Division I
Division I East Conference 2025 All-State Football Teams
Here are the 2025 Division I East Conference All-State Football teams, as selected by the conference coaches.
Portsmouth-Oyster River
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Salem football holds off Portsmouth-Oyster River in D1 prelims (video)
SALEM – Steve Abraham had a simple message for the Salem High School football team after Friday night’s Division I preliminary-round game. At this time of year, it doesn’t matter how many points you win by, just so long as you have more than the other team. In the Blue Devils’ case, that meant havin
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Portsmouth-Oyster River football ends skid with win over Winnacunnet
PORTSMOUTH – After three straight losses, there was no sugarcoating the importance for the Portsmouth-Oyster River football team entering Friday night’s game against undefeated Winnacunnet High School. The ClipperCats played with that urgency and did exactly what they needed to do to spark a hopeful
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Opening drive of 2nd half key in Bedford football's semifinal win
The Bedford High School football team has done a lot of good things this season on the way to Saturday's Division I championship game. But according to coach Zach Matthews, the best drive the Bulldogs put together came at the start of last Friday's 28-0 win over Portsmouth-Oyster River in the semifi
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Bedford pulls away in 2nd half to beat Portsmouth-Oyster River in D1 football semis (video)
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
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Bedford, Portsmouth-Oyster River ready for matchup in D1 football semifinal
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.
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Portsmouth-Oyster River football ready to take the next step
Brian Pafford has been a part of the football program at Portsmouth High School for a while. There have been ups and downs in terms of participation, including the decision to co-op with Oyster River before the start of the 2018 to increase numbers, but the last two seasons have been unlike any othe
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Merrimack football was able to overcome mistakes to advance in playoffs
It looked like something carried over into the playoffs for the Merrimack High School football team. A week prior, the Tomahawks began their regular-season finale against Bedford with a long opening drive that ended in a field goal, but set the tone for what turned into the program's first win over
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Merrimack football holds off Portsmouth-Oyster River in D1 playoffs (video)
MERRIMACK - It's playoff time and games don't have to be pretty, just so long as it's a win. It wasn't pretty for the Merrimack High School football team in Friday night's Division I preliminary-round game, but all that mattered was the win for the Tomahawks. No. 8 Merrimack got enough on offense, f
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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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Heads-up plays help Winnacunnet football continue to roll
Ryan Francoeur has been coaching football for a while and he's never seen a throw like the one that ended last Friday's game. With Francoeur's Winnacunnet High School football team holding a 14-7 lead over Portsmouth-Oyster River, the ClipperCats had one final chance to try to get in the end zone.
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Nashua North football beats Portsmouth-Oyster River to finish regular season undefeated
PORTSMOUTH - Jayden Espinal hadn’t prepared to play quarterback in a couple of years, but that all changed after last week’s injury to Nashua High School North’s dynamic starter, Curtis Harris. North wrapped up the No. 1 seed in the East/West cluster of the Division I quarterfinals in last week’s vi