Five most dominant high school athletes in New Hampshire history

Three baseball greats, and a pair of Olympians highlight the top five high school athletes from the Granite State.
Carlton Fisk, Charlestown, 1965
Fisk was a two-sport start in high school and actually earned basketball scholarship to the University of New Hampshire after a stellar high school career. He also played baseball in high school and with the American Legion, helping the team from nearby Bellows Falls win the Vermont state championship in 1964. Drafted in the first round of the 1967 Major League Baseball draft, Fisk went on to become one of the greatest catchers in league history. He was an 11-time All-Star and was inducted into the baseball Hall of Fame in 2000.

Jenny Thompson, Dover, 1991
Although born in Massachusetts, Thompson spent her teenage years in Dover and burst on to the international swimming stage when she finished third in the 100 meters at the Pan-American Games in 1987. She went on to win a world championship her senior year in high school as a member of Team USA 4x100 meter freestyle relay team. Over the course of four Olympic Games (1992, 1996, 2000, 2004) she won eight gold medals, three silver and one bronze. In her swimming career representing the United States, Thompson won 81 medals, including 53 gold.

Mike Flanagan, Manchester Memorial (Manchester), 1971
Flanagan won a Cy Young Award as a pitcher for the Baltimore Orioles and finished his career with 167 wins and 1,491 strikeouts. He also helped the Orioles win a World Series in 1983. In high school, Flanagan played baseball and basketball and helped lead Manchester to back-to-back state championships in 1970 and 1971 in both sports. After high school, Flanagan attended the University of Massachusetts and set school records for career ERA (1.19) and career winning percentage (.923, 12-1).

Katie King, Salem, 1993
One of the great female hockey players of all-time, King played on three Olympic hockey teams and won a gold medal in 1998. She won the USA Hockey Women's Player of the Year Award in 2006. She is a Hall of Fame inductee in both ice hockey and softball at Brown University. In high school, King was 44-0 as a pitcher with six perfect games while leading Salem to four straight state titles. She has also been the ice hockey coach at Boston College, leading the team to national titles in 2016 and 2017.

Birdie Tebbetts, Nashua, 1930
An All-State quarterback and catcher while at Nashua, Tebbetts attended Providence University, where he was an All-American catcher. Tebbetts spent 14 years in the major leagues (except for three years during World War II), earning All-Star honors four times during the 1940s. Tebbetts also went on to manage 13 seasons in the league with the Reds, the Braves and the Indians.

Also considered: Don Macek, Manchester, football; Sherman White, Manchester, football; Matt Bonner, Concord, basketball; Red Rolfe, Penacook baseball; Greg Landry, Nashua, football.