- NHIAA Football
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The NHIAA (New Hampshire Interscholastic Athletic Association) is the governing body for competitions among all public and some private high schools in the state of New Hampshire. There are currently 57 schools (with two combining as one team) that have participating football programs throughout the state.
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Division memberships
For most sponsored sports, the state is divided into 4 categories by school size: Large, Intermediate, Medium, and Small (L, I, M, S). For football however, there are 56 teams currently arranged into 6 divisions: I-VI. Below is a list of the schools in each division for the 2011 season with notes of any changes. Go here for past divisional alignments.
Division I
Division II
- Spaulding
- Timberlane
- Winnacunnet
Division III
- Hollis/Brookline
- Milford
- Pelham
- Pembroke
- Portsmouth
- Souhegan
Division IV
Division V
- Bishop Brady
- Bow
- Campbell
- Fall Mountain
- Kearsarge
- Sanborn Regional
- Somersworth
- St. Thomas
- Stevens
- Windham
Division VI
- Inter-Lakes
- Mascoma
- Newfound
- Newport
- Raymond
- Winnisquam
- Raymond High School played their first complete NHIAA competitive season in 2009
Champions
Year Division I Division II Division III Division IV Division V Division VI 2011 Exeter Bishop Guertin Portsmouth Trinity St. Thomas Inter-Lakes 2010 Pinkerton Academy Bishop Guertin Souhegan Lebanon Kearsarge Newport 2009 Salem Bishop Guertin Souhegan Plymouth Trinity Inter-Lakes 2008 Nashua South Bishop Guertin Souhegan Plymouth Pelham Franklin 2007 [1] Pinkerton Academy Exeter Plymouth Laconia Pelham 2006 [2] Pinkerton Academy Bishop Guertin Plymouth St. Thomas Bishop Brady 2005 [3] Pinkerton Academy Bishop Guertin Plymouth Hanover Bishop Brady 2004 [4] Manchester Central Bishop Guertin Souhegan Hanover Bow References
- ^ "2007 High School Football Champions by State". http://highschool.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=749536. Retrieved 9/7/08.
- ^ "2006 High School Football Champions by State". http://www.nflhs.com/News/Features/2006HSChamps_01022007_lcb.asp. Retrieved 9/2/07.
- ^ "2005 High School Football Champions by State". http://www.nflhs.com/news/features/2005hschamps_12052005_sim.asp. Retrieved 9/2/07.
- ^ "2004 High School Football Champions by State". http://www.nflhs.com/news/features/2004hschamps_12072004_sim.asp. Retrieved 9/2/07.
External links
Categories:- Organizations based in New Hampshire
- American football in New Hampshire
- High school sports in New Hampshire
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