Posts Tagged ‘football’
Bishop Guertin looks to bounce back with trip to Dover
The Bishop Guertin High School football team has played five games this season, winning three and losing two. While that record doesn’t look good on paper, it is somewhat deceiving. (more...)
Spartans, Bulldogs stage early battle for postseason spot
Things are about to get interesting in Division III football. That’s what happens when the top five teams in the division mostly don’t play each other for the first month of the season. (more...)
McRae, South blow past North
NASHUA – It was the Armond McRae show at Stellos Stadium Thursday night, but that was because no one else had a chance to get on stage for the Nashua High School South football team. McRae touched the football eight times for 248 yards and four touchdowns as the Panthers blew past Nashua North, 47-0, in a Division I game. (more...)
Pigskin Prophets: Week 6
The football schedule starts a night earlier this week, as some schools have decided to move games in order to avoid playing on Yom Kippur. Three games - Nashua North at Nashua South, Merrimack at Keene, Pinkerton at Exeter - will be played Thursday. A big game looms Friday in Division III, as Milford heads to Bedford in a game where the loser [...]
Commentary: Nothing wrong with Nashua football
When the decision was made over 10 years ago to split Nashua High School in two, there was worry from some corners of what would happen to the athletic programs. Would Nashua teams take a hit now that the talent pool wasn't as deep as it used to be? In some cases, it did. There are several sports at both schools that have suffered due to the [...]
Merrimack, Keene try to keep playoff hopes alive
Joe Battista isn’t one for change, but he couldn’t be happier that his Merrimack High School football team will be playing on Thursday. Anything to get the taste of last week’s 24-0 loss to Timberlane out of the Tomahawks’ collective mouth. (more...)
Around the Granite State: Somersworth denied hockey merger
Stories from around the world of New Hampshire high school sports. The NHIAA denied a petition from Somersworth and Coe-Brown Northwood Academy to create a co-op boys ice hockey team for the 2011-12 season. Somersworth, the defending Division III champion, could have as few as 11 players tryout for the team this year. (Foster's Daily [...]
Football roundup: Week 5
Here’s a look around the state at what went on in Week 5 of New Hampshire High School football. (more...)
Monadnock football coach out, then in
Linwood Patnode surprised a lot of people Thursday when he unexpectedly resigned as the head football coach at Monadnock Regional High School. The coach cited what he felt was a lack of support from school administrators, according to a story in the The Keene Sentinel. But after players and other supporters protested the move at a [...]
Nashua North looks for ways to slow down Salem
A young Nashua High School North football team might be a whole lot younger on Saturday. That doesn't bode well against a Salem team that features one of the best players in the state in Jerickson Fedrick. The two teams will meet Saturday at 3 p.m. at Stellos Stadium in Nashua. (more...)