Division III-IV
LACONIA - When Jay Wood first moved to Contoocook in 1999, the lack of a football program in the area struck him. When he was hired as Hillsboro-Deering High School’s athletic director in 2007 he proposed the idea of starting one. Seven years later, the H-D/Hopkinton Redhawks cooperative team star
Division III-IV
LACONIA – Staring at a 14-point deficit in the second quarter, the Hillsboro-Deering High School football team needed to reverse the momentum that defending-champion Mascoma Valley was building during Saturday afternoon’s Division IV championship game. The Hillcats did that and they didn’t give the
Fall Sports
Here are results from the weekend’s football playoff action.
Division II
AMHERST - The Souhegan High School football team already had taken control of Saturday's Division II semifinal in the first half. The Sabers removed any doubt in the opening minute of the third quarter. Top-seeded Souhegan scored 20 points in just 43 seconds to start the second half, ending any mo
Division I
MANCHESTER - The Salem High School football team found success with its defensive game plan for most of Friday night's Division I quarterfinal against Manchester Memorial. But when it came to crunch time, the Blue Devils put the game away with an old-fashioned game of keep away, going on a 17-play
Division I
NASHUA - The Nashua High School South football team believes it has the best wide receivers in the state and after Friday night’s quarterfinal you can certainly see why. Senior quarterback Cody Jackson went 16 for 22 with 214 passing yards and two touchdowns, and senior receiver Colvin Levesque (11
Division I
BEDFORD – After earning the top seed in the Division I playoffs, the undefeated Bedford High School football team was eager to follow its bye week with aggression entering Friday night’s quarterfinal against Winnacunnet. The eighth-seed Warriors fell victim to that in a dominant fashion from the st
Fall Sports
The playoff field has been cut in half, and this weekend, the first of four champions will be crowned. No one wants to go home early, so now is the time to pull out all the stops and leave nothing in the bag.
The Season
The Manchester West High School football team wrapped up the regular season with a trip to Hanover on Halloween and things got a little scary.
Ninth State Sports Show
The first weekend of playoffs are in the rearview mirror, and Joe Marchilena and Mike Lochman recap the opening rounds of the postseason and take a look at what’s coming up in the next round.
Division I
NASHUA – For whatever reason, the Bishop Guertin High School team didn’t come out with much juice in the first half of Saturday afternoon’s first-round game of the Division I playoffs against Nashua North. The Cardinals found their mojo coming out of the locker room at halftime. After slumping thr
Division III-IV
HILLSBORO - Plenty of history was made in Saturday’s Division IV football semifinal. For the Hillsboro-Deering High School team, it was the Hillcats first ever home playoff game. For visiting Farmington-Nute, it was the Tigers first playoff appearance. And then Robert King made some history of his