Division I
PORTSMOUTH - It was a different kind of halftime Friday night for the Bedford High School football team. For just the second time all season, and first since the season opener, the Bulldogs scored fewer than three touchdowns in the first 24 minutes of a game. They still had a 7-0 lead over Portsmout
Division I
Brian Pafford could not stop praising his team’s upcoming opponent. The Portsmouth-Oyster River football coach is excited to see how his team stacks up with one of the best Friday night.
Division I
It has been some kind of season for the Bedford High School football team. The Bulldogs not only went undefeated through their nine-game regular season, but more often than not, they were putting teams away by the time each side went in for halftime. Bedford scored 259 points in the first half of ga
Division II
Before Saturday's Division II semifinal, Chris Sanborn never talked to his Plymouth Regional High School football team about the championship game. Sure, typical coach speak would say the Bobcats were only focusing on one game at a time, but in Sanborn's case, there was another reason the word champ
Division I
Brian O'Reilly has witnessed just about everything during his high school career coaching football and lacrosse. So just because his Pinkerton Academy football team had defeated Bishop Guertin by 39 points during the regular, it didn't mean the Astros were guarantied of doing it again. In order to
Ninth State Sports Show
Two of the four champions have been crowned and Joe Marchilena and Mike Lochman recap all the playoff action, from the D3 and D4 title games to the D2 semifinals and D1 quarterfinals, and they look ahead to this week's slate.
Division I
BEDFORD - There was plenty of time for the Bedford High School football team to think about Saturday's Division I quarterfinal. Having earned one of the division's three byes, the Bulldogs spent the extra time focusing on what was in front of them - a matchup with Salem - and not what might be down
Division II
PLYMOUTH - Chris Sanborn knew what his Plymouth Regional High School football team was up against Saturday. But the Bobcats coach also knew that when his team played Souhegan in the regular season, it didn't do any of the things it wanted to do. With the season on the line, No. 2 Plymouth figured ou
Division I
DERRY - The Pinkerton Academy football team did a lot of things well in Friday night's Division I quarterfinal against Bishop Guertin. But what the Astros did best was keep the Cardinals from gaining any momentum. Top-seeded Pinkerton jumped on No. 8 Bishop Guertin early, going up by three scores, a
Fall Sports
The deeper we go into the playoffs, we will see who not only has the talent to move on, but who put in the work during the season and the offseason to make it beyond this point.
Ninth State Sports Show
The first weekend of the football playoffs are done and Joe Marchilena and Mike Lochman recap all the games and take a look ahead to what to expect from this week's games, including championship matchups in Division III and IV.
Division I
NASHUA - Anthony Nalen had a feeling there would be a lot of points scored Saturday night when his Bishop Guertin High School football team hosted Dover in the Division I preliminary round. The first-year Cardinals coach didn't know the two teams would almost combine for triple digits. The offenses