Ninth State Sports Show

Ready or not, here come the football playoffs. Joe Marchilena and Mike Lochman highlight what was an exciting final week of the regular season and preview what is to come with the opening weekend of the players on tap.

Championship Saturday did not disappoint, with Bedford, Souhegan and St. Thomas capturing titles in their respective divisions. Joe Marchilena and Kelli Braley breakdown each game and the key players for every team. 

It's championship Saturday and Joe Marchilena and Kelli Braley get you prepared for all three field hockey titles games with a special edition of the Ninth State Sports Show. Find out how each team got to its respective final and get ready for an exciting day of field hockey.

The final week of the regular season is here and many teams are still fighting for playoff positioning. Joe Marchilena and Mike Lochman recap an exciting week and look ahead at the matchups that will be deciding the seeding in each division.

The first two rounds of the field hockey playoffs are in the books and Joe Marchilena and Kelli Braley go over each of those early games and take a look at the semifinal matchups coming up later this week. 

This football season continues to delight and Joe Marchilena and Mike Lochman have been enjoying every moment of it. They discuss the long list of the best performances from last week and highlight some of the key games coming up. 

The playoffs are here, and while the pairings won't be out until some time later in the day on Monday, Joe Marchilena and Kelli Braley are a little too eager to talk about the postseason. Here is what they expect the brackets to look like and what those expected matchups could be like. 

Another week of close games, with a couple of upsets, and a whole lot for Joe Marchilena and Mike Lochman to talk about as the regular season is down to the final three weeks. The guys also remember Jim O'Rourke, a former high school coach in New Hampshire and fan of the podcast, who passed away earlier this month. 

The final week of the regular season is here and Joe Marchilena and Kelli Braley let you know what to keep an eye on and do their best to try to make some sense of what to expect in each division. 

It was a wild weekend of high school football and Joe Marchilena and Mike Lochman discuss all the craziness as the season reaches the midway point. 

It was a wild week across the field hockey landscape, with close games and upsets the norm. Catch up on what happened with Joe Marchilena and Kelli Braley. 

A big weekend of football is in the books and Joe Marchilena and Mike Lochman highlight some of the biggest performances while also discussing what it could mean going forward for some teams. 

Things are starting to heat up in all three divisions, and Joe Marchilena and Kelli Braley rundown all the exciting results from last week and take a look ahead to another stretch packed with key matchups.

It was a big weekend of high school football, with close games, come-from-behind wins, and a whole lot more, and Joe Marchilena and Mike Lochman talk about it all on this week's episode. 

Only one undefeated team remains in Division I, two undefeated teams in Division II will play on Friday, and two more from Division III will play Monday night. Find out which teams these are and a whole lot more on this week's show with Joe Marchilena and Kelli Braley.

There were some big performance in some big games in the second week of the regular season, and Joe Marchilena and Mike Lochman discuss them all. 

On this show, Joe Marchilena and Kelli Braley rundown a week full of surprises in all three divisions. 

The first week of the regular season is in the books and Joe Marchilena and Mike Lochman run down the results and pick their top performers from the weekend's games. 

The regular season is in full swing and Joe Marchilena and Kelli Braley run down the early season results and some of the things that have caught their eyes as the first full week of the year gets underway. 

The first game week is finally here, but before the regular season can start, Joe Marchilena and Mike Lochman give their preview of both Division II and Division III as both divisions get ready to start next weekend. 

The regular season got underway last week and Joe Marchilena and Kelli Braley discuss those results, along with breaking down both Division II and III. 

As the start of the season gets closer, Joe Marchilena and Mike Lochman preview what the Division I landscape will look like this season. They also look back on the beginning of the football podcast as it enters its 10th year. 

The regular season creeps closer and Joe Marchilena and Kelli Braley begin to preview it, taking a look at Division I. This week, they also reminisce about the early days of the podcast and site, recap the Playing For A Purpose Jamborees, and recall important dates coming up early in the season.   

With the football preseason now underway, it's time for the return Ninth State Sports Show podcast. Joe Marchilena and Mike Lochman are back for the 2025 season, and they start the year with a special announcement. They also run down some things that are new as another football season kicks off. 

It's the first day of field hockey practice, which means it's time for the return of the Ninth State Sports Show podcast. Joe Marchilena and Kelli Braley are back this season and ready to guide you through 2025, starting this week with an update on rule changes and a refresher on everything else to get you ready. 

It's time for the final show of 2025 and Joe Marchilena and Chris Hettler share their thoughts on how the year played out. They also recap last weekend's Twin State All-Star game and take a look ahead to what's coming in the world of high school boys lacrosse. 

It's the final girls lacrosse show of the 2025 and Joe Marchilena wraps up the year and takes a quick look ahead to what could come in 2026.

The high school boys lacrosse season isn't done yet. The New Hampshire senior team will take on Vermont in the Twin State All-Star game and Joe Marchilena gets you ready for with interviews with Bishop Guertin's Paulo Vazquez, Laconia's Stephen Mingo-Timmins and Londonderry's Cam Ayotte, all of whom will be playing in the game.

The high school girls lacrosse season isn't done yet. The New Hampshire senior team will take on Vermont in the Twin State All-Star game and Joe Marchilena gets you ready for with interviews with Bishop Guertin's Jordan Gaebel and Pinkerton's Hannah Lisauskas, both of whom will be playing in the game. 

The girls lacrosse champions have all been crowned and Joe Marchilena runs down how each of them got to the top. 

The boys lacrosse championship games are in the books and Joe Marchilena and Chris Hettler break down what happened in all three games. 

Championship Saturday is here and Joe Marchilena and Chris Hettler get you ready for it by breaking down the semifinal results and previewing the finals matchups for all three divisions. 

The playoffs keep rolling along, and Joe Marchilena and Chris Hettler are here to recap the start of the postseason and to get you ready for the boys lacrosse semifinals. 

The girls lacrosse championship games are here and Joe Marchilena and Helena Bird go over how the six teams remaining got to this point and look at what to expect from those finals matchups. 

It's time for the postseason to get underway and Joe Marchilena and Chris Hettler go over the matchups and schedule changes for the first couple of rounds of the boys lacrosse playoffs. 

The playoffs are here and with the brackets set to be released on Monday, Joe Marchilena and Helena Bird run down what they expect the pairings to look like and what games will be the ones to keep an eye on this week. 

This is it, the final week of the regular season is here, and there's still a few things to be determined before the boys lacrosse playoffs get underway next week. In order to stay up to date, the playoff picture will be updated daily with the most recent results and what is left to come. Here is what we expect the boys lacrosse playoff pairings to look like when the brackets are released on Monday.

This is it, the final week of the regular season is here, and there's still a few things to be determined before the girls lacrosse playoffs get underway next week. In order to stay up to date, the playoff picture will be updated daily with the most recent results and what is left to come. Here is what we expect the girls lacrosse playoff pairings to look like when the brackets are released on Monday.

The regular season is just about done and Joe Marchilena and Chris Hettler take a look at some of the important happenings still to come before the playoffs begin next week. 

The playoff field is starting to take shape as the regular season continues to get closer to its conclusion, and this week, Joe Marchilena and Chris Hettler talk about where teams might end up and what matchups to keep an eye on coming up. 

On this week's show, Joe Marchilena and Chris Hettler discuss some key games from the last week and take a look at how the playoff standings are starting to shape up. 

Believe it or not, the start of the playoffs is just three weeks away. Joe Marchilena runs down the girls lacrosse playoff schedule before breaking down what's been going on in all three divisions. 

The grind has begun for a lot of teams, and on this week's show, Joe Marchilena and Chris Hettler discus how they'll handle it. They also take a look at what was a big out-of-state slate last week and just how close a lot of teams are as the season reaches the midway point. 

Spring vacation week is upon us, and while the schedule may be light on games, it doesn't lack for key matchups. Joe Marchilena and Chris Hettler discuss the ones to keep an eye on this weekend and who has played well of late on this week's show. 

On this week's show, Joe Marchilena gives a rundown of what's caught his eye in the first two weeks of the regular season.

This week, Joe Marchilena and Chris Hettler run down results from some intriguing matchups and discuss the implications of having so many key games early in the season. 

The regular season is just over a week old and Joe Marchilena runs down some teams that have started off strong before talking with Erin Boucher, the girls lacrosse head coach at Derryfield. 

The boys lacrosse regular season is only a couple of days old, but there is already a lot going on, and Joe Marchilena and Chris Hettler are here to discuss all of it on this week's episode.

The regular season gets underway and Joe Marchilena is joined by Timberlane coach Helena Bird to discuss the Owls' preparation for the year and the landscape of Division II. 

It's time for the final boys lacrosse preview, and this week, Joe Marchilena and Chris Hettler answer questions about what to expect in Division III this season.

On the first episode of the Ninth State Sports Show: Girls Lacrosse podcast, Joe Marchilena runs down changes for the upcoming season before interviews with seniors Karina O'Donnell and Maren Lowell from Nashua South, and seniors Sabrina Hill and Charlotte Petrella from Hollis Brookline.