Football Roundup: Week 10

PELHAM - Luke Draper ran for three touchdowns to help lead the No. 4 Pelham High School football team to a 27-6 win Saturday over No. 5 Manchester West in the Division II quarterfinals.

Draper had 203 yards rushing on 27 carries to help the Pythons (7-3) overcome a 6-0 halftime deficit with an explosive second half.

Leo Colpa also had an 11-yard touchdown run for Pelham while Drapher had six tackles and an interception on defense. Paul Kirkpatrick made nine tackles and Nick Landry had eight tackles while Gabriel Jimenez had three sacks.

Kingston Green had the lone touchdown for the Blue Knights (6-4) as the junior had 164 yards on 32 carries.

It's the third year in a row the two teams have met in the quarterfinals in Pelham, with the Pythons winning all three times. They'll travel to face top-seeded Plymouth in the D2 semifinals on Saturday.

No. 1 Plymouth 13, No. 8 Kingswood 10

Down 10-0 going into the fourth quarter, the Bobcats rallied for two scores to knock off the Knights.

Izak Jolin ran for 124 yards and a touchdown, getting the game-winning points for Plymouth (10-0) in the final minute. Cavan Sanborn added a 45-yard touchdown pass to Bryson Stone to get the Bobcats on the board earlier in the quarter.

Sanborn was 3 of 6 passing for 76 yards and also had an interception while Stone caught two passes for 66 yards.

Plymouth held Dean Porter to 57 yards on 17 carries for Kingswood (5-5) while Lucas Rauschnot ran for 84 yards on nine carries.

The Knights got on the board on a field goal in the first quarter and went up 10-0 on a 26-yard touchdown pass from Nolan Chominski to Ewan Nicoll. Chominski was 7 of 12 for 86 yards Nicoll had two catches for 30 yards.

No. 3 Merrimack Valley 28, No. 6 Hanover 14

The Pride made history, getting the program's first playoff win against the Bears on Friday.

Nate Wallace and Jubal Tubbs each ran for two touchdowns to help Merrimack Valley (9-1) to the win. The Pride will face No. 2 Souhegan in the D2 semifinals on Saturday.

Division IV

No. 1 Newport-Mount Royal 42, No. 4 Hillsboro-Deering 7

Ayden Hodge scored three touchdowns to help lead the Tigers (8-0) to a semifinal win over the Hillcats.

Hodge ran for two scores and returned an interception for a touchdown, while Joe Gosselin added a rushing touchdown and returned a fumble for a score. Jaxson Lord hit Corey Richardson added a 22-yard touchdown pass to make it a 42-0 lead for Newport-Mount Royal before halftime.

H-D (4-4), the defending D4 champion, got its lone score from Haven Porter, who had 29 yards rushing on 10 carries. Mason Poland was 6 of 13 passing for 64 yards with an interception and a lost fumble.

NMR will face No. 2 Newfound in the D4 championship game at 1 p.m. Saturday at Bank of NH Stadium in Laconia. For the Tigers, they'll be looking for their first title since 2020, while the Bears will be in the final for the first time.

Division I

No. 6 Portsmouth-Oyster River 21, N0. 11 Exeter 0

The ClipperCats picked up their second win this season over the Blue Hawks in the preliminary round, the first time Portsmouth-Oyster River has done that.

Tommy Allen scored on an 11-yard run on the ClipperCats' first possession and Reece Green added a 6-yard run in the second quarter. Portsmouth-Oyster River (7-2) put the game away with a 17-play, 72-yard drive to open the second half, with Demitrius Tsakiris scoring from 1 yard out with 3:26 left in the third.

Taskiris also had an interception on defense to end the best drive of the game for Exeter (4-5).

The ClipperCats move on to the quarterfinals, where they will play at No. 3 Winnacunnet on Friday.

No. 8 Concord 25, No. 9 Salem 19

The Crimson Tide stopped the Blue Devils at the 10-yard line in the final seconds to secure a win in the preliminary round.

Colin Savard ran for three touchdowns and a two-point covnersion and Patrick Owen kicked a 30-yard field goal to help Concord (6-3) get the win.

Salem (4-5) got a 90-yard kickoff return for a touchdown from Jewry Nunez while Colin Salkovitz and Donovan Parlatore each had a rushing touchdown.

The Crimson Tide move on to face top-seeded Windham in the quarterfinals on Saturday. It's the second year in a row the teams will meet in the playoffs.

No. 5 Pinkerton 62, No. 12 Manchester Central 20

Brady Spellman ran for five touchdowns to help the Astros cruise to a playoff win over the Little Green.

Spellman finished with 135 yard rushing and four scores and also had a 65-yard interception return for another touchdown, all in the first half for Pinkerton (7-2). Jordan Ball also had touchdown runs of 60 and 25 yards.

Central (4-6) got on the board first on an 11-yard run by Kingston Patten.

Division III

No. 3 Monadnock 33, No. 6 Stevens 6

Liam Hart had three touchdowns and ran for 107 yards to help lead the Huskies to the victory over the Cardinals.

Hart also had an interception on defense, Johnny Joslyn returned a fumble for a touchdown and Wyatt Bisbee also ran for a score. Joslyn also had 56 yards on the ground and Xavier Thompson ran for 70 yards for Monadnock (7-2).

The lone score for Stevens (4-5) came on a 93-yard touchdown pass from Johnny Frisbee to Tyson DiPaola. It came after an interception by Karson Thyne.

The Huskies move on to the semifinals, where they will face No. 2 Somersworth on the road on Saturday.

No. 2 Somersworth 50, No. 7 Laconia 21

Kaleb Hefler ran for three touchdowns to lead the Hilltoppers to a quarterfinal win over the Sachems.

Hefler finished with 187 yards on 13 carries for Somersworth (8-1) while Max Dubois ran for 103 yards and a touchdown, as the Hilltoppers ran for 465 yards as a team.

Carter Lambert, Iseal Amparo and Max Ridings also had a touchdown apiece for Somersworth.