Spring Sports
Ninth State Sports Show: Lacrosse Edition (April 16)
On this week’s edition of the Ninth State Sports Show: Lacrosse Edition, Joe Marchilena and Derryfield coach Chris Hettler preview the Division III boys lacrosse landscape for 2020.
Pelham
Division II
Offense erupts in second half as Pelham boys basketball beats Souhegan (video)
AMHERST - It looked like the Pelham High School boys basketball team was in for a fight early in the third quarter of Tuesday night's game against Souhegan. After falling behind early, the Sabers would not go away, getting as close as two points on a handful of occasions, including twice in the firs
Division II
Rafuse scores twice to lead Souhegan field hockey to win over Pelham in D2 quarterfinals (video)
AMHERST - Kelli Braley felt that the Souhegan High School field hockey team played well enough to have a lead in the first half of Monday's Division II quarterfinal against Pelham. If the Sabers could keep it up, all they'd need was a bounce to go their way to get it. Instead, Souhegan got two boun
Division II
Milford football comes back late to beat Pelham in overtime
MILFORD - The Milford High School football held on to defeat Pelham in overtime by the score of 14-13. The victory extends the Spartans' win streak to three, as they remain a perfect on the season. Although Milford was awarded the victory, it wasn’t pretty and didn’t come easy. The Spartans were pl
Division III-IV
Hopkinton boys lacrosse makes it three D3 titles in a row with win over Pelham
EXETER - For the third straight year, the Hopkinton High School boys lacrosse team were playing for a Division III championship, and for the third straight year it was against a new foe. As they did in 2017 and 2018, the No. 2 Hawks left Bill Ball Stadium as Division III state champions after a reso
Division III-IV
Pelham takes care of business against Laconia to advance to D3 boys lacrosse final
EXETER - The Pelham High School boys lacrosse team started strong, ended strong, and never let up in the middle. The unbeaten Pythons showed why they are the No. 1 seed by cruising past No. 4 Laconia 16-4 on Thursday in the Division III semifinals at Bill Ball Stadium. Pelham will face No. 2 Hopkint
Division III-IV
Pelham boys lacrosse snaps Hopkinton's 42-game win streak with a victory (video)
PELHAM - The Pelham High School boys lacrosse team may have gone into Friday's game against Hopkinton undefeated, having won its seven previous games by an average of 13 goals. But that didn't mean there weren't nerves for the Pythons going up against the two-time defending champion Hawks. After ge
Division III-IV
Pelham boys lacrosse dominates in win over Kearsarge (video)
PELHAM - Will DeLanoy did his best to inform his Pelham High School boys lacrosse team what it would be up against Wednesday with Kearsarge coming to town. The Cougars were coming off a solid outing - albeit in a loss - against defending champion Hopkinton, and the Pythons played early like they wer
Division III-IV
Schwab aiming high in final season with Pelham girls lacrosse
Jillian Schwab wants to make the Pelham High School girls lacrosse team the best that it can be. The senior knew the more the Pythons were able to spend time together during the offseason, working on their skills and their chemistry, the better they'd be once the spring season got underway. That's w
Division II
Big second half sends Derryfield field hockey past Pelham, into D2 title game (video)
EXETER – The opportunities were there the entire first half for the Derryfield School field hockey team. The Cougars had 13 corners in the opening 30 minutes and limited Pelham’s chances, but when the teams came out for the second half, it was still a scoreless game. Lindsey Stagg changed that in a
Division II
Souhegan football outlasts Pelham to stay in D2 playoff hunt
DERRY - The Souhegan High School football team piled up almost five hundred yards of offense Saturday and got a defensive touchdown early in the second half to grab a 43-33 win over Pelham in Division II South Conference action. John Lohnes led the way for the Sabers (3-3), rushing for 113 yards whi
Division II
Alvirne football scores twice in third quarter to beat Pelham
PELHAM - Coach Tom Babaian thought the Pelham High School football team had flipped the switch as the second quarter came to a close. Pelham’s defense, which closed out last season with four straight shutouts, had just denied Alvirne at the goal line to keep a scoreless tie intact heading into the h