Division I
NASHUA - Derek Stank wasn't worried about how many yards the Bedford High School football team might allow in Friday night's opener against Nashua North. The Bulldogs knew shutting down the Titans offense wasn't going to happen. But shutting them out, that was a different story.
Division II
PELHAM - Coach Tom Babaian thought the Pelham High School football team had flipped the switch as the second quarter came to a close. Pelham’s defense, which closed out last season with four straight shutouts, had just denied Alvirne at the goal line to keep a scoreless tie intact heading into the h
Division I
SALEM - If the Salem High School football team that showed up Friday against Exeter shows up every week this year, Division I needs to take notice. The Blue Devils dominated the pace of play throughout and never trailed as they took down the Blue Hawks 28-7 in the season opener for both. Salem contr
Fall Sports
The Goffstown High School field hockey team opened the season with a shutout of Sanborn, winning 3-0 in the Division II opener for both teams. Emily Campbell had a goal and an assist for the Grizzlies while Alexandra Page and Makayla Strickulis also had a goal each, with all
Division I
Not everyone was happy when Madison Lucontoni decided she wanted to kick for the football team before her freshman year at Bedford High School. A three-sport athlete who does softball in the spring and ice hockey in the winter, Lucontoni played soccer every fall, going to camps and taking lessons to
Division I
There is one team that Division I coaches point to as the clearcut favorite this football season. But that question that almost everyone follows that up with is just how much better might the Pinkerton Academy football team be than the rest of the division? The answer will begin to
The Season
The Goffstown High School field hockey team got the 2018 season underway with its first day of tryouts and practice. The Grizzlies return nine seniors to a team that went 8-6 and reached the Division II playoffs.
Division II
Ask the coaches around Division II football, and many will tell you, despite the graduation of some pretty good players, the Plymouth High School football team is once again the team to beat. Only time will tell if the two-time defending champions are back to the level that saw
Division III-IV
In perhaps the biggest structural change to New Hampshire high school football since 2013, the NHIAA split its small-school division in two for 2018, giving the state four groupings for the first time since 2003. The new Division IV will consist of eight programs that had struggled in recent
Fall Sports
On this week's episode of the Ninth State Sports Show: Football Edition, Joe Marchilena and Mike Lochman recap last Friday’s Queen City Football Jamboree and share their impressions of the teams involved. They also take a look at some of the big games of Week 1 of
Fall Sports
MANCHESTER - Madison Lucontoni kicked a 40-yard field goal with 35.3 seconds left to lift the Bedford High School football team to a 24-21 win over Salem in Friday's Queen City Football Jamboree at Gill Stadium. Lucontoni's kicked help complete a comeback that saw
Division I
There are a lot of new names and new faces suiting up for the Salem High School football team this preseason. But for the Blue Devils, the 2018 season presents an opportunity for players who may have been overlooked in the past to shine. "Everybody knows our team was mostly seniors (last year)," Sal