Ninth State Sports Show
Ninth State Sports Show: Field Hockey Edition (Aug. 26)
With the field hockey regular season right around the corner, Joe Marchilena and Kelli Braley spend this week’s episode breaking down both Division I and Division II.
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Division III-IV
D3 Boys Lacrosse Preview: Hopkinton looks to continue run in deep division
It’s been quite the run for the Hopkinton High School boys lacrosse team the last seven seasons.
Division I
D1 Boys Lacrosse Preview: Bishop Guertin tries for its 4th title in a row
The year was 2004. George W. Bush was in the last year of his first term as President, the Patriots were coming off their second Super Bowl title, and yours truly had just graduated from college.
Division I
Bedford, Portsmouth-Oyster River ready for matchup in D1 football semifinal
Brian Pafford could not stop praising his team’s upcoming opponent. The Portsmouth-Oyster River football coach is excited to see how his team stacks up with one of the best Friday night. This content is for NHHS Sports Insider Weekly Pass, NHHS Sports Insider FANATIC, and NHHS Sports Insider ALL-S
Division II
Top teams chasing John Stark in D2 field hockey
Some history was made in Division II field hockey, when the John Stark Regional High School team won the first championship in program history.
Division I
Plenty of teams eyeing a title run in D1 field hockey
In the last 10 years, there have been four programs that have made it to the top of Division I field hockey, and another four programs have advanced to the championship game in that time.
Ninth State Sports Show
Ninth State Sports Show: Football Edition (Aug. 22)
Another year of the Ninth State Sports Show: Football Edition kickoffs off with Joe Marchilena and Mike Lochman previewing that state of Division I as the regular season creeps closer.
Division III-IV
Bow focused on rising past rest of D3 girls lacrosse
The back-and-forth battle that went on last season between the girls lacrosse teams from Hopkinton and Bow high schools left the Falcons on the wrong end of a Division III championship game.
Division II
Portsmouth, Derryfield look to hold off other contenders in D2 boys lacrosse
One of them has been in the Division II final every year since 2015, and three times in that span, they’ve both been there, including last season.
Division II
New era for D2 girls lacrosse beings with a wide-open field
For the first time since 2016, a team other than Portsmouth will be taking home the Division II girls lacrosse title. The Clippers are now gone to Division I, so who it will be?
Division I
Bedford, Portsmouth hoping to end Bishop Guertin’s hold on D1 girls lacrosse
For the first time in eight seasons, any preseason prediction for the Division I girls lacrosse final four better be written in pencil.
Division I
Rest of field in D1 boys lacrosse again chasing Bishop Guertin
The Bishop Guertin High School boys lacrosse team stretched its streak of championship appearances to 17 a year ago. That means almost all of the Cardinals’ roster in 2023 had yet to be born when this run started.