Ninth State Sports Show
On this episode of the Ninth State Sports Show, Joe Marchilena and Mike Lochman go over the games from the first weekend of the New Hampshire high school football playoffs and talk about the matchups coming up in the next round of the postseason.
Division I
It looked like something carried over into the playoffs for the Merrimack High School football team. A week prior, the Tomahawks began their regular-season finale against Bedford with a long opening drive that ended in a field goal, but set the tone for what turned into the program's first win over
Division I
NASHUA - It was an inauspicious start to Saturday's Division I preliminary-round game. Both the Bishop Guertin and Dover high school football teams might argue to which one of them it applied. The Green Wave recovered an onside kick to start the game, getting the ball in Cardinals' territory. But tw
Division I
MERRIMACK - It's playoff time and games don't have to be pretty, just so long as it's a win. It wasn't pretty for the Merrimack High School football team in Friday night's Division I preliminary-round game, but all that mattered was the win for the Tomahawks. No. 8 Merrimack got enough on offense, f
The Season
With two games to go in the regular season, the Bishop Guertin High School football team faced Nashua North in a game with huge playoff implications.
Fall Sports
After winning its second straight Division I title, the Exeter High School field hockey team finished the year at the top of the NHHSSports Field Hockey Coaches Poll.
Division III-IV
BEDFORD - As his Gilford High School field hockey team celebrated the Division III championship on Saturday afternoon at Bedford High School, veteran coach Dave Rogacki couldn’t help but think of the obstacles the girls had faced in their quest to get back to the top of the division. There
Division I
BEDFORD - The Exeter High School field hockey team played a good first half in Sunday's Division I championship game against Winnacunnet. But as the coaches and players talked at halftime of the scoreless game, they realized the Blue Hawks just needed to do a little bit more. Exeter got that, as Add
Ninth State Sports Show
The 2022 season is done and champions have been crowned. Joe Marchilena and Kelli Braley breakdown the championship games and look back at entertaining semifinals. They also discuss some of the surprises and great storylines from the season.
Ninth State Sports Show
It's playoff time! This week, Joe Marchilena and Mike Lochman recap a couple of the best games from the final week of the regular season before breaking down this week's opening round of the playoffs.
Fall Sports
Here are the playoff pairings and results for the football tournaments.
Division II
BEDFORD - While the John Stark Regional High School field hockey team was warming up, coach Dennis Pelletier noticed that senior Courtney Cranshaw was hitting the ball well. That warmup carried into the game for the Generals. Cranshaw scored the game's only goal less than three minutes in and No. 1