The Pelham-Windham Razorbacks fourth-grade football team remained unbeaten and closed within one win of the New England regional championship following a 31-7 regional semifinal-round victory against the Nipmuc Warriors of Central Massachusetts on Saturday, Nov. 14. That triumph followed a 25-6 state championship defeat of the rival Salem Rams on ...

The Goffstown Screamin’ Eagles middle school football team plays for its third championship in four years following a convincing 28-8 win against the Manchester Bears on Sunday, Nov. 15. The locals face Lowell, Mass., at Bedford High School on Saturday, Nov. 21, at 11 a.m. Goffstown once again started quickly, with Alex Duval capping the ...

BY MATT SCHOOLEYGood things do indeed come in small packages. Especially when it’s a blitz package. The Goffstown sixth-grade football team was severely outsized in its Northeast regional semifinal contest against Massachusetts foe Milford, but the Screamin’ Eagles proved they weren’t going to be outworked. On Saturday, Nov. ...

BY MATT SCHOOLEYIt didn’t take Andy Vailas long to have an impact for New Hampshire during the Shrine Maple Sugar Bowl. The former Bishop Guertin standout quarterback broke free for a 55-yard touchdown run on the team’s third play from scrimmage, helping the Granite State team to a 40-6 victory on Saturday, Aug. 1. Vailas was named a ...

BY MATT SCHOOLEYWhether gaining closure or preparing for a gridiron future, the Shrine Maple Sugar Bowl was a success for Neighborhood athletes. On Saturday, Aug. 1, high school players from across New Hampshire knocked off their Vermont counterparts for the 41st time in 56 contests, easing past their neighbors in Windsor, Vt., 40-6. Hooksett ...

BY MATT SCHOOLEYFive years ago, when Jamie Naylor heard about an all-women’s football league, she thought, “I could do that.” She was right. Naylor, a 2000 Salem High School graduate, recently finished her fifth year with the Manchester Freedom, where she has filled nearly every role in a sport she had never played until she ...

SMITHFIELD, R.I. – The Pelham/Windham Razorbacks’ stifling defense stopped the Connecticut champs cold in a 20-0 win that delivered the Junior Pee Wee squad the American Youth Football League’s New England crown. With the victory on Nov. 22, the Razorbacks head to Orlando, Fla., for a chance at the AYF’s national ...

BY RYAN O’CONNORHe knows it’s a cliche, but he’s going to say it anyway. He’s going to repeat it over and over again. “Defense wins championships,” said Bishop Guertin head coach Tony Johnson at least six times in a four-minute conversation. He’s only pointing out what his Cardinals, laden with Bedford ...

Down 12 points with halftime approaching, the Goffstown Screamin’ Eagles middle school varsity football team needed a big play. Instead, the locals made several and won the Northeast Junior High Football League championship, beating Lowell on Sunday, Nov. 16, 28-20, at Mountain View Middle School. “These hard-working boys … ...

BY RYAN O’CONNORThree years ago, the last time Goffstown and Pembroke met on the Division III football gridiron, the Grizzlies were headed for the postseason and the Spartans were struggling to win a game. Following the most recent matchup, on Saturday, Oct. 25, GHS coach Rob Cathcart told his team: “I love games like this, but I ...