JASON: THE HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL PLAYOFFS CONTINUE THIS WEEKEND, ORIGINALLY WITH EIGHT QUARTERFINALS AND FOUR SEMIFINALS, BUT A COUPLE OF SCHOOLS HAVE PULLED OUT DUE TO
COVID CONCERNS.
MORE ON THAT AS WE MOVE ALONG.
WELCOME, EVERYONE, TO FRIDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL.
TWO OF THOSE QUARTERFINAL GAMES WERE PLAYED TONIGHT.
IN DIVISION ONE, TOP-SEEDED NASHUA NORTH HOSTING THE MERRIMACK TOMAHAWKS.
MERRIMACK IS IN WHITE, AND ON THEIR OPENING DRIVE QUARTERBACK KYLE CRAMPTON FUMBLES THE SNAP.
RECOVERED BY NASHUA NORTH SENIOR CAPTAIN MAX ACKERMAN.
TITANS TAKE OVER.
FOUR PLAYS LATER, WATCH THIS ONE ON OUR GOALPOST CAM.
JAYDEN ESPINAL RUNS IT IN FROM FIVE YARDS OUT.
7-0 NORTH.
ACKERMAN TOLD US BEFORE THE SEASON THAT HE NEEDED SOME GOOD VIDEO TO IMPRESS THE COLLEGE COACHES.
HERE’S MORE FROM ACKERMAN AS HE STUFFS THE RUN.
TITANS QUARTERBACK CURTIS HARRIS-LOPEZ HAS PLENTY OF VIDEO, AND HERE IS ANOTHER ONE TO ADD TO THE REEL.
HE GETS SOME GREAT BLOCKING ON THIS 17-YARD TOUCHDOWN RUN AROUND THE LEFT SIDE.
NORTH TOOK THE QUICK 13-0 LEAD IN THE GAME.
THE TITANS WEREN’T DONE AND NEITHER WAS HARRIS-LOPEZ.
THIS TIME HE TRIES THE RIGHT SIDE AND HE TAKES IT 35 YARDS UNTOUCHED FOR ANOTHER SCORE.
HARRIS-LOPEZ HAS SEVEN D-1 SCHOLARSHIP OFFERS ALREADY, INCLUDING UNH.
NORTH WINS 42-12.
IT’S ON TO THE STATE SEMIFINALS FOR THE TITANS.
SO NASHUA NORTH WILL TAKE ON THE WINNER OF TOMORROW’S QUARTERFINAL BETWEEN LONDONDERRY AND SALEM, 1:00 P.M. AT GRANT FIELD.
ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE BRACKET, BEDFORD TAKES ON UNDEFEATED GOFFSTOWN AT 1:00.
THE WINNER OF THAT GAME WILL FACE WINNACUNNET IN THE SEMIFINALS.
EXETER WAS ONE OF THE TEAMS FORCED TO OPT-OUT DUE TO POSITIVE COVID CASES IN THE SCHOOL.
WE’VE LISTED THE FINAL SCORE OF 1-0 JUST FOR ILLUSTRATIVE PURPOSES.
DIVISION TWO QUARTERFINALS, UNBEATEN SOUHEGAN HOSTING HOLLIS-BROOKLINE.
CAVALIERS STRIKE FIRST.
DREW GRYNIEWICZ THROWS THE FADE TO BLAKE BERGERSON.
TOUCHDOWN FOR THE BIG SENIOR.
7-0 HOLLIS-BROOKLINE.
THEY HAD SOME TROUBLE ON SPECIAL TEAMS THOUGH.
CAVS BACK TO PUNT.
IT’S BLOCKED BY SOUHEGAN’S MICHAEL MAROUN.
THE BALL GOES OUT OF THE END ZONE.
IT’S A SAFETY.
CAVALIERS BACK TO PUNT AGAIN AND AGAIN MAROUN GETS IN THERE FOR THE BLOCK.
THIS TIME SCOOPED UP BY TONY GARRANT.
TOUCHDOWN, SOUHEGA SABERS LEAD 8-7.
GRYNIEWICZ HAS HIS PASS TIPPED BY GARRANT AND INTERCEPTED BY REESE COLBY.
HE RETURNS IT 37 YARDS FOR A TOUCHDOWN.
15-7 SABERS IN FRONT, STILL WITHOUT AN OFFENSIVE SCORE.
THAT CAME IN THE SECOND QUARTER.
AUSTIN JAIN TO LUKE MANNING.
SOUHEGAN’S FIRST OFFENSIVE POINTS OF THE GAME MAKES IT 22-7.
SABERS LED 36-14 AT HALFTIME.
THEY WIN, 63-34.
SO SOUHEGAN WILL FACE TIMBERLANE IN THE SEMIFINALS.
ST. THOMAS WAS ANOTHER SCHOOL FORCED TO OPT-OUT DUE TO POSITIVE COVID CASES IN THE SCHOOL.
AGAIN, THE 1-0 SCORE IS SIMPLY FOR ILLUSTRATIVE PURPOSES.
ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THAT BRACKET, KENNETT WILL PLAY AT PLYMOUTH SATURDAY AT 1:00.
AND LEBANON TAKES ON BOW.
THAT GAME WILL BE PLAYED AT 10:00 IN THE MORNING.
THE DIVISION THREE SEMIFINALS LOOK LIKE THIS.
UNDEFEATED PELHAM WILL HOST MONADNOCK AT 3:00 P.M. ON SATURDAY.
STEVENS AND WINNISQUAM PLAY THE EARLY GAME AT 1:00 IN DIVISION FOUR, THE RAYMOND RAMS WILL BE LOOKING TO ADVANCE TO THE TITLE GAME, BUT HAVE TO GET PAST THE HILLTOPPERS OF
SOMERSWORTH.
SOMERSWORTH BEAT THE RAMS 29-12 IN WEEK FIVE.
IT WAS THE FIRST LOSS OF THE SEASON FOR THE RAMS.
THAT GAME WAS THE ONLY GAME OF THE SEASON FOR THE HILLTOPPERS.
THEIR PLAYOFF GAME AGAINST EPPING WAS CANCELED LAST WEEK.
SO RAYMOND HAS MUCH MORE TIME ON THE FIELD THIS SEASON, BUT SOMERSWORTH IS WELL-RESTED.
GAME TIME ON SATURDAY IN SOMERSWORTH IS 1:00.
>> IT IS GOING TO BE A HARD GAME.
THEY ARE A VERY POWERFUL TEAM.
I THINK WE HAVE A GOOD MATCHUP AGAINST THEM AND WILL DO WELL.
>> IT’S GOING TO BE A GOOD GAME, A HARD-FOUGHT GAME BY BOTH TEAMS.
OBVIOUSLY THE BETTER TEAM WILL COME OUT ON TOP.
>> A CLOSE GAME IS WHAT I EXPECT.
THERE I GOOD TEAM AND WILL PLAY HARD.
WE JUST NEED TO PLAY BETTER.
JASON: SO THE RAMS AND HILLTOPPERS MEET AT 1:00 ON SATURDAY.
THAT WINNER WILL FACE EITHER FALL MOUNTAIN OR TOP-SEEDED NEWPORT.
THEY PLAY AT 1:30.
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