Three generations of Campbells take the mike at SHS BY DERRICK PERKINSIt’s not love of the game that’s drawn three generations of Campbell men to the high school football broadcast booth, but a bond to each other and their hometown. Bernard Howard Campbell was still playing slide trombone in the Salem High School band when his ...

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 ...

BY RYAN O’CONNORFor years, Salem has been an 18-wheeler chugging down the Division I football freeway. SHS, frequently a powerful force, often seemed poised to flatten the competition, only to watch speedy Pinkerton Academy blaze past, garnering title after title – nine total – in a 23-year span. In fact, the Astros entered this ...

BY JERRY LIPTAKManchester Central’s football team, rolling along since mid-October, finished flat against Nashua North. The third-seeded Little Green played well on offense and defense against the Titans, but the second-seeded hosts overcame a 12-3 deficit, scored late following a sequence of fumbles and reached the Division I finals with a ...

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 SCHOOLEYConnor Lyons earned a much-deserved rest. The Trinity High School gridiron star and Bedford resident found the end zone four times in the first half of a Division V semifinal-round game before taking the second half off during his team’s 37-0 win over Bow on Saturday, Nov. 7. The speedy senior opened the scoring with a ...

BY MATT SCHOOLEYIt wasn’t the way Paul Cohen envisioned bidding farewell to the Bow High School football campaign. The Falcons, who were at one time 5-0 and tied atop the standings, were thumped by Trinity High School for a second consecutive week, losing in the Division V semifinals on Saturday, Nov. 7, 37-0. “We kind of came ...

BY MATT SCHOOLEYThere was another postseason celebration on Pelham’s home field. This time it took place on the opposite sideline. On Saturday, Nov. 7, the two-time defending Division V football champions were knocked out of the postseason by third-ranked Bishop Brady, 32-18. The Pythons were well behind at halftime, 29-6, but trimmed the ...

BY MATT SCHOOLEYKurt Hines, Bedford High School’s head football coach, has led the Bulldogs to two wins and some close losses in the program’s second year, and one opposing coach in particular has taken notice. “This team has come leaps and bounds, and it’s because they’re so well coached,” said ...