Around the Granite State: Goffstown field hockey hangs on to beat Londonderry

Here are results from Thursday's high school field hockey action.

Winnacunnet field hockey takes battle with Pinkerton (video)

Warriors remain unbeaten on the season, hand Astros their first loss.

Pigskin Prophets: Week 6

The final stretch of the football season is approaching, and for some teams, if they want to keep playing beyond October, are at their limit.

The Season (2026): Souhegan Field Hockey, Episode 6

The Souhegan High School field hockey team wrapped up a week of road trips with a game at John Stark and then started a stretch of home games against Hollis Brookline.

Playoff Picture: Football (Oct. 8)

It's a week closer to the end of the regular season, and in some cases, it almost feels like the playoff picture got murkier.

Around the Granite State: Souhegan field hockey knocks off Bedford

Here are results from Wednesday's high school field hockey action.

Londonderry football found its spark by taking from Salem

Lancers get back to what had been missing in second half of win over Blue Devils.

Around the Granite State: Plymouth field hockey gets win over Manchester (video)

Here are results from Tuesday's high school field hockey action.

Nashua North football able to get it together, then hang on for key win

Whether it was something on the field or not, the Nashua High School North football team got off to a slow start in the first half of Friday night's game against Goffstown.

NHHSSports Football Performances of the Week (Oct. 6)

Every week during the football season, on the Ninth State Sports Show podcast, Joe Marchilena and Mike Lochman will each select a Player and a Team of the Week from the previous weekend’s performances.

Ninth State Sports Show: Football Edition (Oct. 6)

The air is getting chilled and the football is getting exciting as the regular season reaches the halfway point.

Around the Granite State: Londonderry field hockey holds off Merrimack

Here are results from Monday's high school field hockey action.

Division I

Portsmouth boys basketball holds off Manchester Central to reach D1 final

DURHAM - The Portsmouth High School boys basketball team has played the same kind of defense for several years. But if the Clippers were going to get past Manchester Central in the Division I semifinals Wednesday night, coach Jim Mulvey felt his team was going to have to make an adjustment. The chan

Division I

Dover boys basketball upsets Exeter to reach D1 championship game (video)

DURHAM – If Wednesday night's Division I semifinal was to come down to a final possession, Matt Fennessy hoped his Dover High School boys basketball team would be the one with the chance to win on a final shot. While the game came down to the final few moments, it was Dover's defense that stepped up

Division I

Three-peat could be just the beginning for Bishop Guertin girls basketball

Brad Kreick shared a fact after last Saturday's Division I championship game about the Bishop Guertin High School girls basketball team that put the team's most recent title in a big of perspective. With a group of media members gathered around him following the Cardinals' third championship in his

Division II

Hollis Brookline boys basketball holds on to beat Merrimack Valley, advance to D2 final (video)

DURHAM - The memory of last season was fresh on the minds of the Hollis Brookline High School boys basketball team heading into Monday's Division II semifinal against Merrimack Valley. The last time the Cavaliers stepped on the court at Lundholm Gym, they'd come up short of reaching the championship

Division II

Oyster River boys basketball beats Pembroke in overtime to reach D2 title game (video)

DURHAM – Max Lewis couldn’t stop himself from shaking. The junior stood at the free throw line with his Oyster River High School boys basketball team trailing Pembroke by one point with 3.9 seconds left in Monday’s Division II semifinal. Lewis was about to shoot the front end of a one-and-one and tr

Division II

Composure, confidence helped Hollis Brookline girls basketball withstand John Stark comeback in D2 final

When Jillian Douzanis made a pair of free throws Friday night to give the John Stark High School girls basketball team its first lead of the Division II championship game, Hollis Brookline's Joanna Balsamo didn't panic. There was still more than 10 minutes left to be played in the final, and it had

Division I

Manchester Central boys basketball advances to final four with win over Nashua South

MANCHESTER - After upsetting on Manchester school in the first round of the Division I playoffs, the Nashua High School South boys basketball team tried to upset another on Saturday. While the No. 13 Panthers were within four points early in the fourth quarter, it was No. 5 Manchester Central that p

Division III-IV

Second-half comeback lifts Somersworth boys basketball past Campbell in D3 final

MANCHESTER - Bryton Early thought the Somersworth High School boys basketball team needed to get the trust back. Hilltoppers coach Rob Fauci felt his team was playing too much "hero ball." Tyler Clark said it seemed the pace Campbell was playing at forced he and his teammates to do things they would

Division I

Bishop Guertin girls basketball takes charge, beat Pinkerton win third straight D1 title

MANCHESTER – When a team plays great defense, it can make things miserable for the opposition. For the final three quarters of Saturday’s Division I championship, the Bishop Guertin High School girls basketball team made life miserable for Pinkerton Academy. The No. 5 Cardinals stifled the No. 2 Ast

Division I

Midseason meeting with Bedford helped Bishop Guertin girls basketball work out its kinks

The Bishop Guertin High School girls basketball team prides itself on being a defensive-minded squad, but on Jan. 16, the Cardinals learned their offense needed a fix. Facing a zone defense for the first time this year, Bishop Guertin scored just 43 points in a loss to Bedford for its only setback a

Division I

Nothing could have kept Pinkerton girls basketball's Lemire from playing semifinal

It only happened for a moment. Pinkerton Academy girls basketball coach Lani Buskey remembers there being just one utterance from Amanda Lemire, her senior point guard, as she was on the ground after trying to take a charge during the Astros quarterfinal win over Londonderry. "Blood was running down

Division II

Hollis Brookline girls basketball knocks off John Stark to win first D2 championship

MANCHESTER - The unknown can be scary, and it was doubly so for the Hollis Brookline High School girls basketball team going into Friday night's Division II championship game. Not only were the No. 3 Cavaliers facing a team they didn't see during the regular season, but No. 13 John Stark hadn't been