Plymouth's Chuck Lenahan hoping to go out on top

 

by Jeff Fisher
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Red Sox Hall of Famer Ted Williams went-out on top with a home run in his final at-bat.  Next Saturday, New Hampshire Hall of Fame high school football coach Chuck Lenahan of Plymouth Regional hopes to end things on a high note as well.

Lenahan's Bobcats will play Portsmouth for the state's Division II title in his final game as head coach.  If Plymouth can come-out on top, it would be the school's 20th state football championship under Lenahan, who is retiring after 43 years as head coach of the Bobcats.

Lenahan, who didn't win a game in his first season in 1971, brings a 355-70-1 record into the game.  In addition to the 19 state titles, 13 of Lenahan's teams have finished undefeated.

Plymouth brings a 10-1 mark into next week's game.

2013 New Hampshire High School Football Scores - November 16, 2013

New Hampshire High School Football Scores
Playoffs - Semifinals
Saturday, November 16, 2013

Division I

Concord 22 Exter 10
Pinkerton 44 Keene 20

Division II

Plymouth 37 Sanborn 13
Portsmouth 18 Trinity 14

Division III

Bow 42 Inter-Lakes/Moultonborough 0
Stevens 13 Epping-Newmarket 0

New Hampshire high school football semifinal match-ups

by Jeff Fisher
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Two-time defending Division I champ Exeter will have its hands Saturday when it faces unbeaten and top-ranked Concord in the state semifinals.  In the other semifinal, second-seeded Keene hosts third-seeded Pinkerton.

State Semifinals

Division I

Exeter (7-3) at Concord (10-0)
Pinkerton (8-2) at Keene (8-2)

Division II

Sanborn (6-4) at Plymouth (9-1)
Trinity (8-2) at Portsmouth (9-1)

Division III

I-L/Moultonborough (5-4) at Bow (8-1)
Epping-Newmarket (5-4) at Stevens (7-2)

2012 New Hampshire High School Football Scores - Week 3

New Hampshire High School Football Scores
Friday, September 14, 2012

Bedford 42 Timberlane 7
Bishop Brady 36 Mascoma Valley 21
Concord 35 Manchester Memorial 13
Dover 31 Spaulding 10
Epping-Newmarket 27 Pelham 10
Exeter 49 Manchester Central 0
Kearsarge 42 Sanborn 13
Londonderry 21 Salem 13
Milford 41 Merrimack Valley 6
Portsmouth 35 Con-Val Regional 12
Souhegan 37 Alvirne 20
Winnacunnet 47 Manchester West 6

Will New Hampshire Reduce the Number of Divisions in Football?

by Jeff Fisher
High School Football America

The New Hampshire Football Report published an article this week states the New Hampshire Interscholastic Athletic Association is considering cutting the number of football divisions in-half by the 2013 season.

Click here to read the story that says the NHIAA could adopt a three-to-five division format by April 1st.

New Hampshire currently runs six divisions of championships in football.

National Letter of Intent Signing Day - New Hampshire High Schools

Andrew Lauderdale - DE/TE (Trinity) - New Hampshire
Alexander Morrill - DL/OL (Lebanon) - New Hampshire

Three New Hampshire High School Football Championships to be Decided Saturday

by Jeff Fisher
New Hampshire High School Football Huddle

A couple of newcomers highlights this weekend's three New Hampshire state championship games.

First, there's Windham, which in just its second year of varsity football, playing for a Division V championship.  Windham (8-2) will play 2010 runner-up and unbeaten St. Thomas Aquinas tomorrow in Dover.

St. Thomas Aquinas (10-0), which is also seeking its first state title, beat Windham 48-20 during the regular season.

In the Division VI title game, playoff newbie Epping-Newmarket takes-on Inter-Lakes in Merideth.  This is the first year that the Blue Devils (8-2) have won more than four games in a season.  Epping-Newmarket has only given-up 55 points this season with five shutouts.

Inter-Lakes (10-0) will be trying to win the school's second state title.  The Lakers won the 2009 Division VI title, and beat the Blue Devils 3-0 during their regular season match-up.

From the championship newbies to a couple of teams that grabbed gold back in 2009.

In the Division IV championship game, top-seeded and unbeaten Trinity (10-0) takes-on Plymouth (9-1).  Trinity won the Division V championship in '09, while Plymouth captured the 2009 Division IV title, which was its fifth straight.

Tomorrow's Division IV title game will be played in Manchester.

New Hampshire High School Football Scores - Week 10/Playoffs-Semifinals

New Hampshire High School Football Scores
Saturday, November 5, 2011

Playoffs
Semifinals

Division IV
Trinity 43 Monadnock 7
Plymouth 21 Laconia 14

Division V
St. Thomas Aquinas 50 Somersworth 15
Windham 33 Kearsarge 27

Division VI
Inter-Lakes 22 Newport 8
Epping-Newmarket 9 Franklin 0

Regular Season
Goffstown 39 Hollis/Brookline 28
Milford 42 Pelham 14

New Hampshire High School Football Scores - Week 10

New Hampshire High School Football Scores
Friday, November 4, 2011

Concord 22 Spaulding 9
Dover 56 Timberlane 21
Exeter 27 Nashua North 7
Keene 17 Bishop Guertin 6
Manchester Central 50 Nashua South 35
Manchester West 37 Alvirne 36
Pinkerton Academy 41 Manchester Memorial 0
Portsmouth 49 Pembroke 0
Salem 30 Londonberry 13
Souhegan 36 Bedford 14
Winnacunenet 27 Merrimack 21

New Hampshire High School Football Scores - Week 9

New Hampshire High School Football Scores
Saturday, October 29, 2011

Bishop Guertin 42 Alvirne 20
Epping-Newmarket 32 Newfound Regional 6
Exeter 45 Nashua South 7
Franklin 40 Winnisquam 6
Inter-Lakes 35 Mascoma Valley 6
Newport 52 Gilford 14
Pinkerton Academy 49 Manchester Central 28
Plymouth 35 John Stark 14
Sanborn 37 Bow 28
St. Thomas Aquinas 13 Kearsarge 6
Windham 31 Campbell 14

New Hampshire High School Football Scores - Week 9

New Hampshire High School Football Scores 
Friday, October 28, 2011

Bedford 24 Portsmouth 12
Dover 54 Manchester West 17
Farmington 50 Raymond 0
Goffstown 28 Con-Val Regional 7
Hanover 56 Merrimack Valley 20
Hollis/Brookline 35 Milford 14
Keene 20 Winnacunnet 6
Kennett 42 Kingswood 21
Laconia 45 Monadnock 28
Londonberry 27 Manchester Memorial 25
Salem 22 Concord 6
Somersworth 22 Fall Mountain 21
Souhegan 53 Pelham 6
Spaulding 45 Timberlane 8
Stevens 30 Bishop Brady 13
Trinity 43 Lebanon 7

New Hampshire High School Football Scores - Week 6

New Hampshire High School Football Scores
Friday, October 7, 2011

Alvirne  14, Winnacunnet  7
Bedford  49, Miford  6
Bishop Guertin  21, Dover  6
Hanover  42, Kingswood  0
Kearsarge  34  Bishop Brady  21
Lebanon  33, Merrimack Valley  14
Manchester Central  14  Londonberry  10
Manchester Memorial  28, Concord  26
Monadnock  26, Kennett  10
Spaulding  47, Manchester West  14
Souhegan  46, Pembroke Academy  13

New Hampshire High School Football Scores - Week 6

New Hampshire High School Football Scores

Thursday, October 6, 2011

Nashua South  47, Nashua North  0

Pinkerton Academy  42, Exeter  16

New Hampshire High School Football Scores - Week 5

New Hampshire High School Football Scores
Friday, September 30, 2011

Beford  43  Con-Val Regional  13
Catholic Memorial (MA)  42  Bishop Guertin  0
Dover  34  Alvirne  0
Kennett  44  Merrimack Valley  22
Laconia  34  John Stark  6
Lebanon  31  Kingswood  7
Nashua South  34  Concord  13
Plymouth  37  Hanover  7
Portsmouth  35  Milford  14
Spaulding  25  Keene  16
Timberlane  24  Merrimack  0
Winnacunnet  42  Manchester West  0

New Hampshire High School Football Scores - Week 4

New Hampshire High School Football Scores
Friday, September 23, 2011

Alvirne  28, Timberlane  27
Campbell  42, Bishop Brady  14
Concord  12, Londonberry  6
Kennett  10, Hanover  7
Merrimack Valley  64, Kingswood  45
Monadnock  47, John Stark 0
Portsmouth  41, Pelham  7
Stevens  24  Sanborn Regional  21

New Hampshire High School Football Scores - Week 3

New Hampshire High School Football Scores
Saturday, September 17, 2011

Campbell  22  Stevens  18
Franklin  42  Gilford  14
Goffstown  21  Souhegan  14
Hollis/Brookline  43  Pembroke  14
Inter-Lakes-Moultonborough  28  Newport  14
John Stark  34  Merrimack Valley  22
Kearsarge  13  Bow  3
Nashua South  44  Lowell (MA)  41
Newfoundland  44  Farmington  8
Plymouth  35  Kennett  14
St. Thomas Aquinas  49  Bishop Brady  15
Winnisquam  34  Mascoma Valley  6

New Hampshire High School Football Scores - Week 1

New Hampshire High School Football Scores
Friday, September 2, 2011

Exeter  37  Spaulding  0
Fall Mountain  19  Bishop Brady  12
Hollis-Brookline  27  Manchester Memorial  19
Kearsage Regional  31  Stevens  28
Kennett  20  Lebanon  0
Laconia  55  Hanover  33
Manchester Central  30  Portsmouth  28
Manchester West  32  ConVal  31
Merrimack  27  Goffstown  26
Milford  13  Londonberry  6
Nashua North  14  Winnacunnet  7
Nashua South  37  Dover  20
Salem  20  Keene  13
Souhegan  33  Concord  31
Trinity  41  Merrimack Valey  14
Timberlane  42  Bedford  27

Travis Cote Hired as Head Football Coach at Bishop Guertin

by Jeff Fisher
New Hampshire High School Football Huddle

Travis Cote has some big shoes to fill at the new head football coach at Bishop Guertin.

Cote has been hired to replace Tony Johnson, who resigned earlier this year to focus on his athletic director's job.  Johnson led BG to six Division II state titles in seven years.

Cote has been the head coach at Milford High School since being hired in 2004.  In seven seasons at Milford, Cote's record was 29-46.

Tony Johnson Steps Down as Head Football Coach at Bishop Guertin

by Jeff Fisher
New Hampshire High School Football Huddle

After six state titles in seven years, Tony Johnson is stepping down has head coach at Bishop Guertin.

Reporter David Lane of the Union Leader reports that Johnson, who will stay-on as the school's athletic director, took over the down-and-out program in 1994.

Tom King of the Nashua Telegraph writes that Johnson's resignation from the football post catch many off-guard.

New Hampshire - 2011 National Signing Day

Anthony Baker (Phillips Exeter Academy, TE) - Lafayette