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BEDFORD, N.H. — Pinkerton coach Denise Rioux described her team’s overtime loss to Winnacunnet in the Division 1 field hockey title game yesterday as a “knife in the heart.” Pinkerton blew two two-goal leads, including one with 14:25 remaining in the contest. “We had a great chance today,” Rioux said. “We had two two-goal leads and it was up to us to win it and we didn’t. So it’s tough. Disappointing. ... To lose two years in a row in overtime, too, is just a knife in the heart.” Winnacunnet senior Sarah Carter was right there in front of the net to smash a rebound past Pinkerton goalie Gina Rosinski in sudden-victory overtime. And just like that, the Astros lost for the third consecutive year in the state championship game. No. 1 Winnacunnet won 4-3 over No. 2 Pinkerton here at Bedford High School. “I had saved it (the first shot),” Rosinski said. “I went down and saved it and actually had it but they must have gotten it and I got back up and we just didn’t have someone there (to defend).” Rioux added: “We have nobody to blame but ourselves for this one. We had the lead. We had the momentum. We just didn’t make the stops. ... I’m kind of speechless at the moment.”

EXETER — Pinkerton senior Michelle Reid picked the perfect time to score her first ever varsity goal.

Reid slammed a shot past Salem goalie Allison Breton with 8:06 left in the Division 1 semifinal game. The No. 2 Astros held on for a 4-2 victory last night over the No. 3 Blue Devils, earning their third consecutive trip to the finals.

Brittany Hawkins scored two second half goals and Kara Parhiala scored one to lift No. 2 Pinkerton to a 3-0 victory over No. 7 Bishop Guertin yesterday.

Nicole Pacheco scored two goals for Pinkerton field hockey, which beat Timberlane 2-1 in overtime. Pacheco scored with under five minutes to go in the regulation and again in overtime.

 Jordyn Hamilton added to her school record with her 22nd goal of the season as Pinkerton blasted Concord 3-0.

Jordyn Hamilton broke the school record for most field hockey goals scored in a season during Pinkerton's win over Manchester Central. Hamilton scored a hat trick, with the third goal being her 21st of the season, which was done in only 12 games.

The Pinkerton field hockey scoring machine was fine tuned in a 9-0 romp over Nashua South. Jordyn Hamilton. who has 14 goals on the season, had a hat trick for the Astros (7-1-1) and Nicole Pacheco scored twice. Pinkerton now has 40 goals scored in just nine games.

Pinkerton's field hockey team wasted no time taking control yesterday, scoring three times in the first half in a 4-1 win over Keene. Jordyn Hamilton had two goals and an assist for the Astros.

Jordyn Hamilton of Pinkerton played the entire game and scored two goals, including the game winner in overtime as the Astros field hockey team won 3-2 over Bishop Guertin.