Joe has been covering high school sports for the better part of 12 years. A 2004 graduate of the University of Pittsburgh, he was worked at newspapers in Kentucky, Pennsylvania and New Hampshire befor
Division I
Nathan Laliberte had already made up his mind, but none of his friends knew that. So when he invited Mason and Hunter Drouin over to last summer, the brothers showed up with a presentation to try to convince Laliberte to return to Pinkerton Academy for his senior year. After going to school in Derry
Division I
The last couple of years had already been some turbulent ones for the Timberlane Regional High School boys lacrosse program. The Owls made the playoffs in three out of four seasons in Division II, but came up empty in each postseason appearance. With a new, two-year cycle set to begin for the New Ha
Spring Sports
On this week’s episode of the Ninth State Sports Show: Lacrosse Edition, Joe Marchilena and Derryfield coach Chris Hettler talk to Pinkerton boys lacrosse coach Steve Gaudreau about his path to becoming the Astros head coach, and Hollis Brookline girls lacrosse coach Jim Maxwell about what the Caval
Division I
Sarah Signorello started playing lacrosse in fourth grade, and for every season since then, she's played alongside the same group of girls, all of whom are seniors at Nashua High School South. It started with the Nashua Blast youth program, and then on to club teams with MaxLax and Granite State Eli
Spring Sports
Steve Gaudreau wasn't thinking about lacrosse when he took a teaching job at Pinkerton Academy. It had been almost three years since he'd stepped down as the men's lacrosse coach at Saint Anselm College when he arrived in Derry, and although he'd been coaching at the youth level, the desire to retur
Spring Sports
On this week’s episode of the Ninth State Sports Show: Lacrosse Edition, Joe Marchilena and Derryfield coach Chris Hettler talk to Nashua South boys lacrosse coach Bill Monsen about how his team reacted to the cancellation of the season and Londonderry girls lacrosse coach Callie Santos about taking over
Spring Sports
The cancellation of the 2020 spring high school sports season has led to flood of different emotions. Anger. Frustration. Sadness. Disappointment. No one deserves to feel that way more than this year's seniors, who through no fault of their own will miss out on a number of things
Division II
Tasha White remembers what it was like watching her older sister play for the Hollis Brookline High School girls lacrosse team. A program that won back-to-back titles a decade ago in Division III, the Cavaliers tried to move up to Division I in 2011 and spent six seasons there. While HB finished wit
Spring Sports
On this week’s episode of the Ninth State Sports Show: Lacrosse Edition, Joe Marchilena and Derryfield coach Chris Hettler take a look at what girls lacrosse in New Hampshire would have looked like in 2020 before the season was cancelled. This spring, each lacrosse show will be posted on
Division III-IV
The Hopkinton High School boys lacrosse team goes into the 2020 season looking to do what no team has ever done in Division III.
Spring Sports
On this week’s edition of the Ninth State Sports Show: Lacrosse Edition, Joe Marchilena and Derryfield coach Chris Hettler preview the Division III boys lacrosse landscape for 2020.
Division II
While the Derryfield School boys lacrosse team saw its overall win streak come to an end, there were two other streaks that continued for the Cougars in 2019.