Division I
DERRY – The Pinkerton Academy football team may have lost three straight games to end the regular season, but the defending Division I champion still entered the playoffs with a lot of confidence with the knowledge it'd finally be healthy. With the rash of injuries behind them, the Astros are back t
Division III-IV
LACONIA – Staring at a 14-point deficit in the second quarter, the Hillsboro-Deering High School football team needed to reverse the momentum that defending-champion Mascoma Valley was building during Saturday afternoon’s Division IV championship game. The Hillcats did that and they didn’t give the
Division I
BEDFORD – After earning the top seed in the Division I playoffs, the undefeated Bedford High School football team was eager to follow its bye week with aggression entering Friday night’s quarterfinal against Winnacunnet. The eighth-seed Warriors fell victim to that in a dominant fashion from the sta
Division I
NASHUA – For whatever reason, the Bishop Guertin High School team didn’t come out with much juice in the first half of Saturday afternoon’s first-round game of the Division I playoffs against Nashua North. The Cardinals found their mojo coming out of the locker room at halftime. After slumping throu
Division III-IV
LITCHFIELD – The Monadnock High School football team’s plan at the beginning of the week was to simply focus on finishing an undefeated regular season against defending Division III champion Campbell. That all changed when real life hit the East Swanzey community with the death of Monadnock senior T
Division I
HAMPTON – With the Division I playoffs on the horizon, the Bishop Guertin and Winnacunnet high school football teams delivered a memorable end to the regular season on Friday. All the way down until the last play. Facing a fourth-and-goal, Winnacunnet quarterback Sean Griffin was stuffed on a keeper
Division I
WINDHAM – All week, Concord High School football coach James Corkum tried to figure out a game plan to counter the defensive line duo that Windham possessed in Robert Durkin and Brooks Batson. Following Saturday’s game, Corkum made a point to shake their hands and he told them they are "game wrecker
Division II
PELHAM – After coming on in relief to lead the Souhegan High School football team to last week’s win over Plymouth, Michael Fiengo had a full week to prepare as he returned to his starting quarterback duties ahead of Friday night’s game against Pelham. With no setbacks following shoulder injury that
Division I
BEDFORD – There had been little adversity facing the Bedford High School football team through the first six games of the season, but the Bulldogs found themselves in the rare position of trailing entering halftime of Friday night’s game against Bishop Guertin. Thankfully for Bedford, the running fo
Division I
HAMPTON — Sullivan Duffy’s athletic Friday began by making six saves as the goalie for the Winnacunnet High School boys soccer team during a win over Portsmouth. A few hours later, the junior showed how dangerous of a weapon he can be kicking the ball for the Winnacunnet football team against Manche
Division I
PORTSMOUTH – After three straight losses, there was no sugarcoating the importance for the Portsmouth-Oyster River football team entering Friday night’s game against undefeated Winnacunnet High School. The ClipperCats played with that urgency and did exactly what they needed to do to spark a hopeful
Division II
BEDFORD – Ever since losing to Windham last June, the Winnacunnet High School girls lacrosse team has been determined to get back to the Division II championship game and finish the job this time around. The Warriors' drive throughout a dominant season was rewarded. Top-seeded Winnacunnet jumped out