Fall Sports
Playoff Picture: Football (Oct. 31)
With the regular season done, here is what we expect the playoffs to look like when brackets are released.
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Division I
Goffstown football clinches playoff spot with in over Portsmouth-Oyster River (video)
GOFFSTOWN - With rain falling all day and conditions deteriorating the longer the game went, field position was key in Saturday afternoon's contest between the Goffstown High School football team and Portsmouth-Oyster River. When the Grizzlies' Peyton Strickland busted through the line to block a p
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Pigskin Prophets: Week 9
I'm watching all the moves you make Can't turn back now, it's too late Check mate, there's no defending This is the start of the ending * The Ending by Papa Roach For some teams, this is the end. There will be no
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Football Notebook: Four games that will have biggest impact on the playoff picture
Oh how the scheduling gods have once again worked their magic.
Division I
A little belief goes a long way for Salem football
Steve Abraham was looking for a way to get his Salem High School football team to believe it could play the kind of defense to slow down Londonderry. The Lancers went into last Friday's game averaging 37 points per game on offense, while the Blue Devils had struggled at times this season to get the
Division I
Nashua North football putting building blocks in place for next season
This season isn't going to end the way the Nashua High School North football team would like. For the first time in four years, and just the second time since Dante Laurendi took over as head coach in 2015, the Titans are going to miss the Division I playoffs. After winning a D1 championship last s
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Ninth State Sports Show: Football Edition (Oct. 26)
It's the final week of the regular season, and Joe Marchilena and Mike Lochman talk about what the playoffs in all four divisions might look like when its all done.
Division I
Bishop Guertin football takes care of business in win over Alvirne (video)
NASHUA - John Trisciani had a check list to fulfill going into the Bishop Guertin High School football team's game Saturday night against Alvirne. Keep everyone healthy. Get everyone in the game on senior night. Get the win. Check, check and check. The Cardinals took a two-touchdown lead in the fir
Division I
Salem football starts fast, hands Londonderry first loss (video)
SALEM - Defense hasn't been a strength for the Salem High School football team for parts of this season. Blue Devils coach Steve Abraham bet on that side of the ball to start Friday night's game and it paid off. Salem forced a three-and-out by Londonderry, and two plays later, Tommy Ahlers rushed 75
Fall Sports
Pigskin Prophets: Week 8
Guess I've got that old traveling bone 'Cause this feeling won't leave me alone But I won't, won't Be losing my way, no, no Long as I can see the light * Long As I Can See The Light by Creedence Clearwater
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Football Notebook: Cancellations lead to must-win situations
Manchester West’s Tom Bozoian and Monadnock’s Rob Lotito find themselves in similar, yet very different, positions courtesy of COVID-19 and the protective protocols instituted by their school districts and the NHIAA.
Division I
Finlay's late TD, 2-point conversion give Nashua North football win over Pinkerton (video)
DERRY - The play call was for a play-action pass, but the way previous 47 minutes of Thursday night's game had gone, Derek Finlay was probably going to end up running. With the Nashua High School North football team in need of a touchdown, and his first option covered up, Finlay tucked the ball and