Division II
The start of Sunday's Division II championship game couldn't have been much worse for the Hollis Brookline High School football team. Plymouth needed just six plays to go 63 yards and find the end zone to take a 7-0 lead over the Cavaliers less than three minutes into the game. The weather was alrea
Division III-IV
The Trinity High School football team spent most of the first half of Sunday's Division III championship game attacking the interior of Lebanon's defense. The Pioneers found plenty of success there, particularly in the second quarter, when they racked up 114 yards on 15 carries, and they entered hal
Division II
The season was on the brink for the Hollis Brookline High School football team. On paper, the Cavaliers had just dropped a 20-15 decision to Pelham, the third year in a row they'd lost to the Python, and with two losses in Division II, HB still had three games against teams that had made the playoff
Division I
Pain has been a big motivating factor for the Londonderry High School football team this year. Not the physical kind that comes over the course of a long season. It's an emotional pain, the kind that forms after coming so close to a goal and then having it ripped away, leaving you to wonder what if
Division III-IV
It felt like the game was on the line and the Winnisquam Regional High School football team needed a big play. Up 14-0 thanks to two touchdowns just two minutes apart in the first half, the Bears had struggled to move the ball consistently against Fall Mountain's defense and the Wildcats had threate
Division III-IV
The 2019 started like way too many previous ones had for the Fall Mountain Regional High School football team. Two weeks in, and the Wildcats were 0-2, having been outscored 64-21 by Raymond and Winnisquam, which were a playoff team and the Division IV champion, respectively, a year ago. Up next was
Division II
When Chris Lones said he felt the Hollis Brookline High School football team had turned in a complete performance in Saturday's 34-14 win over Bow in the Division II semifinals, he was including the Cavaliers' special teams. Outside of a missed extra point, the HB coach had good reason to heap prais
Division I
The Windham High School field hockey team has played in a championship game in seven of the last eight years, the most of any program in the state during that stretch. There are plenty of reasons for the Jaguars success, but coach Katie Blair attributes it first and foremost to one thing - the menta
Division II
Before the start of the season, Jean Essex took the Hanover High School field hockey seniors out to breakfast as a group. While sitting down with the 10 of them, the Marauders coach shared stories of previous teams that had such a big number of seniors, and what was potentially on the table for thi
Division III-IV
Kelly Owen has seen a lot during her tenure with the Bishop Brady High School field hockey program. There have been years where the number of girls who come out for the team closes in on two dozen, and then there have been years, like 2019, where there aren't enough to have a junior varsity team.
Division I
The Nashua High School North football team went into Friday's game against Merrimack with two goals on defense. The Titans wanted to win the early downs to force the Tomahawks into third-and-long situations, while also limiting Merrimack's playmakers on offense. While North was a little inconsistent
Division III-IV
Jeff Davis knew the Franklin High School football team was going to have a tough time replacing the seniors from last year's Division IV runner-up. With a roster of 17 by the end of 2018, losing almost a dozen players to graduation meant turning over around three-quarters of the lineup. But there w