Fall Sports
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.
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Growing up, Mike Maroun always knew that football was a big deal for his family. But rather than follow in the footsteps of his father and grandfather and uncle and cousins, Maroun immersed himself into a number of different hobbies as a young kid. He played ice hockey and basketball and found an
Spring Sports
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
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
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
[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
[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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Like many seniors across the state, the cancellation of the high school spring sports season was devastating for Ryan Groleau.
Spring Sports
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
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The previous two springs followed a similar pattern for the Oyster River High School boys lacrosse team. Take a small roster, get into the playoffs and fall in the opening round to one of the top seeds. But despite those playoff losses, the Bobcats had reason to believe they were headed in the right
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When preparing for this spring during the offseason, Sam Weaver knew that her John Stark High School girls lacrosse team would look different in June than it did in March. The Generals graduated 10 seniors from 2019's playoff squad and saw one of their top returning players transfer to prep school.
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Timing has not been on the side of the ConVal High School girls lacrosse team in recent years. Two seasons ago, the Cougars were a nine-win team in a deep Division III, making the playoffs before falling to Derryfield in the quarterfinals. That 2018 team had a couple of hundred goal scorers and woul