Fall Sports
The New Hampshire high school football season is scheduled to begin Friday night and with it comes the first Union Leader Power Poll. Preseason Poll (Sept. 25) The top 10 high school football teams in New Hampshire, with last year's record in parentheses, first-place votes/points and
Fall Sports
The Goffstown High School field hockey team opened the season with a 1-1 tie against Merrimack on Tuesday. Grace Taylor opened the scoring off a penalty corner in the first quarter, giving the Grizzlies a 1-0 lead over the Tomahawks. Merrimack tied the game on a goal by
Fall Sports
With the 2020 season set to begin this weekend, Joe Marchilena and Mike Lochman run down all the football games taking place, including a number of big-time rivalries to start the Division I season. The Ninth State Sports Show: Football Edition will be posted every Tuesday during the football
Fall Sports
Kate Blaisdell had a hand in all four goals for the Hanover High School field hockey team and the Marauders held off Newport for a 4-3 win Saturday. Blaisdell scored off a penalty corner, with Gail Morse picked up the assist, to tie the game at 1. Morse, Jessie
Fall Sports
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
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.
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
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