore Terry Dugdale and Kingswood senior Jeff Runnals dueled for nine innings, with the Sabers coming out on to 5 to 2. For Terry Dugdale, he pitched eight innings, allowed three hits, no earned runs while striking out eleven. Sophomore Robby McCormick pitched a scoreless and very exciting ninth inning where he struck out 2 and allowed no earned runs. For Kingswood, Jeff Runnals struck out nine and battled the Sabers bats for nine innings.

The Souhegan defense was led by catcher D J Petropulos (three excellent catches and caught a running stealing a base). more details...

200th Win for Varsity!

The Souhegan Sabers achieved a milestone with the 11-10 victory over Milford. In the eighteen years of baseball to be played at Souhegan, the Varsity recorded their 200th victory. 

CONGRATULATIONS to all of the players (alumni and current players), assistant coaches and head coach for reaching another milestone!!!

Freshman Player of the Week!

Connor Cinque has been selected as the Souhegan Baseball Freshmen of the week. 

Connor pitched 5 strong innings against Portsmouth to help guide the freshmen team to it's first win of the season, scattering 5 hits over 5 innings, while striking out 4. He also helped contribute to the win at the plate, going 1-2 with an RBI and a run scored. 

NY Trip Photographs - 4/12!

Coach Colombo has provided over 100 new photos from the trip to New York City last week. Click here to view all photos.

Photos provided courtesy of Brian Colombo.

2010 Coaches Clinic Held!

The annual NHHSBCA Coaches Clinic was held on Sunday, February 14th, 2010 at Souhegan High School in Amherst. Approximately 100 high school coaches from around NH attended the clinic. 

Photos provided courtesy of Bill Dod.

Coach Dods new fundraising program, the "Hitters Club", will allow anyone to donate to the Souhegan Baseball program. While any donation is possible, the "Hitters Club" contains four different donation levels: Hit a Homer for $20, Hit a Triple for $15, Hit a Double for $10, and Hit a Single for $5. Your name and donation level will also be listed on the "Hitters Club" page. Click here to "Hitters Club" page.

If you would like donate then email Coach Dod or contact Diane Gratz in the Athletic office.

GSBA Winter Baseball Calendar, 12/06!

Follow all of the Granite State Baseball Association winter clinics and events on their calendar. Click here to the GSBA calendar. 

SHS Players placed wreaths, 11/29!

Coach Dod, Coach Beliveau and many of the Souhegan Baseball players laid wreaths at the Amherst Cemetery on Sunday morning. 

Coach Dod has provided several photos. Click on the picture above for more images.

SHS Players attend clinic, 11/28!

Several Souhegan Baseball players attended the Purdue University Players Clinic held on Saturday at the Hampshire Dome in Milford. 

Coach Dod has provided several photos. Click on the picture below for more images.

Coach Dod would like to thank James Astbury. Kyle Beaulieu, Austin Cote, Bobby Graham, Mary Hession, Jack Hopfenspirger, Pat McDeed , George Mukai and Ben Polio for their assistance at the Hampshire Doom Saturday. 

Umbrellas are On Sale Now!

We are NOW selling umbrellas. The kick off for the sale was successful as a number of umbrellas were sold at the boys' soccer match (THANK YOU Mr and Mrs Aunio) and at the football game (THANK YOU Peter Bennett, Austin Cote, James DiLiegro, Patrick McDeed and Mrs Peg Bennett).

Peter Bennett and Patrick McDeed can be seen above with a sample. Our goal will be to have each player / family to sell two. 

The umbrellas will sell for $20. For each umbrella you sell, your individual account will be credited with $10. This will be placed toward YOUR cap, jacket and Spring Trip. 

Congratulations to SHS Baseball!

Congratulations to the Souhegan Baseball Players, you have been you have been honored as the Number One Sportsmanship Team in Class I, Oyster River was second, Milford and Lebanon were tied for third.

NH 450 Wins Club!

On Friday, April 17, 2009, Thomas Underwood (Plymouth High School) and Bill Dod (Souhegan High School) entered the 450 win club. 

The Plymouth Bobcats defeated Laconia 13 to 2 and the Souhegan Sabers defeated Con-Val Regional 11 to 7.

Contact Information:

William Dod

Steve Albano, Apr '10 - Babson College,

Stephen will be playing for Babson College in Wellesley, Massachusetts this season.

#14 Steve Albano 
Sophomore, RHP/SS, R/R
Amherst, NH
Souhegan High School

Matt Reed, Apr '10 - Castleton,

Matt will be playing for Castleton State College in Vermont this season.

#17 Matt Reed 
Freshman, Catcher
Amherst, NH
Souhegan High School

Ryan Thompson, Apr '10 - UConn,

Ryan will be playing for the University of Connecticut this season.

#13 Ryan Thompson 
Sophomore, RHP/OF, R/R
Fort McMurray, Alberta
Souhegan High School

James Mangan, SHS Class of '99 - James resettled in South Korea, playing on a local men's team as the only foreigner. I continue to play America's pastime in adult life, something I hope the student-athletes will see and remember as they age.

My team, Gangneung Family, is part of an amateur league based in Gangneung, Korea. I'm looking forward to the season as the team's primary starting pitcher. My teammates have shown me lots of support, and despite barriers in language, the love of the game is what brings us together (at 7am every Sunday). 

I work at an after-school academy teaching English to students aged 10-16. I've met a wonderful Korean woman, and she and I will be married this spring. Teaching English abroad has allowed me wonderful opportunities, and I hope its something that the students will consider, especially after they graduate from college. Coincidentally, Jamie Chevalier is also in the country, teaching in Seoul, as his brother Mark had done before. 

Alumni Jamie Chevalier Awarded Golden Glove!

KEENE,N.H. 4/14/09 - Keene State's Jamie Chevalier was presented with his Gold Glove, emblematic for being the top fielding second baseman in Division III prior to the Owls game against Plymouth State last week. 

Photo from Keene State Website.

Chevalier was one of nine Division III players named to the ABCA/Rawlings Gold Glove team last season. The junior second baseman from Amherst, N.H. posted a fine .980 fielding percentage making just five errors in 256 opportunities while helping the Owls turn a program high 49 double plays this past season. more details...

Souhegan High School has recently contracted with Dynamite Sports, Lemoyne, PA, to make college recruiting educational information available on the internet to all student-athletes. Dynamite Sports is a recruiting education company that provides student-athletes with information to make knowledgeable choices & decisions regarding the college recruiting process. 

The Dynamite Sports website provides students and parents with access to large amounts of information and videos regarding the recruiting process. If your student athlete is college bound, or interested in the college recruiting process, then take some time to review this information. 

A link to Dynamite Sports is located on the upper left side of this website. The Username and Password login information will appear on the next page that appears.