Ninth State Sports Show: Football Edition (Aug. 25)

The football regular season creeps a little bit closer, and this week, Joe Marchilena and Mike Lochman go over every team in Division I and what they might expect to see for the upcoming season. 

Ninth State Sports Show: Field Hockey Edition (Aug. 24)

The start of the field hockey regular season is here. But before it starts, Joe Marchilena and Kelli Braley share their thoughts on Saturday's Playing for a Purpose Jamboree and preview all three divisions. 

Let the field hockey jamborees begin

The start of the field hockey regular season is just a week away, which means it's time for all the teams from around the state to ramp up their preparation this weekend.

Ninth State Sports Show: Football Edition (Aug. 18)

Football is back and that means Joe Marchilena and Mike Lochman have returned to bring you all you need to know about the 2026 season.

Ninth State Sports Show: Field Hockey Edition (Aug. 17)

The wait is over. Monday is the first official day of the field hockey preseason, and we can't let that go by without the first episode of the Ninth State Sports Show for 2026.

Highlights from the 1st NH Tomahawks Goalie vs. Shooter Showdown

The New Hampshire Tomahawks held their first Goalie vs. Shooter Showdown boys lacrosse competition Tuesday at the Derryfield School in Manchester.

Drouin, Laliberte writing next lacrosse chapter with PLL's Atlas

Hunter Drouin was already waiting by his cell phone on the morning of June 1 when he got a text message. Looking at his phone, Drouin saw the message was from Nathan Laliberte, and there was a song with it.

Highlights from the sixth week of Stix-0-3 Summer Field Hockey

Here are highlights from the sixth week of the Stix-0-3 Field Hockey Summer League.

Highlights from the Bow Wrestling Backyard Brawl (July 25)

Here are some highlights from a night of wrestling at the Bow Backyard Brawl.

Highlights from the Souhegan Girls Basketball Summer League (July 22)

Girls basketball highlights from the Souhegan Summer League playoffs.

Highlights from the fifth week of Stix-0-3 Summer Field Hockey

Highlights from the fifth week of the Stix-0-3 Summer Field Hockey League

Highlights from the fourth week of Stix-0-3 Summer Field Hockey

Here are highlights from the fourth week of the Stix-0-3 Summer Field Hockey League.

Winter Sports

Coaches hopeful to keep out-of-state girls basketball matchups on future schedules

Over the last two years, the girls basketball teams from Bishop Guertin and Bedford high schools have played five times.  This season, they were scheduled for at least two more games, including what would have been the season-opener for the Cardinals on Dec. 12, and the second game of the year for t

Division II

Sherwood rounding out two solid careers for Hollis Brookline football, wrestling

Over the history of New Hampshire high school athletics, there have been several student-athletes with the rare ability and opportunity to play four years of a varsity sport. Clement Sherwood has been one of those student-athletes at Hollis Brookline High School, but as he gets close to the halfway

Division I

Merrimack girls basketball able to hold off Pinkerton for win (video)

MERRIMACK - When it came down to crunch time, the Merrimack High School girls basketball team did the things it needed to do. It wasn't flashy or fancy, but it got the Tomahawks a win. Merrimack played solid on defense and made enough free throws at the right time Tuesday night to knock off Pinkerto

Division I

LaSalle Academy girls basketball pulls away in second half to beat Bishop Guertin (video)

NASHUA - Sean Reddy doesn't usually have the LaSalle Academy girls basketball team playing a lot of zone defense. But if something is working, might as well stick with it, and the zone was working just fine Saturday for the Rams. The defense helped LaSalle open the second half on a 19-2 run to turn

Division I

Bedford girls basketball rides press to victory over Johnston (video)

NASHUA - The Bedford High School girls basketball team went into Saturday's out-of-state matchup with Johnston (R.I.) not knowing much at all about the opponent. That just meant the Bulldogs had to focus more on what they do best - pressure the basketball. Bedford smothered Johnston from the start,

Division II

Milford boys basketball knocks off Souhegan despite slow start (video)

MILFORD - Dan Murray knew his Milford High School boys basketball team had a lot of growing up to do. The Spartans coach was a little surprised to see it happen in the first half of the team's first varsity game Friday night against Souhegan. After falling behind early, Milford was able to stay in t

Division II

Souhegan girls basketball pulls away in second half to beat Milford (video)

MILFORD - Mia Len knew that if the Souhegan High School girls basketball team was going to get a win Friday night against Milford, the Sabers needed some kind of spark in the second half. The Souhegan senior let her teammates know how she wanted to play over the game's final 16 minutes and hoped tha

Division I

Choate, Upton using friendship to help them adjust to being captains for Nashua North girls basketball

Danielle Upton's first memories of Alana Choate were not as friends, but rather competitors. The pair first got to know each other as young basketball players participating in Nashua's Girls Jr. Biddy Basketball program, playing against one another. But then, as they were preparing to make the leap

Division I

Young Londonderry looks to grow throughout girls basketball season

When listing off the young players on the varsity roster for the Londonderry High School girls basketball team, Nick Theos has reason for forgetting about sophomore Courtney Shay. Shay, one of two sophomores in the Lancers' starting lineup, is an experienced varsity player when compared to some of h

Winter Sports

Wrestling Roundup: Nashua South gets win over Londonderry

Here’s a look at wrestling results from Wednesday’s dual meets.

Division I

Dual of the Week: Londonderry at Nashua South wrestling (video)

Nashua South rallies for a 42-39 win over Londonderry.

Division I

Nashua North girls basketball needs overtime to beat Londonderry (video)

LONDONERRY - The Nashua High School North girls basketball team learned a valuable lesson Tuesday night. Even when the Titans aren't at their best, they can find a way to win a game. North struggled to shoot for large stretches against Londonderry, and despite letting a five-point lead slip away in