New Hampshire has long carried an athletic pedigree in the high school landscape.

The legendary Red Rolfe helped put baseball on the map in the area, and the momentum continued with names like Carlton Fisk and Cy Young Award-winning pitcher Mike Flanagan. Olympic gold medalists Tara Mounsey and Katie King dominated the hockey scene, and standout Matt Bonner helped add to the state’s basketball legacy.

That legacy, of course, continues today, with the next generation of athletes paving their way into the record books.Which high schools in New Hampshire are considered the best for athletes today? 

According to one study conducted by Niche, which accounts for survey feedback from students and parents—accounting for “reviews of athletics, number of state championships, student participation in athletics, and the number of sports offered at the school”—and data from the U.S. Department of Education, these are the top 25.

25. Pembroke Academy

Total number of sports: 23

24. Sanborn Regional High School (Kingston)

Total number of sports: 19

23. Hanover High School

Total number of sports: 28

22. Holderness School

Total number of sports: 34

21. Milford High School

Total number of sports: 24

20. Dover Senior High School

Total number of sports: 25

19. St. Thomas Aquinas High School (Dover)

Total number of sports: 26

18. The Derryfield School (Manchester)

Total number of sports: 43

17. Hollis-Brookline High School

Total number of sports: 24

16. Winnacunnet High School (Hampton)

Total number of sports: 27

15. Salem High School

Total number of sports: 26

14. Windham High School

Total number of sports: 25

13. Hopkinton High School (Contoocook)

Total number of sports: 12

12. Concord High School

Total number of sports: 17

11. Plymouth Regional High School

Total number of sports: 24

10. Coe-Brown Northwood Academy

Total number of sports: 24

9. Londonderry Senior High School

Total number of sports: 29

8. Portsmouth High School

Total number of sports: 25

7. Bow High School

Total number of sports: 27

6. Pinkerton Academy (Derry)

Total number of sports: 23

5. Gilford High School

Total number of sports: 25

4. Souhegan Cooperative High School (Amherst)

Total number of sports: 30

3. Exeter High School

Total number of sports: 34

2. Bishop Guertin High School (Nashua)

Total number of sports: 35

1. Bedford High School

Total number of sports: 34

Following the arrest of more than 50 people after a “takeover” at Hampton Beach in New Hampshire during the hot weather on Tuesday, the police chief tells WBZ-TV his department is seeking to charge those who organized the event.

Flyers posted on various social media sites advertised a “Hampton Beach Takeover.” The result was that on Tuesday, thousands of kids, many of them high school seniors skipping school, congregated at Hampton Beach.

When the skies opened and it started rain around 4:30, the group of teens ran onto Ocean Boulevard, where police say that fights broke out. Fifty people were arrested for charges, including alcohol possession and disorderly conduct.

Beach takeovers like this are not uncommon. WBZ-TV has covered several similar situations on Revere Beach in Massachusetts.

Local Hampton business owner Kristen Statires said this has become an annual issue, happening on the first hot weather day of every season since the pandemic.

“And the police know about it, we know about it, so we were expecting it. Like we knew it was going to happen,” she said.

When the kids ran into the street, she closed her shop doors and shut down for the day.

In a phone call with WBZ, Hampton Police Chief Alex Reno said his department already knows the two groups of people behind organizing the beach takeover, and plans to file the appropriate charges. 

“It would be an aggressive move on the police’s part, but it would certainly send a message,” said WBZ legal analyst Jennifer Roman.

Reno said his department was continuing to gather evidence and is working with law-enforcement partners across New England and even at the federal level to determine the appropriate charges before issuing arrest warrants. The hope is that charging the organizers creates a deterrent for any future similar behavior.

CONCORD, NH — The fifth person arrested during a drug raid at the Concord Coalition to End Homelessness apartment building downtown is due back in court for a probable cause hearing next month.

Wilkie Gabriel Reyes Reynoso, 27, of Kendrick Street in Nashua, was arrested on May 14 on three felony counts of possession of a controlled drug.

On May 13, just before midnight, police executed a search warrant at an apartment in the Coalition’s new building on South State Street. The warrant was for the apartment and anyone located inside, according to an affidavit.

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Earlier in the evening, Denise Davenport, 57, who listed the address as her residence despite being trespassed from all Concord Coalition properties, was picked up on an electronic bench warrant as well as two felony counts of acts prohibited-sale of controlled drugs.

Editor’s note: This post was derived from information supplied by the Concord Police Department and Concord District Court and does not indicate a conviction. This link explains how to request the removal of a name from New Hampshire Patch police reports.

Officers arrived at the apartment and detained multiple people.

Reyes Reynoso was accused of possessing a baggie of fentanyl, a baggie of methamphetamine, and two baggies of cocaine. He also had a cell phone vape, a cell phone, and $295 in cash, the affidavit said. Reyes Reynoso was processed and held on preventative detention.

Crystal Marquis Credit: Concord Police Department

Crystal Marquis, 46, of Concord, on a resisting arrest or detention charge.

Brittany Price Credit: Concord Police Department

Brittany Price, 29, of Concord, on a Merrimack County Sheriff’s Department warrant on a theft by unauthorized taking charge, as well as warrants from the Hooksett police, Brentwood District Court, and two Franklin District Court warrants. Another man, in his late 40s, was detained but has not been charged, according to police documents. According to the affidavit, “(he) was searched and nothing was located on his person.”

Reyes Reynoso was deemed “indigent” by Judge Ryan Guptill and given a public defender. He was released on personal recognizance after being arraigned on May 14 and is due back in Concord District Court for a probable cause hearing on June 8.