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
PLAISTOW - Courtney LeFrancois wanted to see the Merrimack High School field hockey team be more resilient this season. No better time for the Tomahawks to do what the coach asked than in the playoffs. Allie Wyand fought through a handful of Timberlane defenders to score the game's only goal in the
Division I
Here are results from Tuesday's Division I field hockey preliminary round.
Fall Sports
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
This football season continues to delight and Joe Marchilena and Mike Lochman have been enjoying every moment of it.
Fall Sports
With the field hockey playoffs set to begin later this week, the top 10 teams remained the same in the New Hampshire Orthopaedic Center/NHHSSports Coaches Poll.
Fall Sports
The Manchester Memorial High School football team bounced back from its first loss with a convincing win over Nashua South.
Fall Sports
Here are pairings and results for the NHIAA field hockey playoffs.
Ninth State Sports Show
The playoffs are here, and while the pairings won't be out until some time later in the day on Monday, Joe Marchilena and Kelli Braley are a little too eager to talk about the postseason. Here is what they expect the brackets to look like and what those expected matchups could be like.
Fall Sports
Here are some results from the weekend's high school football action.
Division II
PLYMOUTH - Michael Fiengo hadn't put on his football pads, hadn't practiced, and hadn't played in a game in three weeks thanks to an injury. Then, Saturday morning, the Souhegan High School senior quarterback woke up feeling better and decided he should suit up for the Sabers, even though he knew i
Division II
MANCHESTER - The Manchester West High School football team got some momentum from its defense going into halftime of Friday night's game against Kingswood. The offense made sure to take whatever momentum was left to start the second half. The Blue Knights wasted no time finding the end zone to open
Fall Sports
(Oct. 18) The field hockey regular season is (almost) done and the NHIAA playoff pairings will be released on Monday. But who wants to wait until then? Here is our best guess on what the pairings will look like when they're released. Note: For field hockey, Division I will have 12 teams, Division I