Fall Sports
Girls volleyball rankings for Oct. 12
The high school girls volleyball season is racing to a finish, and there's been a rush of teams toward the top of the rankings.
Joe Marchilena
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
Hollis Brookline girls volleyball holds off Nashua South
The Hollis Brookline High School girls volleyball team picked up a 3-1 win over Nashua South on Tuesday. Game scores were 25-19, 25-12, 20-25 and 25-18. Maddie Norris led the way for the Cavaliers (11-3) with 20 kills while Sammie Sheppard had 15 digs
Division I
Bishop Guertin girls volleyball holds off Nashua North
The Bishop Guertin High School girls volleyball team pulled out a 3-2 win over Nashua North on Tuesday. Game scores were 26-24, 22-25, 25-20, 22-25 and 15-8. Jill Rabasco recorded 16 digs, six aces and three blocks for the Cardinals (12-2) and Jenna
Division I
Moran's overtime goal gives Bishop Guertin girls soccer win over Nashua North
Emily Moran scored midway through the second overtime to give the Bishop Guertin High School girls soccer team a 1-0 win over Nashua North on Tuesday. Moran's goal came with 4:10 remaining in double OT, after the senior defender had been moved up on offense to
Division I
Bishop Guertin boys soccer gets late goal to beat Nashua North
The Bishop Guertin High School boys soccer team scored late and held off Nashua North for a 1-0 win on Tuesday. Nolan Hilger knocked in a loose ball after a Cardinals' corner kick in the 74th minute to give Bishop Guertin (5-7-1) a much needed win
Division III-IV
Campbell boys soccer stops skid with win over Sanborn
The Campbell High School boys soccer stopped a two-game slide with a 6-1 win over Sanborn on Tuesday. Chad Martel led the way for the Cougars (10-3 in Division III) with two goals and Justin Furlong had a goal and two assists. Also scoring for Campbell were
Division II
Manchester West boys soccer cruises past Trinity
The Manchester West High School boys soccer team picked up its seventh win of the season by beating Trinity 7-1 on Tuesday. Dominic Plourde led the Blue Knights (7-5-1 in Division II) with four goals and an assist while Hunter Lortie had a goal and an assist
Division I
Manchester Central boys soccer overcomes slow start to beat Merrimack
The Manchester Central High School boys soccer team fell behind early, but came back to beat Merrimack 3-1 on Tuesday. After Merrimack scored in the first five minutes of the game, Central (10-2-2) tied it when Zach Elliott dribbled to the endline, cut back and crossed to
Fall Sports
Bedford, Merrimack remain at top of Union Leader/ESPN NH football power poll
Here is the Union Leader/ESPN New Hampshire football power poll for Week 6 of the 2016 season. These are the top 10 high school football teams in New Hampshire, with record, first-place votes/points in parentheses, plus last week’s ranking: 1. Bedford, 6-0 (7/70), 1st
Fall Sports
Playoff Picture: Field hockey
The final week of the high school field hockey regular season is underway, and here is what the playoff field in each division currently looks like. Note: With the NHIAA's new 70-percent rule in place for the postseason, Division I and II will have 11 playoff teams
Division II
ConVal football has postseason on the brain
There was no coach speak to be found from ConVal High School football coach Paul Landau when someone brought up the P-word Saturday afternoon. Many high school football coaches would have shied away from the question of playoffs, using the old "one-game-at-a-time" cliche, especially with three weeks
Division I
Defense drove Exeter football's win over Nashua North
The offensive statistics for the Exeter High School football team were staggering in Friday night's win over Nashua North. The Blue Hawks, who dominated in a 42-6 win over the Titans, had the ball for almost 34 minutes of a game that lasted 48. They ran 40 more plays on offense than North, which ran