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By DAN ATTORRI

Six Capital Area high school football programs made the playoffs this season, the most representation that the area has had in the post-pandemic era. But despite strong regular seasons, and in some cases historic seasons, none of those six teams...

By DAN ATTORRI

It’s been several years since the Franklin High School football team has made the playoffs. That drought is now over.Franklin defeated Bishop Brady, 17-7, under the lights at Concord’s Memorial Field on Saturday to claim its first-ever Kaplan Kup and...

By DAN ATTORRI

PENACOOK – Friday night couldn’t have gone any better for the seniors on the Merrimack Valley football team.Not only did they win their final game on their home field, but that 55-22 victory over Pembroke Academy also allowed the Pride (4-5) to hoist...

By BEN HOOKE

HANOVER — At the stadium that will soon be named in his honor, friends, family and colleagues of late Dartmouth College football coach Eugene F. “Buddy” Teevens gathered on Saturday for an emotional celebration of life.Teevens, a 1979 Dartmouth...

By DAN ATTORRI

The Division I Central football coaches met last Thursday to vote on All-Conference teams, and several Concord High players were selected.Senior tight end Oscar Humelsine Perez was named to the All-Conference First Team, while senior offensive lineman...

By DAN ATTORRI

Several area football players were named to their respective division’s All-State roster, as selected by the NHIAA coaches. Gilford-Belmont led area Division II East programs with four First Team selections (including first-year quarterback Anakin...

By DAN ATTORRI

The Giants may have qualified for the final spot in the playoffs on the last day of the season, but they gave the top-seeded Tigers a good fight. But ultimately, committing four turnovers and facing Division IV’s top rusher was too much to overcome as...

By DAN ATTORRI

PLYMOUTH – The John Stark seniors remember walking off the field winless after their final game as freshmen. Four years later, they’re walking off the field for the final time in the playoffs.The No. 7 John Stark Generals (5-4) fought for every inch...

By DAN ATTORRI

AMHERST – Taking down one of Division II’s best football programs would take a near perfect game. But Bow went three-and-out and was forced to put on the first possession of the game and Souhegan’s JJ Bright scored on a 48-yard touchdown on his team’s...

By DAN ATTORRI

MANCHESTER – The result of Saturday night’s game could result in either one of two things for the Falcons: They lose and know they have one week left of the season or they win and have a shot at qualifying for the playoffs. They chose the...

By DAN ATTORRI

KINGSTON – John Stark Regional entered Saturday’s highly-anticipated matchup at Sanborn Regional knowing that they were facing a caliber of opposition they hadn’t faced since the second week of the season and the Generals and Indians didn’t...

By DAN ATTORRI

CONTOOCOOK – For the Generals, it all starts with battles in the trenches. John Stark won the battle on the first play from scrimmage, allowing senior Donnie White to rip off a 65 yard touchdown run. It’s a sequence that would become familiar to...

By DAN ATTORRI

The Pride were hoping to have more wins entering Saturday’s homecoming game, but this win was a sweet one that the Merrimack Valley players won’t soon forget.Junior defensive end Michael Heine had 15 tackles, including a stop on Bow’s two-point...

By DAN ATTORRI

The Franklin High School football program has had a rough go of it for the last few years. When you’re down, it’s tempting to give up, and that was all too common for the Golden Tornadoes in year’s past. But not on Saturday.Franklin trailed 14-0 at...

By DAN ATTORRI

HOPKINTON – The Pembroke Academy coaching staff gives out Reese’s candy as rewards for takeaways. The Spartan coaching staff had some shopping to do after Saturday’s game.The first half was scoreless, but in the second half everything clicked....

By DAN ATTORRI

With 8:39 left in the third quarter the Generals trailed 27-6. It’s an impossible deficit for an individual to overcome. But not for a family.The John Stark football team, armed with three years of advice from head coach Ray Kershaw, three years of...

By DAN ATTORRI

PEMBROKE – “Football comes down to tackling and blocking.”That’s what Pembroke Academy head coach Will Moher said after the Spartans fell to visiting Plymouth on Saturday.Pembroke displayed athleticism and talent at the skill positions, but were...

FootballKennett 14, Gilford-Belmont 7Key players: Gilford-Belmont – Anakin Underhill (129 rush yards, TD; 2-for-5 passing, 20 yards, INT), Hutch Haskins (106 rush yards), Zakk Ober (interception)Highlights:  Kennett scored a touchdown in the first and...

By ERIC RYNSTON-LOBELand DAN ATTORRI

Progressing from three wins in his first season to five NHIAA wins and his program’s first playoff appearance since 2014 last year, Concord High School football head coach Jim Corkum has overseen a strong upward trajectory since taking over the...

By TRIS WYKES

Dartmouth College football coach Buddy Teevens has lost his right leg as a result of his March 16 bike crash in northern Florida, his wife wrote Tuesday night in a brief message published on the college athletic department website.“We would like to...