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Sports Insider PLUS: Field Hockey, Souhegan 4, Pelham 1 (video)
The Souhegan High School field hockey team opened the 2020 season with a 4-1 win over Pelham Friday in a Division II contest.
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Fall Sports
Around the Granite State: Friday's Roundup
Catie Summers scored twice to help lead the Souhegan High School field hockey team to a 4-1 win over Pelham on Friday. Summers second goal came off a penalty corner with 4:45 left in the first quarter proved to be the game-winner, while Molly Atkinson and Annika
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Turgeon trying to finish up strong for Dover field hockey
When Jeannine Turgeon started her freshman year at Dover High School, she knew she enjoyed playing field hockey. It was one of a handful of sports she played, having started in fifth grade. But it wasn't until those preseason practices with the Green Wave, when coach Sarah Michaud saw what kind of i
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Hammond aiming to keep Goffstown football on successful path
Nick Hammond never had a deadline for when he wanted to ascend to a head coaching position. But when he found out that Justin Hufft would be stepping down from that spot with the Goffstown High School football team, Hammond felt like it was the time. "Well, first, I told him to reconsider," Hammond
Fall Sports
Ninth State Sports Show: Preseason Football (Sept. 15)
Joe Marchilena and Mike Lochman are back for a high school football season unlike any other. This week, they talk about what football fans can hope to expect in the most unpredictable season yet. The Ninth State Sports Show: Football Edition will be posted every Tuesday during the football season.
Spring Sports
A way-too-early look at the 2021 boys lacrosse season
In the best of times, predictions for a following season are based off how players and teams look and develop over the course of a season, how many of those players are returning the next year, and conversations with coaches throughout the sport and divisions. One of those three factors is off the t
Spring Sports
A way-too-early look at the 2021 girls lacrosse season
When the high school girls lacrosse season kicks off in 2021, it won't be just the players spectators might not recognize. The turnover among rosters won't be limited to the athletes on the field, as many teams - including contenders - had coaches who were taking over for the first time in 2020 seas
Spring Sports
New NHIAA cycle means changes coming in 2021 for boys and girls lacrosse divisions
Change in high school sports is inevitable. Rosters completely turnover every four years, coaches come and go quickly these days, and every two years marks a new cycle for the New Hampshire Interscholastic Athletic Association.
Spring Sports
Ninth State Sports Show: Lacrosse Edition (July 2)
[Pre-order your copy of the 2020 Lacrosse Yearbook here!] On this week’s episode of the Ninth State Sports Show: Lacrosse Edition, Joe Marchilena and Derryfield coach Chris Hettler are joined by Alex Hall, from the Union Leader, to talk about what the 2021 boys and girls lacrosse season
Spring Sports
Ninth State Sports Show: Lacrosse Edition (June 25)
[Pre-order your copy of the 2020 Lacrosse Yearbook here!] On this week’s episode of the Ninth State Sports Show: Lacrosse Edition, Joe Marchilena and Derryfield coach Chris Hettler celebrate the class of 2020. They talk to seniors Matt Licata (Timberlane) and Kirsten McIntire (Nashua South) and discuss them
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Dudley hopes to see Manchester Central girls lacrosse continue to grow
Emma Dudley had always played lacrosse with girls who were older than her. When she first arrived at Manchester Central High School, her talent and ability not only helped her make varsity as a freshman, it also earned her Division I all-state honors. But when Dudley first started playing, she was s
Spring Sports
Ninth State Sports Show: Lacrosse Edition (June 11)
On this week’s episode of the Ninth State Sports Show: Lacrosse Edition, Joe Marchilena and Derryfield coach Chris Hettler talk to Manchester Central girls lacrosse Erin Duffy, plus they discuss the return to practice for club teams in New Hampshire and the potential for playing spring sports in the