New Hampshire High School Football News

Winning three straight championships creates some lofty standards, and the consensus amongst the Winnacunnet High School girls basketball team was that its season opener against Alvirne on Friday night was far from perfect.

All-State football teams were released for Division III, IV and VI, and a number of local players were honored.

The Winnacunnet High School football team closed out a strong season with its team banquet last Tuesday, where several members of the team were honored for their performance during the season.

" Will the 13th incarnation of the Battle of the Milk Jug be the unluckiest one for the future of this, currently the longest-running Thanksgiving Day high school football rivalry in Greater Nashua? Not if Merrimack head football coach Joe Battista has anything to say about it.

When Winnacunnet defeated Exeter to advance to the Division II championship game, that was their Super Bowl.

It's not often that two Hall of Fame coaches get to patrol the sidelines against each other.

Photo by Jodie Andruskevich^^Saber runningback Steve Jellison looks for daylight in the Thanksgiving Day game against Merrimack.

If you spent an afternoon outside the Fox Run Mall asking people to name their favorite holiday, the guess here is that Thanksgiving would finish on top.

In some ways, a freshman football team is like the minor leagues in professional baseball.

Manchester Central's gobble-gobble goggled Queen City rival Memorial, 27-7, to successfully defend its city championship at yesterday's Turkey Bowl at Gill Stadium.

Justin Dube made the most of his 26 days away from an organized football game. The senior running back on the Dover High School football team, after a regular season beset by injuries, including a concussion that kept him out of two games, returned to the gridiron for one last high-school game on Thanksgiving morning and turned in the performance ...

Manchester Central's football team continued its Turkey Bowl dominance with a 27-7 win Thursday over Manchester Memorial at Gill Stadium.

John Doyle/Democrat photo A small group of Spaulding football players gathers before a recent practice.

Josh Murphy might not have been born to play football, but he's been playing it long enough where it seems like he was.

What I'm about to say might come as a shock, but brace yourself - New Hampshire is not a hotbed of high-school football.

Bishop Guertin's Adam Hall, left, and Mike Kelly celebrate during the Cardinals' September win at Pinkerton.

It took the Inter-Lakes High School football team just 20 Division VI games to bring a championship to Meredith.

Matt Cannone made a perfect throw, and Mike Lorenz put an end to the Division I final with a tremendous catch.

If nothing else, Winnacunnet High School has proven that two Steve Magris are better than one when it comes to coaching football.

If it wasn't for the numbers on their jerseys, Winnacunnet High School head football coach Ron Auffant or defensive coordinator Steve Magri wouldn't be able to tell Mike and Matt Sullivan apart.