MAC, HEY, EVERYBODY, IT IS S EAN MAC.
CONGRATULATIONS TO WMUR FOR 26 YEARS OF "FRIDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL." GOOD LUCK, ENJOY THE 603 CHALLENGE COME AND HAVE A GREAT SEASON.
JASON: THANK YOU TO COACH MAC FOR HELPING US OUT TONIGHT.
CAN’T WAIT TO SEE HIM BACK ON THE SIDELINES WHENEVER THE WILDCATS GET BACK ON THE FIELD.
WELCOME, EVERYONE, TO ANOTHER SEASON OF "FRIDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL." THIS YEAR WILL BE LIKE NO OTHER.
JUST A FEW WEEKS AGO WE QUESTIONED WHETHER OR NOT THERE WOULD EVEN BE A SEASON THIS FALL, SO A HUGE CONGRATULATIONS TO EVERYONE INVOLVED IN JUST GETTING US TO THIS POINT.
NOW HOW ABOUT SOME FOOTBALL?
WE START WITH THE DEFENDING DIVISION ONE CHAMPIONS FROM LONDONDERRY HOSTING THEIR RIVALS FROM DERRY.
GOOD START FOR THE DEFENDING CHAMPS, IN BLUE.
QUARTERBACK DYLAN MCEACHERN ROLLS RIGHT, BUT THEN THROWS BACK ACROSS TO HIS LEFT.
COLBY RAMSHAW TAKES IT IN FOR A 16-YARD TOUCHDOWN.
COLBY’S DAD MIKE WAS A GREAT PLAYER AT PINKERTON AND MIKE IS THE PRESIDENT OF THE NEW HAMPSHIRE FISHER CATS.
13-0 LANCERS.
A SQUIB KICK ON THE ENSUING KICKOFF, TAKEN BY GAVIN AUGER, AND WATCH THE HIT COMING UP.
RILEY BOLES AND NATHAN PEDRICK BRINGING THE HAMMER ON THAT HIT.
FOR THE ASTROS, QUARTERBACK NATHAN CAMPOS IS THINKING PASS ON THIS PLAY, BUT JAKE NAAR BREAKS THROUGH THE LINE AND THROWS HIM DOWN FOR THE SACK.
BUT THAT DIDN’T DEFINE THE DRIVE.
THIS DID.
A 42-YARD TOUCHDOWN RUN RIGHT UP THE MIDDLE BY EVAN WILSON.
13-6, LONDONDERRY LED.
WILSON SCORED TWO TOUCHDOWNS, BUT THE CHAMPS TAKE DOWN THEIR RIVAL AGAIN.
LONDONDERRY WINS, 23-1 AND THE BATTLE OF THE BRIDGE IN NASHUA, NORTH HOSTING SOUTH.
NORTH IS IN WHITE.
FIRST TOUCHDOWN OF THE SEASON FOR THEM GOES TO THEIR GREAT QUARTERBACK, CURTIS HARRIS-LOPEZ ON THE QUARTERBACK KEEPER.
6-0 TITANS.
SECOND QUARTER, DEEP IN SOUTH TERRITORY AGAIN.
THIS TIME THE GIVE IS TO ANTHONY GREENE AND HE RUNS IT IN.
12-0.
NORTH WAS GETTING IT DONE ON DEFENSE, TOO.
JASON COMPOH IS LOOKING FOR RUNNING ROOM, BUT BIG MAX ACKERMAN WAS HAVING NONE OF IT.
TACKLE FOR A LOSS IN THE BACKFIELD.
SOUTH WAS FIGHTING FOR EVERY YARD.
MIKE RUTSTEIN DUMPS IT OFF TO JOSHUA COMPOH FOR A SHORT GAIN.
TITANS WIN 24-7.
WINNACUNNET AND EXETER ON THE SEACOAST.
AN OLD DIVISION TWO RIVALRY.
WARRIORS HOLD ON FOR A 16-13 WIN.
QUARTERBACK KYLE TILLEY HAD A PAIR OF TOUCHDOWN RUNS FOR WINNACUNNET.
BIG WIN FOR THE GRIZZLIES AND NEW HEAD COACH NICK HAMMOND, 26-21.
JARRETT HENAULT THREW A TOUCHDOWN PASS TO PEYTON STRICKLAND WITH ABOUT FIVE MINUTES TO GO TO GIVE THE GRIZZLIES THE LEAD FOR GOOD.
HENAULT ALSO RAN FOR TWO TOUCHDOWNS.
MERRIMACK HOSTING BISHOP GUERTIN.
TOMAHAWKS WIN AT HOME, 21-14.
JAKE TRAHAN HAD TWO TOUCHDOWN RUNS FOR MERRIMACK AND DYLAN SABOWSKI HAD A BIG GAME ON THE DEFENSIVE SIDE OF THE BALL.
A QUEEN CITY SHOWDOWN, CENTRAL ON THE ROAD AT MEMORIAL.
CRUSADERS ON THE MOVE.
JEFF JOSEFIK TOSSES IT OUT TO ROMAN CARNEVALE.
GOOD GAIN FOR THE HOME TEAM, BUT THAT DRIVE WOULD STALL.
CENTRAL WITH THE BALL IN THE FIRST QUARTER.
JOSHUA JEROME LETS ONE FLY TO A WIDE-OPEN SHAWN MCGARVEY.
THAT GOES FOR A 35-YARD GAIN, DOWN TO THE 5-YARD LINE.
A COUPLE PLAYS LATER, JEROME TAKES THE SNAP AND TAKES IT IN TO THE END ZONE.
TOUCHDOWN, LITTLE GREEN.
MEMORIAL’S KAI COLSON SCORED ON AN 81-YARD TOUCHDOWN RUN WITH 1:03 LEFT IN THE GAME.
CENTRAL SCORED WITH 0.2 SECONDS LEFT, BUT THE P.A.T. WAS BLOCKED.
MEMORIAL WINS, 21-20 ALVIRNE IS BACK IN DIVISION ONE THIS SEASON AND SALEM HAS A NEW COACH.
THEY MET AT GRANT FIELD.
26-12 SALEM IN THE SECOND HALF.
ALVIRNE Q.B. KYLE GORA IS PICKED OFF BY SALEM DANTE FERNANDEZ.
HE ALSO HAD A TOUCHDOWN IN THE GAME.
THAT WOULD LEAD TO THIS SHORT TOUCHDOWN RUN BY THOMAS AHLERS.
34-12 BLUE DEVILS IN FRONT.
AND WHEN SOMETHING WORKS, WHY NOT RUN IT AGAIN?
ANOTHER TOSS TO AHLERS.
ANOTHER TOUCHDOWN FOR SALEM.
BLUE DEVILS WIN BIG, 46-12.
THERE WERE A COUPLE OF CROSS-DIVISION GAMES TONIGHT AS WELL, LIKE DIVISION THREE TRINITY HOSTING DIVISION ONE CONCORD.
THE PIONEERS COMING OFF A CHAMPIONSHIP SEASON IN D-3.
TRINITY WITH THE BALL IN THE FIRST.
PETER ALISANDRO MAKES ONE DEFENDER MISS, BUT CONCORD’S KEVIN MCDONOUGH GETS HIM IN THE BACKFIELD FOR A BIG LOSS.
THE PIONEERS WOULD BE FORCED TO PUNT.
THE KICK BOUNCES OFF A CONCORD PLAYER AND J.T. MASUKU JUMPS ON IT FOR TRINITY.
FIRST DOWN, PIONEERS IN GREAT FIELD POSITION.
THAT WOULD LEAD TO THIS, A 26-YARD TOUCHDOWN RUN BY PETER ALISANDRO AROUND THE LEFT SIDE.
8-0 TRINITY AFTER THE TWO-POINT CONVERSION.
ALISANDRO HAD A TOUCHDOWN RUN, TOUCHDOWN PASS, AND A PICK SIX.
HUGE WIN FOR THE PIONEERS, TRINITY WINS, 22-7 IN DIVISION TWO, SOUHEGAN HOME WITH HOLLIS-BROOKLINE.
14-0 SABERS IN THE SECOND HALF.
GOOD RUN HERE BY SOUHEGAN’S REESE COLBY.
HE’S GOT SOME WHEELS.
MAKES A FEW PLAYERS MISS.
GOOD GAIN, BUT THAT DRIVE STALLED.
SOUHEGAN WITH THE BALL AGAIN.
Q.B. AUSTIN JAIN HAS HIS PASS INTERCEPTED BY QUINN CONNORS.
CAVALIERS ARE IN BUSINESS, BUT THE SABER DEFENSE HELD FIRM.
SOUHEGAN WOULD ADD SOME INSURANCE IN THE FOURTH.
MITCH HAUSER RUNS IT IN FOR A SCORE.
SABERS GET THE SHUTOUT, 20-0.
LACONIA AND WINNISQUAM IN DIVISION THREE.
BEARS WIN ON THE ROAD, 13-0.
PHIL NICHOLS THREW A TOUCHDOWN PASS TO COOPER FRENCH AND BRADY PALMER RAN ONE IN.
DEFENSIVELY, CHAZ HIBBERT AND NOLAN PERINO HAD A BIG NIGHT >> LET’S HEAR IT FOR YOUR LEBANON RAIDERS!
JASON: DIVISION THREE STEVENS AT DIVISION TWO LEBANON.
RAIDERS ARE IN RED.
OPENING DRIVE, COLE SHAMBO WITH A SIX-YARD TOUCHDOWN RUN TO THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE END ZONE.
LEBANON UP 8-0 AFTER THE TWO-POINT CONVERSION.
THE RIGHT SIDE WAS WORKING FOR LEBANON.
NEYOTI PUNNI WITH A 36-YARD TOUCHDOWN RUN.
STILL IN THE FIRST QUARTER, 16-0 LEBANON.
THEY WERE FAR FROM DONE IN THE FIRST.
HOW ABOUT A 10-YARD TOUCHDOWN RUN FOR THE QUARTERBACK, JACKSON STONE.
SAME SPOT, AROUND THE RIGHT SIDE.
HE ALSO RETURNED A PUNT 85 YARDS FOR A TOUCHDOW SOCIALLY DISTANCED CHEERLEADERS.
LEBANON SCORED 31 POINTS IN THE FIRST QUARTER.
STEVENS RESPONDS IN THE SECOND.
QUARTERBACK OWEN TAYLOR AIRS THIS ONE OUT AND CLAYTON WADSWORTH HAULS IT IN FOR A 38-YARD GAIN.
THEY CAP OFF THE DRIVE WITH A SCORE, TAYLOR INTO THE END ZONE, AND WADSWORTH CATCHES THE DEFLECTION.
LEBANON ROLLS, 58-12.
DIVISION TWO HANOVER MADE THE TRIP TO FACE DIVISION FOUR FALL MOUNTAIN.
WILDCATS IN THE DARK UNIFORM THE GIVE IS TO IZAAK WESTOVER, AND HE FINDS SOME RUNNING ROOM OVER THE LEFT SIDE.
THAT WILL GO FOR ABOUT 38 YARDS BEFORE HE’S BROUGHT DOWN BY MAURICE KADO.
BIG GAIN, BUT THEY WOULD TURN IT OVER ON DOWNS.
7-0 HANOVER IN THE SECOND QUARTER.
BIG PLAY HERE.
COLIN PIERCE CONNECTS WITH KADO IN THE FLAT AND HE’S OFF TO THE RACES.
63-YARD TOUCHDOWN.
14-0.
KADO ALSO HAD A PICK SIX ON DEFENSE.
STILL IN THE SECOND, A QUICK HITTER FOR HANOVER.
SEAMUS MURPHY TAKES IT IN FROM THREE YARDS OUT.
20-0 HANOVER.
MURPHY HAD 123 YARDS RUSHING AND TWO TOUCHDOWN.
GOOD SPECIAL TEAMS PLAY FOR THE WILDCATS.
HANOVER WILL MISHANDLE THE PUNT RETURN AND WESTOVER IS THERE TO RECOVER FOR FALL MOUNTAIN, BUT AGAIN THEY COULD NOT CONVERT IT INTO POINTS.
BEN WILLIAMS ALSO RAN FOR A PAIR OF TOUCHDOWNS AND HANOVER WINS IT, 38-0.
THE EIGHTH ANNUAL "NEW HAMPSHIRE TACKLES HUNGER" PROGRAM CONTINUES THROUGH WEDNESDAY.
MONETARY DONATIONS ARE MADE ON THE NEW HAMPSHIRE FOOD BANK WEBSITE, BUT YOUR LOCAL FOOD PANTRY STILL BENEFITS FROM THE GENEROSITY.
OVER $50,000 HAS BEEN DONATED SO FAR WITH FIVE MORE DAYS TO DONATE.
THE LINK TO DONATE CAN BE FOUND AT WMUR.CO AND A REMINDER YOU CAN WATCH ALL OF OUR "FRIDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL" SHOWS ON OUR WEBSITE, WMUR.COM, AND CLICK ON SPORTS.
THAT DOES IT FOR WEEK