Ninth State Sports Show
The girls lacrosse championship games are here and Joe Marchilena and Helena Bird go over how the six teams remaining got to this point and look at what to expect from those finals matchups.
Division I
EXETER - Playing in the second Division I girls lacrosse semifinal had Portsmouth High School coach JoJo Curro a little concerned about how the Clippers might start the game. When the first semifinal went into overtime, that feeling strengthened, but when the team started warm up, it started to fad
Division II
NASHUA - Alyssa Brodeur and Lilly Jones were walking back to midfield at Stellos Stadium to get ready for a draw in the final seconds of the third quarter of Sunday's Division II girls lacrosse semifinal. The Merrimack Valley High School teammates were quiet until Jones told Brodeur she needed to
Division II
NASHUA - Skyla Mace felt like the Winnacunnet High School girls lacrosse team was finally getting into its groove midway through the second quarter of Saturday's Division II semifinal. But two quick goals by Hanover cut the Warriors' lead down to one with a little more than two minutes remaining in
Division II
HOLLIS - The St. Thomas Aquinas High School boys lacrosse team has relied on its offense throughout this season. When the offense wasn't clicking Saturday, the Saints found ways to pick up the slack all over the field. No. 5 St. Thomas held No. 4 Hollis Brookline scoreless in the fourth quarter, a
Division II
MANCHESTER - It had only been eight days since the Derryfield School boys lacrosse team wrapped up the regular season against Oyster River-Newmarket. With the result of that game having no weight on the final Division II standings, both teams played a flat through what ended up as a Cougars' win.
Spring Sports
Here are results from Saturday’s high school playoff action.
Division I
AMHERST - When it was all over Thursday night, McKinley Curro-Sbordone emphasized to her Souhegan High School girls lacrosse team what it had just done. For the first time since moving up to Division I a decade ago, Bishop Guertin wouldn't be advancing to the semifinals, and the Sabers stopped that
Division I
DERRY - The Pinkerton Academy girls lacrosse team had seen all of it before. When the Astros played Bedford just two weeks before, the first half had unfolded almost exactly the same, with Pinkerton taking an early lead and Bedford going on a run in the second quarter to pull in front at halftime.
Spring Sports
Here are results from Thursday’s high school playoff action.
Division III-IV
CONCORD - Dennis Reilly gets excited whenever Abe Pearson has the ball. The Lebanon High School boys lacrosse coach doesn't always know what's going to happen, but more often than not, it's something good for the Raiders. Late in the fourth quarter of Wednesday's Division III preliminary round g
Ninth State Sports Show
It’s time for the postseason to get underway and Joe Marchilena and Chris Hettler go over the matchups and schedule changes for the first couple of rounds of the boys lacrosse playoffs.