> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://www.nh-highschoolsports.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # At full strength this year, Plymouth football looking for back-to-back D2 titles - URL: https://www.nh-highschoolsports.com/full-strength-year-plymouth-football-looking-back-back-d2-titles/ - Published: 2017-11-17T14:27:30.000Z - Updated: 2017-11-17T14:27:30.000Z - Description: The formula for the Plymouth High School football team last season was an easy one, although it wasn't by choice. With injuries nearly decimating the roster, the Bobcats rode on the back of Garrett Macomber to a narrow win over Bow in the Division II championship game. Plymouth (10-0) is back in the - Author: Joe Marchilena - Tags: Division II, championship, NH High School Sports Insider, playoffs, Plymouth, slider, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-08-18 04:44 The formula for the Plymouth High School football team last season was an easy one, although it wasn't by choice. With injuries nearly decimating the roster, the Bobcats rode on the back of Garrett Macomber to a narrow win over Bow in the Division II championship game. Plymouth (10-0) is back in the title game, where it will again face Bow (8-2) for a 2:30 p.m. kickoff Saturday at the University of New Hampshire, but the Bobcats have a little more variety to their plan of attack than just having Macomber take on all defenders. "Last year, we were so decimated, we felt fortunate to win a championship with all those guys out hurt," Plymouth coach Chris Sanborn said. "Owen Brickley and Nolan Farina didn’t play in last year’s game, so this is pretty exciting for them. We lost some guys up front, a lot of them, and had to replace them." While Macomber has provided the power in Plymouth's running game this year, Farina has given the Bobcats a change of pace as a quicker ball carrier. When teams have focused on slowing down one, the other has stepped up. Most of the year, Macomber has been the one to draw that attention, but in the regular-season finale, when Milford keyed on Farina, the reigning Gatorade Player of the Year rushed for over two hundred yards. "They’re completely different players," Sanborn said. "Farina is the speed and Garrett is the power. We can do different things with them. Garrett is a beast and when teams tried to shut him down, Farina went wild." It was on defense where Farina went wild in last week's semifinal win over St. Thomas. The senior had three interceptions, including one he returned for a touchdown that helped the Bobcats to a 21-7 win, in a game where they were not as sharp on offense as they had been all season. "We faced some adversity," Sanborn said. "We didn’t play well, we left points on the board and made fundamental mistakes we hadn’t made all year and still won. The defense came up big." After playing two teams (Souhegan and St. Thomas) in the first two rounds of the playoffs that they didn't see during the regular season, the Bobcats get a very familiar opponent in the final. This will be the fourth meeting between Plymouth and Bow in the last two seasons after the programs had never played each other previously. The Bobcats have won the first three, including a 42-26 win over the Falcons back on Sept. 23. Despite that win, Sanborn knows Plymouth will be facing a different Bow team from the one the Bobcats saw earlier in the season. "Everything went our way in that game," the coach said. "We got up early and it affected what they did. We need to play our game, execute, play fundamental football. We need to be patient and not get work up when things aren’t going our way. "It’s hard to beat anyone twice in a season. We’ve beaten them three straight times over the last two years. It’s going to be difficult."