Division III-IV
LACONIA - When Jay Wood first moved to Contoocook in 1999, the lack of a football program in the area struck him. When he was hired as Hillsboro-Deering High School’s athletic director in 2007 he proposed the idea of starting one. Seven years later, the H-D/Hopkinton Redhawks cooperative team starte
Division III-IV
LACONIA – Staring at a 14-point deficit in the second quarter, the Hillsboro-Deering High School football team needed to reverse the momentum that defending-champion Mascoma Valley was building during Saturday afternoon’s Division IV championship game. The Hillcats did that and they didn’t give the
Division III-IV
HILLSBORO - Plenty of history was made in Saturday’s Division IV football semifinal. For the Hillsboro-Deering High School team, it was the Hillcats first ever home playoff game. For visiting Farmington-Nute, it was the Tigers first playoff appearance. And then Robert King made some history of his o
Division III-IV
HILLSBORO - The Hillcats have only been a solo football program for two seasons, but there’s no question who the best team in Division IV at the moment. The Hillcats celebrated their seniors and showed off their athleticism Saturday with a 48-22 victory over Farmington-Nute in their final home game
Fall Sports
Every week during the football season, on the Ninth State Sports Show podcast, Joe Marchilena and Mike Lochman will each select a Player and a Team of the Week from the previous weekend’s performances.
Division II
For the first time since 2016, a team other than Portsmouth will be taking home the Division II girls lacrosse title. The Clippers are now gone to Division I, so who it will be?
Division III-IV
Graduation impacts every high school sports program eventually, and for many of last year's top teams in Division III girls lacrosse, that time is now.
Division III-IV
No fewer than five programs, and maybe one or two more, look to have a shot at taking the title this season.
Division III-IV
With a lot of coaching changes and player movement, the teams in Division III appear to be evenly matched to open the season, aside from two programs.
Division III-IV
While Division III boys lacrosse has been dominated by one program for a couple of years, this season, it appears to be the division that is wide open. The Hopkinton High School boys team has won the last three titles, losing just one game during that stretch, but like everyone
Spring Sports
There is less than a week until the start of the regular season, and this week, Joe Marchilena and Chris Hettler take a look at the landscape in Division III boys lacrosse, along with a roundup of some college action.