Division III-IV
EXETER – As a physical education teacher at Gilford High School, football coach Brandt O’Hara notices all the championship banners daily that adorn the gymnasium walls. Not one of them was for the football program. That will soon change, as his field of vision will likely zoom in on the impending ba
Division I
BEDFORD - With a perfect season and a spot in the championship game at risk in the fourth quarter, Bedford High School football coach Zach Matthews needed his leaders to step up. Senior Landon Ellsmore answered the call. Senior quarterback Bennett Matthews (5 for 12, 87 passing yards, two touchdowns
Division I
DERRY – The Pinkerton Academy football team may have lost three straight games to end the regular season, but the defending Division I champion still entered the playoffs with a lot of confidence with the knowledge it'd finally be healthy. With the rash of injuries behind them, the Astros are back t
The Season
The Manchester West High School football team went on the road to Pelham for the Division II playoffs and came close to making history.
Fall Sports
The list of players for the Yukica Football Player of the Year has been cut down to three finalists.
Fall Sports
Here are the NHHSSports Field Hockey All-State teams, as selected by NH-HighSchoolSports.com. The teams were put together based on a combination of in-person performances, input from field hockey coaches and reports from other media outlets. Players were selected on not only their merits during the
Fall Sports
The 2025 field hockey season was an exciting one and there were plenty of games that could qualify as the best of the best. While there were plenty of great games this season, this list is the five best games that I saw in person this year. Certainly, there were many more, and if you’ve got ones you
Division II
AMHERST - There was good reason to talk about the offense after the Souhegan High School football team's 47-14 win over Pelham in last Saturday's Division II semifinals. It's hard to ignore the buzz when a team scores three touchdowns in 43 seconds of a playoff game. In 11 games so far this season
Division I
MANCHESTER - Steve Abraham felt it would be a big deal if his Salem High School football team had the lead at halftime of last Friday night's Division I quarterfinal against Manchester Memorial. So when the No. 7 Blue Devils took a 17-7 lead into the break against the second-seeded Crusaders, Abraha
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
Fall Sports
Here are results from the weekend's football playoff action.