‘Fall Sports’ Archives
Pigskin Prophets: Week 10
Editor's note: The aftermath of the October snowstorm, combined with major computer problems, have limited efforts to update the site this week. We will hopefully be back up and running at full speed by Monday, and will get caught up with all the playoff and football action then. Thank you for your patience and understanding, and we hope that [...]
Trinity, St. Thomas, Inter-Lakes get top football seeds
The football playoffs for Divisions IV, V and VI are scheduled to begin on Saturday, and the NHIAA released pairings for all three divisions Monday. (more...)
Playoff games rescheduled
The NHIAA has spent the last few days repeatedly updating its Web site rescheduling playoff games in field hockey and soccer. Here is a list of when games will now be played (* denotes tentative reschedule). (more...)
North hosts Merrimack in crossover game
A late-season crossover game can do a few things for high school football teams. It can give a team headed for the playoffs an extra week to work on things, or to rest players, without consequence. It can also give a non-playoff contender a week to build for next year. Both Nashua North and Merrimack would be the later of those two. [...]
H/B win sets up showdown with Goffstown
HOLLIS - Sean Connors scored three touchdowns and Colin Pellerin added two more and rushed for over 100 yards to lead the Hollis/Brookline High School football team to a 35-14 win Friday night over Milford. Connors caught touchdown pass of 47- and 33-yards from Kyle Gervais, and added a 6-yard scoring run, while Pellerin scored twice in the [...]
Pigskin Prophets: Week 9
Big games await this weekend, as Exeter and Nashua South battle for the second seed in Division; Bedford and Portsmouth meet in a game with playoff implications in Division III; and Timberlane and Spaulding will battle for a playoff berth in Division II. Check out the jump for this week's picks. (more...)
Merrimack Valley, Bow advance to D2 field hockey final
EXETER - Brianna Durgin scored the game's only goal to lead No. 4 Merrimack Valley past No. 8 Souhegan, 1-0, in the Division II field hockey semifinals Thursday at Bill Ball Stadium in Exeter. No. 3 Bow knocked off No. 2 St. Thomas, 2-1, in the other semifinal, meaning the Falcons and the Pride will meet at 2:30 p.m. Sunday at Bedford High [...]
South, Exeter play for postseason positioning
Somewhere along the line, the Nashua High School South football team was tagged as a team with a porous defense. Through the first three games, that was true. The Panthers allowed an average of 39 points while winning non-division games against Dover and Lowell and losing to Pinkerton. But since then, South has been a different team on [...]
Memorial shuts out Merrimack in D1 field hockey semifinals
EXETER – In the five seasons that Ann MacLean has coached the Merrimack High School field hockey team, the Tomahawks have gotten a little better each year. Merrimack has made the playoffs all five seasons. In 2009, the ’Hawks won a playoff game for the first time, and last year, they finished in the top four for the first time. [...]
Souhegan girls soccer earns top seed in D2
Seven area high school girls soccer teams will participate when the postseason begins Wednesday afternoon. Hollis/Brookline and Nashua South will both host games in the Division I tournament, while Souhegan is the top seed in Division II. Wilton-Lyndeborough will also host a first-round game in Division IV. (more...)