TOM: THE LAKERS WERE DINING BY
THE LATE TONIGHT.
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KICKOFF OUR FIRST PLAYOFF
EDITION OF FRIDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL
INCLUDING 24 TEAMS LEFT STANDING
INCLUDING ALL 3 DEFENDING STATE
CHAMPIONS.
LET'S START IN DIVISION ONE, AND
WHAT SHOULD BE A GREAT MATCHUP
BETWEEN PINKERTON AND NASHUA
SOUTH.
THE TWO TEAMS MET BACK IN WEEK
TWO OF THE REGULAR SEASON, IT
WAS A 28-6 PINKERTON WIN BUT
SINCE THEN, THE PURPLE PANTHERS
HAVE FOUND THEIR STRIDE, WINNING
7 STRAIGHT GAMES, AND SCORING
POINTS IN BUNCHES.
DON'T SLEEP ON THE ASTROS
OFFENSE.
PINKERTON IS AVERAGING ALMOST 45
POINTS PER GAME AND THEY'VE
RATTLED OFF SIX STRAIGHT WINDS.
>> BOTH TEAMS HAVE GONE ON IN
SEPARATE DIRECTIONS.
WE ARE STARTING WITH A SCRATCH.
>> WE HAVE TO BLOCK AND TACKLE.
THEY ARE A REALLY SOUND FOOTBALL
TEAM AND THEY DO REALLY WELL.
>> IT IS ALL ABOUT INTENSITY.
IT IS JUST GOING TO BE WHO WANTS
IT MORE.
>> WE BOTH HAVE MOMENTUM GOING
INTO THE PLAYOFFS.
SHOULD BE A GREAT GAME.
>> THE WINNER OF THAT GAME WILL
GET EITHER LONDONDERRY OR SALEM
IN THE SEMIFINALS.
THE BLUE DEVILS HOST THE LANCERS
AT GRANT FIELD TRYING TO KEEP
THEIR UNDEFEATED SEASON INTACT.
SALEM IS 9-0 AND JUST BEAT
LONDONDERRY LAST WEEK IN THE
REGULAR SEASON BUT THE LANCERS
35-14, HAVE SURPRISED A LOT OF
PEOPLE THIS YEAR AND HOPE TO
BEGIN ON SATURDAY.
THEY KICKOFF AT 3:00 P.M.
IN THE OTHER BRACKET, YOU HAVE
ANOTHER 9-0 TEAM.
THE WINNACUNNET WARRIORS, WHO
WILL HOST THE DEFENDING
CHAMPIONS FROM BEDFORD.
THE WARRIORS BEAT THE BULLDOGS
IN WEEK 3 OF THE REGULAR SEASON
BEDFORD WILL HAVE TO FIND A WAY
20-8.
TO SCORE SOME POINTS AGAINST A
DEFENSE THAT ALLOWED 8 POINTS OR
LESS FIVE TIMES THIS SEASON.
GAME TIME IS AT 3:00 P.M.
THAT WINNER WILL GET EXETER OR
GOFFSTOWN.
THE GRIZZLIES ARE 8-1, BLUE
HAWKS ARE TWO VERY SIMILAR TEAMS
7-2, WHEN IT COMES IN NUMBERS.
THEY ALSO MET IN WEEK 3 OF THE
REGULAR SEASON.
IT WAS A 28-7 GOFFSTOWN WHEN --
WIN.
GAME TIME IS 1:00 SATURDAY.
NOW TO DIVISION TWO, WHERE THE
MOST IMPRESSIVE OF THE DEFENDING
STATE CHAMPIONSHIP TEAMS IS SET
TO BEGIN ITS TITLE DEFENSE, THE
PLYMOUTH BOBCATS.
THE BOBCATS PICKED UP RIGHT
WHERE THEY LEFT OFF LAST YEAR
AND ENTER THE PLAYOFFS WITH A
PERFECT 8-0 RECORD THANKS TO
GUYS LIKE GARRETT MACOMBER AND
NOLIN FARINA, PLYMOUTH HAS
SCORED MORE THAN 40 POINTS IN
EVERY GAME THEY'VE PLAYED THIS
SEASON.
BUT THE WILL BE TESTED BY THE
, SOUHEGAN SABRES AND THEIR
SPREAD OFFENSE, SOUHEGAN BACK IN
THE PLAYOFFS UNDER NEW HEAD
COACH ROBIN BOWKETT, A FORMER
SABRE HIMSELF.
DEFENSE SHOULD BE A MAJOR FACTOR
IN THIS ONE.
>> WE HAVE BEEN GOOD ABOUT
PUTTING POINTS ON THE BOARD.
WE HAVE TO WORK AS A TEAM AND
GET AFTER IT.
>> THROWS THE DEEP BALL VERY
WELL.
THE SPEED THEY HAVE IS GOING TO
BE A TOUGH MATCHUP.
>> WE NEED TO GET BACK TO WHAT
WE WERE DOING IN THE BEGINNING.
EVERYONE HAS THEIR OWN JOB AND
WE JUST PLAY AS A TEAM.
>> THE WINDHAM JAGUARS ARE ALSO
ON THE THEY WILL HOST THE BOW
, 8-0.
FALCONS THE TWO TEAMS DID NOT
SATURDAY.
MEET DURING THE REGULAR SEASON,
BUT ON PAPER, IT SHOULD BE A
GOOD MATCHUP.
WINDHAM CAN SCORE A LOT OF
POINTS, BUT BOW HAS ONLY ALLOWED
AN AVERAGE OF 9 POINTS PER GAME,
--
HANOVER IS ALSO 8-0 IN DIVISION
THEY GET THE CAVALIERS OF
2.
HOLLIS-BROOKLINE IN THE
QUARTERFINALS.
THE CAVALIERS ARE COMING OFF A
BIG WIN OVER SOUHEGAN LAST
WEEKEND, AND ARE RIDING SOME
MUCH-NEEDED MOMENTUM BUT THE
, MARAUDERS HAVE BEEN SOLID ALL
SEASON, WITH A DEFENSE THAT IS
ONLY GIVING UP 8 POINTS PER
GAME.
GAME TIME IS 3:00 AND THE FINAL
D-2 MATCHUP IS BETWEEN JOHN
STARK AND ST. THOMAS.
THE GENERALS ARE 6-2, THE SAINTS
ARE 7-1.
THEY DID NOT MEET DURING THE
REGULAR SEASON EITHER, SO
PREPARATION WILL BE KEY.
IF THE GENERALS CAN SLOW DOWN
THE SAINTS HIGH POWERED OFFENSE,
THEY'LL HAVE A SHOT AT THE
UPSET.
THE BEST TEAM IN DIVISION THREE
MIGHT BE THE NUMBER TWO SEED.
THE CAMPBELL COUGARS ARE 8-0,
AND SCORED 450 TOTAL POINTS THIS
SEASON, SCORING MORE THAN 60,
FOUR TIMES AND THEIR DEFENSE
PITCHED FIVE SHUTOUTS.
THE COUGARS WILL HOST
VENTURE LAKERS- MOULTONBOROUGH
SATURDAY AT 1:00.
THE LAKERS WERE SHUTOUT BY
CAMPBELL IN WEEK TWO, BUT ARE
MUCH IMPROVED, AND WELL COACHED,
IT SHOULD MAKE FOR A
INTERESTING GAME.
>> I LIKE TO PLAY AS THE
UNDERDOGS.
>> WE HAVE TO COME OUT ON FIRE
AND STICK IT TO THEM.
WE HAVE TO BUCKLE DOWN AND
PULLED IT TO THEM.
>> MAY HAVE BEEN PRETTY GOOD AND
HAVE GOTTEN A LOT BETTER.
>> IT IS EVERYTHING WE HAVE
DREAMED OF.
OUR GOAL -- WE ARE GOING ONE
PLAY AT A TIME.
THE DEFENDING CHAMPIONS FROM
>> STEVENS TRAVEL TO SOMERSWORTH
41:00 KICKOFF.
THEY ALSO MET IN WEEK TWO OF THE
REGULAR SEASON, A 35-8
SOMERSWORTH WIND -- WIN.
THE HILLTOPPERS ARE 7-1 FOR A
REASON, AVERAGING 45 POINTS PER
GAME.
THE NUMBER ONE OVERALL SEED IS
MONADNOCK, THEY EDGED CAMPBELL
WHEN IT CAME TO THE POINTS
SYSTEM, THE HUSKIES WILL HOST
4-4 KEARSARGE.
MONADNOCK BEAT THE COUGARS 36-7
THREE WEEKS AGO, AND HAVE A
DEFENSE THAT HAS ONLY ALLOWED AN
AVERAGE OF SIX POINT FOR GAME
AND FINALLY, EPPING-NEWMARKET
TRAVELS TO 7-1 NEWPORT FOR A
THE TIGERS ARE ANOTHER STINGY
1:00 KICKOFF.
THE TIGERS ARE ANOTHER STINGY
TEAM WHEN IT COMES TO DEFENSE,
WHILE THEY HAVE ONE OF THE MOST
EXPLOSIVE PLAYERS IN THE
DIVISION ON OFFENSE IN JOHN
TIBEAULT.