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.

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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